Work for today

Math: Sept. 29
7th Grade: Complete 3.1 page 38 7 39, A-C
8th Grade: Ciomplete page 31: Math Reflection #2

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Reminders

Hiking Permission Slips are due tomorrow. Please bring in the permission
slip and $7. All students are expected to go on the hike. This is a team
building activity.

Scwan's order forms are due Monday, October 3rd.

Thanks,
Team Cassiopeia

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Work for today

Math: Yesterday, students who were missing work were given a copy of what
they were missing as of last Friday. They always have the opportunity to
make up the work. Again, to avoid students falling behind please check
planners on Friday and set up a time over the weekend to complete late
work or insist they attend homework clinic the following week. Thanks!
For today:
7th Grade: Completed their first quiz and were assigned page 37, the math
reflection. They are expected to rewrite the questions and answers
should be in full sentences.
8th Grade: They are to complete a review packet for investigation 1 *& 2.
They will have thier first quiz tomorrow.

Francine Lemnah
Athena Team Mathematics Teacher
Milton Middle High School
17 Rebecca Landers Drive
Milton, VT 05468-3051
flemnah@mtsd-vt.org
802-893-3230 ext. 394

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Hiking and Schwan's

Hi,

There was a typo on the letter about hiking up Mount Mansfield. The date
is FRIDAY, October 7th. Permission slips and money need to be collected
by this Friday.

Also, we are still collecting Schwan's order forms. If you have any
completed, please turn them in to your advisor. We will be collecting
orders until Monday, October 3rd.

For homework updates, please check us out on [
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]Facebook or on our [ http://teamcassiopeia.blogspot.com/ ]Blog

Thanks,
Joe

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This Week in U.S, History

Hello Parents,

I hope everyone had a good weekend. This week we are continuing with our unit on Native Americans. Our focus will shift to specific culture groups and how their surroundings affected their lifestyles. Our first quiz is tomorrow (Tuesday) and will cover the material from last week (Chapter 2, Section 1). Students have three sheets of paper to study from. This week's assignments are the following:

_____ Quiz - Chapter 2, Section 1 (Tues)
_____ Thematic map: Native American culture groups (due Wed)
_____ "Artifact for your past" (due Fri)

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Have a great week.

Mr. Burton

Task for this week

Week of Sept. 26-Sept 30
Math
7th Grade
ACE(2.3)Page 28-36, problems 5-7, 19-28, *32 (challeng question is
optional) Assigned today
Rewiew workpacket Investigation 1 & 2
Investigation 1 & 2 Quiz (Will be given on Wed)
Math Reflection #2
8th Grade
ACE(2.1) Page 24-30, problems 4-6, 12, 14, 15, *29 (assigned as class
work last friday)
ACE(2.2/2.3) Pages 24-30, Assigned Problems
Quiz on Investigation 1 & 2 (Thursday)
Reflection on Investigation #2

Francine Lemnah
Athena Team Mathematics Teacher
Milton Middle High School
17 Rebecca Landers Drive
Milton, VT 05468-3051
flemnah@mtsd-vt.org
802-893-3230 ext. 394

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This Week's Homework in U.S. History

Hello Parents,

This week's homework assignments for U.S. History class are as follows:

_____ Vocabulary - 8 words - Chap. 2, Sect. 1 (due Wed)
_____ Questions 2 and 3, pg. 43 (due Fri)

Project presentations are finished. I have updated PowerSchool to reflect whether or not I received your son/daughter's project. I will hopefully have all projects graded by the end of the weekend. Today we started our unit on First Americans which begins with chapter 2 in the textbook. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mr. Burton

Task for Sept 20

Sept. 20 Math
7th Grade: Complete problem 2.2 on pages 24 & 25. Students are to
complete A-D with labsheet 2.2
8th Grade: Complete problem 2.1 on page 20 problem A-D with labsheet 2.1

Francine Lemnah
Athena Team Mathematics Teacher
Milton Middle High School
17 Rebecca Landers Drive
Milton, VT 05468-3051
flemnah@mtsd-vt.org
802-893-3230 ext. 394

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Shwan's Fundraiser

Dear Families,

Last Friday, your student recieved a fundraising kit for Schwan's Food.
The proceeds from this event will go to the 8th Grade Boston trip. You
can order from your student using the order forms that were in their
packet or you can do it online at [
http://www.schwansfundraising.com/publish/default.htm
]http://www.schwansfundraising.com/ and use campaign ID # 36454. Order
can be picked up on Sunday, October 9th, at 26 Bombaridier Road. All
order forms need to be in by September 30th.

