House C Welcomes a New Member To Our Team

House C would like to welcome Gloria Crowe, consulting teacher.  Gloria has been a member of the Milton Town School District teaching team for the past ten years.  She has worked in both elementary and middle levels.  We are privileged to now have co-teaching in math full time.  This is a great opportunity for your students and we are excited to have her join our team.

These Pictures of Us - 12/21

photos by Anna Kaigle, Kyle Raftery & Raneen Salha

House C is looking forward to our photography exhibit, which serves as the culminating event to our humanities unit about Personal Narratives. As a reminder, this event will be Monday, December 21, starting at 4:00 (and going until 6:30).

Your learners have been creating an installation that summarizes who they are and how they see themselves in the world. Learners have been exploring how to communicate through images, working with rules of photography and our visual arts teacher (Ms. Baldwin) to help set up and take some inspiring photographs. As the above examples show, the work is striking and thoughtful. 

This is an exciting project that has resulted in some terrific art. We hope you can drop by and stroll through our gallery between 4:00 and 6:30 on the 21st. (This is very similar to an art exhibit in that you may come and go as you please!)

Light refreshments will be served. Please let me know if you have any questions.

School and House News

Hi folks,
Here are a few updates for you all:

• The MMS Boosters have organized a school-wide food drive. Each house is gathering non-perishable items to donate to the local food shelf. There is a collection box in Ms. Fabri's room. If possible, please support your child in bringing in items for the cause. The house that collects the most goods will be awarded lots of free books.
• By this point, all trimester 1 report cards have been mailed home. Please contact us if you have any questions.
• Orders placed through the MMS Boosters Apparel Fundraiser are in and have been distributed to your child. Look for those today.
• It's the time of year for the Calendar Raffle fundraiser. See the note below from Mr. Smith:

Dear Families,
               It is once again time to sell the February Calendar Raffle. It is our most successful fundraiser and the best opportunity for your student to earn money for Boston. We have over $1000 in prizes including four tickets to a UVM basketball game, a teddy bear from Vermont Teddy Bear Company, and gift certificates from local restaurants and businesses. Tickets are $10.00 and if your ticket is drawn it goes back into the raffle. For each ticket that your student sells, they will earn $9.00 in their field trip account. If your student sells 10 calendars, they will get $90 into their account. Every student in the middle school should aim to sell at least 10 calendars. If your student is in 6th or 7th grade this will ensure that you will not need to pay for the full amount of the Boston trip when your student reaches 8th grade. By the end of 6th grade, students should have at least $100 in their account, by the end of 7th grade there should be at least $200 in their account. If your student is in 8th grade, the total cost of the trip this year is $350. The eighth grader that sells the most calendars, will have a special activity afforded to them in Boston. This activity will be determined based on the student's interest.

These calendars make great holiday gifts.
These calendars will be available to your student beginning tomorrow. There will be a letter about how the raffle works and it will include how much your student has raised to date. Please check the amount and make sure it is correct.
I would like to thank April Rand for her hard work in collecting many of the prizes that are on the calendar this year.
If you have any questions, please call Joe Smith at jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org or call at 893-5529.

Thanks,

Joe Smith

House A - Consulting Teacher

Boston Coordinator