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FCPS is holding their elementary science and social studies fairs on March 23rd at Tuscarora High School! This is a great opportunity to learn and explore a topic that interests your child! It could be about something they learned in school or something totally new! Even projects started in class can be used or expanded upon. The possibilities are endless! We hope to see many Knights representing Middletown Elementary!

Science Fair resources: FCPS Guide and Other Resources

Register for the science fair: https://tinyurl.com/elemsciencefair

Registration and resources for the social studies fair:https://sites.google.com/fcps.org/ssfair

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We are having our class Valentines party on February 15th from 1:45-3:15.

We are asking parents, if able, to donate money towards crafts and snacks that the school will purchase for each classroom party. This can be done by clicking the link (Also sent to your email). We would like to have all donations by February 2nd.

We also need 2 or 3 volunteers to help with the party. If you are interested please email your classroom teacher ASAP and your name will be added to the classroom lottery. We will choose helpers on February 2nd. You will be notified by the teacher if you are selected, and the teacher will provide more details about your duties for the party.

Attached you will also find a class list. Please make sure if you are doing Valentines that there is no food attached, as this is a school wide policy. However, non-food items may be attached. Also, if your child is making Valentines, they should make one for everyone in their class.

We will be providing Valentine's bags and will be decorating them the day of the party.

Thanks for your willingness to volunteer and donate to make these parties successful!

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On Thursday, Jan 25th the history bee screening test will be held in Mrs. Young’s room following this schedule:

3rd grade  - 10:30 to 11:10

4th grade  - 12:10 to 12:50

5th grade - 12:50 to 1:30

Aaround 3 students from each grade will be selected to be on the History Bee team.  The team will meet for practices one or two times a week.  The practices may happen before or after school and possibly during lunch and/or recess.  There will be lots of reading and studying at home as well.

The History Bee will be held in May at Hood College.

Let me know if you have any questions. Please see Ms. Hicks or Mrs. Young with questions!

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Feb 16: 2 hour early dismissal

Feb 19: NO School

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Good Morning Knight Families!

Our Knights Chorus Concert will be held on December 20, 2023 @ 7:15pm at MHS

Chorus Members will need to arrive at 6:15

Looking forward to celebrating the Season with you!

Musically Yours,

Autumn Avila

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Please encourage your student to bring a water bottle to school! 

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Please encourage your student to bring a water bottle to school! 

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Mrs. Peyton and Mrs. Pasternak will have a final spelling bee meeting with the participants on Wednesday, January 3 in Music 2 (atrium).
Grades 3 & 4 will be at 9:50 - 10:30
Grade 5 will be at 10:35 - 11:15

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Monday, December 4 - Hats Off to Inclusion (Hat Day)

Tuesday, December 5 - Tie Dye Tuesday

Wednesday, December 6 - Wacky Wednesday

Thursday, December 7 - Be Comfortable, Be You

Friday, December 8 - School Colors Day

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12/1: 2 hour Early Dismissal

12/13 - 12/15 iready Reading Diagnostic

12/18-12/22: Winter Break Spirit Week (more information to come)

12/20: Half Day AM Field Trip Outdoor School

12/21: All Day Field Trip Outdoor School

12/25-1/1: Winter Break

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On Monday, November 13th, Jackie and Betty will be meeting with the Spelling Bee contestants in Art II for distribution of materials.  Students should come at the same times as before:

3rd - 10:30 to 11:10

4th - 12:10 to 12:50

5th - 12:50 to 1:30

This should be the last full meeting until the first week in January when there will be a last minute Reminder/Q&A session before the actual Spelling Bees.  In case you have not seen the Spelling Bee dates they are:

3rd - Mon. January 8th at 4pm (Snow date - Jan. 23rd)

4th - Tues. January 9th at 4pm (Snow date - Jan. 24th)

5th - Wed. January 10th at 4pm (Snow date - Jan. 25th)

Please remember to send your Spelling Bee students promptly, but if you forget we will come get them.

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Term 1 Report Cards will be distributed today, November 8. Students who took the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) exams in the 2022-23 school year will receive their Individual Score Report (ISR). The MCAP scores provide important information for students, families and school staff about a child's readiness for next steps in their learning journey.

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9:05 W T

9:50 U L

10:35 Z

11:10 X

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From Monday Nov 13th through Thursday Nov 16th, Girl Scout Troop 37105 (4th graders) will be running a food drive for the Middletown Food Bank.

There will be a box in each classroom and the troop will count the number of items donated throughout that week. The winning class will earn a popsicle party! Students: Look for posters coming up this week. The girls will be on the morning announcements each day next week with reminders as well!