Thanks,
Joe

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Boston Letter

September 14, 2011

Dear Families,

As a rite of passage for our 8th grade students, we go on a three-day,
two-night field trip to Boston. This trip serves as a culmination of
students' learning with visits to the Boston Museum of Science, a variety
of historical sights, as well as exposing them to the culture of a big
city. Previous 8th grade students who have gone on this trip have raved
about what an awesome experience this trip was to them. This year the trip
will take place on May 23rd through May 25th.

Unfortunately, this trip is not free. The total expense of this trip is
approximately $43,000 which comes out to $319 per student. In order to
keep the cost down for families, we are hoping to raise $23,000. This
will ensure that students only need to pay $100 to go on the trip.
However, if this is difficult for your family, there are scholarships
available. No student will be denied going on this trip due to financial
concerns. There is a $25 deposit that is due on November 4th for
students who plan on going on the trip. This deposit is refundable if you
let us know that you will not be going on the trip by April 20th.

In order to spread out the fundraising work, this year each student will
be required to fully participate in at least three fundraisers. There
will be a variety of fundraisers throughout the year, and I have included
a tentative schedule of events at the end of this letter. Students will
work with their teams and advisory teachers to come up with a fundraising
plan.

There are three fundraisers coming up for which we need help from parents:

1) We will be having a fall yard sale on October 22nd. If you are
cleaning out your house and have stuff that you would like to get rid of,
please consider donating it to the 8th grade Boston trip. I will provide
more information about a drop off location for donated items shortly.

2) We are looking for donated items that we can use for our silent auction
at the Harvest Dinner in November and for our Calendar Raffle in February.
Specifically we are looking for items that people would be interested in
such as gift certificates from area businesses, iTune cards, electronic
devices, ski lessons, bikes, etc. If you have something you would like to
donate please contact Michelle Anemikos at 893-4547, Heidi Slayton at
_____________or myself at jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org.

3) We also are looking for healthy snacks. The middle school runs a snack
cart for 15 minutes each day. We like to offer healthy snacks such as:

Granola type bars
Baked chips/Sun Chips
Baked snacks, Goldfish
Fruit/cheese
Apple sauce
Pudding
Pretzels
Graham crackers
Slim Jims
Animal crackers
Popcorn
Yogurt sticks
Fruit leather
Cheese sticks
Jerky
Granola
If you buy it in bulk, we will bag it. Please contact Sharon King, at [
mailto:sking@mtsd-vt.org ]sking@mtsd-vt.org for more information.

I am looking forward to a successful year of fundraising for another great
Boston trip. If you have any questions about the Boston trip, please
contact me at 893-3230 ext. 217 or [ mailto:jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org
]jsmith3@mtsd-vt.org

Sincerely,
Joe Smith

Calendar of Fundraising Events
*** All of these events are tentative and subject to change. More events
may be added.***

September
· Schwan's 9/16-9/30, pick up on 10/9 from 12:00-4:00

October
· Fall Yard Sale 10/22

November
· Sell Yankee Candle 11/14-12/2 for December pick-up (TBD)
· Harvest Dinner and Silent Auction 11/17
Selling food at the Craft Fair

December
· Begin selling February Raffle Calendars

January
· Christmas Tree Pick-up (TBD)
· Little Caesar 1/13-1/27 pick up (TBD)
· Sell February Calendar Raffle (all month long)

February
· Post Super Bowl Bottle Drive/Pick-Up 2/11
· Spaghetti Dinner 2/16
· Parent Sponsored Calcutta (TBD)

March
· Student Talent Show (TBD)
· Area Restaurant Night Out (TBD)

April
· Firetruck Pull/Carnival and Spring Yard Sale 4/14.

May
· Car Wash
· Outdoor Movie

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This week In history.

Hello Parents,

This week in U.S. History we start with finishing project presentations on our mini-unit focusing on Milton history. The presentations will probably last through classes on Monday and Tuesday. I will update PowerSchool after all presentations are completed to reflect whether or not I collected your son/daughter's project. I thought I would be able to do this last Friday but we were only able to get through the technology based projects.

After projects are presented, we will start our unit on "First Americans". This unit will focus on the early inhabitants of North America and the theories on how they got here. We will continue into the early cultures that developed before European contact. I will post the homework assignments either Monday or Tuesday of this week. Have a great week.

Mr. Burton

Fiday's Work

Today, students had their planners signed off for the week. Reminder an
open circle next to a task had not been done. Students should either
complete this independently this weekend or plan to attend homework clinic
on Monday. Here is the work that was assigned for today.

