St. Louis Park Middle School's Weekly News
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Calendar
Oct. 29, Conferences, 4 - 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 1, No school
Monday, Wednesday will be an A day.
Tuesday & Thursday will be a B day.
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8th Grade Field Trip to REM5
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The week of November 18-21, the 8th graders will be taking a field trip to REM5 virtual reality laboratory here in St. Louis Park for a vr learning experience related to our Africa unit of study. Students received a permission slip in their I&S class. The permission slip and REM5 waiver are due back on or before November 8. Both the permission slip and the waiver need to be signed in order for your student to participate in this exciting opportunity. Each class will be visiting REM5 for a two-hour time period on one of the days. An exact date and time will be shared with students and sent to parents a couple of weeks before the field trip for planning of appointments and lunches.
Please contact your student's Individuals & Societies teacher if you have any questions.
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Thank you to the families that were able to attend conferences on Thursday. You still have an opportunity to visit with teachers on Tuesday, October 29 from 4-7:30 p.m. A letter was sent to families and Included in the letter is dates and times part-time staff will be available. Full time staff will be available both days
.
Click here to see the letter that was sent to families.
Staff Appreciation
Every fall and spring the Site Council works together to show teachers & staff our support during their long days of conferences. This is a great way to get involved and show appreciation. Thank you for your support.
Tuesday, October 29th - Soup & Salads
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Ortho Auction - a Message from Site Council
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Parents/Guardian,
As an extension of our September fundraising efforts, we are putting up for auction a generous donation secured by our fundraising team.
Up for bid is a full set of braces ($6700 value) from Family Orthodontics
www.angelarossortho.com
.
For further information and to place your bid,
click here
.
The auction will be open until October 30th 12:00 p.m.
Every dollar raised will support the work of the Middle School Site Council for all students around four key areas:
1) Covering the full cost of one field trip for every student
2) Binder Buddies available to all students at the end of Q1, Q2, Q3
3) Global Interns that work across the school in various classrooms and languages (including math and more!)
4) Year end parties for all three grade levels
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Kids Voting St. Louis Park is dedicated to educating students about the rights, responsibilities and mechanics of participating in American democracy.
Click here to read more.
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Congratulations to Jersey Miller. She is State bound in cross country. Jersey Miller placed tenth overall at one of the toughest sections in the state, to qualify for the State Meet next weekend in Northfield. Jersey is only the second Park athlete to qualify for the State Meet since 2005. Good luck at State.
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All students at St. Louis Park Middle School were invited to take a written screening test for the SLPMS Spelling Bee after school on October 8, 2019. A make-up day was offered on October 11. This 100-question test was a multiple-choice test where students had to choose the word that was spelled incorrectly from five choices. The next round, an oral bee, will be held at the Middle School on Monday, November 18, at 7 p.m. All are welcome to watch these fine spellers in action! The SLPMS Spelling Bee will determine our representative to the Metro Area Bee in March.
Top spellers by grade
8th Grade
: Aaron Casey-Fix, Otto Fischbach, Alison Garland, Jayce Halverson, Jacob Ignatowicz, Darren Persaud and Kyla Plair.
7th Grade
: Billy Bryan, Abby Daugherty, Maximo Dean, Arun Ferran-Sapatnekar, Noah Gips, Julia Lorenzen, E’nyah Miller, Sarah Peterson, Adam Rosvold, Ray Turner and Dash Zessman.
6th Grade
: Rayan Abdirahman, Lokesh Kamineni, Yasemin Lara Pillay, Jack Larson, Adin Lindell, Preston McGregor, Amran Mohamed, Mitsuki Ortega Crego, Teddy Rich, Luke Rowan, Owen Twedten and Aliya Yousuf.
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Sign-Up Now, Girls' Basketball
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If you need help creating your user account (it is the same as your lunch payment account) click here:
Creating New Account
Participation Fee: $100
Sports Physicals
: All athletes will need to have a current sports physical (not immunizations) on file at the Middle School before they will be able to register for any sport. Physicals are good for 3 years.
Coaches
7th & 8th Basketball:
Basketball is an activity that any female student in 6th - 8th grade can participate in (all athletes get to play). After the season begins, there are usually two games per week. Teams consist of an A team and a B team consisting of 7th and 8th grade players. There is generally practice everyday after school except Wednesdays, if there is no game.
6th Grade Basketball
: 6th grade teams will practice everyday, play inter-squad games against each other and SLP 7th grade teams unless participation at the 7th & 8th grade level is low and they play up. Limited games scheduled, developmental teams. Coaches will send out the inter-squad schedule once the season starts.
Activity Bus and Transportation
: Buses will leave the Middle School at 4:30 p.m. everyday after practice. If they have an event that lasts past 4:30 p.m. they will need to be picked up after the event at the middle school. We provide bus transportation to and from all away sporting events.
Season Length:
The first day of practice is Monday, October 28th. The season lasts approximately 8 weeks. Practices are from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. There is no after school activities on Wednesdays.
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Participation in MS Activities & Clubs
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St. Louis Park Middle School offers a variety of clubs and activities to engage and ignite the creativity of all students. Our goal is to have 90% of our students involved in after-school activities. Activities may be dropped or added each school year depending on student request, involvement and available adult leadership. A sampling of clubs that have been offered in the past at the middle school include: Honors Band, Math Team, Musical, Select Choir, Quiz Bowl, Gay-Straight Student Alliance (GSA), Student Action Team (SAT), and Youth Development Committee (YDC). If you have questions about these activities or would like your student to not participate in a specific club or activity, please call Bridgid O'Hara at 952-928-6301.
