56IS ISM Upcoming Events Rusc Pathways3Athlecs & Acvies 4AMISMIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOLISSUE # 24SY 2015–2016WEEK OF:FEB 29 TO MAR 4Weekly Publication for Middle School Parents Friday Bulletin Inside this issue:FEBRUARY—APRIL: MS Upcoming Events:NO SCHOOLFriday, February 26MAP TESTINGFebruary 29 to March 23G8 PARENT TRANSITION MEETINGWednesday, March 2ACADEMIC BOWLWednesday, March 9STUDENT-LED CONFERENCESWednesday, March 16SCHOOL HOLIDAYMarch 24 to April 1PARENT COFFEETuesday, April 19DRAMA CLASS SHORT PLAYSTuesday, April 26ACTIVITY DAYThursday, April 28 Dear Parents, There’s a lot going on this week, so we will get straight down to business! DATES TO REMEMBER:Grade 8 Transion Meeng: Wednesday, March 2nd from 5:30—7:00pm in the Lile Theater MAP Tesng -Spring Tesng Window: Monday, February 29th -Friday, March 11th Course Registraon: Week of March 7—11thStudent-Led Conferences: Wednesday, March 16th from 12:30 to 5:00pm G8 to G9 Parent Transion Meeng:The G9 counselors, Steve Ayling and Crystal Cappuccio, will be hosng a Grade 8 to Grade 9 transion meeng on Wednesday, March 2nd from 5.30 -6.30pm in the Lile Theater. The purpose of this event is to share key informaon regarding the transion to high school and to a ord parents an opportunity to ask any quesons they may have about this key me in their child’s life. The parent session will cover common transion issues, diploma opons at ISM, graduaon credits and the course selecon pro- cess. Please mark this date in your calendars, if you haven't already done so ! G8 Yearbook Dedicaon:A focal part of the Middle School Yearbook (Salinlahi) is the G8 dedicao n page. During selected Advisory sessions, the G8 students have been given the opportunity to work on their dedicaons. They have been given guidance and support as well as exemplars wrien by previous s tudents. The individual dedicaons are tradionally accompanied by a baby photo as well as this year’s yearbook photo. We are aware that some stu- dents may leave it to the last minute to ask for a baby photo and we therefore want to make sure all parents are in the communicaon loop. The deadline students have been given for subming the nal version of their dedicaon and a baby photo is Friday, March 4th. Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Tesng: The MAP tesng window starts on Monday and will run for a two week period of me. The MAP tests are computerized and are adapve in nature . This means that ques ons get harder or easier depending on whether a child responds correctly or incorrectly. These tests are unmed and take place during regular scheduled class me. Students will be taking 3 dierent MAP tests -Reading (English class), Language Usage (Social Studies class) and Mathemacs (Math class). ISM uses the data from these assessments to guide the next instruconal steps and to monitor curriculum strengths and a reas of improvement.NEED TO KNOW:
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There’s a lot going on this week, so we will get straight down to business!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
Grade 8 Transion Meeng: Wednesday, March 2nd from 5:30—7:00pm in the Lile Theater
MAP Tesng - Spring Tesng Window: Monday, February 29th - Friday, March 11th
Course Registraon:
Week of March 7—11th
Student-Led Conferences: Wednesday, March 16th from 12:30 to 5:00pm
G8 to G9 Parent Transion Meeng: The G9 counselors, Steve Ayling and Crystal Cappuccio, will be hosng a Grade 8 toGrade 9 transion meeng on Wednesday, March 2nd from 5.30 - 6.30pm in the LileTheater. The purpose of this event is to share key informaon regarding the transionto high school and to aord parents an opportunity to ask any quesons they may have
about this key me in their child’s life. The parent session will cover common transionissues, diploma opons at ISM, graduaon credits and the course selecon pro-cess. Please mark this date in your calendars, if you haven't already done so!
G8 Yearbook Dedicaon: A focal part of the Middle School Yearbook (Salinlahi) is the G8 dedicaon page. Duringselected Advisory sessions, the G8 students have been given the opportunity to work ontheir dedicaons. They have been given guidance and support as well as exemplarswrien by previous students. The individual dedicaons are tradionally accompaniedby a baby photo as well as this year’s yearbook photo. We are aware that some stu-dents may leave it to the last minute to ask for a baby photo and we therefore want tomake sure all parents are in the communicaon loop. The deadline students have beengiven for subming the nal version of their dedicaon and a baby photo is Friday,March 4th.
Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Tesng: The MAP tesng window starts on Monday and will run for a two week period of me.The MAP tests are computerized and are adapve in nature. This means that quesonsget harder or easier depending on whether a child responds correctly or incorrectly.These tests are unmed and take place during regular scheduled class me. Studentswill be taking 3 dierent MAP tests - Reading (English class), Language Usage (SocialStudies class) and Mathemacs (Math class). ISM uses the data from these assessmentsto guide the next instruconal steps and to monitor curriculum strengths and areas ofimprovement.