Update

We had an amazing first week. The students were wonderful! We did lots of team building and getting-to-know-you activities. Next week we will transition into more academic content.

Thank you to those of you who brought in supplies to donate to our classrooms or toppings for our ice cream social.

Please bring in an empty toilet paper roll (or two) on Tuesday.

We are collecting beginning of the year paperwork. Your child should have turned in...

• Student Profile sheet (updated each school year)
• A Nook library release (yellow paper)
• Release for directory information
• Electronics policy contract (signed by both student and parent/guardian)
• These were all sent from the district in your summer mailing. 
• Odyssey Flynn Trip permission slip form plus $10

Paperwork

• On October 7th, the middle school will be attending The Odyssey at the Flynn Theater. Students received permission slips today. The cost is $10. Please return these forms as soon as possible.

• The middle school has a new policy on electronic devices. These were sent in your summer mailing. They need to be signed by both student and parent/guardian and returned as soon as possible. 

• Students were given their daily schedules today. Please ask him/her to share these with you.

Project Supplies

Please bring in one or two empty toilet paper rolls (cardboard) for a team project, by Tuesday, September 3.

On Friday afternoon, we will have a team ice cream social. We will supply ice cream and whipped cream.  We will ask student volunteers to bring in toppings. We would also love a couple parent volunteers to help scoop.

Supplies

In all classes, the most important supply is a pencil. Students are expected to bring a pencil to each core class every day. Please plan accordingly. We recommend just bringing a few to school at a time so you will not run out throughout the school year. In addition, following are the recommended supplies for each core class.

Math

One 1-inch binder

Dividers for binder (optional)

Filler paper

Pencils

Science

One 1-inch binder

Dividers

Highlighters

Filler paper

Calculator (4 function / basic)

Pencils

Humanities

One single subject spiral notebook

One pocket folder

Pencils

There are some items that we will use occasionally. We would welcome these as donations to our classroom supplies. These include:

Tissues

Scotch tape

Lined filler paper

Markers

Colored pencils

Graph paper

Pencil top erasers

Pencils

Introductions

Amy Johnson will be teaching 6-8 mathematics. Ms. Johnson has been teaching math and science in 5^th and 6^th grade since 1999. She has received extensive training in math instruction through the Vermont Mathematics Initiative and is excited to extend her enthusiasm for math to 7^th and 8^th grade students.

Janet Smith will be teaching 6-8 science. Mrs. Smith has been teaching 7^th and 8^th grade science at the Milton Middle School since 2001. She is excited to be part of a 6-8 team.

Rebecca Marsh will be co-teaching 6-8 humanities (English and social studies) with Mr. Badeau. Ms. Marsh has taught 5^th and 6^th grade literacy and social studies at the Milton Elementary School since 2002, until joining the middle school last year. She also has a reading specialist endorsement and is working to add middle school social studies to her VT license.

Leonard Badeau will co-teach 6-8 humanities with Ms. Marsh. Mr. Badeau joined the Milton Middle School faculty last year. He has both English and social studies middle school endorsements. Mr.Badeau spent three years teaching in Kentucky.  He will also be the varsity hockey coach for Rice High School this coming winter.

Lauren Talbot has been working at the Milton Elementary School since 2007.  She joined the Middle School faculty last year.  She will be co-teaching in both Humanities and Science. 

Nicki Stevens will be working as a consulting teacher on our team focusing on Math. Tiffany Brigham, our speech and language pathologist, will be co-teaching in humanities. Joanna Scott will serve as one of our team advisors. We are also fortunate to have Linda LaPierre’s classroom support.