February 2016 - Robert E. Aylor - Frederick County Public Schools

February 2016
SPARTAN HERALD
http://rea.frederick.k12.va.us
Dear Parents,
Can you believe we are more than half-way through the school year? Our 8th graders will soon make their course choices for their upcoming
freshman year and our 6th and 7th graders will soon be selecting their courses for next year. The Aylor Staff hopes that this school year to date has
been a rewarding and enriching experience for you and your child. This is a good time to check your child’s progress and set goals with your child
for the second semester. If concerns exist, please contact the guidance department to schedule a conference with your child’s teachers.
The third nine-weeks is typically a time when teachers see declining grades due to incomplete homework, poor class work, or low test grades. As
you know the winter weather can cause issues and disrupt our school schedule. We have survived the BLIZZARD of 2016, but February SNOW is
historically an issue as well. Please assist your child by checking their assignment book and the Teacher Edline or Google Classroom web site for
current grades, homework, test, and project dates and to see if your child is keeping up with his/her school work. You can also make contact with
any teacher through Ed-line by using email. Many of our teachers send out weekly email updates.
If your child is struggling and needs extra help in any subject, the M.A.T. program is a great place to receive tutoring for your child in reading,
math, social studies, and science every Tuesday from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Teachers are available during the program times to assist students with their
homework or to provide additional instruction in the four core subjects. We also have students from Sherando High School who are available to
tutor students. Contact the guidance office to get a permission slip and more information about the M.A.T. Program. In addition, each and every
student can also utilize the REAP program on a daily basis to get tutoring and assistance from their teachers. Please encourage your child to use
this time by requesting a REAP Pass.
Guidance counselors will be meeting with the 6th & 7th grade student body to begin scheduling classes for next year. The Program of Studies information is located on the FCPS Web site in an electronic version. Parents please review these materials with your child and work with them to
make their class choices for next year.
Aylor students continue to be busy and successful in their various activities. Volleyball season will soon be underway and practice for the spring
musical, Wizard of Oz Jr. is in full swing, as well as a variety of after school groups and club activities. Please encourage your child to get involved in school activities as the opportunities arise. The following clubs are in need of additional membership: FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, TSA, Chess
Club, and Accents Magazine. Students who are involved in extracurricular activities tend to do better in school. Please see the enclosed calendar
for the specific events that will be occurring during the month of February. The Aylor Track Season is just around the corner as well. Announcements for all of these events scroll in the café daily on our large screen projectors.
Early preparations for the 8th grade end of year dance and the 8th grade academic awards ceremony are also underway. Dresses for the dance do
not have to be a formal gown. As a matter of fact, a nice dress suitable to wear on other special occasions is very appropriate. We will be meeting
with students to review the guidelines and sending home a form with the specific guidelines as to what is appropriate to wear for the dance. The
first meeting of the 8th grade parent dance committee will be held in March this year, with the dance being held in late May. The success of the
dance is dependent upon parent volunteers, so please come out and help us plan a great event for our 8th grade students. Our PTSO continues to do
some amazing things here at Aylor, but they are in need of some additional volunteers and support. Please contact us to get involved with our
PTSO. Only a few hours of volunteer work is needed for various events and activities.
As we move into the second half of the year, stay in touch with your child’s teachers in order to keep the path to success a clear and easier one.
Our guidance department is available to assist with many of the middle school issues that your child may be struggling with. In addition, our school
resource officer, Deputy Sampson is available for support with many of the issues that may be affecting your child and family. We look forward to
working with you and helping to make your Aylor experience the best possible!
