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Mesagefrom the Principal, Lavonne Sniley
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April
2074
Deat Parcnts afid Guardians:
Tefff Middle S.hool
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cited lo be oft'Prin\ o
Led
,pring oersion oJ o t fall Sluden!
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Tef{t
Mission
Statement
Mooing
ell
studerts
forward,
Whatexer
it
tekes,
Together!
nfete n ce s I Ac ademi c
Show case.
Thii i9 a oppo unitu for vou as a parcnl. lo 5cc Poit]ence af lhe acadPmiL
g,outh thai yotrr,hitd ha, made aucr the cout>c of fhe la'l achool ycar'
\our chilt! ,Ditl bc rcoicwins ailh vau lhe tesl <,ores from lhe quarlPtly
(ommon atsc'sments in"readtng and md!h, quatlerlV .tocabulary
assessnlents, and quatterly wriling assessments. You t0ill haPe on
op\orlunilv to receiuc vour ahild s sprin| NWL4 Mc7sures of A(adcmi(
fio2rcx t'uaPt scori. Did yaur .hild rcach lhc lypical |rcwlh lhal
was expecte.l
for this
year?
Goat setting is alr integral parl of our academic actioities at.Tefft Middle
Schoot. Slldents ar" le|uired f6 sel a quo'lerly goal and lhcn to rPflc(l
an fh? Droaregs of lh01 soal. Hns vout chtld mPI hi< het a,7deni( 8o0ls
lhs aearl'lI so,; hat p;actiLes ha;? lcd lo lhesucLe"l IJyourch dhos
,hild do dilfe'Pntly to
notket thiir Rodls, uhv not: What can
ya
change the course and get better results?
Our fourth annual SpinR SludenI LedConlercnceslA.adefii( Showcas?
w l'be held on Thursday, May 22nd ftom 5:00 p m. until 7:00 p'n'
fleas( tcJcr lo palps tL-and 1-5 fo, no,e inlormalian lNe are hopefu!
thaL lou uill ploh on atlendrnS
As alwavs, please do nol hc,tl1te lo ronlocl fic uilh afiy qucslions ot
conc",nl vort marl houe. Lan be rea,h,d at 630'21) 5535 cxtcn'ion
5541 or you nay e-nat nrc at llpprltEsuJky!4ELgs
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lJn Mensaje de la Directora, Lavonne Sniley
Es
tifi ados P adresl Guar dianes,
La Escuela lfitertuedia Tefft esta muy emocionada de estar
ofteciettdo uno oct\ton ptinaoPral de nue'lra- Cont'ereneias
iviados pot t 05 Fsludu'nlcs y Expa'(ian A dPn a E;e le'P,l1os
en el otofio.
Lsla e5 una oportu'1i.lad para ttstPd. .omo padrc' Para r?r
nadem(o de su htjota'sobte Pl
eoitlencia de uir tl rrecimiento
curso del aiio pasatlo.
Su hrp,a) estafi rcpasa tlo.on ltslctl su'calit'iQtiones da sus
cxanenc- dp! !rlnPsLrc v la" cJalu0ciones ?fi lectura v
matefidticas, eoalLlacianes de ztocabulatio del trimestte'
eaal aciones de escril ra del trinestte. Usted tendri la
opottuttidad de aibir lns diJi.a.iatrcs del Lxamen MAIA que
su estudianlo lono "l la primnaera. NWLA nredidas del Prcyre'o
Acadimico. Usled podri uet si suhijo(a) Iogto el crecituiefifo tipico
que se espero q e lo|ltua este afio?
t I propon"tsc mel0s es tttr parle inlPgtol potd nuPsltas
actiuiiades o(adcnlcas cn la l .cuela lnle,medta
TPt'
Los
estudiantes sofi tequeridos aprcponerse metas y despuis teflexionar
sobrc el progreso que l1a teniilo referente a sus mel\s. Su,hiio(d a
loRr1do .u iteli. acad?mi.a< para $te aia' Si el o ella lo|ro sus
n;tas, que pta,lios uliltzo pnfi ayudatle a sPt ?xi!o5o Si 9u
hiio(a) io ha logrado sL$ metas, pot que no? Que puede h\cet su
h;jo(a) difercite para cambiat eI c rso ! obtener ejores
resultados?
Nuestra cuarto afiual "Confeleficias Ptinuaerales GLliadas por
I os Lstudiantc' u F\po'i,ion A(ademi(a que lofiaran lu30t el
dia lueoes 22 de Mavo, de 5:00 p.m. hasla las 7:00 p,n. Par
faaoi, cot'sutre !a< pagina' 14 y 15 pa oblcnct mas inlo,mncion
'Nosol,os
ctp"tamos qltc u.led Pl7ncc cn a-i5lir a csla- tont'cren(ns
Como siempre, por faaor no dude en ponerse en contacto connliSo
con cllolquier pregunta o Preoc paci,n que sted Pueda tenet
U<lcd se ptede pontr "r canta(to contnigo al 630-213 5j)5
crlen<ion 5541 o usLed me otttda mandar un cottco-?leclrdnt@ a
lnTtonn ?smileu@u 45.ore.
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Quesfions for fhe Ass istant Principal,
Dave Harshbarger
Q:
I was called to school to bring my student a
pair of pants. My student was wearing a pair of
pants that was bought to wear as panls bul looL
like paiama bottoms. What is the rulef
Ai
The student handbook states that students are
notallowed to wearclothingthatis intended to wear
or look like sleepwear These lnclude showershoes
and llip flops.
Q:
What is the proper len#h for a skirt, shorts
or a skort?
A: The student may not weara skirt, skofts or shorts
that the hemline does not extend to the length,
when the arms are fully extended to the sides with
is
parenVguardian
m ust
provide transportation to and
from Elgin Hith school.
Qr when will I know if
my son/dau8hter must
attend summerschool?
I M ill r a I ear h parentTguardran of (tudc'lB thdt
l^a\c ld ed for rhes(hoolyiarand must attend,rn
mer schoo on Friday, May 16,201,1. Atthattime l
will set up an appointmentwith you for Monday or
Tuesday, May 19 or 20 to discuss the summerschool
enrclJrnent process,
A:
Q: When will
my student know the events for the
end of the school year Ior the
and recotnition?
finge15 extended straight.
Q: Whenandwhere
bus transpotution provided for Summer school. f
is required to attend Summer School, the
yourchild
summerschoolfor middle
school students?
A: Summer schoolclasses will be held at Eltin High
8rh
grade dance
A:
All dates are posted in this edition ofthe Tefft
newsletter There will be an 8'r'grade meeting on
Thursday, May 1, 2014 where ail evenb and requirements will be discussed.
School.
Q: What
ofsummer school?
A: Each class for a middle school student costs
$50.00. A sludp'] mu,l Iale Mo ,la*e" dunrg
each of the summer school sessions. There is no
is the cost
Q:
How many tickets will I be able to obtain for
the Recotnition Nithton Thursda, May 29,2014?
Ar Since we have moved the reco$ition ceremony
to Streamwood High Schoolthere will be no tickers. All are wel.ome
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Preguntas Para El Asistente De Principal,
Dave Harshbarget
P: Me hablaron de Ia escuela para traerle un
nuevo par de pantdlones a mi estudiante. Mi
estudiante tenia pueslos unos pantalones que
parecian pantalones de piyamas.:cudl es la
regla?
Cr Elmanualde estudiantes diceque los estudiantes
no puedcr usar ropa quees inteh ionddd pard dorn1ir
en clla a la F(cuAla. Lsta regd tdmbien dpr(d
referente a las chancletag.
P: iQue ldn larga debe de ser la fdlda,
panlalones corlos,l skorts para ser apropidda
para la escuela?
lo\ brdros extendrdo'
hacta
abajo. Esto tambi€n aplica para lasfaTdas que llevan
un panlal6n corto debajo.
P: :cuendo y donde tomara lugar la escuela de
verano para los estudiantes de las fscuelas
lntermedias?
C:
Las clases de escuela de verano serdn
en
la
Escuela Secu ndaria Elgin.
P:
icudl
crTodas las fechasvienen en esta cana noticiera de
la Escuela lntermediaTefft. Habra una reuni6n para
lo' e.ludrd'lles dplgrddo I el lueve' I de Mavo del
101a, do.ldc lodo. los elFrto. y o, reqursrtor ,e
discutieron.
P: icuantos bolelos pod16 recibir pdra la \oche
de Re(onocimiento el lueves 29 de Mayo del
2D141
C: La Ceremonia de Reconocimiento acido movida
C: Una estudiante no puede usar una falda que no
csle gunl de larga que e. h8or dc ld purln de los
dedoc (uando trene
P: icuindo sabrd mi estudiante de grado 8 sobre
Ios eventos del Iin del aio escolar, el baile y el
dla de reconocimiento?
es el costo para la escuela de verano?
C: Cada clase para un estudiante de las Escuelas
lntermediar serS de $50.00. El estudianie tendre
que tornar dos clases durante cada una de las dos
sesrone, de la e"ru"la de rerano. \o hdy nirtd r
trdnspone dF dulobu. pdra la escueld de \erano. S
e. nc, e.dlloque (u hijod,isLd a ld e5(uela de\prano.
el padre/tutor debe proporcionar transporte a la
escuela secundaria Elgin.
P: :cuindo sabr6 que mi hijo(a) tendrd queasistir
a la escuela de verano?
C:Yo le habla.e acada padre de un esludiante que
reprcbara elario escolar de grado 7 o 8 elViernes
16 de Mayodel2014. En ese momentoyo har6 una
cita con usted para el Lunes o Martes, 19 y 20 de
Mayo pdra l"dbldr 5obre el proce(ode ns(ripcio'r
para la escuela deverano.
a la Escuela Secundaria Streamwood y no
necesitaran boletos. Todos son bienvenidos.
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Vision and Hear- Pr oy e cciSn I Ea aluaci6n de
Visi6n y Audici6n
ing Sueening
An
n
ual visio n/hearing scree n-
ing for all 8th grade students,
specral education studenls,
rnd rho<e new to Tefft thrs
year wrll take place on Apnl 21st and 22nd.
lfyour student s prescnbed glasses, contacs
or hearing aids, please make sure that these
are brought to school and available during
these screening dates. lf your student fails
vision or hearing screening, or has losvbroken glasses, you will be notified of this by
US mail.
completed referal forms can be returned
io the Nurse s Offrce b€fore the end of the
school year or at registration this summer
oroyecci6n,L\dlua(idn AnudIdc Vh on/Audrrlon pa a
todo. los esrudrdnres de oCtavo g ddo. e'ludtantes
deeducacron esoe(ialv lo) nuc\o< a la LscuPla Tefft
p,te dio lorrd'a lugar el 2l y 22 dc Abrrl. 5i ,u
pr,,.lrdnle ulrL/a ientes con receta. lentes de
contactos o audifonos, por favor asegiirese de que
6stos sean traidos a la escuela y est6n disponibles
durdnle p,u. fe.ha, de pro) eL( ion. 5rsu edudianle
'T o pa'a la p'oyec< on de v - rjn o de audiencta, o
ra p"rdrdo o trpne rotos lo5 anles, \e 'e nolrfrr ari
de cllo
oor.o(eo de I or
Complete ld' ro.mas de referercid ) 'ct'6se as a la
oficina de rd enfermera antes a finol del ano escolar o en la inscripci6n este verano.
