Middle School East

On Monday and Tuesday we are hosting our fall conferences. Our Main Entrance doors and Gym Entrance doors will be opened for you to enter the building if you are joining us in person. If you signed up for a video conferencing meeting, the individual teachers will email you before noon on Monday with the link to use to log-in. Please be understanding of the time frame set aside for each meeting so that our teachers can maintain their schedules and not infringe on the times of others who are meeting afterwards.

Our first production of Seussical Jr. was performed Thursday night and all in attendance had an enjoyable time. Our students did a fantastic job and you are encouraged to join us Friday night at 7PM or Saturday afternoon at 2PM. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $8.

We ask that all who drop students off in the morning in our car line do not circumvent our traffic patterns that are designed for student safety. We have observed this week that several cars are looping around the building in order to turn left back on to Big Rd. They are passing the buses that are unloading students. Please refrain from doing this in the future.

The Keystone Algebra I exam will be administered to all students currently taking Geometry on December 5 and 6. Informational letters were emailed home on Tuesday evening. Please review the information and reach out to us should you have questions or inadvertently deleted it.

We will not be publishing a Week in Review and a Look Ahead next week. We hope that all have a safe, restful, and enjoyable Thanksgiving Break. There will be no classes Nov 23-Nov 27. The building will be open Nov 27 if you need to contact or stop by the office.

Our Lost and Found is overflowing with many water bottles, gym clothes, and other items. We will have these items out in the lobby during conferences for parents/ guardians to look through. After conferences, all remaining items will be donated to local charities.

As a reminder, all clothes, water bottles, pencil cases, and agendas that are found around the halls are sent to our lost and found in the cafeteria. All electronic items, eyeglasses, jewelry, and other more expensive items are taken to the office.

MSE is participating in a study with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to conduct a study on safe routes to school. Please click on the following link to find out more and provide input via a survey. www.dvrpc.org/srtspottstown

The East Book Fair will be open December 4 - 8!

It’s book fair time! Your student will have the opportunity to shop at the book fair in school during the week of December 4. Below is a list of the teachers signed up to bring students to the book fair, but students may also visit during study halls. There are many items for your child to purchase including books, posters, pens, pencils, bookmarks, and more! Cash, credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, checks (made out to BMSE Activity Fund), and eWallet will be accepted. Students who pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay will be able to stop at their lockers to get their phones before visiting the fair. Students will be able to donate their unwanted change to buy books that will be donated to the Boyertown Multi Service.

If you are unable to attend the book fair in person, visit our online fair. The online fair will be available from December 1-14. Email our librarian, Mrs. Mento, at kmento@boyertownasd.org if you would like to pick up your books in the office. This is perfect if you plan on giving books later as gifts.

Reading just 20 minutes a day exposes your child to 1.8 million words a year.

Book Fair Dates Classes Attending

Monday, December 5 Biltcliff, Farrow, Gaines, Hofmanner

Tuesday, December 6 Laub, Fukui, Wesolowski, Edgett

Wednesday, December 7 Valentine, Thomas, Melchiorre

Thursday, December 8 Monzo, Rossiter, Gaines

Friday, December 9 Landis, Binkley

eWallet for Book Fair

Parents can create an account for their student and set a spending limit with eWallet. This is a digital payment that parents can set up starting on November 11. Students can use eWallet any day of the book fair. Visit the book fair homepage to create an account. After the Fair, remaining eWallet funds are not returned to a credit card but instead, become a gift card balance that can be used online with Scholastic or to fund an eWallet for a future Book Fair or donated to buy books for the Multi-Service holiday drive. Be sure to sign in with the same email used to create the eWallet. You need to activate your eWallet account again to retrieve funds for this fair.

• http://www.scholastic.com/bf/beast

All purchases benefit our library. Thank you for supporting our readers!

Student Council would like to thank everyone for participating in our Turkey Day Food Drive. We collected 1,041 items that were donated to Preston’s Pantry at Boyertown Area Multi-Service! There was a close race to see which teachers will have to wear the turkey hats and turkey costume. In 3rd place was Mrs. Bennett with 183 donations. 2nd place went to Mr. Covington who received 256 donations. Finally, Mr. Agatone made a large comeback on the last day of the food drive and came in first place with 307 donations! We are excited to see Mr. Agatone in the turkey costume along with Mr. Covington and Mrs. Bennett in turkey hats on the last day before Thanksgiving break.

Tryouts will begin on November 28th. All PIAA required paperwork is due prior to November 17th.

How to Create Student Central Accounts

How to Link Parent & Student Accounts

Physical Forms

Athletes who participated in fall sports also need to do the recertification component for paperwork to be eligible.

You may click on the image below for direct access to the ordering site.

MSE School Counselors Contact Information

Allison Thomson (Class of 2028/Grade 8 School Counselor)

Phone #: 610-473-3991

AThomson@boyertownasd.org

Charlee Malfaro (Class of 2029/Grade 7 School Counselor)

Phone #: 610-473-3987

CMalfaro@boyertownasd.org

Angela Bellino (Class of 2030/Grade 6 School Counselor)

Phone #: 610-473-3990

ABellino@boyertownasd.org

Please click the link below to review the student handbook. It has a lot of useful information for all grade levels!

https://www.boyertownasd.org/domain/52

BASD is proud to host our online Community Bulletin Board. The electronic bulletin board features district and community activities, events, clubs, resources, and more. The board is updated regularly and is an excellent source of information regarding things happening throughout our community and beyond. Be sure to check it out regularly!

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Middle School East
2020 Big Road
Gilbertsville, PA 19525
(610) 754-9550