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MES Families!

We will assemble in the Gymnasium at 1:55 PM on Friday, November 10th instead of 1:25 PM!

After our Veterans Day Celebration, Military Guests who want to speak to an MES Classroom are still invited to do so!

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What's the BIG IDEA? When we talk to our students about their upcoming projects, we want to ensure that they learn and understand the curricular, cultural and historical concepts behind each project as well as focusing on the production of an artwork - so when you hear us mention the BIG IDEA, that's what we mean!

MES Artists have started a variety of new projects as Q2 begins. We are continuing to review knowledge we've learned during past experiences, while beginning to apply new learning and more challenging processes as we move deeper into the school year.

3rd Grade artists have been introduced to American Artist Keith Haring and are starting a project that will engage them in drawing humans in motion, rhythm in an artwork and painting techniques using fluorescent temperas. Our BIG IDEA is to learn that patterns and repetition create rhythm that moves your eye through an artwork.

Our 4th graders are learning about the holiday Diwali (the Festival of Lights) celebrated in India, Singapore, the UK and other places around the world. We are creating a Rangoli-style design using a color-family blocked background and printmaking techniques. Rangolis are a traditional design created using sand, flower petals, colored rice or flour. They are created on the ground to help welcome good fortune and prosperity to households. Our BIG IDEA is radial symmetry and color family review, while we learn about the relief printmaking process.

5th grade artists in Mr. Hench's classes are pushing to the finish line with a ceramics project (stacked-coil bowls) and will finish that artwork up in the next several weeks as they glaze and have their pieces fired. Ms. Cecil's artists just finished their "Eyes" using multimedia while learning about proportion and symmetry. Our next 5th grade artwork is a "Ship in a Bottle" artwork where our BIG IDEA is to create a seascape, purposefully select their choice of art media and to use those media to learn about value and shading.

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The MES Artist's Advisor - November 2023 by Ryan Hench | This newsletter was created with Smore, an online tool for creating beautiful newsletters for educators, nonprofits, businesses and more

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If you have headphones at home please bring them to school! Students will need headphones for upcoming testing. Students are not allowed to have Bluetooth headphones. Wired headphones only!

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Tomorrow Oct. 31st is our Fall party! The parade will begin at 2pm. Parking is limited. Please allow enough time for you to park and get to the back blacktop before 2pm to ensure seeing the entire parade. As a reminder if the weather is bad, our parade will be in the cafeteria. As another reminder, students are to wear costumes to school or wear clothes they can put their costume over. There will be no changing in the bathrooms before the party.

Any questions please let me know.

Have a great day! Looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow! 😊

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Ms. Cecil and Mr. Hench are so excited by the work our students are creating for the fundraiser! You'll receive a packet towards the end of October showing your child's art as it will appear on any keepsakes you may wish to order. Student artwork samples are shared in the photos above.

Our 3rd grade artists have been reviewing line types and subject matter (landscape) while creating overlapping forms to show depth and distance.

4th grade artists have learned about LA artist Jen Stark and her colorful art - they've been introduced to watercolor techniques and mixed the tertiary family of colors for their abstract doodle.

In 5th grade, artists have studied the work of Gustav Klimt and created their own Klimt-style pet portrait using a variety of line types, patterns and, of course, the focal point; a portrait of a pet they currently own, had in the past, or wish they had.

We are so proud of our artist's learning and hard work, and we hope you are as well! Proceeds from the fundraiser will supplement the MES art supply budget, allowing us to continue to share high quality art tools and media with our student artists.

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Attendance and Leaving Early Notes

New this year:

MES is asking parents to email all sick and vacation excuse notes to the teacher and MiES.attendance@fcps.org.

All notes for students leaving early should be emailed to the teacher, loretta.shafer@fcps.org and christina.faron@fcps.org

Notes brought in with students continue to be acceptable and preferred.

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Due to the Fall Parties on Tuesday, Oct. 31, we have revised the MES 1st year band schedule for that day.

Everyone WILL still have their band lesson, but we have changed the schedule so all groups will have their band class before lunch time.

LET'S GO FOR 100% ATTENDANCE WITH INSTRUMENTS !!

10/31 BAND SCHEDULE

9:05 in the Atrium = G1 G2 H

9:05 Band Room = A E

9:50 Atrium = C

9:50 Band Room = D1 D2

10:35 Atrium = B1 B2

10:35 Band Room = F1 F2

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October 31st Fall Party and Parade Information

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October 31st Fall Party and Parade Information

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Check out the paper sent home in Orange folders on Wednesday 10/18!