UJcd puede pone^e er .ollacto colmiSo (on
ualquier p.e ot upacron d" \ ision o oudi(ion albjo-
You can contact me with anyvision or heaF
ingconcerns at 630-21 3-5535 ext. 5902.
'
Thankyou,
Muchas gracias,
LauraSchuster, RN
Direct Service Nurse
Laura Schuster, RN
AprilPTTMeeting
The next neeting of the
parent leadership orgaflizatiotl is:
Wednesday, April 16th
5:30 p.m.
Fstados Unido!.
213-5535 ext5902.
Dlrecto Sewicio Enfermera
Reuni6n de PTT para el
Mes de Abril
La pr'xima reu11i6fi pqla la organizaci6n
{1e liderazgo de padres seri
El Miercoles 15 de Abril
a las 5:30 p.m.
Main Office
Conference Room
Oficina Principal
Cuarto de Conferencia
Everyone is welcome!!
Todos son biefloenidos! ! !
Ur
ClouMeet the
Special Ed
T€achers
of Tefft
Middle School
5,. bo...",
Years
s-(-atego;calf eache,
C.""
'10
yeals
in Education:
Years at Tefft:
10 years
Education:
Bachelor' degree in Specidl Fducdlron. Maste19 ol [ducdLional
Technology
lenioy readingand watching movies in my free time. lam into
technology and love bringing itto studentr. lam also a "Camer"
and try to keep up with all the games out students are playint
and the trends in gaming.
K"b K;..h, C'o*-C atego,icalf eac\er
Years
in Education: 17 years
Years at Tefft:
Education:
v'y
r-rndergraduate degree is from lllinois Wesleyan University,
and my graduate degree is from Norlhem llhlois Universiry
lnvaluable les.ons have been learned throughoul lhe year, and
I look forward to manv more as an educator in U-46. I am
happily married to my;ife and we have three youngdauthters.
l('istin l(rumtingcr,
Years
$DT"..h".
in Educationr 6 yeals
B.i. in Special Education frcm Northern lllinois Unive6ity' M.A. in
S.hoo leddFbhrp ald Ad'ririrrrdlion f'om Co1.o'd'a l".ive'5:t)
\,ld1ied or 5 )ea6 ro my high *\ool 'seerl'ed dnd loge(her we
have a
I
year old dauehter and a
I
year old son
$,.de R'tr... f' ."*-C't.e""."1 T.".he,
Ye,rr in Fdu.rtion: 22 vears
13 veaB
Years at Tefftl
I rJceived my BA from William Patte6on University of New
Education:
Jerseywith degrees in Elementary and Special Education. lobtained my Master's degree in Educational Curriculum from Aurora University.
I am married with two sons.
F"r iq 5.1*,.h. C."""-C,t..e".i..1
YeiEin Fdu.riion, 26 veals
Tefftr
Educatron:
Personal:
Years at
to
iea"
I .,.h..
Ma.lers of Arts in lcdrnint Di.dbrlllies. St \avier Univer"ity,
Bachplors ofSci"nce in Psychology. Loyold Lniversit)
I love to lravel and e\pe'rence differenl ( ullu.cs:
Ur
(lou.
Meet the
Special Ed
Department
of Tefft
Middle School.
5ue Gonia, Assistant
Yeals in Education: 13 years
Yea6 at
Tefft:
9 years
B.S. Accountint from Eastern lllinois University
My hu<band and I ju(t celebrdted 25 years of marflage lasl Oc_
Education:
Personal:
i5 in her tunioryeardl lheCol
lesc of St. Bene-drct rn Minne,oLd, sludyinS Ac,ountinS Our
ro"n, Ch.istophe'. ,s a senior dl Soulh tl8rn Hith S(hool
tober. Our ddughler, Jennifer,
L;1""" O.ho',
A"";"t..t
YeaB in Education: 14 years
10yeaK
Years at Tefft:
When I am not dt Teffl, I lo\e to redd and spend trme wrrh my
daughters, husband and :-year old lwin Srandchildren. ln better
weather, I enjoy kayaking!
Lu,r" 5.huster, S.hool
Years
in Educationi 5 yea6
\,r"e
2 vearc
Years at Tefft:
Bjchelors of Science in Nulsing (8SN, RN) - Elmhurst College
Iam rccently manrcd lo my wonde ul husbdnd, leff. ln my
time, I |ke lo read and 'pcnd lime wilh mv adorable I i-
Education:
"pdre
year-old godson.
C"lleen
Years
5,'p""n, 5ocial Wo'Ler
in Educatidn: 16 years
T€ft: 4 vears
Education: NiU for undertraduate and UIC for a masters of socialwork
fursonal: Love to tolf ana travel. lama Canadian citizen and have lived in
Years at
the Us for 26 yea6.
Yes I
do like hockey.
L .ds.,, K".[*.11. 5c\""1 f secl,"logi"t
YeaE in Eilu.atron: I vear
Teft:
Edu.ation:
Years at
Persondl:
t
i,ear
B.A. in Psvcholoev Lake lore)lCollFee
Speriali,tin Schiol Psychology-wFsFrn Illinoi\ Lnrversity
li my free lime I love to r"ad. I also enloy ltdvelinS and dm
working on planning my next trlP.
-End of tfrn 4enr'
fth 4i"4rT-itents
8th Grade Dance
Friday, May I 6th
I
Baile de los Estudiantes de Grado
ElViernes, 16 de Mayo . 7:00-9:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Crade Re€ognition
Awards Assembly
Thursday, May 29th . 2:00 p.m.
Eh
.
Reconocimiento de los Estudiantes
de Grado 8
r Asamblea de Premios
ElJueves,29 de Mayo ' 2:00 p.m.
(Parents whose child is receiving
an awad will receive a written
(Las padres que ten9an a un hijo(a) que rccibie
un premio ser'n invitados por escito a
invitation to this program.)
este
r
r
Recognition Ceremony
Thursday, May 29 . 7:00 p.m.
Ceremony will be held at Streamwood
High School Cymnasiun.
701 W Schaunbu 8Rd.
(no tickets needed .)
programa,)
La Ceremonia de Reconocimiento
ElJueves,29 de Mayo . 7:00 p.m.
LaCeremoniatomara lugar en el Cimnasio
de la escuela secu ndaia de
Strcanwood,7o1 W khaunburg Rd.
(No se necesitaran boletoi paft asisti ala
C? re mo n i a d e Reco n o ci m i e n to. )
IZ#tY,id.
Qrgll"l.ffr
At the February 246 meetint, the U
46 Board of Education recognized six
teachers who have recently achieved
de Educaci6n U-46 reconoci6 seis
han
recientemente nan
profesoreg que rccrenlemenre
Prole'ore9
National Board Certification and three teachers who have recently renewed NationalBoard
Certi{icatron. Thrs rs the hithest cred entra I rn
the teachrng professron and may be the mon
powerfu I profeeeional development e).pe rience
available to teachers. A voluntary process es'
Lab|shed by the Natronal Board {or Profes'
sronal Teaching Standards, ce(ifrcahon is
achreved throLrgh a ngorous performance
b)ce.larsessmenl th.rt takes one to three vears
to complete. Congralulatrcn' to Mrs lari
Henandez SWAS science leacher fiom the
House of Cladiatots, who was one of the teachers who renewed National Boarci lor Profes'
sional Ieaching stanclarcls Certification in khaal
DisttictU-46.
T.f{t l}k.s
ol\
Z"d
En la
reuni6n del24 de Febrero,laJunta
logrddo la cerlif,cacidn dc la JunU Nd(ional v tres
mlestros oue han reno\ado recientemanle la
rpnirrcacr<in de la unLa Nacrondl. lslo cs la
credencial m5s alta en la profesidn docente y
ienc ra de desa ro llo
la erper
" 'cr
mi, polelte
drsponibl"
pued
p
rofesiondl
pa'a los maenros Un
pot el Con'elo
proceso \olunLd'o
Ni.ronrl o)rr los ".table(ido
e,landares de ensenan/a
profesiondl, lr cerlrficdcron se logra a traves de
una evalua< rdr ngurosa bd'ddo cn el de'empeio
que ll"va de uno d lre. aios prrd (o'nplFrar'
Henande/. p,ofcsoQ
leht;ta' ione. a la SG
(le Cencids SWAS d" la^a
Casa de 1o' Cladiadores,
que tue una de los maetlta' que renoro ia
aptiicacrcn )unta Diect'va Nacional paa lo,
est'ndares de enseitanza ptufesional en el Distrito
EscolarU-16.
Qly-piad
flace at $cience
ix m,dtle hool'
lebruary
sc
22 o
{or School Dr(lrict L-4b wds held on
',r,rh
\o\ember
DurinS
lhe
workrng
on
since
lFal
hare
been
studenE
.omDerinp wrth sciince oror"cts
expeImens, ompetrng rn various 'crence. techOlvr-ioradi studeng took ie,ts and condu.led
"cientrfic
noioev eneineerine. ond n alhematic5. or S-EM cdlego' es lefftMiddlaSchooleorneda'econdplare
frnisl."and ivrll advinre to d srdte screnre olylrpidd c5r"pet'tion to be h"'d al the urrversrtv of llInoi' rn
Champaitn-Urbana in April.
The f.'st 5(ie'1(e
moracJ
The lollowing students comprised the TeIft Science OlymPiad Team:
jenniferArmenta
Dev Patel
Itzel Castaneda
Roshan Patel
Austin Choi
Kelman Conzalez
Ceorge ieno
Nilana Khoxayo
Philip Lesniak
Oliwia Nazaruk
RushiPatel
Patrick n nadath
KarinaSantana
SnehalSomalraju
Cassandra Velazquez
Mrs. Kari Hernandez, House o{ Cladiators, Mrs. Jolanda Adams, House of Titans, and Mr Mitchell
Lazarus, House ofAthena, served as the coaches for the Tefft Team
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Fehrnary Stwofenh of tke Monfh
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Tefft Middle School recently named its Students of the Month for February 2014' Students eamed thls
rwrrd bv dernons rdtrns e^ceolro,ldl lelll R Re,pe.t beha!ro1: Re'pecl YouFelf Rp'pe(t OlhPa Re
soecrtheSchool.lndr\rdualswho"rh,b ted rhe.e bel'r\ior' necded osLdndipdrlaomtl^e(ro$d 'l'ow
crlhu(iasrl dT d dplermilalion to achr"\e, and or, ontribule po'rlr\el) ro lhe scFool StLdenG are nomi
nalpd b) ted'r. ard dcpd'Jme1L and d'p ecogr/pobvMr' \'rrle\ $ lhd(crlrf'cdte
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7th Crade
Kim camalo is a wondedul student who alvvays
p,r'1 cipdte5
com"( p epdred for ( ln's.'She' a
"nd
dnd
irrrrlenr uho kno$, $hen rt5 o^ to oe
'il\
when it's time to focus and work. Klm worki well
with her pec's and often r-'ume' a leadeal'rp ro e
odring g oup $ork. She r. lhe perle(t e\dmple of
the Atlantis team spirit."
Krislopher Smith '5 (on\unl v !\o'krng ro bcner
h rr."lf b) a.Lirs qLre-rron- lo en,urP thdl hP un
derstands class material. "He particlpates in class
b1 .haring hi. rde,r. *r'r his cld.smile.. t\cn wilh
l'* eds\-soi1g dtlr ude he dlud),' nr'\e' ro do lhe
best that he can. Kristopher is an asset to team
Adantis."
