BRIXNER JUNIOR HIGH NEWSLETTER
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BRIXNER JUNIOR HIGH NEWSLETTER
May 2010 Issue 6 BRIXNER JUNIOR HIGH NEWSLETTER STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS After collecting student signatures, campaigning for a week and giving speeches, the students have chosen their student council for the 2010-11 school year. President: Anthony Hanseth Vice President: Aubrie Balkwell Secretary: Molly Baldock Treasurer: Kaleb Winebarger Congratulations! There will also be about 25 students chosen to be student council representatives. These students will take Leadership as an elective next year and will organize all of our student activities such as assemblies, spirit week, the Extravaganza and the 8th-grade Celebration. Ready, Aim, Release! Students in Mr. Morey’s enrichment class, Health and Wellness, learned the fine art of Archery as one of the activities. Left picture: Kaley Pinner Right picture: Willy Howard 1 May & June calendar of events Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3 4 5 6 Mazama incoming 9th gr Open House 10 11 12 13 Incoming 7th 14 grade OPEN HOUSE 7-8:00 PM 19 20 Mazama 9th gr registration at Brixner 17 18 Forecasting for 8th grade classes 24 25 Pelican Cinema Field Trip 31 NO SCHOOL 1 Memorial Day JUNE 7 218th grade Celebration 6:00-8:30 pm 26 27 2 3 4 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BATTLE OF THE BOOKS Reading books can earn students prize money. 8th-grade students were divided into groups of 4 or 5 and each team needed to read 15 books. Now the students are competing against other teams to see who can answer questions about the books. Each morning in advisory there are book battles in classrooms around the building. An advisory teacher reads the questions and each team has an opportunity to answer with the book title and the author. 28 STATE ASSESSMENTS We have finished the first round of state assessments in reading, math and science. Student who did not meet the benchmark the first time, will have at least one more opportunity to take the test. As an incentive we are rewarding those who pass two tests with a movie at Pelican Cinemas. On May 25 we will go to the theater to see Shrek Forever After (PG). You can expect to see a permission slip coming home the week of May17. Please let the school know if you do not want your child to see the movie. 2 EXTRAVAGANZA Upper left: Bumper Bodies! Dustin Carter and Cameron Geigle bounce each other around. Above: Candance Hatley, Larrysa Buxman, Layla Chergosky, Amy Wade and Hannah Snoozy are enjoying hanging out together. Left: Pigging out on Pizza! Jason Brown, Julian Slowey and James Shelton see how much pizza they can eat. Above: Rock ‘em Sock ‘em! Jesse Lewis and Aaron Kirby try to knock each other off the podiums. Left: I can sing. A group of students led by Josyln Crewse and Nick Morse showed off their abilities by singing karaokee for the others at the Extravaganza. 4 Question & Answer ORDER YOUR YEARKBOOK NOW! $20.00 There are only a few left. You can pay at the office. You can also purchase yearbooks from last year for $5.00. Crazy Hats. Each day of spirit week was a dress up day. Christopher Warren, Mrs. Sundet, Cameron Geigle and Devon Wood show off their spirit by wearing crazy hats on Tuesday of spirit week. Monday was pajama day, Wednesday was Blast from the Past, and Thursday was school colors. There was also a spirit assembly on Thursday. Q: My 13-year-old has a page on a social networking site. I checked it out and was surprised and sad to read what she said. She talked about going to parties where alcohol was served, and described getting “wasted”. We have had a serious talk and we are taking steps to address this issue. But other kids I know have similar comments on their pages. Should I be telling their parents? The school? A: Social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook are new way for teens to communicate. Where teens in the 1950s met at the malt shop and teens of later years met at the mall, today’ teens meet each other online. The sites provide a great way for young people to share information about themselves. But, as with any online conversation, what they say may not always be the truth. In addition, there can be consequences. Employers and colleges regularly check out students’ web pages to see what young people say about themselves. And once that information is posted, it can live forever. Even after your teen deletes the information form her page, an older version may be stored on someone else’s computer. Should parents know what is said on their kids’ home pages? Absolutely. Safety is always an issue when posting things on line. But teens may also face legal trouble because of what they have written or the pictures they have posted. Not long ago, a local police department prosecuted students for underage drinking that they had bragged about on a social networking site. The Parent Institute Related Local News: Recently several junior high students were fighting on a weekend. The fights were recorded and posted on YouTube. These fights caused many students to be cited by the police for various infractions. Unfortunately people throughout Klamath Falls and the entire webworld were able to watch these fights online. Is this what we want our community to be known for? Check out the Brixner Junior high webpage at: [email protected] 3