leadership thoughts...
in this issue >>>
Finding An Agent
SMSgt Reinhart That’s
in his second year withRight
our new For You
leadership program at Marshall shares an update for
his team. Color guard and drill team pose for a photo at
a recent outing at right.
Leadership Class Key Positions are
shaping up with students taking on is Paulette Olguin and the Color
more authority in the classroom Guard Commander is Tyler Smith.
leading activities such as Drill and
Physical Fitness.
This year’s Platoon leaders participated in the Black Arts Festival
are Jesus Alvarez, Caleb Franklin, Parade and a 17 cadets helped
Tyler Smith, Anna Kindel, Logan guide parents at our annual open
White and Hunter Webster. Our Drill house.
team is set for competition starting
September 29th.
Don’t forget to visit our classroom websites:
http://msbennettslanguageartsclass.blogspot.com/ and http://mrsottsclass2009.blogspot.com
1510 N. Payne
Wichita, KS 67203
(316) 973-9000
Your Friendly 7 th
Grade Teachers
at Marshall MS
From Our Nurse: Good Hand Washing-Best Defense
Against Disease- Simple But True!!!
Please do not send you child to school with a fever
greater than 100.4. If your child was sent home with a
fever, they may not return to school or any school
activities until they are fever free without the use of
Ibuprofen or Tylenol for 24 hours .
If you received an immunization exclusion (not allowed
to come to school ) letter in your conference folders, you
must contact me and comply with the new regulations
for immunizations. Your child will not be allowed to come
to school after Jan. 4th 2010 if not in compliance. Please
call me at 973-9013 and I can help you and answer any
questions.
Our Drill Team Commander
Recently 22 Cadets
words to live by >>>
“You have to learn the rules of the
game. And then you have to play
better than anyone else."
--- Albert Einstein
Managing Time: How You Can Help
Sleep Hygiene: Sleepy Babies
Teacher Updates
Principal’s Book of the Month
Ask the Experts
A Monthly Update on Your Student’s Experiences in 7th Grade
on location
current topics >>>
Time Management: How
Parents Can Help
This month, we are turning our attention
toward time management and teaching our
students to effectively juggle all of the
elements of their lives: arriving at class on
time, spending time with friends, completing
homework, working on chores, bonding with
family, and enjoying some entertainment.
Please partner with us by encouraging your
child to prioritize and organize. Remind them
that arriving at class on time is a daily
expectation, and check in with the teachers to
make sure your child is completing homework
and arriving on time. This is a big change
from elementary school and a skill your child
is still working to master. Remember: together,
we can do it!
For more ideas and helpful hints, visit
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/index.html.
FIVE
September-October 2009
Waking Sleepy Babies
Recent studies have found that teens who do not get enough sleep each night have lower
grades, more difficulty concentrating and more behavior problems than their counterparts
who receive the necessary amount of sleep each night. Currently, studies show only about
20% of teenage students get the minimum amount of sleep they need each night.
Getting up in the morning is hard for most of
losing battle.
us, and especially hard for teenagers.
But there’s hope! Here’s
Research shows that teenagers biorhythms
what you can do as a parent:
change in these years, 1. Let your child sleep
marking what experts call a in as late as possible
―phase shift‖—their bodies The best bridge between on school mornings.
naturally fall asleep later Their bodies are
than younger children. This despair and hope is a good wired for this. If you
does not mean, however, can drop them off at
that they need less sleep. On night’s sleep. –E. Joseph school at 7:50 instead
the contrary, young ado- of 7:00, it will help.
lescents need between 9 and
10 hours of sleep a night, Cossman 2. Keep tech devices out
and most of our students of the bedroom.
aren’t getting that much.
3. Encourage good sleep hygiene. Begin
winding down and preparing for bed 30
Students who don’t receive enough sleep minutes before bedtime. Give your child a
often find themselves irritable, more glass of milk, help them with their nightly
frequently in disciplinary trouble, and more rituals, and encourage them to spend some
sleepy during the learning time of school. time reading. They still love to be read to at
Just forty more nights of sleep, according to
this age, so you could spend some time
one survey of 3,000 high school students, reading to them, as well.
can make the difference between an A
student and a D student.
Cell phones and television in the bedroom 4. Prohibit energy drinks at any time of the
day. The high levels of caffeine and sugar
often make parents feel like getting their
children to sleep on time is like fighting a serve no nutritional purpose and wreak
havoc on sleep patterns.
 science news >>>
It Is Rocket
Science!
In Mr. Schoonover’s
room, students are getting
ready to create mousetrap
and propeller cars.