Dr. Kuforiii would like to norninate 7th grader
o lhe n onlh. '\e's(a r'
one orn) be"t.tude,E c\e r< alwdy5 n an up
oedt mood and ahav,. d,wav. has a ,n,le on \e,
uce sne r, alsau crln.e'ned about her $or. d1d
geL lo '.hool edrly ,o tel l-alp f om 1F. led( he's.
Shc i. d grear help n AVID and come5 in carl) lo
,lFlp our. She i, dl,o a .nembp' ol lhe AVID C ub.
I lnow s1e F a grcal help to her n olhpr be(dJ."
,he r)ll, rhout her I . \ear old brother and l'o$
much she loves him. I think she is an all around
great student and deserves to be student of the
Yessica Leon 'or suoprt
month."
led r Ldn" r' hnppy lo nominale Zoe Genabe lor
Srudenl oi LheMonth "We hare ,l-oser hp because of her hard work, determination and commitmentto excellence. She embodies the charac
re-r,l( ofar outst"ndrng Tefll ,tudenr ord JpLolds
lhe I Rl" in h gl^ re.pp( L We leel Lhdl \,lF hac mdde
l0
u. prouo by *har .he ha' atrompll.h"d rp to tl^r.
pornt d1d !\ ill 'naLp u. e\e1 prouder rn lhe [ulure
Mirielle lKyle) Paas 1a. bcpr.hoscn ds SIUdent
hc M6nih l_i\ le/m Trrans. \ e have cho5er
^f
him because
of'hls hard work, determination and
commitmentto excellence. He ernbodies the chaF
drle i,tic. ol an oubtdnding leffi .ludent dnd upholds rl"c I R { in h eh re'p"cl. We 'ee lhdr he ha'
rrade u. prouo br q har he l'n' a(corpli.l^"d up ro
th. po ni dnd
ll^alp us er"n proudpr i^ lhe
'rll
future."
Karen comez-Avalos has been chosen forStudent
or rr.F Monlh by lerm Alhpnd. \J'cn sl'o$s con_
lrnuo-, mprovemerl lhi" monlh. \Fe r" do'nt$ell
rn rll "er ( rd..e.. pdn'( prrFs. drd has rhowl treal
.l:croom /nirrde ME SrmDson *ould also lr(p
to nominate Karen. "She has shown greatcharacter
ird pcr.Fverda( e r'1i5 year while dt leffl. She hd"
rac"il rrany ob.ta<.e. .nd done d lre rendou' job
adr or atrrg for l.er.e'f. She i. d true .hdmpro'1."
Cristian Soto has been seiecied as Student of the
Month by Team Athena. "He is a hard workingstu_
dent all year long. He continues to show Sood
aftitude, stlck to it drive, and ls a pleasure to have
Mrs. Ritter would like to nominate Tyler Hentges
d. SlLden oi rhe Morlh. ' Iyler mrdc d con.cientious decision to succ€ed at Teffi, which has caused
him to flourish in his classes. He participates, and
tries to complete all his assignments. Tefit is proud
of Tyer and his accomplishments. Keep up the
wonderJulworkl"
Team Cladiaiors picks Philip Lesniak as our 7th
g'ddFrludenr of IheMontl^.'PhrIprsvervirqur'r-
tive and enioys goingabove and beyond in his academrc str,d e'. Phi ip lo\e. lea .lrnt dnd bnnt. hl.
enll'uc'a\m nro rhe ( ld,sroom. Pl..Lpenlo1,working with his pee6 and he is one of the most respectful students that Team Cladiatols has. With
his leadership skills, Philip led his team to win sec
ond place in the Science Olympiad competition.
Creatjob, Philiplll"
8ih
grade
-
Taar C ddrrlors pick. Sara Torres
as our 8rh grrde
Student of'hp Monlh. Ovc' tl'c pdst Mo )ed,,.
Sara has blossomed into a very confident young
uomd1. *ho slr\p. ro do her best in arl ,LbJe.b.
She ha. lcarned ro ask 'noLght p'o\ oling qLe.tion
rn r las. (he r, hdrd $orle' $l-o cnjo). ,'\or( n8
silh pFe., she dl$dlr l"a. d smie or l.er fd( F dnd
she is a joy to have in class. Keep up the good
work, Sara, "
AnahiMancera
is one of the mostserious students
we have in Team Athena. "She :s alwavs fo.uqed.
hardwo llng and raFn. to oF dri\er ro her ,uc
.fiefrtwrc
cess. She is a treat example for all studentsl That
rs why she was chosen as Student of the Month."
Ryan Castillo ls a dfi ven, hardworkingstudent. "He
never needs prompting to get his work done and
parlicipates fully in all his classes. He is totally de,e1ing of bcrn8 Tenm Alhpna \ Srudenr ol the
Monihl"
Tamia Brown is the Student of the Month forTearr
Petasus. "Tamia is an all around greatstuden! she
is hard-working, conscientrous, and a team player.
She truly is a leader ln the classroom and a student
that can be counted on to help whenever asked.
The teachers of Pegasus are very happy to have
Tamia as pa( of the team."
Nathan Cuerrero has been chosen as Student of
lhe Mor'h .or -cdm Pctd,L.. ThouSh \athdn i.
quiet, he leads by example. H€ is a strontstudent
he is hard'working, extremeiyconsc entious, and
an all-around good pe6on. We are very proud to
have Nathan as a part of our team."
Esfurtanfu:' fef
^
U^' rt
Fehrero
La escuela lntermedia Teff! recientemente nombro sus Estudiantes del Mes para Febrero
del2Ot4.
Los
est!diantes que obtuvieron este reconocimiento demostraron comportarnlento Tefft Rr de respeto
exc€pcional: Respeto a si mismo, Respeto a los demiis, Respeto a la Escuela. Jndividuos quienes exhiben
eno' .orporlirrientos ne.e.a||o. para di.ti.rguiFe dc lo. demd5. mueqtran Fntusrd5n-o ) detFrrr,ndc,on
a lograr sus metas, y contribuye positivamente a la escuela. Los estudiantes son nomrnados por los
equipos y departam€ntos y son reconocidos por la principal la Sra. Smiley con un cedficado.
en la clase comparriendo sus ideas con sus
Kim camato es una en!d:ante maravitosa que !9'pa""!9'. de .lase _rnc L,\o con s! actit,,d
oerdi-.el.iempre5ee.fuer/aoardhd,erlo.l-ior
siernore Dd(,LrDd v riene oreoarada ** ,,f"'*
que ouPdd. \ 's oprFr o' rn erar ralor pa'a e
'rl; e'u"a *''';j""re q"; '.b; ';;;"
"J"-;;:) roLrpo de Allorri
,e. d\erridd , rr-ao
'
"r
trabajar. Kim tfabaja bien con sus compa6eros y a ta Dr. Kuforiji sustaria nominar a Yesi€a teon de 7
menudo asume un papel de liderazgo durante el a erado para eiestudiante del mes. "Yesrca e, una
trabajo en giupo. Ella es e ejemplo perfecto del de m,5 mejores alumnas. El/a s,empre estii en un
espiritu de Equipo de Atlantis."
esiado de iinimo optimisra y siempre, siempre tlene
Kristophe. Smith este constantemente trabajando !na 5lrn ra en eu rostro Ella 5iempre esta
p*o'uo"a" po 'u trabao v eg. a la +'uel"
oa'a
'i,oe,a,,e med,dnre o,eeLnra, Dd,d d*".,i.i"
remo dno o"rd rF' ibi a\Lddde'J'p'oe'^r"' llri
pr'"',
ilc que , nmprerde el natl'. + t" I
El S.ado 7
""
^".
'p.
ll
T:fu/iantet /e[Mu - confinua/a
es una gran ayuda en AVID y lega temprano para
avudar Tambi6n es miembro del Club de AVID.
si! que ela es una gran ayuda a su madre polque
aho de edad
ella habla sobr€ su hermano de un
y cuinto lo ama. Creo qlre es una gran estudiante
versetil y merece ser esrudiante del mes."
1l
e
z de no-rind a Zoe Genabe
pd-d cl e,lJdiarrF oe me:. I e hFTo. elpg d,r
deo'o^ d 'u drdro 'abajo. de "rmi.r, run \
.orrp'on iso , o_ la e. eler' r". i l " er, ar.: La'
.a i, rensri, d. de ur dlJ-1no d\F-rdjrdo de Tefl )
LoLrou Trtanes
le
sostiene el TRren alto respeto. Sentimos que nos
ha hecho
orsu loso por lo que ha logrado hastaahora
e fLrturo nos hara ain miis orgulosos."
Mariell€ (Kyle) Paas ha sido elegido como
y en
enudiante de mes porel Equipo Titanes. "Lo hemos
el.gido por .u a'oLo rrdbd.o de_P'11i1d,iij '
compromiso con la excelencia. El encarna las
caracteristica, de un alunrno aventajado de Tefft y
sostiene el TRr en aito respeto. Creemos que 6l
nos ha convedido orgllloso por lo qLre ha logrado
hd5ta a1o r 1
orgulloros."
er el ruturo
nos hd
i "Lr m;'
Karen Com€z-Avalos ha sido elegida para ser el
estudiante del mes por e Equipo Atenia. "Karen
muestra mejoria continua este mes. Ella esta
haciendo bien en todas sus clases, pafticipa y ha
demostrado una actitud positiva en c ase." La Sra.
Simpson tambi€n le gustaria nominar a Karen
Comez-Avalos. "Ella ha mostrado gran caracter y
pe )e!F d'r, id F. p dio e1 .a Td'r. H" e1rr"nddo
y 1s 1. Jn - abdio 'eFe']do
abogando por si misma. Es una verdadera
mu, 1.l\ ob.r"' L o"
Cristian Soto ha s do seleccionado como estud ante
d" nFs por el Lq .'po {renia. '1. L1 e.rdd dllP
qre ha -aba.ado du'o rl lr'8o der
r'u
li"
Canl
demonrar buena actitud, p6gate y conduce y es un
place. tenerlo en clase."
La Sra. Riftergustaria
estudiante
de
nominal aTyler Hentgesconro
mes. "Tay or tom6 una decsi6n
consciente para tener 6xito en Tefft, que ha causado
,ld\F'. Pd'li, ipd c rn e'rrd
qLc llo.ez(d er
,
'rs."r"ds. l.if
g' lo'o de
".li oun
l'd,
iPrdo
"dbato
rF
sus
og'os.
5rg
)
orrplaLa roodr su.
