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Walden Middle School Newsletter
May 24, 2010 
CALENDAR
 
M5/24 - 7/8 Language Arts Semester Exams
   - 6W will attend 6S Drama's Dress Rehearsal of Aesop's Fables.
T5/25 - 6S Drama Production @ 6:30 PM
   - 7/8 Math Semester Exams
W5/26 - Track Banquet @ Gattiland, 6PM
T5/27 - 4th grade Band Instrument night @ 6 PM
   - 8th grade service-learning Health field trip to BrittHaven nursing home, 9:30-12:30.
   - 7/8 Science Semester Exams
   - 6th Grade Success Celebration, 8-9 AM
   - 6th grade Tai Chi demonstration, 2-3 PM
F5/28 - Awards Day DVD orders due.
 
M5/31 - No School - Memorial Day
T6/1 - HS Graduation @ 7:00 PM, St. Matthews Episcopal Church
W6/2 - MS Field Trips:  5th grade to Indianapolis; 6 & 7 to Incredible Dave's; 8th to Mega Cave and then to Incredible Dave's
   - Regular 3 PM Dismissal for MS
T6/3 - MS Awards Day @ 9 AM
   - 8th grade Graduation Dinner @ Hunting Creek Country Club, 6:30 PM
F6/4 - Have a great summer!
 
 
 
 Thank you to:
 - Valerie Rogers (Kinsey Emerson's Grandma) and her friend
Qiufang, for their presentation on China, given last week to the 6th grade.
- Nicole Rompf (Katie's mom) for her Chi Gong and Tai Chi presentation this week to the 6th grade.
- All of the parents who volunteered to make last week's International Faire a huge success!!!!!!
 
Awards Assembly on Thursday, June 3 @ 9AM - Students should arrive to school with their parents, a few minutes before 9:00 and sit with their homerooms (in alphabetical order) in the Tucker Assembly Hall.  There are no classes that morning and students should not report to their homerooms that day.  The middle school teachers  look forward to celebrating this day with students and their families.
 
8th Grade Graduation Dinner - 6:30 PM at Hunting Creek Country Club - please get your reservations in to Mrs. Frey.
 
The Year in Pictures DVD
All parents were sent an email with the order form for the end of the year DVD. Mrs. Frey has extra forms in the office. Cost of the DVD is $10 each with proceeds going to purchase equipment for the computer lab.  DVD's will be available for pick up on Awards Day if the money is turned into the office by Friday May 28. For any orders received after that, the DVD's will be available after June 7th.
 
Spotlight on Track & Field News Below
 
 
 
Middle School Spring Trip/St. Louis photos:  http://www.walden-school.org/images/ms_spring_trip/index.html
 
 We are very proud of our Jr. Beta Club.  More than 14 students - Olivia Beres, Anna Bond, Jarrett Bond, CJ Burton, Lily Carothers, Kathryn Curtis, Sean Dowling, Eric Elder, Sarah Holloway, Mary King, Will Mandrola, Priya Nair, Jai Nigam and Jordan O'Reilly, logged in about 211 hours of community service since last summer.  Club members volunteered at several places including: Walden (babysitting assistance, concession stand, grounds, secretarial help, Open House, scholarship testing assistance, and Monster Mash set-up & break down), Kentucky Horse Park, Chance (helped at cross country meet), Hotel at Broadway (served food for residents), Punjabi Cultural Society (helped serve food and water to devotees & cleaned temple), Second Pres. Church (helped with arts and crafts for Vacation Bible School), Jefferson Street Baptist Church (helped set-up and serve 80 homeless people), Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church (helped prepare monthly newsletters), Helped with Governor's Cup Quick Recall (ran computers and buzzers), Walden Concession Stand, Second Pres. (gift wrapping for Cabbage Patch House), Lords Kitchen (served lunch to homeless), Dare to Care (worked at warehouse unloading and organizing food), Walden WPA babysitting, Run Run Rudolph (volunteered as race marshal), Angel Tree (helped organize and collect gifts), and Memorial Gardens (helped with work day, painting, planted, & mulched).
  
 
Spotlight on  Recent
Middle School Track & Field Meets
 
Middle School State Meet May 22, 2010
Mary King                         4th                           400M Dash
Paul Schieman                   2nd                          Triple Jump 36'-7-1/2" 
                                        &  4th                           Long Jump 
 
No. Oldham Meet May 15, 2010
 
Mary King                            1st                           200M Dash
                                             1st                           400M Dash
                                             3rd                           100M Dash
Samantha Brenzel                 2nd                          800M Run
Lily Carothers                      3rd                           3200M Run
Sarah Holloway                   5th                           100M Hurdles
Sam McCalpin                      8th                           800M and 1600M
Jacob Wunsch                       1st                           1600M and 300M Hurdles
                                             2nd                          100M Hurdles
Ben Spear                             5th                           3200M Run
                                             7th                           100M Hurdles
Paul Schieman                      1st                           High Jump 5'-4" 
                                             4th                           Long Jump
Autumn Shell                        5th                           4 X 200
Sarah Holloway                    5th                           4 X 200
Samantha Brenzel                 5th                           4 X 200 
Martina Thurman                  5th                           4 X 200
Mary King                            2nd                          4 X 400 (4:47:18)
Maddie Bray                        2nd                          4 X 400 (4:47:18)
Samantha Brenzel                 2nd                          4 X 400 (4:47:18)
Autumn Shell                        2nd                          4 X 400 (4:47:18)
Lily Carothers                       5th                           4 X 800
Sydney Brenzel                     5th                           4 X 800
Rosemary DeMarco              5th                           4 X 800                 
Samantha Brenzel                 5th                           4 X 800
Olivia Beres                         7th                           Discus
Nikki Dittmeier                     8th                           Discus
                                              7th                           Turbo Jav
Alex Geller                          8th                           4 X 200 Relay
Jarrett Bond                         8th                           4 X 200 Relay
Brock Martin                       8th                           4 X 200 Relay
Evan Randall                       8th                           4 X 200 Relay
Conor O'Daniel                   8th                           4 X 800 Relay
Will Mandrola                     8th                           4 X 800 Relay
CJ Burton                             8th                           4 X 800 Relay
Ben Spear                            8th                           4 X 800 Relay
Conor O'Daniel                   6th                           Discus
Peter Downey                      5th                           Turbo Jav
 
Overall:
Girls                                      4th
Boys                                      6th