Ms. Payne
We’re doing experiments
about energy. Parents, watch
in your child’s agenda for
supplies we need for our
experiments that you can send
in.
th
The 7 grade classes are being reminded
The world of math >>>
that working with integers (whole numbers
and their opposites—negative numbers) is
not negative, but really a rather positive
experience! The Navigator classes are off
and running, also, to enable students to find
out what they may have understood wrong
and how the numbers and concepts really
work. Students not in the Navigator unit are
working at developing logic, problem-
solving skills, and other mathematical
concepts.
Pre Algebra
In pre-algebra, we’re working with
fractions. We just made posters
coloring fractions on graphs. We’re
refreshing our
edge of fractions such as dividing
and multiplying.
On September 28, we started
Navigator, which tailors each lesson
the each student’s level.
Please be sure to sign the planner
and see what we’re doing each
weekend!
The Principal’s Book of
Notes from Parent Involvement the Month for October
and Communities in Schools Each month, our principal sponsors a book that we read together as a school and engage in different
activities together to understand the book in new ways. Last month, we read the book Have You Filled a
Bucket Today? which encourages readers to consider other’s feelings and imagine that by saying and
doing kind things, we can “fill other’s buckets.”.
During the month of October, we’re reading
Just a reminder as the weather gets colder please make sure your students is
wearing a coat. If you need assistance with clothing or winter coats please stop Counting on Frank, a humorous book about
Mrs. Ott’s class displays their seeds.
by room 110 or call Anne Lee at 973-9075. a little boy who loves to count ... Some tiny flowers have already begun to
Also we are working just as hard if not harder to insure the line of
everything.
Of Narratives andgrown!
communication this year between school and parents remains at the highest
priority. If you have time to volunteer we welcome you to come in room to 110 For the month of September, our principal, Seeds
Mr. Ron Stubbs, has selected the book Have Ms. Ott’s and Ms. Bennett’s classes are nearly
from 8-1 and 1-3 Monday through Thursday.
You Filled Someone’s Bucket Today? finished with their narrative writing units—
If you need any assistance with programs available at Marshall like the We’re learning and thinking about what it check online to see their finished products. To
Homework help program or the Tutoring program please call 973-9015 or stop
means to fill each other’s emotional commemorate the growth of their writing, all
by room 110. We will be starting our Adult ESOL classes at the end of this
month please inquire if you’re interested. As always you’re encouraged to stop reserves rather than depleting them.
of the language arts students planted flower
by and check out our Red Chair program we will have information on that in the
seeds. Some seeds, alas, have been drowned.
main office or room 110. Join us as we read this by encouraging your
Thanks again for your piece in making our students successful!! child to count the things around your home Others are flourishing and some are still
and explore how many peas it would take to dormant. Stay tuned for more updates!
fill your kitchen, for example, or how many
televisions could fit into his bedroom, or Book Studies in
how many whales could fit into your yard. Language Arts
Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Ms. Ott’s class has begun a book study
over Hatchet, a survival story about a young
Mad, Mathematics boy whose airplane crashes in the Canadian
wilderness. As a part of the study, students
are planning a camping trip and creating
The seventh grade has four math teachers who’ve joined forces to make math as mad and survival kits.
fun and educational as possible. Tana Ruder, Brett Kimber, Nancy Hofer and Evelyn Ms. Bennett’s class is beginning a book
Dougherty have over thirty years of teaching experience combined. That’s good news for study over Three Cups of Tea, the story of a
man who changes the Middle East by
your students!
building schools and educating all the
children—including the girls.
Course II ask the experts >>> Ms. Ott answers your questions>>>
Students are working on adding Can you tell me what makes a person a good Social Studies
and subtracting integers and
working with decimals and
Q: reader? The boxes we packed for other countries
are on their way! We sent boxes to
fractions. A: Use strategies that help you Bangladesh, Japan, Israel, France, Chad,
and Spain. Included in the box were math
Parents, watch for nightly
homework and bi-monthly progress
comprehend what you’ve read. projects, bookmarks with poems celebrating
One important and very simple strategy is to visualize what you are reading. For example, Hispanic heritage month written in language
reports. Help encourage your child
if you are reading about a sparkling blue lake, take a moment to imagine just how arts, science diagrams exhibiting students’
to spend some time on homework.
beautiful a sparkling blue lake looks. Try to remember any other sparkling blue lakes you studies in rocketry and motion, and artifacts
It will help increase their
may have seen. Your brain can do it! It just needs time. from Social Studies reflecting the change
performance up to 21%! our country is experiencing with its new
President.