'l)ler
12
lqu po C aoiadore. el g ti a Philip Lesniak (orro
nues o e.rudia_ e oe rep 'no grado rorro
esruoidlle de rp'. Pr ip mr1 , urio'o v drJru a
ir por e1( irra ) ri. dllr en sLs e'r,dio' ".ddda! o'
Philip le encanta aprender y trae sLr entusiasmo al
sal6n. Philip disfruta trabajar con sus companeros y
e, uno oe lo' Fn rd "nt.- nd5 e,pclJo,o, qJe riere
rabilidad de Ldervgo,
Lquipo Clad adorc.. for
"u
Phil,p, onouio 'J Fq ,ipo a gdnar .PEUldo ru8a
"
er cl , on, Lrso de L O,rrp ddd de C enr,r.. Gr"r
"
trabajo,
Phiipllllll"
El grado
8
-
lqLrpu Cladrddo'Fs e ige a Sara Torres .omo
rJ!.rro e'r ,did'lre de 8!^ grddo , omo erld arrP
del mes. "En los illtimos dos arios, Sara se ha
transformado en una nrujer joven y muy confada,
qLF \F ps .erlo por 1a("r lo rnetor er rodd.'d'
na e'd,. -la Jp erdido d hd' F' p Pgur dr que
pro!'" an pFnJoriello er t lase. Ls lrdbdtddo y
, on 5u. , onpdnero'. l l d iiPlore
r'ere -ra )L'1r)r an sL (d'd ) a. -1d dlegnd lene'
en case. Sigue con e buen trabajo Sara "
Anahi Man(era es Jno dF lo' e-ludrdnle. m"' sero'
que e_cno: .n F lqLipo Alenia. '( en D'e e.Ld
' err'dd", -dbd ""do I pa e, e 'e' . ordrctdo a 'r
f.i'o. ls .rn S.an e erpl^ pa d rodo. lo' e(rld "nr"i.
Es por ello que fue elegida como estudiante del
d .r.Lrd lr"bdJd'
Ryan Caslillo F.
a.o,
inpul,rdo r rn estudran
e
eila ,er nL:tddo r 'd(er su
trabajo y partlcipa plenamente ef todas sus clasesEs toialmefte merecedor de ser estudiante dei
r')hr
N,rn. a ner
Equipo Atenia del mesl"
Tnmia Brown p, el e'ruoidnlc oP mer pa a el lquipo
Pegases. "Tamia es una gran eslLrdiante ve6ati; es
n J\ rrao:tadora, , or, ,er zrda ) r 1a jLg"do d de
eq ripo. V.roaderamerre e' ,.a enpre-i Id"'F.
Fl .alor ) und e5rud arre Fl d que ,e pJ"de , orld'
p"ra d)udd' , ualdo \F le p'e8u-ra. los
Tre'o,
de Pegdte5 e5rr1 m ) ' ollenlo\ dF rFnP' . mia
conro parte del equipo."
Nathan Guerrero ha sido elegido como estudiante
del mes para e Equipo Pegases- 'Aunque Nathan
p"r'dnqu lo. rdeid,onelejelplo. F. unesrudidr'e
uerrF - cs n r) r."bdj"dor, n r) con( iF'rJdo y una
bupnd per'o1d \e,; rl lsrdro- nLy u gLllo'o. dp
re, e' \il1f ' omo pare de nJp'l o Fquipo.
Canqratulalions to these Tetft Middle 4rhool
rtn qralestudenk who have bwn acceplel r*a
one o$ the U-+e hiqhsehool arademies!
Katrina Ahmen
Melissa Atu inaldo
Sulaiman Ahmed
Jonathan Ayala
Nathan Cuerrero
PedroCuizar
Ryan Cullang
Mason Heskin
Alexia Hetzei
Cydnie Babicz
Reave Basa
Priya Baxi
Ceorge ieno
KyJe Benshoof
Christopher Burrell
Antonio Campagna
Azka Khan
Christian Kinsey
EliSia Kramer
Hannah Lau
HectorCapistran
Andrew Leardi
Daniel Charneskey
Erandy Lemus
Fabiola Lopez
Bryan Lopez
Tamia Brown
Jimmy Chen
Austin Choi
Luis Cruz
jessica Davalos
Pamela Andrea Del Rosario
Makenna Dolvning
DhruviKalariya
lovanniLopez
MarianaMedina
Christine Naio
Roshan Patel
Casey Pearce
Cabrielle Pierr€-Louis
Aleksandra Podlasinska
Riley Prodanovich
Patrick Pynadath
Sierra Reutenauer
Yetzy Reyes
Angel Reyes
laclyn Rodriguez
lessica Salas
Cabrie a Seberger
Areeb Shethlvala
Nicolas Simon
Snehalsomalraju
Ljnsey Toondarack
SaraTorres
ErlcaTroha
Oli$ia Nazaruk
RaechelUntalan
Martin Escobar
Makaylah Neal
Mayra Villegas
Samantha Fagan
Jessica Nichohon
Wikon
Emily Nigliaccio
Kayla
AmayaCalvan
Dev Patel
Cassandra Clenn
RushiPatel
ShivaniPatel
Devln Wisniewski
AlexaZaragoza
Destiny Criftin
G
Tffi Middle
School
presents
Srorine S+udtn+- Ltdl S+nftr*nets,
A".dtolc Sl,roweast andl
S+nnrntrnl+y Rtso,rre* Ex;"+
'
Thursday, May 22, 2014
.
5:00
-
7:00 P.m.
Parefits:
.
You have an opportunity to view your child's aoademic progress
over the course ofthe schoolyear
.
You willreceive your child's NWEAl/easure ofAcademic
Progress (lvap) Spring scores
gth
Graile Parcttts: Representatives from Bartlett High School
and sheamwood High Schoolwill be presentto distribute
registration information.
Vh Glode Paleflts: You will be receiving the Tefft N4iddle School
registration information for you I child's 8s g rade yea r
OftIifie Registratiorl: Com puter labs will be open for on-line rcgistration,
which is required for allparents.
okiflg fot actioities for yow childten
to be inooloeil itt oztet the surnfier?
Lo
Reprcsentatives from community agencies
will be available to distribute information.
G
Tffi
Intermedi a
presenta
L a E s cuela
*+nftr*neias Prircav*ral*s Gtriadas
Por L$s Es+udian+rs,
Px.p+sleirin-Aead *l hrea y
Rte,rrsas C+rntrn.!t farias
El Jueves 22 de Mayo del 2014
.
5:00 p.m.
-7:00p.m.
Padres:
. Usted tiene la oportunidad deverelprcgrcso acad6mico a haves
delafro escolar
. Usted recibird las calificaciones delExamen MAPAv las
t
-.'t-
Medidas del ProgresoAcad6mico NWEA.
Padtes
d.e
-^-.u" '
f,. " -"
Estudiantes de Grado 8: Reptesentantes de la
Secundaria Badleityde la Secundaria Streamwood estarin
presente para diskibuir el informaci6n de lnscripci6n.
Padres de Estudiafltes de Grado 7: Usted estard rccibiendo
el
informaci6n de lnscripci6n de la Escuela lntermedia Tefft para el grado
octavo de su hijo.
Registfo en Linea: labo€torios
de Computaci6n lnformeticos estar6n abiertos para el reg istro
en linea, que es necesario para todos los padres.
i*f
2Buscando actioidades en las cuales sus
hijos pafticipen en el ztercro?
Representantes de agencias de la comunidad
esta16n disponibles para
d
istribuir informaci6n.
3
@crno.,rl
Distlict Middle School Cholal Festival
Wednesday, April 23'd
7:00
-
Kenyon Woods Middle School
Tefft Middle School Band Concert
7:00 - Wednesday, April 30'h
Tefft Middle School Orchesha Concert
7:00 - Tuesday, May
6'h
Tefft Middle Choral Concert
7:00
-
Tuesday, May 13'h
Telft Middle School Gymnasium
F'o'
the
D.rLof th" $tuJent Q$i..
ATTINDANCE POLICY
When a student is absent, tardy, or needs to be
released from school early, a parent or guardian
musr call the Student Office at (630) 213-5535
ext. 5540 by 10:00 a.m. on th€ dayofthe absence.
lf a parent does not report an absence by 10:00
a.m., the school will attempt to contact the parent
dr lhe
)rd
crFrtcn.\
fie dbsence
telephorc nunbe Brver o1 lhe
ll
no ( onl,. r has been made.
wlll be reSarded as unexcused.
,
Assignments for excused absences of three or
n ore da). rniy b" obtd'npo lh'oJgh rhe slud"r'
Orti(e di tl'." rpque(' of he pa ent or guardran.
Homework assignments may also be obtained by
calling the Homework Hotline (630) 213- 553s
ext #3.
l6
Cuando un estudiante vaya estar ausente, tarde, o
ne(c.rle .alrr t"rrprano de la e-eucla, un padre o
puardrin neLe' ta llama'd la Ofrcirr lstudrarril dl
."bJ0r l1J i\J) I\t. 5;10anle. de la: 0:00d.m.
en eldia de laausenclaode la salidatemprana. siel
padre o guardien no reporta una ausencia antes de
las 10:00 a-m., la escuela intentara ponerse en
(ontdclo con el padr"'gua dian Sr ro ce h,rrp
.onl/, lo n ausena a ger.i mdrLdda 9rn e\cusd
I a5
dsrgna.rore( pd a una au.ercra ron permr.o de
trp, dr;. o n., pueder scr pedidas por el pad'e
guardian llamando a la Oficjna Esiudiantil. Las
asignaciones tambi6n pueden ser obtenidas
llamando a la Linea de Tarea al (630) 213-5535
Ext,
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3.
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'\
MIDDLE SCHOOLS
luaifi . 2
CHot(P€D
Tefft Tohes li Ploce ot Junior
Chopped Competition
Stud€ nts from seven middle schools in School
the "lunior Chopped: A
Tefft Tomo ler Lugor en lo
Competencio Junior Hochozo
Estudiantes de siete escuelas intermedias en el
distrito escolar compitieron para ser mejores chefs
en €l "Junior
Middle School Coo kinS Com
Hachazo": Un con
March l5satSouth Elgin High
curso de Cina de las escuelas
intermedias Este evento tomo
lugar el silbado, 15 de Marzo
schooJ.
en la Escuela Secundaria South
The competition, which ls a
takeofion the Food \etwork
show "Chopped," consist€d
of four rounds. Students
Eltin.
petition" held Saturda,
La competencia, que es un
despegue del programa en el
canal Food
Network
"Chopped", que consistl6 de
, ua o ro-da.. \p lc. dro ,,0 n nuto. pari prppardr
weregiven 20 minutes to pre
un platillo, que tuvo
q!e contener, pero no limitado
a ingrcdientes sorpresa, presentados al inicio de cada
No eliminations were rnade in round one, a
sort of warm-up round that featured appe-
trzers. The folow ns rounds fear!red a
lnacl a breakfast dEh"in.l Lrn.h The Tefft
t€am, Tefft Food Fighters of Alera Brown
and lohnathan Botello were crowned the
first place winners. Second place went to
Kenyon Woods and third place to Abbott
Middle School. Way to go Alera and
No hubo eliminaciones en la primera ronda, una
ronda de especie de calentamiento de aperitlvos.
