Swift Middle School 1866 Robert Fulton Hwy. Quarryville, PA 17566 717-548-2187 www.solanco.org Dear Swift Families, Well, it has certainly been a cold one! …Winter, that is! I, for one, am glad to thaw out and hopefully move on to some mud sales, outdoor walks, and barbecues. One sign of the seasonal change that is upon is spring testing. Our students are always enthusiastic and hard- working, displaying a positive attitude each day of testing. I was very impressed by the daily effort that they all put forth last year, and expect this year will be the same! Please read the important reminders about testing below. We encourage families not to making any plans for family trips during these dates and also would like to remind you that any trip/excused day requests must go through our office (on a pre-approved educational trip form) in advance of the absence. Cell phone/electronic device usage or possession in any testing room/environment is strictly prohibited and can incur serious disciplinary consequences. Please discuss with your child the importance of any phone or electronic device to be placed in their locker and turned off immediately upon entering school daily. Your commitment to sending your child to school daily, encouraged and well-rested makes all of the difference! PSSA Testing Dates ELA (Grades 6-8) – April 13-17 Math (Grades 6-8) – April 20-24 Science (Grade 8) – April 27-May 1 All Other Make-Ups – May 4-8 Math Keystones (Grade 8) – May 19-21 We have a great opportunity for you to encourage your child in a very personal way! Please stop in the school office between March 23th and 30th to write a personal, SURPRISE, encouraging note to your child that will be hand-delivered to him/her on the day(s) of testing. We believe in each of our students at Swift Middle School! Our teachers are working hard daily to meet their individual needs, ensuring that they are able to make progress academically. Students’ efforts really pay off when they are able to shine during testing time! Principals Breakfast Club March 2015 Volume 1, Issue 7 Principal’s Breakfast Club students are chosen by each team and have shown great effort and/or improvement in their academics. They were recognized during a continental breakfast with their parents/guardians on February 27th. 6 th Grade: Jacob Ortlip, Thomas Pursel, Lance Workman, Sudarshan Sheets 7 th Grade: Ally Glomb, Ashley Camacho, Gavin Steely, Nick Jones 8 th Grade: Jenna Poole, Devon Colebaugh, Josh Canale, Deandre Downing Principal, Paul Gladfelter [email protected]Assistant Principal, John Dolan [email protected]6 th Grade: 132 7 th Grade 125 8 th Grade 142 Total 399
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Swift Middle School 1866 Robert Fulton Hwy. Quarryville, PA 17566 717-548-2187 www.solanco.org
Dear Swift Families, Well, it has certainly been a cold one! …Winter, that is! I, for one, am glad to thaw out and hopefully move on to some mud sales, outdoor walks, and barbecues. One sign of the seasonal change that is upon is spring testing. Our students are always enthusiastic and hard-working, displaying a positive attitude each day of testing. I was very impressed by the daily effort that they all put forth last year, and expect this year will be the same! Please read the important reminders about testing below. We encourage families not to making any plans for family trips during these dates and also would like to remind you that any trip/excused day requests must go through our office (on a pre-approved educational trip form) in advance of the absence. Cell phone/electronic device usage or possession in any testing room/environment is strictly prohibited and can incur serious disciplinary consequences. Please discuss with your child the importance of any phone or electronic device to be placed in their locker and turned off immediately upon entering school daily. Your commitment to sending your child to school daily, encouraged and well-rested makes all of the difference! PSSA Testing Dates
ELA (Grades 6-8) – April 13-17 Math (Grades 6-8) – April 20-24 Science (Grade 8) – April 27-May 1 All Other Make-Ups – May 4-8 Math Keystones (Grade 8) – May 19-21
We have a great opportunity for you to encourage your child in a very personal way! Please stop in the school office between March 23th and 30th to write a personal, SURPRISE, encouraging note to your child that will be hand-delivered to him/her on the day(s) of testing. We believe in each of our students at Swift Middle School! Our teachers are working hard daily to meet their individual needs, ensuring that they are able to make progress academically. Students’ efforts really pay off when they are able to shine during testing time!
Principals Breakfast Club
March 2015 Volume 1, I ssue 7
Principal’s Breakfast Club students are chosen by each team and have shown great effort and/or improvement in their academics. They were recognized during a continental breakfast with their parents/guardians on February 27th. 6th Grade: Jacob Ortlip, Thomas Pursel, Lance Workman, Sudarshan Sheets 7th Grade: Ally Glomb, Ashley Camacho, Gavin Steely, Nick Jones 8th Grade: Jenna Poole, Devon Colebaugh, Josh Canale, Deandre Downing
informational texts to trace and evaluate claims and differentiate between balanced and biased text. In addition, students will write an argumentative composition and develop and present a speech.
LEAD- Students will be learning various test taking
strategies in LEAD class.
READ – 6th Grade READ students are expanding their
vocabularies. We continue to work with ways to improve our reading comprehension.
Math- The students will be completing a Geometry unit and
starting a unit on Ratios, Proportions, and Percent’s. Topics covered will include rates, solving proportions, similar figures, scale drawings, finding percent of a number, and calculating discounts and sales tax.
Science-. Sixth graders will continue to learn about the
diversity of life on Earth and investigate the ways organisms interact for survival in the biome where they live.
Social Studies- The sixth graders will explore the
characteristics of ancient Greece.
If you have any questions, concerns, ideas or you would like to help out, I can be reached at 717-723-5619 or [email protected].
