Staff Spotlight - American Indian Magnet School
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Staff Spotlight - American Indian Magnet School
May 2016 | Volume #18 State History Day Results >>> May 17, 2016 Police Patrol Picnic for Band Students May 18, 2016 Physics Day at Valleyfair May 19, 2016 Spring Music Concert 7:00pm May 30, 2016 No School – Memorial Day June 6, 2016 Grade 8 Awards Night – 6:00pm *Change in Date due to Como Park’s High School Graduation* June 9, 2016 Locker Cleanout Yearbook Distribution June 10, 2016 Last Day of School for Students Grade 8 Valleyfair Field Trip Grade 6 Awards Day – 9:30am Grade 7 Awards Day – 12:30pm Stay up to date on good news and upcoming eventsFollow Murray Middle School Stacy Theien-Collins @Murray_Middle Wow! As a school community, we could not be prouder of the work our students did in participating in History Day this year. This year’s theme Exploration, Encounter and Exchange proved to provide a wide variety of topics and our students took advantage with in-depth study of their chosen topics. Our Murray Pilots became researchers, critical thinkers, defenders of positions, topic experts and strong communicators. It truly transforms learning into action. The students are expected to display their learning through creating websites, documentary short films, display boards, or performances. I want to congratulate all students as this project is expected in every grade level at Murray and the commitment and quality of learning is impressive. We had nearly 50 students that advanced to regional level competition, with 27 students going on to the state level. We are excited to announce great results at the state level competition. Honorable Mentions: Amelia Moseman, performance “The Orphan Train” Nora Thomey, performance “The Invisible Ultra Bombe Machine” Fiona Blank and Anna Gaudio, performance “Ruth Underhill and the Exploration of Native American Culture” Bridget Lee, Claire Driscoll, Fiona Juarez-Sweeney, performance “The Little Rock Nine: Exploring and Encountering through Integration” Kiersten Howatt and Lily Gordon, website “Hernan Cortez and the Conquest of The Aztecs” Place Awards: th Soren Sackreiter, 5 place for website “The Relocation of Hibbing” st Sam Skinner, 1 place and advancement to the national competition held in June in Washington DC, website “Discovering the Truth: State of Minnesota vs. Phillip Morris, Inc. Again, congratulations to all our students and special thanks to our social studies teachers: Ron Beck, David Hughes, Courtney Major, Carrie Newman, Katy Novak and A Yang who worked to provide this authentic learning opportunity to our students. We are Murray! The Murray Journalism class has created a marketing and social media campaign to communicate all that is special about Murray Middle School from the perspective of the students and staff. The “We are Murray” campaign has been launched on our website (murray.spps.org) and will also be shared through Murray’s Facebook (Like us here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/MurrayMiddle-School-SPPS/886647944741588 and Twitter (Stacy TheienCollins@Murray_Middle). In partnership, Stacy Theien-Collins Page 1 of 11 Sixth Grade Seventh Grade 8th Grade Awards Night Math with Ms. Brion: In Math we will be covering Surface Area of Prisms and Multi-step Equations (Chaper 10 and 12). Operations with negative numbers (Chapter 2 in both the green and blue books) will be touched on lightly, so this would be something that your children can work on over the summer. The website, my.hrw.com, is operational during the summer, so students can access this information. Username and passwords are on the bottom of the calendar and on our Murray website. There are great instructional videos and extra practice worksheets on this site. Math with Ms. Abler: Pre-Algebra students are currently working on a geometry unit. Next we will be studying probability. Monday, June 6th 6:00pm Intermediate Algebra students will finish the year with a unit on factoring polynomials. *Changed from Thursday, June 9th Due to Como Park’s High School Graduation* There are many summer camps offered for middle school students, both day camps and overnight, academic and athletic. Please consider signing your child up for a week or two of camp. We look forward to seeing your th children back next year as 7 graders. Social Studies with Ms. Newman: History Day happened Sunday, May 1st! Over 27 Murray students competed. Eleven of our students advanced to the second round of judging. Our Murray students were competing with over 1,300 students from all over the state of Minnesota. th Soren Sackreiter took 5 place in the competition and Murray is very proud of him as well as Sam Skinner, who is advancing to the National Level Competition in Washington DC! Way to Go Sam! Eighth Grade Model UN Rotary Club of Saint Paul The Rotary Club of Saint Paul acknowledges the outstanding accomplishments made by the following students during the 20152016 school year. Premika Gurung Aysaiah Harris Kahyni Johnson Arianna Kendall Amelia Schucker Levi Treiber Timothy Vann Bernard Willis Kean Wilwerding Social Studies with Ms. Major: th 6 Grade Historians Rock! th We’ve been busy scholars! All 6 graders demonstrated their knowledge of American Indian Boarding Schools by writing and performing in-class plays that depicted many aspects of life at the schools for American Indian children and their families. We are finishing our study of the Immigration to MN in the late 1800’s and will continue to study the rise of the Twin Cities in our Flour, Lumber and Iron unit before wrapping up the year with a look at MN Today. th 6 Graders represented Murray well at the State History Day competition at the University of MN. Congratulations to: Dylan Aarness, Joseph Hoang, Alex Miller, Peter Wenger, Soren Sackreiter – who th placed 5 in the state for his website on the City of Hibbing and Sam st Skinner – who placed 1 at state for his website on the Tobacco Settlement in MN. Sam will represent Murray at National History Day in Washington DC in June! Page 2 of 11 Great Northern History Adventure Provided by the Minnesota History Center, 47 Murray historians ventured up to Northern Minnesota for an overnight field trip. Students packed their bags onto a coach bus, with our first stop in Pine City at the Northwest Fur Post. Students learned about life of Voyageurs, Traders, and Ojibwe in an early 1800’s fur trading post. Staff Spotlight We then traveled up to Lake Superior, stopping for a tour of the University of Minnesota, Duluth. Current college students took our young scholars on a tour of the campus, finishing with an “all you can eat” lunch in the cafeteria. We then traveled up for a brief stop to check out the stunning Gooseberry Falls. We were then on our way for the final destination of the night, Grand Rapids. Students bunked up at the American Inn, and were happy to stretch their legs. We spent the night journaling about our adventures, and preparing for our day at the logging camp on Friday. Students were asked to investigate logging photos, and record their interpretation of life at a logging camp in the early 1900s. Lights were out at 10pm, as we were going to wake up as loggers! Friday morning we went to the Forest History Center in Grand Rapids. Students put on lumberjack clothing, and were taken back to life at the logging camp in the early 1900s. Students were given various roles; from cooks, to clerks, to blacksmiths. In these roles, students were asked to do the job of various positions; washing clothes through the ringer, sawing logs, tending to the horses or cooking “sweat pads” to name a few. Students then participated in a lumberjack competition winning a trophy to take back to Murray! Life as a lumberjack ended with a feast of biscuits, “linen lifters”, potatoes, pork, donuts, and the choice of swamp water or cow to drink. We then traveled to our final destination, the Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post. Students learned about Ojibwe in Minnesota, the Ojibwe language, and what the changing seasons meant to the Ojibwe. Students were then given a “moose coin”, and given the opportunity to trade at the trading post. What a fantastic chance to see, learn, and experience the rich history of Northern Minnesota! A huge thank you to the Minnesota Historical Society for this wonderful opportunity! Hello! My name is Sidney Miller and I’m Murray’s Health teacher. This is my second year working at Murray and I thoroughly enjoy it. I enjoy working with all the staff and my students. I love living in St Paul and working at Murray because of all of the diversity it holds. I bring my knowledge and experiences to my classes and I like my students to share their stories and experiences with me and their classmates. I believe everyone has a unique point of view and we are better off when we share our experiences with each other. As a professional health teacher I try to practice what I teach! I enjoy the outdoors and love being physically active. This summer I plan to go wind surfing and standup paddle boarding, which I’m very excited about. I have recently been trying a vegetarian diet. Even though I love my vegetables, it’s a lot harder than I thought it would be. Currently, my favorite vegetables are brussel sprouts and beets! I am looking forward to seeing you all again next year. Stay healthy! Page 3 of 11 Athletic Clothing can be ordered online. Go to athleticoutfitters.biz, click on team/business and Murray and order your hoodie or tee. Como Park Senior High Coffee with the Principal and Counselor Murray’s Pollinator Garden nd Students broke ground April 22 for a pollinator garden at Murray Middle School. In Tim Chase’s Ecology Inquiry class this spring, they researched sites, soils, and flowers, proposed the project to school leaders and community members, and got a grant for supplies from the U of M’s Monarch Lab. They’ll plant the plot by the end of May and make a presentation celebrating MN Schoolyard Garden Planting Week rd th (May 23 – 27 ). th Wednesday, May 18 9:00am – 10:00am Parent Resource Room Come and meet Principal Theresa Neal and Counselor, Kia Thao, and have your Como questions answered. Call Sandy Kestner for further information, 651-744-3997. Save the Date! Summer Daze is on th Friday, May 13 from 4:30 – 7:15pm. This event is only for youth who have attended Flipside for 30 or more days per year. Eligible students will be notified soon! Questions? Call Kari @ 651-744-3189. In this project-based elective class, students choose and develop solutions to real environmental problems in the area. Past projects include designing a rain garden, choosing where to send vegetable garden harvests, biodiesel testing, and reducing car emissions. For the pollinator garden, many partners are offering time, tools, and other resources: the Minnesota Green Schools Coalition (a program of the U.S. Green Building Council, MN), the SPPS facilities department and board of education, the Monarch Lab, the Mulch Store (compost), Sunbelt Rentals (sod cutter), and neighbor volunteers. Murray PTA! Next PTA Meeting All are welcome to join us at our next PTA meeting which will take place Monday, June 6th in the Murray Library from 6:00-7:30pm. Any questions, please contact us at [email protected] m. “Park Perks” Sunrise Bank Coffee and Cookies! June! Stop by “Sunrise Bank” (Como and Doswell) and participate in their “Park Perks” by enjoying a cup of coffee and a cookie. All proceeds support The Pilot Oneon-One Program!! Lost and Found Please have your student check the lost and found. There is a coat rack by the front door full of shirts, sweatshirts, coats, and other various items. Anything not claimed will be donated to charity. Page 4 of 11 Page 5 of 11 Page Page66ofof811 Page 7 of 11 Page 8 of 11 Page 9 of 11 Page 10 of 11 Page 11 of 11