Ldc 5igu,e-tp: ro.dd,.onrdron o1 L'l dpe|tr!o, L1
'
p,aLo del oe.al ur o 1 d mJer,,o. tl equipo de Tefft,
"tuchadores de Comida" Tefft de Alera Brown y
Johnathan Botello fueron ganadores y coronados
(on el primer lutdr. (egLndo lugar ',edKF.lyon
$ood. y el rer(er -g.r d 'd {bboll E.cueli"
lntermedias. Buen trabajo Alera y johnathanl
Johnathan.
l{TSS
At the January 13'i'
ronda.
al
umare...
school Multi-Tiered Sys-
ofSJppod VI55) d.serrbr). M'. Hn^hbdrgFr
(rrdlenged
lh dr dL.deFi( Idsl I e(s
"ludprL ',\
than 33 students
on average per night in PM
schoolfor homework. Tefftstudents once again
rem
accomplished this challenge. The challenge was
metwith only27 students in PM Schoolfor home-
$o'l
ll'.
ppr dd).
wd( dn p,14 rl.allerge tor
Talfl ,rudenL. Dop, o r Ba, drn roLred dLnr8
the week of March 17". Also, the MTSS Store
was open on Thursday, March 20r'. Studenh
with 100 siampE had the oppo rtu n ity to purchase
gift cards from Target, Came Stop, or iTunes.
t'l
r,#/ /zb*/J,
Melissa Atuinaldo
Caralohnson
oliwia Nazaruk
LinseyToondarack
RabiaAhmed
KatrinaAhmen
Corinne Antle
Caroline Kaczmarek
Chris Kinsey
Jaden Kosin
Ernesto Olea
Jeet Patel
SaraTorres
Taina Caraballo
Lindsay Kovach
Pam DelRosario
Samantha Fagan
Brittney larsen
Andrew Leardi
Martha Rochel
KarinaSantana
Cassie Clenn
Fabiola Lopez
DianaSchmidt
Megan Moore
Cwen Shirk
Anayda Conzalez
ho, D" i\""
LeAnnaTran
EricaTroha
CiannaZamora
KristineZamora
Jordan Santos
2 ?"t"
Q"
M^;=l C"qll"W Qrt'^i."
Ihe forrrth annual'You
Be the Chemisd'Competition was held on March 11th at ElSin High
El cuarto concurso anual de "Que Sea
El
dationj UOB a Hone),well Companyj and PCCR USA. Students
qualified to compete in the com-
Quimico" se celebr6 el 11 deMarzoen la [scuela
Secundaria Elgin. Aproximadamente20
alumnos de seis escuelas intermedias del
U 46compitieron en la Abeja Quimrca estjlo
Jeopardy. El evento fue patrocinado por la
Fundacion Educativa de Quimica; t.lOB una
comparira de Honepvell; y Estados Unidos
PCCR. Los estudrantes cahficaron para
competrr en la competencid pot cacar all,a
detition by being a top scorer in a matterhh€mistry exam tiven attheir schools.
dado en sus escuelas,
School- ADDroximatelv 20 students
from six u'-+a mrddle ichook
peted rn the leopardy style Chemistry Bee. The eventwas sponsored
by the Chemical EducationalFoun-
co.- ,rG
The following students qualified to represent
TeftMiddle School:
Christopher Burrell
George reno
Austin Choi
samantha Fagan
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punludLi6n en un e\amen de ld malerrtquimiu
Los siguientes estudiantes calificaron para
representar a la escuela lntermedra Teft:
Christopher Burrell
GmrgeJeno
Austin choi
Samantha Fagan
7th Grade 3rd Quarter
Honor Roll2013-2014
'Prncpal!Ld{:r.r+)
+
Ceman Acevedo
David Adame
'Jasmine Caoili
Taina Caraballo
* lGrinaAdan
" hanklin Aguilar
tdwin Atuilerd
Stephanie Carlos
Paulette Car"anza
Yailine carrera
Andrea Alfaro
Jada Carter
Itzel Frata
Ch stian calvan
* l(mberly Camalo
* Austin Carbacz
lrvin Garcia
lacqueline car€ia
clrlos Alfa&
He€ror Alfaro
luan Almanza
* C€nesis Alvizo
shaun casey
t'i€k Casho
* Anthoiy Castrovillari
*
Jennifer Catotal
Naomi Amadei
Tania Ambdz va€as
* Corinne Antle
Stephanie Arellano
Brandon ceballos
J6smin chaudhry
David chea
* Amy Chen
* Kyle Coates
cabriella Armijoc
zuleima C.uz
Detsy Arreguin
Yamilet Cuazitl
Al€c Cullitan
Brianna Cunanan
Ezequiel Cruz
,osh-Aaron Balddc
Christophei Barcena3
* Brandon Barera
Cristopher Sarrio6
lennifer Baroso
Yelka Bello
* Ariana Behitez
* Lauren Eerybauer
* Omar B€.mudez
Bmndon Seto
* Patri&
.
Eiedrzycki
Heather Birds€ll
* lucas Bryan
+ Erika Bueno
lacob Eush
Dennis Caamano
Kaitlyn Calandda
Juan. Camargo
Miranda Cammelor
*
't
tric Damelo,r
Jacqueline Davila
tuiell Davis
Nathaniel Del Rivero
* Icin Delgado
ca.lo6 Delreal
sohum Desai
llcole
Devine
James Carcia
Leslie Carcia
Ariana Carcia-Nunez
Alcjand'o cnytan
* Zo€Jiella Cenabe
Fianc6co Cheradi
Steven
Cil
Jesenia comez
Brandon conzales
Christian Conzalez
Kelman conzalez
* Mac*enzie Creathouse
tmy crey
Iyler Hentges
Edwin Hernandez
Stephanie Hernandez
* Tiber Hernandez
latheiine Hernandez
velazquez
Angel Hill
Sabrina Holden
Diana lbarra
DanielJang
* tauren Dimayuta
Ashley Diaz
SamanthaJohnson
Mireya Juarez
Yvette Domingo
Michelle Dzik
Ca0ettJurina
* Caroline Kaczmnrek
Jacklyn
tllioft
,acob Ens€y
Uliana Escobar
Kimberly Fajado
Aaliyah iean hmularcano
Jessica Favela
Rachel Kelly
Nilana Xhoxayo
Gunil Ko
'Jaden Ko6in
Lindsay Kovach
' Andriy Kylyushyk
l9
7th Grade 3rd Quarter
Honor Roll2013-2014
'Prn. r's
Haley tauritzen
. zad'aly john taventco
* Philip teeniak
Cody tin
Leonardo Lopez
lsabella Lowry
Tyler Lunsu
Liz Macias
* Ashley Matarzo
Rojus Malik
*
,ocelyn Ma{inez
*J03eph Martinez
* Autumn Mccowan
Carloe M€dina
Lizbelh Medrano
Alan Mejia
+
Jasmine Mendez
Jordan Molina
Michelle Montoya
Stephanie Montoya
Jennah
otlda
Mari€lle
Paas
Kevin Nava
Brandon ilegron
* Braden Mcholson
Amy Pascal
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*
*
Payal Patel
R€€ya Patel
Shivangi Patel
* Vvek Patel
Julyssa Pe.ez
Amando Ramirez
+ C-arlo6
Ramirez
veroni(a Restrepo
Alondra R€yes
cody Ri\€lli
* Natalie Rock
tlizabeth Rodriguez
tizbeth Rodrisu€z
Maria Rodriguez
Camercn Roters
Alexis Roldan
sandy Rleda
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Emily Salazar
* Maliane Salgado Roman
Jesi€a sanchez
Angela sanchez-cano
Kaiina Santana
Diana schmidt
Jason Schuberth
* Brian Setura
Daniela olmedo
tr€lyn ortiz
'Joseph Tamras
Esteban Oliveros
Ma.ia Trejo
teticia Trujillo
Ktisten Tysch€nko
Amanda Ulbert
* Aliyah Valdez
,onathan valdez
Diego valdez-sanchez
seryio Pineda
* Kristopher Smith
* tunogh Srigopal
* Mehvish Syed
Joseph o'callahan
Jennifer Teran
Jonathan firado
teslie Torrss
chyrna tuftin
* Unnati Morkel
Alexander Tannhauser
*
Jocelyn Pala.io6
Annabell Palomo
Jaime Pantoia
Oliver Pantoia
Archana Patel
Lsl lil.T
,06iah Vasquez
crlleen Vetuilla
Kennedy Venable
*
rayden Mdales
sh'rejah ward
Malik whitehead
* lan
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Kyra Wright
chanelle Xiong
* Mid'ael Yonker
sajjad zaidi
+ Ganna Zamora
* Krisrine Zamoh
c-arolina Zarate
* loee z^tz
Cri5tal Zavala
Jennifer Zavala
* David Zepeda
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8th Grade 3rd Quarter
Honor Roll2013-2014
Cfiistina tuosta
* Samantha Aorcsta
Ever Aguilar
Mdis6a Aguinaldo
sulaiman Ahmed
+ Katrina Ahmen
camlvn Alanis
cndy' aba
Alejand ro ,Alvarez
Jonathan Alvarez
Ummehani Ansari
* Mikaela Aquino
* Patricia AFla
+
Cydnie Eabicz
' teah Baler
iJulie
Banrelos
Jazmine Barajas
* Rosana Barrios
* Reave Basa
* Priya Baxi
Adam Bender
America Benitez
Omar Eenilez
* Kyle Benshoof
* Ale;randra Bonilla
Da ziana Bowens
Catom Brown
Mikayla Brown
* Tamia Bro\ /n
Christopher Bunell
Nathan Calandria
* Maria Camargo
Ceorge Cameron
Antonio Campagna
Abigail Cardenas
tucia Carpio
Alexandcr Carnsco
Rlan Castillo
Maria Castro
sharissa Catlin
Jessi€a ceballos
* Daniel Chameskey
Abigail Chavez
+
Jimmy chen
' Austin choi
Rudy Cobarrubias
Ashley colin
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isl (j.7
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* Vanessa C,arcia
* Emma Comez
Sophie Comez
Destiny Cri6in
+ Nathan Cuerr€ro
Ryan Cullang
Daryl Harris
AbigailHemandez
Cbristian Hernandez
Cladvs Hernandez
cath;rin€ Hernandez
Mariel Cristina C-ortes Sigala
.lacqueline Cortez
* Shannon Crumlett
Mason Heskin
Stephanie Cuaude
* Alexia Hetzel
Jar€d Huppen
lessicn Davalos
Angel Hurtado
* luis Cruz
Steohen Davis
Pa;ela Andrea D€l Rosario
Jhon Dino
Rose Dino
Makenna Downint
* Emilio jose Edemni
Harry Ehorn
Kylah tscobar
Martin Escobar
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* ulia
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.,asiorski
* CeorteJeno
* CaraJohnson
Devon'ie lordan
Melissa Kaitazovic
cretolio Estev6
* Dhruvi lftlatiya
Jessica F.gan
* Samantha Fagan
Emilio F.rias
Azka Khan
*
frank
F itzmann
Christian Knsey
* tligia lcamer
Beniamin Kr0ngauz
,oc€line tagunas
Angelica Landeros
callardo
Arnaya calvan
Dan.'y carcia
Jo3e
Eriftney Lars€n
* Hannah tau
Diego CarEia
Erandy Lemus
Edwad Carcia
Elizabeth Carcia
lrma carcia
cabriela Lemus
Carina teon
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8th Grade 3rd Quarter
Honor Roll2013-2014
'Pr n. rr
Antelica L€szczynski
* Rushi Patel
ShiEni Patel
Noel Leynes
Casey Pearce
Daniela Leon
Melissa Pena
tlisa Lopez
tizbeth ropez
Ro6a topez
Jenna tovanh
Brian Lynn
,oel Marsden
Rene Martinez
Elijha Mccray
Dana Per€z
Edgal P€r€z
teslye Per€z
Tanya Perez
Uriel Perez
Sarbareanna Pickett
cabrielle Pie.re-Louis
Jonah Medina
Cody Miller
Tyshaun
Miller
Bemadette Mique
* Marilyn Miranda
Jercmy Mudoch
{ Chrktine Nato
Leonado Navarrete
* oliwia Nazaruk
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Sierra Reutenauer
Angel Reyes
Esteven Reyes
Yetzy Reyes
Mrian Rivas
Alenndra Rodriguez
Arhley Rodriguez
,essica Nicholson
lris Rodriguez
Jaclyn Rodriguez
Leslie Rodriguez
Nicolas Rodrig'lez
tmily Nitliaccio
Cr'€tal ocampo
,enn)4er ocampo
Alondra ojeda
tmesto Olea-torre6
vanessa olivas
Jarcd oliver
Ap.il Olvera
Mois€s Ordaz
+ tuis Oviedo
+ Aniali Patel
Dev Patel
Neil Patel
Rodhan Patel
L5l
* Cabriela Seberger
Nayeli sencion Cortes
VraiShah
' Arceb shethwala
Jo6e silva
Riclq Silva
Niolas Simon
Mercedes Skeate
* simon Skurski
Patryk Solarz
* snehal somalraiu
Dhara Sonani
* Brandon Sounhein
Aileen Taboada
Crystal Taboada
James Tannhauser
Beatlice Tay'or
* Linsey Toondarack
Alejandro Torres
sara Torres
* Edca Troha
* Raechel Untalan
Wendy Rivera
f'takaylah Neat
Andrew Nigliaccio
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Aleksandra Podlasinska
Riley Prcdanovich
Patrick rynadath
Kaitlyn Repa
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Jazmin Rosales
Rrahim sadiku
samantha saez
.lessi€a Salas
samantha salgado
Jodie Salis
David Salomon
tllis Sanchez
*
Jordan Santos
D$iree Santoyo
Jael Salinana
Lubia valenzuela
Michelle Vega
lvan Velazquez
Yuritzy Venegas
* Caitlin grace Vllatos
M.yra vll as
Xaviet Wesley
(ay'a wilson
layla Wing
* Devin Wisniewski
Daniel Wolfe
Aexa z^ratoz
* Uzette Zavala
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VOTE FOR Tefft Middle School's
Growing Green Hydroponics Club!
