8/27/14
Dear Parents and Students,
Welcome to the 2014-2015 school
year! Below you will find information to
assist with beginning the year as well as to successfully navigate throughout
the school year.
This year there have been
additions to our team. First, we would
like to welcome Alexander DeCicco, Rob DeCicco's baby boy. Rob teaches science on our team and as a
result of his new family addition, will be taking brief periods of
absence. He will be replaced by Mrs.
Wicks, previously known as Miss Oberding, who worked with us a bit last
year. Also officially joining our team
part time is Karen Allard, a special educator focused on Math. Many of you are
aware that she joined us late in the school year, and we are excited that she
will be continuing to assist our students with math. We also will be joined by
a UVM student, Lyndsey Paquette working with Joe Smith for the year. Last but not least, we have a new Speech and
Language Pathologist, Cara Lovell, who will co-teach with other middle school teams.
The official team list and
contact information can be found at the end of this document. Please note:
All teachers now have specific phone numbers, however, calls go directly
to voice mail during teaching hours.
Emergency contact should still be made through Rhonda Masse in our
office.
To begin our year, we will be
embarking on a team building canoe trip on Thursday, September 4th. This will be followed by an ice cream social
in room 241 from 5:30 – 6:30pm. Students
should have the permission slip for canoeing in their possession. This slip and the accompanying money will be
returned to your child's advisory teacher.
In October we will also be headed to the Flynn. No students will be denied
from going on these field trips due to financial concerns. If you have any questions, please contact Joe
Smith at 893-5529 or at jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org. We have also determined
that portfolio conferences will be held on November 5th and 6th
.
All team
notifications including field trip information, school events and some homework
assignments will be announced on our team blog at www.miltonhousea.blogspot.com.
Students will be
provided with planners to record assignments. Again, some assignments,
especially those spanning longer periods of time, will be posted on our blog. This may help in verifying nights of “no
homework”. All students will be expected
to read a minimum of 20 minutes a night from the DCF list or from other teacher
recommended lists.
Our team classroom
expectations are derived from the 5 habits of mind adopted by our middle
school: 1) citizenship, 2) preparedness, 3) precision, 4) persistence and 5) flexible
thinking. We will take time to review
and use the habits to set goals. Non-negotiable polices such as cell phone use
and acceptable technology use are found on the school web page and mentioned in
the student planner. Also found in the planner is an official school calendar
as well as helpful tools for school. We
encourage you to review the policies with your student as some have
changed. As we move to greater use of
technology in the classroom, it is also important to know that the breaking or
altering of a computer this year becomes the financial responsibility of the
student. This is due to a large number
of computers deemed inoperable as a result of improper use. Students will be
given time in their schedule to properly plug in and return their computers to
the appropriate cart at the end of each day.
Other changes to
the schedule include an extended advisory to allow for movement to start the
day, as well as an additional Unified Arts class. This means that advisory has much purpose and
it is imperative that students be in attendance as frequently as possible. We ask that students bring clothing and shoes
appropriate for the weather on Tuesdays, which will be an outdoor walking day.
If you have any
questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us using the
information below.
We are truly
looking forward to an outstanding year with our house a students and parents.
Sincerely,
House A Teachers
Robert DeCiccio-
Science- 893-5511, Rdecicco@mtsd-vt.org
Sharon Ehret-
Math- 893-5512, Sehret@mtsd-vt.org
Stacey Endres
Humanities- 893-5513 Sendres-@mtsd-vt.org
John Finnigan-
Humanities- 893-5515 Jfinnigan@mtsd-vt.org
Joseph Smith-
Consulting Teacher- 893-5529, Jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org
Karen Allard- Math
Consulting Teacher- 893-5502, Kallard@mtsd-vt.org
House A Schedule
7:30- 8:05-
Advisory
8:05- 9:05- Core 1
9:05- 10:05- Core
2
10:05- 10:55- UA
10:55-11:20-Lunch
11:20-12:15- UA
(and Math 180)
12:15-1:15- Core 3
1:15-2:15- Core 4
2:15- 2:30- Check
out (Assignments written in planner, computer plugged in to cart, return to
room for
dismissal)
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For special event
notices and other communications, please provide your contact information.
Student Name
________________________________________________
Parent(s) Name ________________________________________________
Home Phone
________________________________________________
Cell or Work
Phone
________________________________________________
Best email
address
________________________________________________
In a million words
or less, please tell us about your child.
Please attach as much paper as necessary.
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