7th Grade: S&S ACE(2.1) Page 28, problem 1a and 1b
8th Grade: F&W 1.4 Page 8&9, A-E

Francine Lemnah
Cassiopeia Team Mathematics Teacher
Milton Middle High School
17 Rebecca Landers Drive
Milton, VT 05468-3051
flemnah@mtsd-vt.org
802-893-3230 ext.694

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Math Homework

Hello Everyone,

Hope things are going well with you and your student. Here is the
homework that was assigned this week.
Thuesday Sept, 13
7th Grade: Page 20 Math Reflection #1 Students need to rewrite the
questions and responses should be in full sentences.
8th Grade: No work assigned We spent the class summarizing problems 1.1
and 1.2

Wed. Sept 14
7th Grade: Complete late work
8th Grade: Filling and Wrapping (F&W)Problem 1.3 Page 7&8 A-E with
labsheet 1.3B

Thursday Sept 15
7th Grade: Stretching and Shrinking(S&S) Problem 2.1 A-C, with labsheet
2.1A and 2.1B or C
8th Grade: F&W: ACE(1.3) Pages 10-17, problems 8,9,25-27, 31 *32

NOTE: General assignments are due the following day unless stated.
* by a number are challenge problems which is optional, but strongly
encouraged.
ACE is an abbreviation for the practice promblems that align with the
lesson(problem)

I apologize for not doing this earlier, however this was due to technical
difficulties accessing the blog. It appears I am now connected so I will
blog the daily task.

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Welcome to U.S. History!

Hello Parents,

I hope everyone has started to settle into the new school year. As you have hopefully seen from your son/daughter, we have begun our year of U.S. History starting with Milton. We started a mini-unit focusing on the "living history" in Milton. Students are working on projects to capture some of this information that is not written in history books. Some students have interviewed some of the older members of our community, some have taken pictures focusing on a specific theme such as century old homes, cemetaries, barns, farms and landforms, and others are creating timelines and modern town seals representing change. Last week we had four community members sharing stories of the past to students in the classroom This week we walked to the Milton Hisorical Society Museum and participated in a scavenger hunt through Milton's history. This Friday we are concluding our unit with project presentations. Students will be able to show off their hard work and hopefully teach their peers at the same time. I hope to be able to showcase some of this work to all of you as well in the near future.

I look forward to seeing everyone at Thursday "open house"!

Sincerely,

Mr. Burton

Open House

This is a reminder that the Middle School open house is this Thursday
beginning at 6:00. We will begin the open house by meeting Mr. Roof's
room, number 201. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Math 9/12

7th Grade Finish Problem 1.3 and do ACE questions 5-7, 19,20

8th Grade finish Problem 1.2 and do ACE questions 5-7, 19-24

Remember to use your resources to get formulas and definitions, the internet, glossary, planners, etc.

Khan Academy

Yesterday in Math class students were able to log into Khan Academy.  This site is an excellent way for students to practice what they have learned in school or hone their basic math skills.  This site has tutorials to help with basic addition all they way to advance calculus.  You can also coach or view you students progress by signing into the sight yourself and having your student select you as a coach.

Boston Fundraising Committee 9/6

Dear 8th Grade Parents/Guardians,

This year we will once again be going to Boston for three days and two nights. While in Boston, students visit historical sites, museums and take in the culture of a city. The cost of this trip is approximately $325 per student. To ensure that families only have to pay $100, we need to collectively raise $23,000. I am putting together a committee of parents to discuss ways to fundraise this amount and to create a calendar of fundraising events throughout this year. If you are interested in being a part of this committee, please join me on Tuesday, September 6th, at 6:00 p.m., in the library. With a group of committed parents, I am sure that we can achieve our goal and give the students an experience of a life time in Boston.

Dear 7th Grade Parents/Guardians,

At the end of 8th grade year, students go on field trip to Boston for three days and two nights. While in Boston, students visit historical sites, museums and take in the culture of a city. The cost of this trip is approximately $325 per student. To ensure that families only have to pay $100, we need to fundraise $23,000. The only way we can achieve this is through fundraising over a two-year period. I am putting together a committee of parents to discuss ways to fundraise this amount and to create a calendar of fundraising events throughout this year. If you are interested in being a part of this committee, please join me on Tuesday, September 6th, at 6:00 p.m., in the library. With a group of committed parents, I am sure that we can achieve our goal and give the students an experience of a life time in Boston.