Your child will be taking the FastBridge winter benchmark on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12th & 13th, 2023. Benchmark assessments help us measure student progress on specific topics, standards, and skills in English Language Arts and Math. We typically administer the test in the fall to collect information about what your child knows, in winter to progress-monitor growth, and again in the spring to measure end-of-year expectations of the standards. Benchmarking results, combined with other information about your child's academic performance, help to inform instruction, intervention, and measurement of growth on specific standards and the overall curriculum.

Here are ways you can support your child:

• Remind them to do their best

• Remind them to charge their iPad fully

As always, we appreciate your support!

Second quarter job shadowing for the 8th-grade Career Explorations Classes will be on 12/11/23

Middle school students who take high school ELA, Math, and German will take their semester exams on Tuesday, December 19th. 1st Period ( 7:50 - 9:40) and 7th Period (1:05 - 2:50)

Thursday, December 7th at 7:00 p.m. in the HS Auditorium

MS ATHLETIC EVENTS:

Students are responsible for their actions at athletic events at home and away.

Middle School games begin at 5:30 p.m. (Students are not allowed to stay afterschool waiting for the game to begin)

Expectations:

1. Students are expected to find a seat in the bleachers and remain there while the game is in

progress

2. Students are to remain seated in the gym. Students are permitted to use the restroom and then return to their seats.

3. No food items in the gym

4. Exhibit good sportsmanship at all times, regardless of the score. Be humble in

victory and proud in defeat

5. If a student is removed from the game for any reason, they will also be removed from all athletic events for the remaining winter season.

5. Students must be picked up no later than 8:00 p.m. (If the game ends before 8:00 p.m. students will call for their ride)

Participation in all trips is a privilege, not a right. Therefore, any student who accumulates any of the following will not be permitted to participate in Washington, DC Trip:

* Out-of-school suspension: 2 or more days up to and including the date of departure.

* WASP: 4 assigned prior to the date of departure.

* School and Lunch Detentions: 15 total school and lunch assigned prior to the date of departure.

* Unexcused Absences: A student may not accumulate 5 consecutive unexcused absences during the school year, a total of 7 unexcused absences in a month, and/or 12 unexcused absences in one school year.

Receiving an F in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarters in two core classes (Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies)

*Note: Any student removed from the Washington, D.C. trip for disciplinary reasons prior to departure will receive a full refund of any money paid toward the trip, except for the initial deposit.

School Fee Expectation

In order for your child to attend the 8th-grade Washington, DC trip in May 2024, all school fees must be paid in full by the final payment deadline for the DC trip. For the 2024 trip, that date will be February 28, 2024. Payment arrangements can be made by contacting the middle school office at (937) 832-6500.

Cell Phones/Technology/Electronic Devices: Page 25 Agenda Book

Cell phones including Smart Watches should be powered off and stowed away in student's backpacks from the time students enter the building until the time students leave the building for the day. All communication with home during the school hours should take place through the office or the clinic.

Consequences for Violations:

1st Violation: Detention

2nd Violation: (1) WASP

3rd Violation: (2) WASP's

4th - 7th Violations: - Out of School Suspension

Please review our tardy to school and tardy to class policy with your middle schooler (Pages 26-27 Agenda Book)