Sincerely,
David L. Rudy II
Principal
CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR FEBRUARY
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12:15pm Early Dismissal
5-7pm Parent Conferences (appt. only)
3:30pm FFA Food & Fiber and Plant Science contest @ PMMS
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8:30 - 1:30 LFCC Science Fair
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6:00pm Wrestling Banquet
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District Band @ Millbrook High School
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District Band @ Millbrook High School
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12 - ? Volleyball tournament at SHS
6:00pm Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Parent Night
7:00pm PTSO meeting
6-8:00pm Science Forensics Night
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6:00pm Snow date for Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Parent Night
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7:00pm Spelling Bee at JWMS
12 - 13
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21-27
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8:30 - 5:30pm District Chorus
6-8:00pm Love a Soldier Dance
NO SCHOOL (Presidents day)
10 - 1:00pm Drama Class to Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
Progress Reports Issued
6-8:00pm Snow date for Science Forensics Night
National FFA Week
Group Pics for (Chorus, Band, FFA, 8th Grade, Volleyball)
6:30pm FFA meeting Discovery & Greenhand Degrees
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5 - 7:30pm GAP Movie Night (library)
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3:00pm History Day Competition
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Snow Date for Spelling Bee
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End of 6th grade exploratory rotation
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5 - 9:00pm Chorus Bingo
Robert E. Aylor welcomes our new 8th grade English Teacher Ms. Heare
Hello! My name is Ms. Heare, and I am the new eighth grade English teacher. I’m very excited to be here at
Aylor, and I would love to share a little about my journey as to how I got here! I started my teaching experience
at West Virginia University. I graduated from WVU in 2012, and I quickly earned a teaching position as a sixth
grade English teacher in Martinsburg, WV. I worked there for three and a half years, until I was able to further
my teaching career at Robert E. Aylor Middle School. So far my experience at REAMS has been wonderful; the
students have been wonderful, and they seem to have adjusted quite well to the transition.
This semester we will be completing lots of writing assignments to help improve the students’ writing skills, and I
hope to do this by creating a fun and exciting learning environment for each of the students. If you have any
questions or concerns, lease feel free to contact me at [email protected].
I look forward to the remainder of the school year!
Ms. Heare
Attention parents! Do you have an interesting job that you'd like to share with our students? We are looking for engaging
and interactive presenters for the Aylor Career Fair on Tuesday, May 31st. If you are interested in participating, please
contact Kim Black, agriscience teacher ([email protected]) or Courtney McCalley, 7th grade counselor
([email protected]). We hope to represent each of the 16 career clusters listed below:
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Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Architecture & Construction
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
Business Management & Administration
Education & Training
Finance
Government & Public Administration
Health Science
Hospitality & Tourism
Human Services
Information Technology
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
SPELLING BEE
The Frederick County Spelling Bee will take place on Thursday, 2/11/16 at James Wood Middle School
at 7:00 pm. Aylor representatives will be Isabella Sison, Julia Hart, and Roxie McVeigh and the alternate is Nicole Shostek. The snow date is Thursday, 2/25/16.
MAT PROGRAM
SOL TESTING FOR SPRING 2016
March 1-10 - 8th Grade Writing Test
The MAT program will meet on the following
Tuesdays in February from 3-4:
May 2-27 - 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Non Writing Tests
2nd
9th
16th
Our activity day will be on February 23.
Food and Fiber/Plant Sciences—2/4
(Woodstock)
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Jr. Ag Mechanics Team—2/11 (SHS)
National FFA Week - 2/22 - 2/26
FFA Meeting - 2/23 @ 6:30 (cafeteria)
FFA Week Faculty Breakfast - 2/26 @
7:15 (cafeteria)
Homework requests can be made
for students that miss three or
more consecutive days. Requests
should be made the morning of the
3rd consecutive day and will be
available for pick up after 2:30pm.
LIBRARY NEWS
FAMILY FORENSIC SCIENCE NIGHT
Wednesday, 2/10 From 6-8
Learn how to analyze hair samples, identify dental marks, fingerprints and more!
Can you solve the crime????
Well, hopefully you all survived “snowmageddon”,
and enjoyed a little break. I know the kids loved it!
Please remind your students to return their library
books, or renew the book if they are not finished
reading. There are a lot of over due books and bills
will be sent out by the second week of February.
The library received a grant from the FCEF for a
new Makerspace and charging station in November.
The Makerspace is complete, and the charging station is just waiting for some holes to be drilled (to
hide the wires). The library looks great!
We are now beginning inventory of all items in the
library catalog. This is a long process because this
not only includes books, but all of the equipment too.
However that shouldn’t stop you from finding the
perfect book! There are plenty of great books to
entertain and if you need help finding a “good” book
just ask one of us, a teacher, or even one of your
classmates for suggestions.
LOVE A SOLDIER DANCE Margaret Werner
The 3rd annual Love A Soldier Dance is scheduled for Friday, 2/12. Tickets will be sold outside the cafeteria be‐
ginning Monday, 2/8 (before school) for $3. Proceeds from the ticket sales and court voting will be do‐
nated to Honor Flight Northeast Tennessee to help bring veterans to D.C. to visit the War Memorials con‐
structed in their honor. More infor‐
mation about Honor Flight can be found at www.honorflight.org Valley Health is partnering with local school systems,
health departments, and other agencies to complete a
Community Health Needs Assessment. A community
health survey will help identify key health needs, gaps
regarding the availability of services, and the impact of
behaviors on health outcomes. Valley health and its
partners will use the survey results to develop strategies
to address the identified needs. Please take a moment
to complete the brief online survey at Valley Health’s
website at http://www.valleyhealthlink.com/survey. The
survey should take less than five minutes to complete.
