St. Louis Park Middle School's Weekly News
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Calendar
- Oct. 5: No school
- Oct. 11 & 16 conferences, 4-7:30 p.m.
Monday is an A day
Tuesday is a B day
Wednesday & Thursday is an A day
Friday is a B day
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SLPMS Spirit Week 2018
September 21-23
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SPIRIT WEEK SCHEDULE
Friday September 21 - Sunday September 23:
Cooking at Cub Foods Knollwood!
Please choose a shift with your family or friends at the Cub Foods Hot Dog Wagon
(click here to see the flyer)
and enjoy connecting with the SLP community while raising money to support our school. Sign up
HERE
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Maslon UPLIFT for 8th graders
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8
th
Graders! Join Maslon UPLIFT, our very own 8
th
grade mock trial program. You will meet lawyers, learn about the law, and win prizes. At the end of the program, you will represent your very own client in a mock case before Hennepin County Judges in the University of Minnesota Law School courtrooms. We will meet after school on Tuesdays starting on October 23. Watch for registration information later in the fall. Questions? Contact Catherine Ahlin-Halverson at
catherine.ahlin@maslon.com
or 612-672-8314.
CATHERINE AHLIN | PUBLIC INTEREST COUNSEL
MASLON LLP
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Youth in Government (YIG)
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Interested in Government? Politics? Fun? Youth in Government (YIG) informational meetings are coming up!
Parent and student information nights at the Ridgedale Y:
Monday, 09/24/2018, 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Location: Ridgedale YMCA
Tuesday, 10/09/2018, 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Location: Ridgedale YMCA
Emilee Wold
Senior Teen Thrive Program Coordinator
Ridgedale YMCA
RIDGEDALE YMCA
YMCA OF GREATER TWIN CITIES
(P) 952-403-4728
(F) 952-544-4765
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Quiz Bowl Team Opportunity
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New After School Club Opportunity!
We are starting our first ever Middle School Quiz Bowl Team. If your child enjoys trivia, please check out this
link
for more information.
Sincerely,
Ms. Lisa Lillie
Gifted and Talented Education Specialist (gr. 6-8)
Advanced Language & Literature Teacher (gr. 6)
952-928-6385
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Fall Play Auditions Are Coming!
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SLP Middle School Theater Announces:
The Mouse that Roared!!
Economic woes threaten the small country of Fenwick, ruled by Glorianna the Twelfth. When the plan to declare war on the United States, with the intent to lose, goes awry the world sees Fenwick as a threat. Will the world come to a nuclear end? Will there be love in the Duchess's life? How scary is a little old mouse? What will happen to all of the pomegranates?
Audition to find out!
Sign-up outside the choir room door (Room 124) for one audition date on either Friday, September 21st or Monday, September 24th. Performance dates are December 13-16. You don't need to prepare anything ahead of time.
Rehearsals are held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and sometimes Friday until 4:30. It is possible to participate in theater AND a sport.
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Lose your cell, find yourself with friends
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On Tuesday, September 25th during all four lunch periods, the Middle School will be trying a new initiative regarding cell phones. In combination with lessons in their OT class around social media and healthy cell phone use, students will be asked to refrain from using their cell phones during lunch that day, whether for games, videos, calls, and/or texts, and encouraged to to spend their lunch communing with their friends and peers. We ask that you discuss this with your child and also encourage them to spend that lunch period socializing with their friends.
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Meet Our Multicultural Liaisons
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Carmen Rudin
Spanish Multicultural Liaison
952-928-6438 (Office)
952-836-7237 (Cell)
rudin.carmen@slpschools.org
Carmen Rudin is a community interpreter who has been working as the Spanish Multicultural Liaison for the last three years for St. Louis Park Public Schools. She previously served as a teacher’s assistant at Park Spanish Immersion School and also worked as a Spanish interpreter for the St. Louis Park, Hopkins, and Minneapolis school districts. Carmen also previously served a Spanish teacher at the Jewish Day School in St. Louis Park. Carmen graduated from Centro de Lenguas de Universiadad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Tarabi Jama
Somali Multicultural Liaison
952-928-6423 (Office)
952-847-0446 (Cell)
jama.tarabi@slpschools.org
Tarabi has been employed at St. Louis Park Public Schools since 2014 in various roles related to facilitating communication between staff, students, parent, and community in order to provide the necessary tools for multicultural students to achieve academic success. Tarabi also teaches entrepreneur training for The Initiative Foundation to new immigrants and low-income families to create a realistic business plan road map. He obtained his Master of Arts in Management from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota. He currently resides in Edina with his wife.
Shanita Young
American Indian Multicultural Liaison
952-928-6441 (Office)
763-200-2495 (Cell)
young.shanita@slpschools.org
Shanita started working for St. Louis Park Public Schools at the end of the 2016-17 school year. She has also spent time working with the Summer Learning Program at Central Community Center. Shanita grew up in the Twin Cities area and is an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. She volunteers as a Resource Advocate at Building Blocks and at Tawfiq Islamic Center’s weekend school. She is currently pursuing her A.S. degree in Community Development and studying American Indian Studies at Minneapolis College. She lives in St. Louis Park and has a son in the school district.
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St. Louis Park High School will host a documentary screening of the film "Screenagers" as well as a mental health fair from 5:30-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27. Events will take place in the High School
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Support for Parents of Adolescents
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STEP will have winter coats available throughout October for St. Louis Park children and adults who are in need. Come during STEP’s Clothes Closet hours and bring current address verification (a utility bill or lease).
Call 952-925-4899 with any questions.
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Teens & Tech
A Healthy Approach
Free Event
9-27-18
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7th Grade DC Trip, 2019:
7th Graders (and parents), are you interested in traveling to Washington, D.C., June 13-16? You are invited to attend a parent information meeting on Thursday, September 27, at 7:00 p.m.. in the Middle School Media Center to learn about this exciting opportunity. We have 34 travelers already registered, and we're looking forward to adding more!
Families that attended the meeting last spring NEED NOT ATTEND this session; it will be the same presentation.
If you are interested in learning more about the trip but are unable to attend the meeting please contact David Burr at
burr.david@slpschools.org
or
(952) 928-6375
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Students that went on last year's trip, we're looking for photos for the Yearbook! Please send digital copies of your photos to Mr. Burr at
burr.david@slpschools.org
by Sept. 28. We'll put in as many as we can!
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Looking for other opportunities? Check out these programs
Direct Donation Opportunities
Dance Classes
STEP Coat Drive
Spanish for Adult Language Learners
Schwans Fundraiser
Vaping Forum
H of M challenging Racism
Teens & Tech
Kung Fu
Fall Youth Enrichment
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