Events
3/12 Half Day for Students
3/13 No School for Staff and Students
3/16 No School for Staff and Students
3/28 NYSSMA Solo Festival at CHS
4/05-4/13 Spring Break, No School for Staff or Students
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Spring Sports
The Athletics Department offers the convenience of online registration for athletic sports sign up and clearance through
Family ID
.
Spring Sports include baseball, softball, boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse, tennis, boys outdoor track, girls outdoor track.
- JV/Varsity Spring Sports starts 3/16/20; Registration open now through 3/16/20
- Modified 7/8/9 Spring Sports starts 3/30/20; Registration opens 3/1/20
For more information please go to the Athletics
webpage.
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Music News
General Music students will be starting to play the guitar this month! Students will learn the different chords of the guitar and eventually learn to play popular music. Rock on!
Tuesday, March 9th, All-County Clinic with Dr. Jim Tapia from Syracuse University during 5th and 6th periods. Students will eat lunch at the end of the workshop.
Jazz Band meets every Wednesday from 5:30 - 7:00pm.
NYSSMA solo festival is Saturday, March 28.
Members of the Chamber and Strings Orchestras are going to New York City on Saturday, March 21st to participate in a Stage Make-Up workshop led by Broadway professionals and then seeing
Come From Away
on Broadway.
Jazz Band meets every Wednesday from 5:30 - 7:00 pm.
NYSSMA solo festival is Saturday, March 28.
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Character Trait for March
Our character trait for March is Responsibility. Homerooms will be participating in the March Madness attendance challenge.
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Math News
Math 7
& Math 7A
Math 7 students are working on solving equations with variables on both sides and graphing/solving inequalities.
Math 7A students are working on solving and graphing linear equations.
*On 3/12 all of grade 7 will be celebrating Pi day (3.14) since there is no school on 3/13 and 3/14 is a Saturday*
Math 8
In math 8 we just finished up our study of exponents. We will continue using what we learned as we study right triangles and the
Pythagorean Theorem
.
Algebra
In Algebra 1R, we are studying factors and polynomials. eMathInstruction is always a great website to go to for video tutorials.
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English News
In English 8, we are finishing up our reading of
The Diary of Anne Frank.
Students have done a wonderful job reading and acting out the parts of the characters in the play, and as the unit concludes, we are preparing for our end-of-unit essay assignment.
Just an FYI for parents and guardians: the NYS ELA Exam is scheduled for the final week of March!
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Foreign Language News
Spanish 1
Spanish 1 students are finishing up our house and home unit. In Miss Kelsey’s class, students are working on their unit project of designing and writing about their dream house. We will then be starting our school unit. Students will be able to identlfy favorite classes, describe those classes and discuss what they need for those classes.
Foreign Language Exploratory
Foreign Language Exploratory students are finishing up the Spanish part of the curriculum, finishing up with a project about a Spanish speaking country and moving into the French section.
French I
French 1 students celebrated Mardis Gras with King’s cake and homemade masks. We crowned our kings Wrangler VanSlyke and Bruce Mendez, who found the “baby”. Valerosa Gambitta’s 3-D house plan project was voted
Most Awesome.
Sports fans will be happy to learn that later this month, we will commence the Sports & Leisure unit.
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News from the Nurse
Please call the Jr. High Attendance Office for grades 7-9 if your child will be tardy, absent, or dismissed early. 758-4100 ext. 1005
Flu season is still upon us. Please continue to use good handwashing. If you need to cough or sneeze, do so into your sleeve and keep hydrated. The flu shot is still available so if you have not received one, it isn’t too late.
Modified Spring Sports begin March 30. A valid physical, less than one year old, must be on file with the school nurse in order to participate. Physicals are offered Monday and Wednesday mornings if your child’s physical has expired. Contact the school nurse at 758-4114 if interested.
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Social Studies Choices
for 9th Grade
Interested in 9th grade Enriched social studies for next year. If so, there will be an informational meeting on both Thursday and Friday (2/27 and 2/28) in Mr. Gambitta’s classroom (room 269) at 11:30. If interested in hearing more about this course offering, be sure to let your current social studies teacher know so he/she can request you to Mr. Gambitta’s room this Thursday or Friday. Both days the same information will be shared. You only need to attend one session.
On March 4th, all students will need to attend an after school writing sample session. Additionally, students will need to submit an entry letter. All these specific details will be shared at the informational meeting sessions.
If you have additional questions, see Mr. Milligan in room 113.
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Tri-M Participates in
Terracycle Program
Tri-M, the National Music Honors Society is participating in the Personal Care and Beauty Terracycle Program. We are recycling traditionally non-recyclable parts of personal care items like caps, lotion dispensers, soap pumps, hair spray triggers, lipstick and mascara tubes. Any personal care item of any brand with a #3 or higher in the recycle symbol is eligible to be recycled!
For more information and a full list of eligible items, check out this
link
.
Items can be dropped off in room 196 any time throughout the year. Thank you to everyone who has donated items so far!
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Social Studies News
In 8th grade social studies we have been busy learning about U.S. Imperialism. Students took the lead making google slide presentations on a particular topic of Imperialism and then presenting them to their peers. Next up…… The Great War!
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Physical Education News
The girls' PE classes just completed their unit on lawn games and recreational games. Classes learned how to play Washers, Corn hole and Kan Jam and 4-square.
The boys' classes just completed their fitness unit. Students learned how to use a fitness room safely and how to log a workout to maximize results while following a fitness program. Students also completed the Fitnessgram Testing module.
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Student Senate
The 8th Grade field trip to Hershey Park is scheduled for Monday, June 22nd. Information packets will be sent home with students on Friday, February 28th.
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Now Hiring Bus Drivers
You can work in an exciting and rewarding atmosphere and be part of the #WeAreCortland team! Make sure to check our
website
for up to date information on job postings.
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Lunch and Breakfast are Provided for
ALL Students!
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Stay Tuned for Our Newsletter Next Month!
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