Mandeville Middle Messenger
March 2015
The Mandeville Messenger
March 2015
2525 Soult Street
Mandeville , LA 70448
MandevilleMiddle.stpsb.org
A Message from the Assistant Principal,
Sherri Barton
Dear Parents and Students,
What’s Going On?
Inside This Issue
PTA Reflections
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Thanks to our Sponsors
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A Special Thanks
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Classroom News
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Upcoming Events
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It’s difficult to believe this is the final newsletter of the
year. Although we had all begun to wonder if spring
weather was ever going to arrive, it finally did so. Sixth
graders are eagerly anticipating their special end-of-the
year-activities, and our fifth grade students can’t wait to
take their places as the leaders of the school. Fourth
graders and their parents are happy to realize they have
successfully navigated the transition to middle school.
As we move toward the conclusion of the school year, we
do need your help with getting car line students to school
on time each day. The bell for students to be in the building rings at 7:30 a.m.
Car line is light between 7 a.m. and 7:20 a.m. Those who wait until after that
time generally face the inevitable backlog that ends up causing students to be
tardy. It’s important for students to be here to begin the day with their teachers
and classmates. Thanks for helping us do a better job of this the remainder of
the school year.
On Saturday, March 7th, our MMS Fitness Team participated in the Middle
School Fitness Meet held at Lakeshore High School. Grant Cogan, Ryan Jar-
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PTA REFLECTIONS
PTA Contests The 2014-2015 National PTA Reflections theme was "The
World would be a better place if..." Students around the
country submitted their interpretations in the 6 categories including visual arts, photography, literature, music
composition, dance choreography and film production.
Eight of our students, reported in the last newsletter, won
awards at the District level of competition and advanced
to the state level. We are thrilled to report that Leah
Savoy and Daniel Roach won the State's Outstanding Interpretation Award for Music
Composition and Film Production, respectively. Their art works have been sent off to the
National level of the Reflections contest. Good luck kids! We will hear about these results
in May.
This year's Safety Poster contest was themed "Stranger Danger."
In the District level of the Safety Poster contest Mandeville Middle is proud to announce
the following students achievements: Kaylee Barbari and Angele Boulanger won the Excellence Award in the Intermediate division. Ann Crabtree and Victoria Vinet won the
Merit Award in the Middle division. Great job kids and thanks for submitting your artwork!
Kaylee Barbari won the State Award of Excellence in the Middle division for her Safety
Poster. Congratulations Kaylee!
Thanks students for participating and putting forth your best efforts. All the judges
along the way were impressed by your interpretations.
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To Our Volunteers and
Sponsors
WE THANK YOU!
A BIG THANKS to all
of our
MMS Volunteers
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Ginny Guillory
Jill Savoy
Linda Roach
Jackie Hyer
Jennifer Cardinal
Chrissy Bourlet
Kim Lavelle
Our volunteers and sponsors contribute
to our school in countless ways.
Volunteers help reinforce to kids that
their education IS important. Sponsors
make all the “extras” possible. You both
reinforce the partnerships between MMS
and the community.
Corporate Sponsors
Gold Sponsors:
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Spartan Industrial Products
Florida Marine Transporters
Bronze Sponsors:
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Rachel Moak—Younique
Miller Orthodontics
Le-Vel
Tonic Chiropractic
Julie Schwarz, Avon
Guerilla Baseball
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vis, Claire Rush and Caitlyn Sinon did a gr eat job r epr esenting our school. Caitlyn placed 1st in the Shuttle Run, 2nd in Pullups, and 3rd in the 50-yard Dash, finishing 2nd overall for Girls, which means she advanced to the State Parish Fitness Meet at LSU
where she will represent St. Tammany. Way to go, Caitlyn! In addition, Claire won a 2nd place medal in the Curl-ups, Ryan won a
4th place in the Long Jump, and Grant placed 4th in both the 600-yard Dash and the Pull-ups. Congratulations to these students and
to Coach Gaines and Coach Champagne!
MMS had numerous students who placed in the PTA Safety Poster and Reflections Contests. Students whose Safety Posters received awards were Angele Boulanger, Kaylee Barberi, Ann Crabtree, and Victoria Vinet. Reflections winners included Dylan Lingo (Photogr aphy), Daniel Roach (Film Pr oduction), Taylor Mason (Liter atur e), Leah Savoy and Elaina Bachman (Music),
and Victoria Bourlet and Jacelyn Stelly (Visual Arts). How proud Ms. Hart and I were to join these students and their parents at the
annual banquet recognizing them for their unique, creative abilities. We were also pleased to recognize our Educator of Distinction
for this year, Mrs. Ann Reed, sixth grade math and science teacher who is retiring this year.
Talented Art students are recent recipients of special recognition, as well. Work by Anthony Bosco was selected to represent St.