ll3v e y6.lr avsr seen dte lcsk !n : cftikls tece ihe firsl tlne he liekr i hn€ta trorir
the plant? tle lcchs at it v.igr irtere5t, vrcnd€rnrent alr{ BnticiFalien-frFs il ilrtr'
his mrsflri jrice arrd see*s start di*tfirt lr.crn hG lits, A srrit€ wir,elc and laq{ile.
lfons. By tee€*rhq thrt child to plent e s eed frofi i isrnal€! tsr{ hav€ iss t given him
llr€ sF crtr.tli$, ct s Elainahilib atrd the tty e lq rir*e healtlrier tccC chcices.
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Animel Sus lliios a
liialsGlllotaslnas
Acailemic Challenges
Lead to Success
Los Retos Acad6micos
Conducen al Exito
[ncourage Your Ghild
.
College cnlranr e reqJrrernenls dre usuallv more 'igorous Il"ar high schoolgraouation requirements. Your child needs to
fo'low a specific r ou'sc of .r.rd; Lobeaccepted into college. Yourchild should take
no fewer than five solid academic cou rses
per semester in high school
.
determinado para
el ingreso
garantizar
universitario. Revise el
recuadro de la p6gina
. When ;ou neet with leacl^er5, coLn\elors or advrser,, mdle su.e ll.ey lrow
anterior, Debe tomar
por lo menos cinco
signaturas por semestre en la escuela
you'child plan. lo go Lo ro,lege. tuk how
you can he'o vour r hild tdlp rhe nght sleps
to get there.
.Fncourage your child to take courses in
high school that are challenging. Taking
rigorous academic courses will give your
clT rld Lhe confidence and the skills Lo succeed in college.
.selectrre college, warl to see I'onor( or
Advanced Placemert (AP) rourses and
otherevidence that a student can handle
college-level work. AP
cou rses are college-level
^
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Colleges consider h igh
to be the best
evidence of a student's
achievement, abilities and
effort. Help your child see
the importance of taking
school seriously... and the
pay-ofi
Relinase con los maestros
o consejeros y
aseg(rese de que sepan que su hijo o hija
planea ir a la universidad. Pretinteles como
puedeayudara conseguirlo.
Animele a que tome cursos avanzados en la
universidad.
Las universidades de mayor prestigio piden
cu rsos avanzados ya sean losque llaman honor
o AP y otras pruebas de que ei estudiante
puede desarrollar un universitario que
ch ild's school offers AP courses.
school grades
secundaria que el preparan para la universidad.
secundaria. Tomar cursos acad6micamente
rigurosos le dara la seguridad en si mismo y
las destreza necesarias para tener 6xito en la
courses thar can hP laLen rn
high school. Find out if your
.
Los requisitos para ingresar a la universidad
son misaltos que los requisitos para graduarse
de la secundaria. S hijo o hija deberii seguir
un curriculode estudios
.
se
pueden tomar en la secundaria. Averitne si la
escuela de su hijo o hija los ofrece.
Las universidades consideran que las
calificaciones de la secundaria son el mejor
reflejo de los logros, capacidad y es{uerzo de
!n
estudiante. Ayude a su hijo
o hija
a
entenderque es importante tomar la escuela
en serio; y a ver los beneficios que
conlleva.
eso
FOCUS ON SCHOOL SAFETY
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lnternet and Cell Phone Safety
lnternet and cell phone safety - What is it? Who
needs it? How do we achiev€ it? These are only a
few questions we need to ask ourselves when us
ing the lnternet and cell phones. The lnternet and
cell phones open the world to us and our children.
AlthouSh it is a wondefu tool, we still need to use
these technologicalwonders with caution. We can
use these features and devices lor research, comm!nication, playing garnes, shopping, and more.
Hou"\er. rl.e"e tools a.c olen J,ed'or bul\ing.
preyinS on the young and innocent, and fraud. ln
addition, the lnternet is not governed by any coun
try :u r' alou' a LorL of i1'or"ldtior to be po.ted
whelhFr ir is lidudl and app'oprid e or ll riond a.d
improper. The ony way technologica safety can
be monitored is at home and in school.
studentr at the middle school age enjoy using the
computer and cell phones as these tools ar€ a connection to friends and a van amount of possibilities
Io' p\pF e., ing rhe word. A. flenriored p'e\rously, the lnternet and cell phones need to be used
with caution just for that matter. Our childr€n en-
joy comnrunicating with friends and
a way they do
that on the lntemet is by blogging (on inejournaling).
when it comes to cell phones, texting i5 the quickest and qLrietest way to communicate with frlends
withour having lnternet
access.
There are many online journaling sites, but most
familiar to our chidren cuffently is Facebook.com
or Twitter.com. Many children already have a
Facebook or Iwift€r account without their parents'
knowedge. Facebook and Twitter do ofier privacy
optiofs that students can set, but lt does not keep
them 100 percent safe. Even if they don't knowa
per,on eqde.rinS to he f icnd., lhp) 'rrv slill gi\e
permission to the "new" friend to view their entire
account profile. often umer, children unknowingly share inlormation without meaning to do so.
For e\ample. d child ma) ou adl rhdr -l'F lrojdr:
won the 8'r' grade basketball game againn Canton
lasr night- Even though the child did not mention
rhcir ro$r, rdnp or euen y hool, lhe) drd g!c
clues as to where they live. Anyone can ook up
Trojans and Canton on the lnternet and narrow it
down to streamwood, lllinois.
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on the other hand, texting provides studenb with
a \a'iety of sa)' to serd n".sa8e' to frrerds. Sorre
Te$age5 ma) oe .ho'r r,]d 'imple, w\re orher
may come with severe consequences. lt G impoF
tant that we talk with our children aboutthe approp rale L.e oi le\' _9. A fdir y ie$ qpe o le)lrn8r,
called "sexting." "Sext ng" G lllegal and prosecu!able in some states. 'Sexting" is not just inappropriate sexual mesrages, but in some cases graphic
i1 narLre. We , "_nor 'o€el abour vberbulvilg.
'
Many times our children are on the receiving end
of repetitive hurtful messages whether it is texted,
emailed, instant rnessaged, or blogged. Often we
do not find our about these messages until it is too
late.
How do we protect our children from potential
Internet afd cell phone problems - vir!ses, preda'
tors, bulying, etc.? We need to monitor them when
l\e) ar. Lelg lhF ']terner dnd ,el pl^one,. One
gLideire, ror
or rh" bp.r rrlr< lo do'l'i. l. o
'el
should be
use. Using the lnternet and cell phones
d privrle8e nor the no r. Cl'ldrpn should rOl
ha!e lnternet d..e'5 in their bedroomr or lalp rheir
ceil phones with them to bed at night. Too much
can happen when parents are notaware. Ask quesion5. loB onro rle (h ld ( , onpLler "rd . he, k
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-i.ro0 lFr of uebsirF. vis red. ( o le(! rhe cell
onone dt n pht and rev ew the call hrsto^ {receiled
d.d
dd
ed'"ard relr me:dge,
a-d ,.rt.
ser parental controls. Purchase 'e.e''"a
a filter proSram for
the computer that would be similar to those used
in school. set time limit5 and a low children access
to the lnternet only when a pareft is home. As for
cell phones, block access to cedain features such
as the lnternet, downloads, purchases, data transfers, receipt of rext rnessages with pictures and so
on. lt is impotant that lve keep olrr chidren safe,
but it is crucial our chl dren know thal it is also thelr
responslbilry ro stay sate.
lf you wou d like more informat on on any lntemet
and cell phone safety issue, please check out
isafe.ore and wwwsafeteens.com.
One {inal thing to remember: BE NOSY!
ENTITTTD! YOU'RT THE PARTNT!!
YOU'RE
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Word Walls
Word Walls can be found in almostevery classroom at Tefft Middle School.