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Attention Cast of the Fall Play!!
Click
here
to see the first letter sent home.
Make sure you sign up for Remind-
directions are in the letter linked above.
Click
here
to see the rehearsal schedule.
Click
here
to see the full cast list, including when the Yellow cast and Green cast perform.
Make sure you sign up for Remind- directions are in the letter linked above. Or email Jessica with your cell phone number and she can add you.
We are in need of individually wrapped snacks for rehearsals. If you can donate, please drop off snacks in the front office.
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Select Choir tenors & basses, and any newly auditioning tenors & basses, will rehearse
Monday after school until 2:55 p.m.
All students
are welcome to audition for remaining openings in Select Choir. Contact
Mr. Myszkowski
if you have any questions.
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Click
here
for sign up forms or check in the office.
Quiz Bowl starts on Tuesday, November 5th, 2019.
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“Only you can tell your story.” Calling all story-tellers and creative writers for a NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) club. NaNoWriMo is challenging yourself to write a story in the month of November. You set your own word count goal and get writing – on your own or team up with a friend. The club will offer how-to inspiration, support and encouragement, and time to write.
Click here
to see their website for more information about NaNoWriMo. The club will meet for six Tuesdays starting October 29. The final session will be a party (invite your family and friends!) to celebrate writing our novels!
When
:Tuesdays from 2:30-4:20 p.m.
10/29 (because of conferences, the club will meet from 2:30-2:55 p.m.)
11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3
Where
: Mr. Letellier’s room (Room 235)
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Join Synchro Club. Click
here
for more information.
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Middle School Families! Want a yummy, easy dinner that supports SLPMS and your student?
Make plans to enjoy Noodles on November 6 from 4-8 p.m. at the Knollwood location
(click here to see the flyer)
. 25% of in-restaurant sales will benefit the St. Louis Park Middle School. Guests must mention SLPMS or show the
flyer
when ordering.
Every Student Counts. Every Dollar Counts.
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Staff Appreciation
Every fall and spring the Site Council works together to show teachers & staff our support during their long days of conferences. This is a great way to get involved and show appreciation. Thank you for your support.
Tuesday, October 29th - Soup & Salads
Can You Bring Food Items to Conferences?
Will you be attending the Middle School Conferences on October 29th? Can you bring some food items with you when you come? Our Middle School has a food shelf and we need your help to stock it! Below are the Top 10 most needed items.
Thank you!
Top 10 Middle School Food Shelf Needs:
1. Cereal
2. fruit (pineapple, oranges, especially)
3. Ramen
4. deodorant
5. shampoo
6. canned corn
7. mini mac and cheese
8. spaghetti o (and similar canned meals)
9. pancake mix (complete)
10. syrup
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Binder buddies is a great program offered to students after each quarter to help kids who need help with organization and may need school supply replenishing.
If you would like to volunteer,
please click here
. This is a rare opportunity for parents to volunteer in the Middle School.
We are always accepting donations for binder buddies and to help make donating easier, we have created an Amazon wish list.
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To donate to the Binder Buddies program through the
Amazon Wish List
:
- Click here.
- Select the item(s) you would like to donate
- When checking out, please select the middle school address for shipping
- Place your order
Thank you in advance for your donations!
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Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Hosting Boat Tours of Mississippi River
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October 14, 2019 (Minneapolis) - The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Water Patrol is proud to announce a new partnership with the National Park Service to provide boat tours of the Mississippi River to local junior high and high school-age children. The goal of these tours is to provide attendees with water safety education, history of our most important natural feature, and positive interactions between the community and public agencies.
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Click
here
for tips, activities, and helpful information for families.
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One of the ways that you can support teachers is by helping them have the extras that make their classrooms special. Sometimes that includes sending Kleenex and cleaning wipes, which no teacher will ever turn down. Other times, that includes different projects that are larger and our teachers often use DonorsChoose to get those projects funded. On October 24th, donations to DonorsChoose projects requesting classroom basics are all automatically doubled. Check out the requests our teachers have by
clicking here.
Our staff members are currently looking for a classroom set of a specific book, standing desks and a variety of furniture options, headphones for working on the computers in the resource room, a microphone to amplify the voices in class and other things. Your donations are tax deductible and they directly affect the classrooms in our school.
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Looking for other opportunities? Check out these programs
Art & Culture Survey
Hope Speaks Project
Twin Cities Film Fest
Music Lessons
Kids Voting
Parade of Schools
STEP Coats
Wasted: The Story of Food Waste
SLP SEEDS Events
Adult Options in Education
Fall Camps at Animal Humane Society
Community Education Fall Catalog
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Learning Designed for Student Success. Come see and tour the renovated Aquila Elementary School, Park Spanish Immersion Elementary School, and St. Louis Park High School offices on Saturday, October 26 from 9:00 a.m. to noon.
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D.C. Trip:
1. 2020 Trip (current 7th Grade): There's still plenty of time to register for this year's trip and still travel! Registration is open through mid-March. You can register through one of the following options:
- Calling 1-800-468-5899
Our Trip ID is 175969
2. 2019 Trip (current 8th Grade): Mr. Burr is still looking for yearbook photos! Please send electronic copies via e-mail to
burr.david@slpschools.org
as soon as possible!
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