Student & parent information
Newly Announced: StepAfrika! this Thursday
All Deal students will be invited to enjoy a StepAfrika performance on Thursday (during either 6th or 7th period). StepAfrika has partnered with Deal this year to provide weekly training for students; their performance is sure to be spectacular.
New: Saturday Institute Starting this Saturday (February 15) a group of students will be invited to participate in our new Saturday Institute. The Institute will focus on reinforcing English standards from the Common Core, strengthening students' ability. Families will be contacted individually as well as receive a letter describing the Institute; the Institute will be tailored to individual students. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. More information on the Institute will be included in the letter of invitation. New: Science Fair Results Deal would like to thank the nearly 30 judges who braved wintry conditions last week to help make our annual Science Fair possible. Nearly 100 7th & 8th grade students competed at the school-wide level, showing off the culmination of months of hard work and inquiry. We congratulate all participants and are pleased to announce our winners. Grand Prize winners will represent Deal at the city-wide DC STEM fair in March. More information will be provided to these students via their science teachers. Please congratulate the 2014 Deal Science Fair Award Winners. New: GirlUp Greets the President of France on Tuesday Three representatives of Deal's GirlUp Club have been invited to help welcome the President of France to the United States at a special reception this Tuesday. Charley Mestrich, Ella Wiener, and Eliza Zizka will join a delegation to represent GirlUp's commitment to education and economic and political rights for girls around the world. Teachers are asked to please extend your congratulations to our young ambassadors and to excuse them from classes on Tuesday. New: GirlUp Dollar Campaign This Week The Deal GirlUp Club wants to send at least 12 girls to school next year, but that takes money. We are trying to raise $2160 to cover the cost of tuition, uniforms, and books for a whole year's schooling in Congo. We would love to send even more, but that requires a little contribution from each one of us in the Deal family. Each day the homeroom teachers will circulate a bag designated for donations. Each afternoon, our club members will count the donations and return the bag for the next day. We are happy to accept coins, bills, and checks payable to Deal MS. Please, if you can, contribute generously. Every single dollar is dedicated to funding a child's education. "You see a girl; we see the future." New: Speech and Drama Competition
Deal's 2nd Annual Black History Month Speech and Drama Competition will be held on Thursday, Feb. 27. The first place winner will receive $100, the second place winner will receive $75, and the 3rd place winner will receive $50 6th, 7th, 8th graders who are interested in competing MUST see Ms. Neal and Ms. Red during their lunch period on Tuesday. New: Model UN All 7th and 8th grade students who are in Model UN and interested in a trip to tour the United Nations in the spring in NYC should see Ms. Trenkle in W304 for more details and a permission slip. New: Weekend Debate Thanks A big thank you goes out to Stephanie Berger and all the debate team parents for their hard work and dedication to prepare food and spontaneously staff the weekend debate tournament. The resounding sentiment of all the coaches and school representatives in attendance was that not only did our Deal parents out-do themselves by feeding every judge and coach a hearty breakfast and lunch, but it was the first time in the history of the Urban Debate League that any school was willing to step up to the challenge. Additional thanks goes out to our ever-faithful parent debate judges who give up their time on a Saturday to listen and evaluate debaters for close to eight hours. This week a hearty thanks goes to Frank Medina (Claire) and Kiersten Stewart (Jamie). New: African-American Film Festival In February, the Deal Library will present an African-American Film Festival every Wednesday after school. All the films are based on books that celebrate African-American struggles and triumphs. All are welcome - films start at 3:30. February 12th & 19th: Miracle's Boys (mini-series) February 26th: The Watsons Go to Birmingham New: National History Day Exhibit Board Workshop On Saturday, February 15th from 9 -12 in the Alice Deal Gallery, students will have an opportunity to work individually or in their groups and to physically begin to create their exhibit boards. 8th Grade Humanities teachers will be on hand to help students begin to plan and layout their board. Students should bring any supplies they would like to use and the computer carts will be available. Please see Ms. Mostoller, Ms. Simpson-Wayne, or Ms. Trenkle to sign up. New: Calling all National History Day Students! Need help with your History Day project? Confused about how to best organized your project? Have specific questions? Come have your questions answered and learn more "tricks of the trade" for your project! Each session will be held in E305 from 3:30-4:30 pm. A short presentation will be given, exemplars shared, and there will be an opportunity for students to ask questions. Each week a different presentation format will be discussed. February 12th will focus on websites. Mark your calendar! We hope to see you there! All projects are due the week of February 25th. (This is a change from the NHD calendar provided at the beginning of the year) New: Looking for National History Day Judges: March 11th The Humanities 8 Team is looking for judges for our school's annual National History Day