Monday 2/12 - iMiddle Wear (Blue and Grey)

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty student to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Congratulate the iMiddle Robotics Teams.  Over the last three weeks they competed at Legoland and in two different VEX robotics tournaments.  They finished 9th out of 43 teams at Legoland, were one of the top 8 teams and got to be team captain for quarter finals, and won their quarter final match against high school teams last weekend.

The season wrap up party is Tuesday from 3:00 to 4:00.  Please turn in your money ($5 to 10 dollar donation if possible) for the pizza party in the office.

Today kicks of KINDNESS WEEK!!!!!

Acts of kindness can be big or small, but even the small ones can make a huge difference in someone's day!  This week we should all focus on being kind to one another... Make that extra effort to smile at someone, even if you don't know them.  Help someone pick up something they've dropped.  Give a nice compliment to one of your friends, or to one of your teachers!!

What are other ways you can show simple kindness to one another??

Share with the class some ways others have shown kindness towards you!

Today and tomorrow during Advisory, take the time to write on a piece of paper a shout out to anyone who has been kind to you. You can sign your name or keep it anonymous.  The ASB students will be collecting the shout outs and will announce them later in the week. 

BE KIND!!!!!

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/

Tuesday 2/13 - 

Robotics Team Announcement:  End of the Season robotics party in the robotics room.  This is the last meeting of the season.  Team members come celebrate your success this season. 

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available NOW

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty student to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Genius Hour Check in - 

Each Tuesday we will be checking in with students on their progress toward their Genius Hour Project.  Most students are researching for their projects today.  

BY TODAY: All students should have selected their project and had it approved by their teacher.  This is the learning and exploring time.  Many students want to start creating their final product but this is TOO EARLY.  Students should be researching, learning, making, creating and documenting their efforts.  They should NOT be making google slides, editing iMovies or making cookbooks yet.  These will be the results of their learning!

Past announcements:

YELLOW CONTRACTS: All students should have shown their advisory teacher their signed contract.  This is part of their advisory citizenship grade.  Students will need to hold on to this paper to follow their plan.

STUDENTS: What do other people already know about your topic? If you are learning photography is there an info site?  Need recipes - then its time to find them!  Want to build something - then it's time to find or create some blue prints!  Use your yellow contract as a guide to see what you should be doing.  DO NOT FORGET TO DOCUMENT YOUR LEARNING!

TEACHERS: How do you want students to track and share their progress with you?  Will you have them make a blog through google sites?  Will they share the planning doc with you for you to check?  Will you conference with 5-8 students each Tuesday?  Please pick what works for you and use this time if needed to get your students set up.

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/

Wednesday 2/14 - STEAM Shirts 

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available 

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty student to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/

Thursday 2/15 - 

Advidory/5K: 1:35-2:56

Students meet at their Advisory class for roll call (5 minutes).  They will LEAVE THEIR BACKPACKS IN THEIR ADVISORY CLASS.

5K (all students will participate) 45-50 minutes

Teams can begin purchasing treats from ASB (stationed by the locker rooms and finish line) as soon as their team completes the 5K.

Students will return to their Advisory class the last 10 minutes of the day for a second roll call and to pick up their backpacks.  They will be dismissed with the final bell.

Night at the Opera - Permission slips available 

iMiddle students are invited to attend the 2018 Student Night at the Opera on Thursday, March 15, 2018. The opera is "Florencia en el Amazonas" and will be sung in Spanish. Permission slips are available at the front office beginning on Monday, February 12th. Tickets are free, but only the first fifty student to turn in the permission slip and sign academic privilege form may attend. Permission slips are due no later than Monday, March 12th to the front office. Additionally, students can pay $5 for dinner at school before the opera. Dinner will be at 4:30pm. Students must arrive at iMiddle no later than 5:15pm. Please email Mrs. Gomez in room 5 for more information.

This Saturday, February 17th, is National Random Acts of Kindness Day!! 

To encourage random acts of kindness, we are going to make paper fortune tellers with different acts of kindness!!

Below is a video on how to make the paper fortune tellers.  Please take out a sheet of paper and follow the steps. Once you've folded and created the fortune teller, you write colors (or make dots of colors) on the outside tabs, and numbers on the inside tabs.  For the area where you write the fortunes, you will write Random Acts of Kindness!!   Some examples are... 

• Give the next person you see a compliment.

• Pick up trash and throw it away (even if its not yours).

• Hold open the door for someone.

• Share a treat with a friend.

• Smile at 10 people

• Give someone a high five

• Write down 3 reasons why you are proud of yourself

• Ask someone about their day

• Slip a nice note to someone

These are just a few examples, but you can come up with your own also!! Use these throughout the day, (and week, month, year!) to encourage more kind acts within our school. :)

Some more random kindness activities  you can do on your own include:

• Compliment the first three people you talk to.

• Write a hand-written note to a teacher thanking them or telling them how they have helped you.

• Say good morning to the person next to you on the elevator/bus/subway/street.

• Pick up litter. Spend 10 minutes cleaning around your school, a park or your neighborhood.

• Place uplifting notes in library books.

• Dedicate 24 hours to spreading positivity on social media.

• Hold up inspiring signs during rush hour.

• Leave a generous tip.

• Send flowers or a treat to a friend.

• Set an alarm on your phone to go off three times on World Kindness Day. When the alarm sounds, stop what you’re doing and call/text/email someone simply to tell them how awesome they are.

Extra Time?

Get Organized: Clean out back packs, organize 3 ring binders (no loose papers).

Check for Late or Missing Work - lets get caught up!

Students can work on Genius Hour Projects - Research or Documentation

Watch Channel One News: https://www.channelone.com/

Friday 2/16 - NO SCHOOL