Don’t miss this opportunity to have your voice heard.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AYLOR STUDENTS WHO WERE SELECTED BY AUDITION TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE 2016 ALL-DISTRICT XIV CHORUS
SOPRANO
ALTO
TENOR
BARITONE
Jenna Arnoldy
Kayleigh Barrios
Quinton Banks
Eli Barbe
Lauren Eriksson
Jillian Deignan
Jacob Greene
John Nocito
Nicole Shostek
Maddy Woolever
Joe Wagner
Sean Loveless
Emily Harrison, alt.
Jazmyn Long, alt.
Jaden Berman, alt.
C.J. Clem, alt.
These students will represent Aylor along with choral students from (15) other middle schools on February
12-13 at Millbrook High School. Ms. Legge would like to extend her compliments to all the students who
auditioned through the All-State audition process and or selected through your hard work in class. She is
very proud of all of you!
SAFE SUPPORTIVE SCHOOLS
The primary goal of all school staff is to create a safe, nurturing environment in which students are able to learn. If students do
not feel safe at school, then learning becomes extremely difficult, if not impossible. To address the safety needs of students,
staff, parents, and community members, the Frederick County Public School (FCPS) has created Threat Assessment Teams in
each school.
Threat assessment teams are comprised of school administrators, school counselors, school psychologists, school resource
officers, and other key school staff members. Team members work with students, school staff, and parents to identify potential
threats in the school, and then they create plans to address those threats. To learn more about the FCPS Threat Assessment
Teams, visit our website:
FCPS 224P
https://goo.gl/CFOgXo
FCPS 224R
https://goo.gl/jla8MG
School safety is the responsibility of everyone. If you or your child becomes concerned about a person who may pose a threat
to the safety of the school community, please contact the principal, assistant principal, or school resource officer (SRO). Together, we will continue to create a safe, supportive environment for our children.
As of March 1st we will be using Peachjar Electronic Collection for the distribution
of non school materials, school fundraiser information, Aylor Athletics, school
dances, flyers etc. There will be an icon added to Aylor’s home page for viewing of
all information.
The following students were selected to participate in the Science Fair that will be held on February 4th at LFCC:
Ashlyn Mauck, Jordan Petrie, Andrew Shostek, Sydney Damico, Isaac Chapman, Kelsey
Pendzich, Lucy O’Neil, Elizabeth Sayen, Colt Bauserman, Landon Rohani, William Harrison,
Emily Harrison, Daisy Conde, Benjamin Stange, Brittany Atkins, Skylar Treadwell, Tyler McDonald, Justin Lee, Isabel Hall, Linley Spangler, Lance Rauser, Logan Dunston, Cole Armel, Quinna
Molden, Brandon Blair, and Jacob Neff
The Accents Magazine staff meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 4 until 3:30 in
Ms. Brown’s room. New members are welcome. We will begin to work on planning and creating
the student literary and art magazine. Rides should be at school promptly at 3:30 in front of the
school. Please see Ms. Brown if you have any questions.
REMINDER TO PARENTS: All students that still owe class fees have received a
slip from their teachers with the amount owed. You may send the payment in
with your students or go to MySchoolBucks.com
Volleyball Schedule
Monday, February 8 - Daniel Morgan (home) 5:00pm
Thursday, February 18 - Admiral Byrd (away) 5:00pm
Monday, February 22 - Johnson Williams (home) 5:00pm
Tuesday, February 23 - James Wood Middle (away) 5:00pm
Thursday, February 25 - Frederick County (home) 5:00pm
Monday, February 29 - Daniel Morgan (away) 5:00pm
Tuesday, March 1 - James Wood Middle (home) 5:00pm
Thursday, March 3 - Frederick County (away) 5:00pm
Tuesday, March 8 - Admiral Byrd (home) 5:00pm
Thursday, March 10 - Warren County (home) 5:15pm
Tuesday, March 15 - Playoffs @ Higher Seed 5:00pm
Wednesday, March 16 - 7th grade Championships @ FCMS 5:00pm
Thursday, March 17 - 8th grade Championships @ FCMS 5:00pm
Counseling Corner
Counseling Department Contacts
Eric Demorest
6th Grade
[email protected]
Courtney McCalley
7th Grade
[email protected]
Lexi Rogers
8th Grade
[email protected]
Tonya Smith
Secretary
[email protected]
Ph:(540) 869-3736
Ext: 80193
Fax:(540) 869-5180
PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES
Conferences will be held on 2/3/16
Please call Mrs. Smith in Guidance to reserve your time
A BIG THANK YOU TO CICI’ S PIZZA FOR DONATING COUPONS
FOR OUR HONOR ROLL STUDENTS!