The use of word walls compliments our focus on Direct Vocabulary
lnstrucrion....a rr^ steD rn.lru.irondlsr.alesy lhdt e\pD Iedr'rer hd. bear trdrncd ol La!h 'ubJefl
drca has de:ign.rlFd ri'ger vocabulary for"eacl" trddint pPaod Woro \^dls a'e rimply lhe !i'Jdl
rl ,nl"r of the"se *ord, o-n bullelrn bodrds a"d lL.; $als of rh" cla* oom. {. Iea( he^ and s udent5
*"'rr ir'rnunt' texts tosether. we need to have the words in full view so that the students can se€
rhemanduierhen. l; l\" Wo,dWalt teachinl\o' abuld,y throuSh /mm". ion. lhepriTd.}a*Pl^f
L,irsdWordWall i<as follows: "ll"cWodWall 6 buh uoor lhe sp:rd heoruoimdncnrepei'tror reinlorce. pr"r rousl) led'ncd p in( iplF
Student comments about the word Walls:
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Helps studenls learn a better vocabulary
lf we need a word to use we can just look at the wall
ltexpands ourvocabulary
lt helps to see them every day
Heips kids to learn and rememb€r stuff more
A good way to study words
Students improve their vocabulary and become smarter
They help me a lot because if I don't know something, I just look at the wall
lt really helps you rcmember thints and refer back
They heLp you to notfoEet whatyou have learned
lt really helps studens to remember something they are a little hazy on
Faculty comments about the Word Walls:
. They provide visual assistance to kids....a reminder and reinforcement
. students need the visuaTs
. Vocabulary is accessible to students
. Cood idea... the more vocabulary ls seen, heard, and used the better
. Makint vocabulary available at alltimes
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Keeps terms fresh in the students' work
I have done this over the years and the students do not lorset the word as easily
Helps build vocabulary and is a visual relnforcer ofthe terms the students are learning
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Pared de Palabras
L"tpd puede enconrrar la pared de paldb.ds e.| casi todo( lo,,alore. op la
L{upia lrlermedid leff. tlu,odp ld pdred de palabra,a)uda cor elpn'oqup
de ln(lru,( dn Dirp(tadcVo,abuldrio...p"urae,trategrddF,e, pa.o(dc
la cualtodos los maestros han sido entrenados. Cada m;teriatieni designado metas de vocabu
la rlo
prra (ada penodo de califrcac on. Las paredes devocabulario son simplemente unaexhibicidn visual
dF palabras cn cl ublero dF drurcioc o pn la pdred der ,akjn. I oq naasr,o, y pnuo.d.ltes trdbajan
JUnLo,sobreo(e\ro..no.onosrc(e,rkmo.rerer'arpddbrd(erplenavi.tdp;aqJelo.enudid'rte,
las puedan ver y utilizar EnlaPared de Palabtas En5eiando Voc;bulatio pot Media de tnrr,e6|i.n,la
ventaja primordialde utilizarla Pared de Palabras es lasiguiente: "La pared de fulabras esta construida
en lateoria €spiralde habilidad repetici6n re,enforzt principales previa me nte aprend idos.,,
Comentarios de Los tstudiantes sobre La Pared de Palabras
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Ayuda a los estudiantes
S
i necesitamos
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aprender mejor elvocabulario
na pa labra nosotros podemos en contrarla y utiliza rla viendo la pa red
Hace mas grande nuestrovocabularlo
Ayuda ver las palabras todos los dias
Ayuda a los niios a aprendery recordar mas Jas cosas
Es una buena manera de estudiar las palabras
Los estudiantes mejoran su vocabularioysu intelitencia
Me ayudan mucho por que si yo no se algo, yo solo tengo que ver la pared
Te ayuda mucho a recordar y referir cosas
Te ayuda a no olvidar lo que haz aprendido
Le ayuda mucho a los estu d iantes a recordar algo de lo cual no estaba n muy segu ros
Comentarios de La Facultad sobre Las Pared de Palabras
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Provee ayuda visualpara los niiios,,,un recordatorio y refuelzo
Los estudiantes necesitan los visuales,
Elvocabulario es accesible para los estudiantes.
Buena idea...entre mas se vea, se escuche, y se utiliza elvocabulario es mejor
5e hace masdjsponibletodo eltiempo elvocabulario
Mantiene los t6rminos frescos en eltrabajo de los estudiantes
Yo he hecho esto en los a ios pasados y a los estudiantes no se les olvida
ta
n fici lmente la palabra
.Ayudaaconstruirvocabularioyesunvisualderefuerzodelost6rminosquelosesrudiantesest6n
aprendiendo
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Locler Clea;
AprillS
April2l
SprinS holiday - No SCHOoL
Vision/Hearing Screenin8
Vision/Hearing Screening
Soccer Picturcs
District Cho nl Festival - 7:00 P.m.
AWil22
Ap l23
May-l
May 2
PTT Meetins 5:30 o.m.
May3
May6
District Honors Band Festival
South Elgin H.5. - 7:00 P.m.
School lmprovement Day
NO SCHOOL
U-46 SoccerTournament Allday
orchestra Concet- 7r00 p.m.
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smndalds Initiatiuc
lmplementation and Future Work
What do the Common Core State Standards mean
for students?
I hc'lnndards pro\ idF cldtiiy a1d consi.len.v rn whdl
i, e\pFcled ol student lea'nrng acros5 the country
lh'. rnrlrari\ e help5 pro!rde allstudent5 wilh dn eqJdl
oppodun:ry for dn cducation, rFBardlPs( of Ml^cre
rhe' livp rhe common Cor€ SLdte Standards wrll
1ot pre!enl drficrenl le\eh ol a.hrcreme']t dmonS
studcnL, but Ihey $ill cnsu p mo,e concl'lcnl e\po.u'F lo materiah dnd ledrnrnBe\perien, e.lh'ou8l^
.Lrrriculun', instrucrion. and tea(her preparation
lniciativa y Futuro Trabajo
lQu6 significan las norm,s del eslado bare comdn
para los estodiantes?
y , o"e,en, ir en o
I d. normr. propor.,onan ,
'iodo
qLe 5e e\pp'd dF apre.oildie
en lodo e pd s tcld
,.i, ial\" dludd d p opon ord' lodo. lo5 e{udiant"s
.on
Lnd iquaload de opoaLn oade5
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among other
estaio n icleo com rin no impediren adiferentes niveles
de rer dim "n o d^ ro' e' uoianre'. pero 8d,"nriza'in
m;\ , on.l.nlF e\p6, or d mdler d p\ ) F\oa,iencir\
dc .p'Frd'/d.e d .rd\es del , rn cJlo, ,asI tr., io. \
\opor'F\ pdra
pn pa icidn p.'z el p'oieso en rp o
'os
el aprendiz,ie dc los enudianies.
pact teachers?
ac6mo las normas delestado ntcleo com[n (CCSS)
afectan a los maestrosl
su pports fo r student leafiing.
Howdoes lheCommon Core Sldle Standards im'
Ihe Conmon
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CSS
Providing goak
Las
inpacts teachers by:
ard benchmdrlc lo en\ute
dens a.e aihr"vrng certain
bv th€ end ofeach year;
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and know'edga
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namas del estado nnclea con'in afedan
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..td. ogrrrdo . Frlo:
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dseFrrd. qup los etuoi,n.ps
. HelprnB (olleges d;d professional de\elopment . AvLda.do
'Tie1lo. t". u"i\r'.idddp. y p'og'andr dp
d
programs better prepare teache15;
d;sarrolo profesionalparaprepararnrejoralosmae. Provrdrng the oppodurrty fo tercher.lo be inrohed inll'e deve opment of d*c('mpnts linked
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io these top-qualrty standard!;
Allowi,rg ndles to develop dnd pro\ide bptlel
assessments that more accurately measure
wheiher or not students have learned what was
taupht:and
Cu"idirg educalor,loward curricula and tea(h,nt
svategias that will give students a deep underslindhg of lhe subtect dnd lhe skll" they need to
apply thlrr knowledge.
Who will manage the Common Core State Stan'
dards lnitiative in the futurel Tl"F Common Cora
State Standards lnitiative was and will remain a stateled effort. ln addition to suppoftlng effective implemenlation of the Common Core State Standards,
and CCSSO are (o.nmitted to developing a
onBrerm sustdindbiIlys[uclure with eader'hrofrorr
qovernors, (hie{.Ldle .( hooloffrcers, dnd olhpr ctrte
polrcyrrat"rs. There wrll be lr ontorrg state led
deve'opment process that (dn support (ontinuous
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Permite a Ios enados
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\i o ro os cslJdidnlp\ l.an dprend
Cuian a los educadorcs hacia los planes de estudio
y ensenanza de estategias que daritn a los
isrud,anre. ul pro'Lndo , onociri{ro dcl retr. v
la5 hrb ,dades que necesitan para ap|car sus
Qui6n
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ministrara la iniciativa d€ normas del
estado ntcleo comunes en
La
in
elfuturol
iclaiiva de es6nd ares de estado n6cleocomrin fue
Ln eJue'/o o rg,oo por el .'lado
Adend. o"'i"noo
apo)ar la irpl"melrd ,dn e,"diva de la'
"o.nas, omule, d" e'lddo b*e. NCA y CCSSO e'tin
, omo'omerido, a oe,arrol ,' ula pslru.lLrd dp
sosle-,oilid.o d d,so plazo (on p ,dF'iz8o de lo'
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improvement of the siandards.
lmpukado por elestado en curso que puede apoyar
Will common assessments be developed?
nrejoria continua
hao .onsorlrd o'ctnte> are developing (ommon d.
sps,mFnts - lhe Panrer,hip lorA.,es,menr of Readi
nessforColleSe and Career {PARCC)and the Smarter
Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC). lne5e
.Ldle-led (onsorlid on assecsmerl ara RroJndcd rr
the following principles:
Allow for comparison across students, schools,
districts, states and nations
Create economies of scale
Provide information and support more effective
teachintand learning
Prepare studenir for college and careers
Will CCSSO and NCA be ffeatinS common in-
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siructional materials and curricula?
States thathave adopled the standards maychoose
to work togetherto develop instructional materlals
and curricula. As states join together to adopi the
same Common Core State Standards, publishe6 of
instructional materials and experienced educators
will develop new resou rces arou nd th€se sharcd stanDoes the federalBovernmenl play a role in standards implementation?
The federal govern me nt had no role in the developmentofthe Common Core State Standards and will
not have a .ole in their implementation. The Com-
mon Core State Standards lnitiative is a stateled
effort that is not parr of No Child Left Behind and
adoption ofthe standards is in no way mandatory
Are there data colleclion requhements associated with the Common Core State Standards?
There are no data collection requirements of staies
adoptirg rl"e CCSS Standaro, defrnF e\pe(tdrio1.
for whal sludFr$ 5hould kno$ and oe able to do by
ihe end ofeach 8rade. lmplementingthe CCSS does
not rpqurF dau ollFclro,r. he mea']s of d(ses(rrg
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studentsand the datathatresuils frorn those assessments are up to the discretion of each state and are
separate and unique from the CCSS.
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as normas.
ise d€sarlollarrn evaluaciones comunes?
Dos consorcios de Enados cnen desatrollando las
evaluaciones
comunes la Asociaci6n para la
evaluaci6n de la preparaci6n para la Universidad y
carrera {PARCC) y el consorcio mas inteligente para
evaluaci6n eq uiliblada (s BAC). Estos consorcios d idgidos
porclestado en laevaluaci6n se basan en lossiguientes
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Permiten la comparaci6n entre los estLrdiantes, la,
escuelas, d stritos, Estados y Naciones,
Crcan economias de escala
Proporcionan informaci6n y apoyo m;s cficaces de
enseianza y aprcndjzaie; y
Preparan a los estudiantes parn
iccsso y
NGA creara programas
y materiales
educalivos comunes?
Los Estados
qrc
han adoptado los est;ndares pueden
optar por trabajar jrntos para desarcllar los planes de
errLrdio\ rdr" ,d e. d d!,1,, o. Comoafi'n) Lnr'{ JU1tos paraadoptar los mismos esttndares de estado nncleo
comIn, editores de m atei ales d idecticos y educadorcs
experimentados dcsatroilara nucvos recu.sos ahededor
de estas normas cotupa idis.
itl
gobierno federal desempena un papel en la
aplicaci6n de las normas?
E gobierno fcd eral no trvo ning0n papelen eldesarollo
de los enind ares del estado nncleo comtn y notendri
un papel en su implementaci6n. La iniciativa dc
es6ndares comunes de nucleo estata es un esfuerzo
dnigido por el estado que no es pa(e de No Dejar A
Nlngun Nino Atr6s y adopci6n de las normas de
ninguna manera es obligatoia.
itxisten requisitos de colecci6n de datos asociados
.on lo. e.tnndrre. delerlado nu.leo.omnn?