Tammany Parish Schools 4th – 6th graders for the Louisiana School Boards Association annual art contest. In addition, work created
by Madison Pittman was chosen to grace the cover of the 2014 Comprehensive A nnual Financial Report for STPSB and additional
works by Sara Hossain, Anthony Bosco, and Angele Boulanger wer e selected to be included within the document. Congr atulations to these students and their teacher, Ms. Robyn Kennedy!
We also appreciate the efforts of our PTA in building community through many special events this year. Pizza with Dad and Mozzarella with Mom, both in their second year, continue to be huge hits with everyone involved. It was wonderful to see our students
and their parents enjoying food, bingo and fun together. In addition, there are the many other activities PTA has long supported
which continue to make MMS such a great community. Thanks to everyone for your generosity with Food Drive. We are hoping
to reach 10,000 items by the end of the school year, so please keep up the good work.
Ms. Hart and I and our wonderful faculty and staff could not provide all we do for your children without the tireless, gracious assistance of our parents. Not only are you generous in support of our students, but the recent Teacher Appreciation W eek made each of
us feel pampered and appreciated. We are grateful to Jill Savoy and Ginny Guillory , who organized the week’s activities, as well
as to the many other volunteers who gave of their creativity, time, energy and talent to make this an amazing and special week.
Thank you for helping to “set the stage for success” with us each day and for entrusting your children to us. We look forward to
your joining us for the many activities that conclude our school year. As always, please feel free to contact us at any time with your
ideas and concerns.
Sincerely,
Sherri Barton
Assistant Principal
Thanks to Domino’s Pizza for
donating pizza
coupons for the 2nd
quarter Honor Roll Students!
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A Special Thank You...
Thank you to everyone that helped to make Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week so special! The teachers and staff enjoyed their treats as well as their luncheon on Thursday. As
a result of the generosity of the following local businesses each member of our faculty
and staff received a door prize at the luncheon.
Abita BBQ
All Wrapped Up
Bella Salon
Bistro Byronz
Blue Harbor
Bosco's
Bra Genie
Coffee Rani
Das Schulerhaus
Dominos
Friendly Video
K Gee's
Liz's
Mainstream Boutique
Massage Envy
Niche Home
Nothshore Office Equipment
Painting with a Twist
Rusty Pelican
Subway
TCBY
Triple Nickel
UFC Gym
Usual Suspects
Please keep these sponsors in mind when shopping locally!
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Mandeville Middle School’s Sixth grader, Sam Dehmer, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the
2015 Louisiana National Geographic State Bee, sponsored by Google and Plum Creek.
The contest will be held Friday, March 27, 2015.
This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its
27th year. School Bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students
throughout the state to determine each school champion. School champions then took a
qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society. The National
Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50
states, District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in the state Bees.
Each state champion will receive $100, the “National Geographic Atlas of the World,
10th Edition,” a medal, and a trip to Washington, D.C., to represent their state in the National Geographic Bee Championship to be held at National Geographic Society headquarters, May 11-13, 2015. The national champion will receive a $50,000 college scholarship and lifetime membership in the Society. The national champion will also travel
(along with one parent or guardian), all expenses paid, to the Galápagos Islands, where
he/she will experience geography firsthand through up-close encounters with the islands’ unique wildlife and landscapes. Travel for the trip is provided by Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic. Visit www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee for more
information on the National Geographic Bee.
National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD will air the 2015 National Geographic Bee Championship final round, moderated by award-winning journalist Soledad
O’Brien, on Friday, May 15, at 8 p.m. ET. The final round will be aired later on public
television stations. Check local television listings for air date and time in your area.
All of us at Mandeville Middle congratulate Sam on this accomplishment, and wish
him well in the upcoming competition!
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A Message From 6th Grade
It is almost impossible to believe that sixth grade students
have wrapped up their first series of standardized tests and
are looking at only two more months before Mandeville Middle is but a treasured memory. In the meantime, however,
they have been and will be as busy as ever.
Students are looking forward to their sixth grade field trip in
the next several weeks to Turtle Cove. For those unfamiliar
with the facility, Southeastern University's Environmental Research Station in Manchac/Maurepas will introduce MMS
students to the marsh and swamp in South Louisiana. During
the trip, the staff with take students on a tour where they will
learn about coastal wetland loss problems as well as participate in hands-on activities such as testing water quality, dipping nets for aquatic species, and conducting field surveys of specific animal and plant species.
ELA classes completed a historical fiction novel based on the Civil War entitled, Across Five Aprils. Currently, these
classes are beginning a unit on the Renaissance in Reading which will tie in closely with Social Studies and the
quickly approaching Renaissance Festival. Both April and May will be filled with memorable experiences for the
sixth graders such as their last Art Fest, Junior High Day, the Sixth Grade Social, the class picnic, and so much more.
Classrooms in the 400 wing are actively embracing valuable learning strategies, math concepts, and life skills that
will follow them on to junior high and beyond...and they are
having fun and making memories along the way.