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2023-2024 fall party parent  information letter

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November 7 - 10 5th grade COGAT testing
November 11 - Veterans Day
November 22 - 24 School closed for Thanksgiving

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When: Monday, October 23.

Grade 5: 12:50 - 1:30
Where: Art room 2
Students who are absent can take make ups on Monday, October 30 during the same time blocks.

students will take a written test on words they have NOT studied

the 10 or so spellers with the top scores in each grade will be invited to move on to the grade level spelling bee

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Date: October 31st
Time: 2:00-3:15pm

Important Information *PLEASE READ*
-Students should wear costumes to school (No changing in bathrooms allowed)
-Masks = allowed
-Weapons = not allowed
-The parade will start at 2:00. Parents are welcome to join! The parade will be on the blacktop. UNLESS it rains. If it rains, parents can come into the gym to watch the parade. (Please sign in outside of the gym doors)
-The front office is providing snacks and a craft.

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students will take a written test on words they have NOT studied

the 10 or so spellers with the top scores in each grade will be invited to move on to the grade level spelling bee

those 10 or so students invited to the grade level bee will get a list to study and will be asked to stand and spell words in front of an audience where a winner and runner up will be declared.  The school bees will be held in January.

the top 2 spellers in grade 5 will be given additional word lists to study for the county bee that will take place in March at Hood College in front of larger audience

all students are welcome to participate in the screener bee, but should only participate if they are interested in continuing on with the spelling bee

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We have done several lessons and graded assignments regarding the 4 types of sentences.

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Today in class I reviewed the proper way to use lined paper! 

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Are you a member of our PTA yet?
Join us!
(PS: Joining the PTA does not mean you must attend meetings!)

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Our Trunk or Treat Event Registration to *park and decorate your vehicle* is open.

Sunday, October 29th

Arrival & Car Decorating
4:00pm-4:45pm

Festivities Begin at 5pm

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We have 60 spaces available for vehicles to participate in handing out treats.

If you would like to just Trick or Treat without having a decorated car, that is also permitted - please see details below for parking restrictions.

(Sign up to Reserve Your Space)

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F49AFAC2FA64-44395649-trunk

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For Any Questions, Please Contact:

Gwen McQueeney: gwendolynmunley@gmail.com

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Tentative dates:
December 13, 2023
May 23, 2024

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The first day of band/ orchestra for first year band students is Tuesday, September 26th.

1. The students will go to the cafeteria for orientation at 2:40. Every student should bring a pencil and their instrument. You DO NOT NEED the folding music stand and other supplied like Sound Innovations music book.

2. When students get to school in the morning they need to drop off their instrument in the band room. (Through the double doors in the gym)

On Tuesday, October 3, the students will bring their instruments and all other supplies on the checklist. This will be the first day the students play!

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First day of band of 2nd year students! 

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The first day of band and orchestra for students who played last year is Friday September 22.
Here is the schedule:
9:05 ALL Woodwinds and Brass
9:50 ALL Drumbs
10:35 ALL Strings

When you go to band PLEASE remember to bring 3 pencils and your music stand.

If any students got a new instrument over the summer, please see Mr. Cheston and Mr. Jones.

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October 2 - 6 Spirit Week (more information to come!)
October 4: Interims sent home
October 10: Bus evacuation drill (A.M)
October 11: 4 hour later arrival
(Parent/teacher conferences)
October 12: 4 hour later arrival
(Parent/teacher conferences)
October 13: 3.5 hour early dismissal
(Parent/teacher conferences)
October 16 - 20: Penny Races
October 20: School Closed
October 25: Picture Retakes
October 27: School Closed

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Green= good times to cube
Red= times during school when it is not appropriate to be cubing

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Cell phones must be silenced and stored in backpacks throughout the school day.  Smart watches are allowed to be worn for time-telling purposes only, and must be kept in school/airplane mode during the school day.  Please remind your child they are not to be recording/sending/receiving messages or calls during the school day.  During testing sessions throughout the school year, smart watches must be removed and stored in backpacks.  If you must get in touch with your child during the school day, please contact the front office.

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For all attendance related noted please email MiES.attendance@fcps.org . Paper notes are still acceptable.

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September 5 - 8

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Starting on Tuesday, September 5 we are asking that parents/families email the homeroom teachers if they want to join their child for lunch.  Please be flexible as we can only allow a certain number of families each day during lunch.

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Monday - Media & Music
Tuesday - Art & PATHS
Wednesday - Art & P.E.
Thursday - PATHS & Music
Friday - P.E. & PATHS