Noexisten datos colecci6n rcqrisltos de Estados adopien
la CCSs. Los estindares definen las expectativas de lo
qu€ los estudiantes deberian conocer y ser capa: de
hacer al final de.ada grado. lmplementaci6n de la
CCSS no requiere la rccolcccl6n de datos. Los medios
dp F\dLd d" de lo' e.tcdanr"' 1 lo, ddros qu" o.
'es-llad". oe er., e'dlJ.L one, 5or dirtreL.dn oe
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cada estado y son diferentes y [nicos de ]a CCSS.
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Developing yout Child's Habils of Success rn School, Life a nd Wo* . . .
ofthe fusociation for Supervision and Curri.u'
cl'ared
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bysuccesJulpeople rn anywalloflife. Durlum DevelopmFnt, describes
characten.ir.s
rnpthe.ourseoftheschoolvearoneofLhel2chdrdclcn.l,(srhdlhedescribes$ill befedlured in
this monthly parent newslettir. ihe fr-rll artrcle is available at www.natc.orsy'Publications/Parentind
Dr. Arthur Costa, author, educator and past president
MaO2CoshArticle.odf
Persisting:
MosI o{ lhe imponanl rhines in the world have
been accomplished by peofie who have kept
tryinB when therc seemed to be no hope at all."
Dale
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Persigtence contdbutes to success in solvint prob-
lems. Efficient problem solverc persevere
even when the solution to a problem or
challente is not readily apparent. They
have learned, and can apply, awide range
of problem solving
ol
solvrng strategresstrategies- Lnrrdren
Children
often Sive up in despair when a task or
ated or collected.
Helpyour child by reminding him or her of prevl
ous succ€sses with sim ilar taek or prob'
lems, that there are many strategies
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to try
a
nd that they are effective th in k-
ers and problem solvers. lt is more
helpful to learn three ways to solve
----------J one p.oblem lhan to led rn onewdy lo
the solution to a problem
oroblem is
rs not immediately
imme
known. You might hearthem say, "lcan'tdothis,"
"lt's too hard," or, theyjustwant to 8et the task
over with as quickly as possible. They lack the
ability to analyze a problem orto develop a strategy to accomplish theirgoal.
Cl.idren de\e op per.isle'l( e b) increa(inglherr
use of allernale stralegies of problem solvint.
They.ollecl evroence to rndi(are thdt therr prob-
.olve three problem,l Wher you see e\dmple'
of persrslen(c rr T\ programs. molror pr, lutp',
or sto ies. call it to )our (hild s dflenlion and u.e
the word, "pe6isiing" as you dhcuss the behav
ior Share with your child examples of how you
persist to be successful.
Additional rcsources arc available at:
www.black'collegian.com/news/
projoesolvingg0S.shvnl
rem-soh ng <lralegy i< working. and if one slrdregy doesn'twork, they know how to back up and
another. lhey rea|ze tFdl lher slraleg! muy
!Ww uoregon.edu/- mou15und/PSBool,l 996/
chapteFl.htm
wwwunc.edu.au psyc hology/.taftmalouf(/
be rcteded and anolhe' employed. ll.ey hav.
problem.htm
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Carfr
Acfuafrztcihn So6re fat tsofeat
3rd quarter report cards \d€re mailed
home during spring Break.
tas boletas para €l 3er himestre fueron enviadas
a casa por correo duratte Descando de Primavera,
4th quarter progress reports will be
distributed to students on Thursday,
lnformes del cuarto trimestre se distribuiriin a los
estudiantes en el 1 de Mayo.
May 1st.
Fourth quarter report cards will be
mailed on June 4th.
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s}Atematic methods of analyzing a problem, know'
ingwaysto begin, and knowint what steps must
be performed and what data need to be geneF
Tari€tas d€ calificaciones para el Cuarto Trimestre
seran enviadas por corr€o el 4 de lunio,
T.{+!flor""s of fuarning
l6ams Zotr-Zot+
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CLADIATORS
This quarter featuring the teams of PECASUS and TITANS
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The 3d quader
is finally comrng to a close and Tearn
Pegasus has been busy. ln science cTass with Mrs.
a€ finishing our unit on motion
and beginning to start our science fair projects.
We've betun so that we can be prepared for the
Stem Expo in Aprill
John ieffrey, \'\,e
n history with Mn. Anderson, we've been taking
tests on the Consttution and learning about the
different amendments. We all have been working
hard so that everyone will pass the Constitution
binomiah, the P),thatorean Theorem, and morel
Each day, we are always learning something new
and taking a rcn on what we've learned atihe end
of the Vveek.
Hopefully, this tave you a snapshot of what life is
like on Team Petasus. We'realways learningsome
thing newlll
by
Alyssa Perez
Testl
With Mrs. Byer in English, we have been reading
the story, witness and keeping notes on all of the
characters- Witness is a story about how the Klu
Klux Klan affects a community in Vermont. ln class,
ana \ u rng the ,to1.
\re \e been dr.(Lr5.ing drd
In Mrs. Oruzs readintclass, we have been readint
theclassic book, To Killa Mockingbird. we watched
the movie and compared it to the story ln
class,
ue\earalyzed,omeof th"drf ,ult ro.abrlarl r.
the book so that we can understand the story bet
Wilh M'. Hol|d.r) r math. we har" beer learnint
dboul a \allpi) of rhrrt. !le fadonnt. mull p\rrg
It's finally the end of 3" quarter, but we're still
workifg hardl ln math, with Mr Holliday, we are
doirg tl^e rornrl...*e go rn the r la..room and r.nmediately begin the bell ringer After bell ringers,
we grade our homework from the previous ni8ht.
After, we learn new nraterialand take noteson that
rnaterial, leading to a test at the end of each week.
ln history, though, we have been Tearning about
the Constitution. ln orderto learn the material, we
watch different videos, we work on packets and
study guides, and then we take tests. Mrs. AndeF
son breaks theConstitution intosmaller parls, which
is 8ood, but we still need to study. 7'h Sraders, pay
l.]
attention and make sure you askforthe flash cards.
The most difficuh pan was the Bill of Rithts. lt
isn't that hard; just make sure you studyll
ln science. wirh M1. John leffrev wp are (ludyrng
motion and force. The bestpanof thewhole unit
is we got to build cals from Knex and then ran
them down a rampl lt was totally cooll
ln reading with Mrs- Ortiz, we spent a good poF
I on of lhc qudrler reading. I he
Ci\!r.
ln English, wejustfinished readingthe novel, Elqyl
er( forAlternon. lt wd. a good book. evel thouth
it was pretty difficuh. Mrs. Byer required us to
annotate the text as we read, which meantthat we
had to mal,e rote< ir rhc book ds
redd. u,int
"p
little symbols and sticky notes.
Third quafter has been fun and means that its get
ting closer to the end of the schoolyear- Yaylll
by Adan Bender
ln my oprn
ion, it wasn't that great, but it was a book I had
never read b€fore, so at least I can say I tried it.
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Hou"" of
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Teqm Titans Reflections About 3'd Quo.ttet
Enelish
Dear parenis, grandparents, siblings and studenls.
We learned a lot in 3'd quarter. ln retular EnSlish
we learned about one ofthe saddest, most hoffific,
traumdtiling period. n l,na lhe -olo(duit duing
World War ll. We learned how it all happened.
From the
time he (Hitler) blamed Jews for
Cermany's problems to the tlme he killed himselt
We got to do a cold reading for a play audition
usinS The Diarv of Anne Frank p ay. We all got to
80 to the auditorium and read the scripts; itwas our
first time ever seeing the scrlpt tool That means
we didnlgetto practice that is called a cold readin8. We also learned aboutfiguraUve language like
similes, metaphors, idioms and puns. Forexample,
why did the triangle go to the beach? Because it
was 90 degreesl Thatwas a pun.
by lennah Owda
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Pre-Aleebra
ln
3d
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quarter I learned how to find square roots
and perfect squares. I had struggled my whole life
with math but tharks to Ms. Prado I now know
how to find circumference and area of circles. I
learned how to convert betlveen fractions, deci
mals and percents. I learned how to use the per
cent proportion. I learned how to find area and
perimeter of rectanSles, parallelograms, triangles and
trapezoids.
by Btianna Romero
Pre'Aleebra 2
ln PrF-AlSebra 2. se lea 'led ra1) drfercnl lhin85
3'd quarter We finally learned how to do slope
because it always seems to come up on MAP tes!
lng and I had no clue how to solve it before. Now
that l've learned how to determine whether rela
flou""
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tions are a function, graph the relations and functions. use slopF rntercep! from in graphrng a hnear
equation and find the slope of a line and coordinates I have a way better understandint of what
slope is! Not only did we jusr do algebra stuff, we
always tried out some geometry lessons. We got
to learn about parallel lines, adjacent antels, vertical artles, conSruent angies, commentary angles,
and supplementary angles. Wefound volume, area,
and sudace area of shapes and prisms. I ahvays
heard ofA2+ 82= C2 but had no clue whatthat
really meant. Eutthen I learned it is theformula to
find a missing side of a riSht triangle using the
Plthatorean Theore m method- A2 and 82 arecon
sidered the "legs" of the triantle. C2 represents
the hypotenuse which is the lontest side of the
triantle.
by Natalie Rack
read in readingwas Daniel's Storyand it had infoF
mation about the Holocaust and that book went
well with the theme of courage. Daniel had a lot
ofcourdte. We also lcarncd d lol or other.tufftoo
like implicitand explicit, we learned abouttextfeatures, text structu res and many kinds of reading strat
eties.
by Angel Chavez
Advanced readins
I am in Advanced Reading and letme tellyou it has
changed my reading experience a lotl lgotalotof
help in roots and now they are as easy to use as
pie. My teacher, Ms. Hernandez has ako taught
me the meaning of text features and text struc
tures. I really enjoy read'nt because when l'm
reading l'm in a whole other world where every,
thint is easy to understand.
Social Studies
What I learned about social studies in 3d quarter
wa' dboul ldli'] Ame ca d1d ho\r pFople live in
Latin America and how they plant crops. I also
'earned thp ruhure and histo] of Lalrn Ameri(d.
The culture of Latin America is Spanish. Also we
did a power pointabout "Me". Onthe power point
I had to write about my culture, religion, history
and government, etc.
by Lesly Berrum
Reeular readine
What I learned in
3'd quarter in reading was a lotl
As you know the theme of 3'd quarterwas courate
and I have to say I have a lot of courage in me. I
have to say I had a lot of fun in reading. Ms.
Hernandez always picks the right books to read
because they're all so interesting. The book we
science
Tefft Middle School is a fun school to attend, let's
jump ritht into the classes and start with science.
Du nt quarter 3, we learned fourtopics and spent
a lot oftime on them. The firsttopic was the levels
of organi,,ation in living tning.. for e\amplc: lintdom and phylum. Our next topic was organelles
(cells); we learned many pars about the cell for
example: E.R. (endoplasmic reticulum), vacul and
ribosomes. Our third topic was diffusion and osmosis. This was my {avorlte topic in science. lt's
rery tool to see osmosrs and drFu5ion in dcton
My lasttopic in science was classification. Although
classification is very difficult you car find it's very
fun once you get the hang of it.
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