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A Message From 5th Grade
With all of the exciting learning opportunities, happening in
fifth grade, the end of the year will be here before we know it! Fifth
graders will be studying the fantasy genre this quarter including the
novel, James and the Giant Peach. They will explore the opposition
of good versus evil, the value in courage, adventure, forgiveness,
and honesty. Students will be able to research the history and use
of special effects in movies to see how imagination and creativity
brings about progress and change.
In Social Studies, students will continue focusing on the interaction of early settlers in America. They will be studying the lives of
settlers in the 13 colonies. Students will describe how the colonies
developed including how settlers contributed to the success of each
colony and how some colonies struggled to succeed. Maps will be
created by students to show the variety among the three major regions of the Thirteen Colonies. We will
explore the New England colonies, the Middle colonies and the Southern colonies and compare and contrast the climate, temperature, soils, elevations and other factors which have an influence on the economy
of the colonies.
During Math, students will be studying measurement with customary units and the metric system.
Students will solve real life problems which include unit conversions of standard as well as metric
measures. In Science class, students will be learning about the spheres of the Earth and will include the
atmosphere, the hydrosphere and the lithosphere.
In all subject areas, 5th grade students will enjoy lessons and activities which are engaging, hands-on
and interactive as they work in cooperative teams to incorporate a variety of technological resources.
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A Message From 4th Grade
Fourth grade worked hard in all subjects during the third 9
weeks. Fraction action was what math was all about. We
covered many new fraction skills, and ELA worked hard on
writing using evidence from several different pieces of literature.
ELA had many interesting things going on in the hallway.
Mrs. Willis’ and Mrs. Deibel’s students created restaurant
menus featuring delicious adjectives. Mrs. Deibel had her
kids make a book cover for Genres, and Mrs. Willis’ students are doing mini story boards with traditional literature and plays. Mrs. Holloway and Mrs. Schoen’s classes
worked with Scholastic news articles for comparing and
contrasting and other fun activities. Mrs. Schoen’s students also created funny limericks for St. Patrick’s Day.
Science was an entire unit on plants, animals, and ecosystems. We had many projects lining the 4th grade hallways for this unit of study. Mrs. Reinhardt’s
class worked on their “Louisiana Animal” research project. Ms. Busby’s students did an
“Ecosystems and Animals” project. Mrs. Wagner and Mrs. Ponsetti’s classes did colorful brochures for their ecosystems, and Mrs. Wagner’s students also created ribbon food chains. Ms.
Folse’s students made plant projects and created their own new animal with special adaptations.
In Social Studies, the fourth graders have worked hard on Economics and Government. Mrs.
Ponsetti, Mrs. Diebel, and Mrs. Willis’ classes worked on creating their own Louisiana product.
Many economics and government lapbooks and foldables were created. Ms. Folse and Mrs. Holloway’s classes created marvelous Mardi Gras themed state float projects. Fourth grade has been
very busy with the many engaging activities and projects!
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Dates to
Remember:
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March 30 - April 6
Spring Holidays
April 14-15
ILeap/Leap Testing
May 4-7
PARCC testing
May 22
Last day of school (1/2 day)
Bank at School
MMS PTA and Whitney Bank offer a great program to our students and teachers. Students are
able to open a REAL bank account at school
through Whitney Bank and learn how to save money. They will receive monthly statements to teach them how to balance their account
and watch their savings grow. Thanks to our wonderful PTA they
also receive a small treat each time they make a deposit, PLUS have
their name entered in a raffle for a gift bag each Bank Day.
The tellers are 6th graders who filled out an application and were interviewed to be selected. They are more than happy to help their fellow students bank at school.
The remaining bank day is April 7th.
The tellers are: Brian Baudoin, Anna Carter, Abby Gourgues and Caden Dugas.
MMS-Samaritan Center Food Drive
Since our last newsletter was published, we have collected another 1,729 items for the 3rd quarter (874 items
in January and 914 items in February). We also collected 1,196 items in March. We are now at 8,023 items
year-to-date. Our goal is to reach 10,000 items, so we
only have 1,977 more items to go! We will have two
more food drives before the end of school.
The classes that brought in the most items for the 3rd quarter were Mrs.
Schoen, Ms. Kastner, and Mrs. Reed. Congratulations! Their students
received a popsicle party.
The classes that bring in the most items for the 4th quarter will receive a
popsicle party. The classes that bring in the most items for the 2nd semester will receive a snowball party at the end of the year!
Let’s keep those donations coming!
Thank you for all that you do to help those in need in our community!
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2360 Fifth Street
Mandeville, LA 70448
985-629-2082
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1357 N. Causeway Blvd
Mandeville, LA 70471
Phone: (985) 778-0880
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Guerilla Baseball
Holiday Camps
Summer Camps
Hitting Classes
Pitching Classes
3555 Hwy 190, next to
Kmart in Mandeville
www.guerillabaseball.com
Phone: 985-377-9249
[email protected]
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