RISING 6TH, 7TH, AND 8TH GRADE PARENT MEETING
The rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade parent night will be Tuesday, February 9th from 6-7 and the
snow date is scheduled for Thursday, February 11th. Rising 6th grade parents will meet in the
cafeteria and rising 7th and 8th grade parents will meet in the library.
MP2 ALL A HONOR ROLL
6TH GRADE
Carson Allegra, Noah Benavides, Brandon Blair, Karli Brown, Jacob Bundrick,
Kendall Chapman, Victoria Corbit, Carson Foltz, Cooper Freer, Grace Greene,
Isabel Hall, Mabree Humphreys, Ian Lafever, Justin Lee, Tyler McDonald, Hannah Pembelton, Ashley Pendzich, Emma Pennington, Jordan Petrie, Holly
Rickard, Terrell Roberts, Elizabeth Sayen, Linley Spangler, Chloe Stogsdill,
Zachary Symons, Stella Wallin, Jonathan Woodbury
7TH GRADE
Jonathan Armel, Curtis Bauserman, Ashley Catalano, Emma Daisy Conde,
Nicole Duncan, Logan Dunston, Andrew Franchok, Jacob Greene, Emily Harrison, Katie Lipton, Emily Loy, Aaron Metz, Quinna Molden, Tehya Niide, Emily
Orgen, Lance Rauser, Benjamin Rodriguez, Gabrielle Sakai, Jacquelyn Sanchez,
Eric Sheetz, Brittany Shockey, Isabella Sison, Skylar Vollmer
8TH GRADE
Jenna Arnoldy, Tristan Bossidy, Isaac Chapman, Blake Conner, Ashlyn Craig,
Sydney Damico, McKinley Dean, Abigail Dodson, Brian Jimenez, Jordyn Jones,
Stephanie Lopez-Marin, Colleen Neff, Reagan Newhouse, Dylan Niide, Alex
Petsko, Skylar Treadwell, Heather Walton, Brayden Wilkins, Madilyn Woolever
MP2 A/B HONOR ROLL
6TH GRADE
Victoria Ames, Brandon Anderson, Sarah Arellano, Lea Aufdenberg, Hunter Bailey, Steven Barnard, Sierra
Benavidez, Bryan Boyer, Andrew Bray, Casey Brown, Madison Buhl, Harrison Burrell, Joseph Burton, John Carter,
Sarah Carter, Peyton Childs, Emma Chunta, Alexander Clark, Caraline Clawson, Cindy Contreras, Mckenzie Cox,
Cody Crittenden, Justin Dante, Mackenzie Davey, Paul Dean, Delaney Disque, Tori Dodrill, Avery Dodson, Blake
Dodson, Aubree Dorsey, Alyssa Eckstein, Jessica Flores Celaya, Miguel Flores-Castaned, Katherine Fout, Willow
Franklin, Richard Fridley, Tyler Funk, Hailey George, Kylie Gill, Hunter Gordon, Brice Grady, Adam Grant, Sophia
Guntang, Adam Hall, Richard Haskins, Arick Hatch, Ashley Heintz, Alan Henry, Ella Henry, Liam Hughey, Emma
Hunter, Delila Incavo, Ole Iverson, Casey Kyser, Gwenyth Layman, Jonathan Lightcap, Jason Lilly, Avery Lunde,
Stephanie Machado, Connor Madagan, Charles Malone, Josiah Martinez, Haley McInturff, Abigail Miller, Ethan
Miller, Regan Minney, Hayden Mogle, Lauren Moses, Benjamin Muir, Kaitlyn Murrow, Kailin O'Connor, Lucy
O'Neil, Camden Palmer, Hailey Patterson, Cloe Phelps, Chase Pierce, Jessica Polio, Ella Raymond, Kaidyn Ridge,
Madeline Ridings, Jocelyn Rivera, Shane Schollian, Andrew Shostek, Jessica Shostek, Bryson Smith, Iyanna Soto,
