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Open House - Parents are invited to attend the Middle School Open House on Thursday , September 24th, from 6:30-8:30 PM. Parents will follow their child's schedule and meet the individual subject-area teachers. Please plan to go right to first period at 6:30 PM sharp--the schedule will be emailed to parents later this week.
CALENDAR
T9/22 -
W9/23 - Cross Country: Highland Hills Invitational @ Edwardsville Park, 6:00 PM
- Young Citizens organization lunch meeting.
- 5th grade field trip to Starlight Frozen Custard (see more information below).
T9/24 - Middle School Open House for parents, 6:30 PM sharp (see information below).
- Raindate for 5th grade field trip.
- Math Club, 3:00-3:30 PM
F9/25 - Jr. Beta Club meeting during lunch
S9/26 - Cross Country: Franklin County @ Horse Park, 10:30 AM
- WPA Trivia Night, 5:30 PM
- Volleyball Tournament @ Whitefield Academy
M9/28 -
T9/29 -
W9/30 -6th grade propaganda presentations due
- Coffee with parents in cafeteria, 8:05-9:00 AM; topic: Stanford testing.
- Young Citizens Organization lunch meeting.
T10/1 - Chess Club, 3-4 PM
- Math Club, 3:00-3:30 PM
- Cross Country: North Harrison Invitational
F10/2 -
S10/3 - Cross Country: Walton-Verona Invitational
M10/5 -
T10/6 -
W10/7 - Young Citizens Organization lunch meeting.
T10/8 - Chess Club, 3-4 PM
- Math Club, 3:00-3:30 PM F10/9 - No School/Fall Break
S10/10 - Cross Country: Capitol View Capital
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48% of our Middle School Students Qualified for the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Program! Congratulations to the following students: Tesnim Arar, Shannon Archibald, Matthew Baisden, Olivia Beres, Jarrett Bond, David Borders,
Harris Boyer, Brian Brennan, William Brennan, CJ Burton, Lily Carothers, Nick Christensen, Nathan Cohen, Christopher Cullinan, Kathryn Curtis, Rosemary DeMarco, Alec Diaz, Nicole Dowling, Adam Eldemire, Katherine Eldemire, Eric Elder, Isabelle Geller, Sarah Haney, Sarah Holloway, Kaizad Joshi, Mary King, Tina King, Ian Kinslow, Sam Langford, Jacob Lichtefeld, Will Mandrola, Henry Mankowski, Sam McCalpin, Julia Mellen, Leigh Nicholson, Jai Nigam, Jordan O'Reilly, Zac Pedley, Evan Randall, Michael Reikes, Sarah Self, Erik Sorensson, Martina Thurman, Harper Tighe, and Elliot Vitaz
In order to qualify for this honor, these students had to score in the 95th percentile on at least one eligible subtest of a national standardized test. More information will go home with students this week.
The Cross Country teams crossed the river to face some of the top teams in Southern Indiana in the Christian Academy of Indiana Invitational last week. Competing against 28 schools, our boys team took home the runner-up trophy by placing 4 runners in the top 25. Jake Wunsch led the Wolverines with a 6th place finish followed by Conor O'Daniel, Aaron Gabriel, Paul Schieman, CJ Burton, Eric Elder and Matthew Bennett. Mary King paced the girls with a 6th place finish. | |
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7th Grade World Food Project
In Computer class, the seventh grade has completed a project that included selecting a country. Each student researched food and recipes from that country and presented this to the class . Then they developed a menu based on the research, and designed a restaurant. Using Microsoft Word, students drew a layout of the restaurant. Using Microsoft Excel they developed an expense budget on what it would cost to operate the restaurant for 1 week, and how much income was required to make a small profit. The culmination of this unit was a visit for lunch at Ramsi's Café on the World. Everyone enjoyed a variety of foods! Check out the bulletin board in the middle school hallway :-)
Math Club Part One
Mrs. Korte is starting a middle school math club, which will meet every Thursday from 3:00 - 3:30. During these Thursday sessions, the focus will be to improve the speed and accuracy of basic computations, from addition and subtraction facts up to and including computations with decimals and fractions. Later in the year, the club will begin meeting on Fridays as well, and those meetings will focus on problem solving, logic, and playing games. The first session will start September 24th and go nine weeks, until November 19th. The cost will be $15 to cover snacks and prizes. The sign-up sheet will be available outside Mrs. Korte's room beginning Monday, September 21st.
Our Art teacher, Sharon Weiss, will have an art opening entitled, Interstitial, on Friday, October 2, 6-9 PM ("First Friday Trolley Hop") at Zephyr Gallery.
2009-2010 Walden Directory/Handbook is being sent home today with students.
2010 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards recognize middle and high school students for their volunteer service in their communities. If you would like to apply for this community service award (for service participated in outside of school), please fill out an application on line, and submit it to Mrs. Elder: http://spirit.prudential.com. For more information, see the middle school bulletin board.
Check out radio station 93.9 FM every Monday to Friday @ 7:25 AM. Walden students will be featured along with other area schools reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. If you miss it this week, don't worry, it will be repeated over the course of time.
Walden School's International Theme - Check out Mr. Kimbrough's weekly Geoquiz question. Mr. Kimbrough is one of our high school social studies teachers, and at each Monday morning assembly this year, he will present a geography question, which students can research and email their answer by 1:00 PM on Friday. All students who answer correctly will be eligible to have their name placed in a random drawing to receive a special t-shirt commemorating this year's international theme. Here's the link to check out this week's question:
http://www.walden-school.org/display_pagecontent.php?id=1117
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