Hopefully the snow and ice will stay away and we can have
school more consistently. As we enter March we start
focusing on PSSA’s and recognize that this can be a very
stressful time for students. Some strategies for helping
your child through this time are:
1) Minimize after school activities- make sure they
have some down time
2) Make sure they take time to “just play”
3) Make sleep a priority
4) Help your child “listen to their body” especially
when physical symptoms appear
5) Manage your own stress, your kids observe and
mimic what they see
6) Try to make mornings as calm as possible
7) Help them to understand that they may make
mistakes, mistakes are okay
If you are concerned that your child is experiencing more
PTO Update:
On March 5th (6:30-8:30) we will be having an 8th grade students vs teachers basketball game. Admission is just $1 or a canned good for the local food bank. Hotdogs, chips & drinks will be available for purchase. Lots of door prizes. It should be a great evening...come out & join us! :) Please contact Heidi @ [email protected] if you'd like to volunteer for this event!
Concert Band will continue preparations for our upcoming Spring Concerts. All musical selections have been distributed to all students for personal practice as well as twice weekly ensemble rehearsals in school during Period 10. Solanco Middle School Jazz Band will begin rehearsing after school on Thursday February 26. Jazz Band rehearsals will continue throughout the Spring Semester culminating during Spring Concert Week in May.
Language Arts- In March, students will wrap up the Poetry Unit with a collection poems they created. We will then begin our Opinion/Argumentative Writing Unit. LEAD – In March, we will be working on our inferencing skills by using context clues, recognizing antonyms and synonyms, categorizing, and QAR strategies. PSSA preparations will also commence. Math/Extensions –In March, we will be completing a unit on surface area and volume. We will then end the month with a unit on creating and interpreting graphs. Science – In March, the Swift scientists will investigate cellular reproduction and begin looking into genetics. Social Studies – In March, students will be studying their unit on colonization. Looking at the reasons for colonization along with the impact geography had on the colony regions and their way of life. READ – 7th Grade READ will be working on ways to improve our reading comprehension and our vocabulary skills.
Language Arts- Students we will be diving into our next
novel, Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, a literary classic that
follows teenage Jethro Creighton during the four years of the
American Civil War.
LEAD – Students will continue to work on during & post
reading strategies as well as a test taking skills.
READ – 8th Grade READ will be working on ways to
improve our reading comprehension and our vocabulary skills. Algebra – In March, students will begin and complete a unit on
solving systems of equations. After which we will begin a unit on
polynomials.
Science – The month of March will see a presentation on
severe weather. At the end of the month we will begin our
venture into biological sciences and preparation for PSSA.
Social Studies – Social Studies will be joining Geography
and LEAD as we will be learn about the culture of Mexico and
the impact of U.S. entry into Texas. The Alamo will be examined
to allow students to determine its importance to our country’s
expansion to the southwest. Students will be heading out west, as
students complete the annual simulation of the Oregon Trail
Geography – Students will continue to visit their Mexican
neighbors in the south then heading north to visit the Canadians
where we will learn the provinces, a bit of the history, and the
economy. We will finish by comparing and contrasting our
northern and southern neighbors with the U.S.
Mrs. Elaine Slusser BSN, RN, CSN Mrs. Slusser is responsible for the health care coordination of students at Swift MS, Clermont ES and Bart-Colerain ES. You may contact her by email at [email protected]. Typically, she follows this schedule: Mondays/Thursdays at Clermont Elementary: 548-2742 Tuesdays/Fridays at Swift Middle School: 548-2187 Wednesdays at Bart Colerain Elementary: 529-2181
Thank you for allowing me to care for your children!
6th grade- will be working on the Drawing unit focusing on portrait cartooning.
7th grade- will be working on a Drawing unit and will be creating self-portraits focusing on the value and proportions of a portrait.
8th grade- will be working on finishing a perspective drawing and beginning a unique landscape Painting.
Computer Tech.-
8th grade –Students will continue working in excel and begin looking at averaging.
7th grade –Students will continue presenting power points and begin looking at the use of punctuation and spacing rules in MS Word.
6th grade – Students will learn and review reaches to the M and X along with reviewing all the reaches we have done so far.
FACS-
6th Grade – Students will finish their wallet sewing projects. They will then learn about healthy snacking.
7th Grade – Students will work in groups in the kitchens to prepare various recipes, while learning about etiquette and MyPlate. They will also learn about budgeting and credit cards.
8th Grade – The students will learn about microwave cooking and make mug cake. They will also learn about meal planning and make taco salad.
Library Media Center
All grades will continue their book exchanges for
leisure reading.
6th grade will spend time researching and
developing argumentative speeches.
Music-
6th Grade –Students are continuing to work with elements of rhythm. They will also examine some American composers.
7th Grade – Classes are learning and applying elements of rhythm and melody, leading to their major composing project.
8th Grade – Classes will complete a study of the Baroque Period of music history and begin the Classical Period.
Phys. Ed-
7th Grade Health – (Overly) Drug Unit
(Lane) Personality/Self Esteem Unit
6th, 7th & 8th Physical Education – (Overly/Lane)
Recreational Games / Lifetime Sports; with Physical
Fitness Unit next.
Technology Education
6th Grade- Students will test their ideas for humane mousetraps. They will then begin the transportation unit where they will design and race a magnetic levitation car.
7th Grade- Students will complete construction of model towers. They will prepare to test them for strength.
8th Grade- Students will finish printing custom-designed shirt graphics. They will then start the electricity unit.
Monthly Reminder: When your child is absent from school, please send a written excuse in the first day they
return to school. If you have any questions, please feel free to call 548-2187.
Upcoming Dates: March 5th Student/Faculty B-Ball Game- 6:30-8:30
March 13th- School in session March 20th School play – 7:00pm
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