Benjamin Stange, Elijah Stone, Brenna Stringer, Ryan Stubbs, Cameron Sullivan, Eric Tachev, Connor Tierney, Jessica Torres-Santiago, Fayth Truong, Gabriella Valentinetti, Madison Vanzandt, Madeline Watson, Matthew White,
Amari Williams, Aydan Willis
7TH GRADE
Cayden Alkire, Victor Arellano, Aracely Arellano Sandoval, Lindley Armel, Ashanti Baker, Colby Barham, Luke
Barham, Camberlin Barnes, Kayleigh Barrios, Bellamarina Batista, Jaden Berman, Brianna Boone, Ella Borst, Eryn
Broccolo, Megan Bruns, Elizabeth Bucher, Lisa-Marie Carpenter, Larami Castillo, Rayne Coffey, Kemani Curry,
Logan Curry, Crystal Danzo, Breannon Davis, Aleyna Dowell, Devyn Downs, Gracie Lynn Edgar, Antonio Edmiston, Lauren Eriksson, Luke Evans, Alyssa Fletcher, William Fletcher, Paige Foltz, Tellinna Force, Taylor Foreman,
Orion Gregory, William Harrison, Julia Hart, Joshua Hartley, Averie Hartman, Aurora Hayes, Brian Hernandez,
Emma Holland, Sean Jackson, Mason Jamal, Brody Judd, Hailie Kelly, Zachary Kessler, Kendall Lincoln, Sean
Loveless, Rosealy Luttrell, Haley Mack, Kelley Madagan, Reese Martin, Jaelyn Mason, Erica McAvoy, Tori McDonald, Taylor Natale, Shelby Neeld, Timothy Newlin, Rory O'Hara, Sean O'Rourke, Andrea Ramirez, Ethan Raymond,
Morgan Rese, Yennifer Reyes-Sanchez, Landon Rohani, Chelsea Rosier, Aidan Rucker, Marissa Salyers, Karimar
Santiago Martinez, Kaitlyn Schraff, Ariel Scott, Madelyn See, Mason See, Anthony Sharps, Aleigha Shifflett, Erin
Simon, Kira Sloan, Chloe Strawderman, Sidnee Taylor-Goode, Joseph Venturato, Madyson Via, Kelcy Wilde, Rebecca Williams, Avery Wilson, Grace Wilson
8TH GRADE
Jonathan Acosta, Madison Alexander, Jessica Anderson, Emily Arrington, Kobey Artis, Brittany Atkins, Ali Baltimore, Nina Battista, Payne Bauer, Hannah Boone, Julie Bravo, Adam Brown, Emily Buhl, Justin Bush, Kyia Carter,
Caitlin Chrismon, Caley Citro, Craig Clem, Hailey Costello, Jillian Deignan, Briana Dick, Emily Dodson, Jessica
Eddy, Emma Fazzini, Jolisa Fink, Colton Foltz, Johnathan Ford, William Franklin, Jessica Fransen, Sofia Gutierrez,
Haley Haines, Chase Hardy, Matthew Hartley, Aulia Hatch, Stephanie Hill, Kierra Holmes, Grace Hughes, Dillon
Hunter, Brooke Kenney, Angela Kim, Victoria Kisley, Catherine Landis, Daniel Leon, Jazmyn Long, Lillian Lucas,
Eleanor Lunde, Alexis McGraw, Julian Merritt, Foster Miller, Francisco Molina, Michael Mowery, John Nocito,
Keegan Nusbaum, Kamryn Pangle, Kelsey Pendzich, Daniel Plaugher, Zain Quick, Beatriz Quiroa-Guevara, Brianna
Rack, Colin Rinker, Keaton Ritter, Bryan Robertson, John Rowe, Hailey Rudy, Amelia Sacco, Aleiah Samuels, Hannah Sandy, Samantha Satterly, Zander Schlademan, Emily Shable, Samantha Short, Nicole Shostek, Mariah Stone,
Julian Umbenour, Carmella Valentinetti, Joseph Wagner, Hannah Webber, Cameron West, Kylynn Whitt, Kelsey
Wright, Morgan Ziviello
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