TideLines
Volume 9, Issue 1
Booker T. Washington Middle
School
A Marine Science/Pre-AP
Magnet School
3700 Chestnut Avenue
Newport News, VA 23607
928-6860
Principal:
Sean Callender
Important Dates:
Vocabulary is Important for Middle School
Students!
Middle school is a time when
communication is vital and a
strong vocabulary becomes
more important.
Students are expected to
express themselves much
more in their writing with
longer essays, reports, projects and test responses.
PTA Bd Mtg-Admin
6:30 PM
10-9
Ellis Field Trip
10-7
Early Dismissal12:25
10-10
Book Fair Week
10-13
-17
Track Meet-Todd
Stadium-4:30 PM
10-15
PTA Mtg-”AntiBullying”-6:30 PM
10-15
Parents can help at home by
providing students with
books, magazines and newspapers to read.
Student Club/Activity 10-16
Sign-ups
Whether in print, or in an
online/technology format like
Kindle, reading across many
PSAT Testing-8th gr
10-15
City Track MeetTodd Stad.4:00 PM
10-17
Field Trip-DeWall
10-18
School Picture Day
10-19
Middle School Football Night-Woodside
10-24
Ellis Field Trip
10-28
October 6, 2014
However simply learning a
list of words is not enough.
Students must experience
multiple chances to interact
with vocabulary for it to be
fully integrated in their communication and critical
thinking.
subjects allows students to
build a solid vocabulary base
as they experience the words
in context.
SCA
Congratulations to our newly
elected Student Council
President : Frankie Garner,
Treasurer: Ian Baker
Secretary: Cameron Tomanio
8th Grade VP: Sumerlyn
Braxton
7th Grade VP: Iyanu Ayodele
6th Grade VP: Gabrielle
Roach
Our Annual PTA—Math and
English night will be held
October 16, 2014 from
6:30pm till 8:00pm. Come
out and learn how to support
your middle school student
in math and writing.
In addition there will be a
silent auction to benefit the
fight against cancer. Our
very own bay saver student
art work will be on display
for you to bid on. See a sample created by Ja’psalm
Norales-Ratliff
in Mrs.
Marconi’s class.
Student-Led
Conference Night
Our Student Led Conference Night will be held on
Thursday, November 6,
2014.
The BTW staff and students have been trained to
prepare for and conduct a
successful conference. The
sixth grade teachers are
introducing this new approach and preparing the
students for the upcoming
event.
The student-led conference
format gives the student an
active role in the confer-
ence, sharing an accurate
and complete account of
his/her academic and social
achievements while at
school. A brochure and sign
-up sheet will be sent home
on October 22nd.
Page 2
BTW Track Team
The BTW track team is in mid-season,
competing against other middle
schools in the south end of the city.
This year’s team members are:
Girls:
Begovic Ana, Bernard, Jenea; Bush,
Demii; Byrd,Lilah; Cannon, Kathryn;
Crane, Alena; Davis, Raven; Eccles,
Emma; Goeller, Madalene; Graves,
Jamie; Harris, Sydney; Hullender,
Kayley; Johnston, Alina; Knapp, Caitlin; Lett , Akiya; Lynch, Kelsi; Moore,
Shyla; Pfifer, Alexia; Richards, Jayla;
Roach, Gabrielle; Robinson, Inazian-
na; Slaughter, Lyric; Thomas, Jahniahyah; Tubman ,Angela; Valentine,
Shashawna; Ward, Chloe; Watkins,
Kyanna; Wooten, Akira
meets are at Todd Stadium, behind
the administration building on Warwick Boulevard.
Boys:
The track teams are coached by Mr.
Ozment and Ms. Patterson.
Ageyenkov, Dominic; Batcha, Jake;
Biewenga, Joseph; Brown, Immanuel;
Evans, Jaziah; Greene, Thomas;
Gresham, Jaedell; Hairfield, Noah;
Hawkins, Dwight; Johnson, Ryan;
Jowers, Dominique; Maldonado,
Alex; Massey, Jailen;
McCants, Jakori; Oladipo, Olare;
Richard, Elijah; Ross, Kaleb; Rutherford, Dominic; Stark, Trevor;
Strange, Kevin; Wray, Sean.
8th Grade Field Day
The City Meet is now scheduled to
take place on October 20th. All
SCA HAT DAY will be on
Wednesday, October 31st.
Book Fair
October 13th – 17th
9 AM – 4 PM
Volunteers please contact Tanja Cole or Ms. Tomaino at
[email protected] or 928-6860
Wear your funniest, scariest, silliest hat for a $1.00
donation to United
Way.
Dates cont’d
Red Ribbon Week
10-13-17
SCA Hat Day
PTA Math and English night
10-16
First Marking Period Ends
Field trip-DeWall
10-16
Filed Trip Dewall
10-21
Field Trip DeWall
10-23
Student Holiday/Teacher
Workday
Student Half day
Picture Day
10-24
Field Trip-DeWall
10-25
BTW Spirit Day
10-17
10-31
11-3
PTA Bd Mtg-Admin
6:30 PM
Report Cards Distributed
11-4
11-11
PTA Meeting-”Getting
Ready for High
School” - 6:30 PM
Student-Led Conference Night
5:00-7:30 PM
11-6
Ellis GK-12 Filed Trip
11-5
11-13
11-12
11-20