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| Walden Middle School Newsletter
May 24, 2010 |
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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!
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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
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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 |
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