competition on March 11th. Parents and community members with some expertise in history, journalism, archival work, museum studies, and film production would qualify for this important task. Students will present their research through one of five categories: research papers, exhibit boards, web sites, performances, and documentaries. We need panels of evaluators to review and score student achievement. National History Day is an international research competition, and Deal's students have earned quite a reputation for achievement. We would like to continue this tradition by sending another team of high performers to the contest in June. If you have the time and interest in helping us with our school level competition on Tuesday, March 11th please contact Cynthia.mostoller@dc.gov ASAP. New: 6th Grade Writer's Celebration Night All 6th graders and their families are invited to celebrate their hard work and dedication in the completion of writing their nonfiction books on Wednesday, February 19th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm in the Cafeteria. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. New: Parent-Teacher Conference Appointments Open Monday Parent-Teacher conferences will be held on Monday, February 24th from 12:00 - 7:00 pm. Appointments with core-content teachers (math, English, science, humanities) will be by appointment only. The online appointment system (available at http://ptcfast.com/schools/Alice_Deal_Middle_School) will open on Monday, February 10th. An email address is required to make an appointment. If you don't have access to the online system please contact your child's team to create appointments. Instructions for the online system can be found on Deal's main Edline page. If you have questions regarding the online system, email elyse.lerum@dc.gov. New: Fantasy Football What a great end to the 1st Season of Deal Fantasy Football! Here are the final standings: |
Rank
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Team
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Owners
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1
| Washington Winners
| Jamie Stewart-Aday
| 2
| Team Rebecca
| Rebecca Kades
| 3
| Team Deal With It
| Andrew Schick
| 4
| Washington Warriors
| Will Strider
| 5
| Washington Weather
| Lisa Burnham
Shaw Honarkar
| 6
| Madison Cheeseheads
| Josh Landweber
| 7
| Team Burnham
| Lisa Burnham
| 8
| We All Can Hit Allstars
| Anton Harrison
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We are looking forward to celebrating next Wednesday, Feb. 12th after school.
Cafeteria Composting Continues!
Deal Vikings have quickly taken to a new routine in the cafeteria, disposing compostable and recyclable materials separately from trash. Thanks to the hard work of student volunteers, the program now diverts almost 300 gallons of material from the landfill each day! Keep up the good work Vikings!
Attention All 2nd Semester 6th Gr Art Students!
All 6th grade students taking art in the second semester are reminded to bring in their unlined, 9x12 sketchbook with at least 50 pages. We will use these books regularly in class!
8th Grade Art Students
Please bring in your $10 fee for the IB sketchbook for art class. Payments can be made in cash or checks payable to Alice Deal Middle School.
PE Students
All PE classes began changing for physical education classes on Monday, February 3rd. Gym uniforms are mandatory for all students. Your gym uniform (including tennis shoes) carries the same merit as bringing your textbook for core classes. All noncompliant students will be required to complete a written assignment. Please reach out to your child's PE teacher if you have any questions or concerns.
Spring Musical
The audition schedule for our spring musical will soon be announced. Watch this space for more information for this always popular spectacular. You ask, what is the musical to be? This spring we will present The Wizard of Oz!
New: Musical Information Session
Come meet director Jill Roos on Wednesday afterschool in the auditorium for a Wizard of Oz information session.
Music Department
All students who have music in the 3rd Advisory should come to class prepared with a composition book or spiral notebook and a two-pocket folder!
Calling all Ultimate Frisbee Players!
The Washington Area Frisbee Club (WAFC) is looking to begin a middle school recreational league in the DC metro area but they need players and parents! All games and activities will be organized by WAFC and are not Deal sponsored. If families are interested in registering please visit http://goo.gl/tywHgX or email Coach Martini (michael.martini@dc.gov) for more information!
Yearbook/Newspaper pictures are requested!
Please email any pictures for the yearbook and/or the newspaper to Mr. Klauber at eklauber@gmail.com
The number one most requested item at homeless shelters is a pair of jeans. Do you have any that you've outgrown? Any that are no longer your style? Any that you think would brighten someone else's day if they could wear them? If so, please bring them in and donate them to Teens for Jeans in your homeroom. Last year, Deal students and staff collected 1,423 pairs of jeans. Our goal this year is 1,600. We will collect through February 13.
New Issue of School Newspaper
Be sure to check out The Vikings Quarterly for Deal news, human interest pieces, reviews, and more! You can find us at: http://alicedealvq.org
Follow @DealVikings on Twitter!
Be sure to follow, mention, and retweet Alice Deal's new Twitter account for updates and pictures from the daily happenings at Deal. If you already follow us, you know that we have been posting pictures and narratives that show what is happening during each of our Deal days. Don't miss out!
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