Feb. 2, 2007
Pawcatuck Middle School
40 Field Street
Pawcatuck, CT 06379
Bring them
(cleaned & counted)
to PMS on
Thursday,
Feb. 8
Jane S. Giulini, Principal
BRING YOUR
RECYCLABLES !
7:30-9 a.m.and 3-5 p.m.
ONE DAY ONLY !!!
cans & plastic
bottles only, please
Join us for Pizza!
PIZZA DINNER
sponsored by the Music Boosters
Tuesday,
February 6
5:15-7 p.m.
Menu includes:
2 slices of pizza
(Marios North End Pizzaria)
salad, beverage, dessert
Entertainment by
our PMS band students
$6 per person*
*(including students who are
performing or helping)
Proceeds will help
defray expenses for
the Music
Department’s yearend adjudication trips
and awards
Before or after dinner, check out the book
fair, and at 7 p.m. see what our 7th & 8th
grade scientists have on display at the
Science Night
Phone: (860)599-5696
Fax: (860)599-8948
Mark Your
Calendar
Today--Friday, Feb. 2:
2nd Qtr report cards
Saturday, Feb. 3:
MathCounts @ Coast
Guard Academy
Sunday, Feb. 4:
Little League Sign Up,
PMS Cafeteria, noon-3 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 5:
~Basketball: Girls @ PMS;
Boys @ Fitch Middle,
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 6:
~Stonington Savers
~Final Magazine orders due
~Pizza Dinner, 5:15 p.m.
~Book Fair, 5-7 p.m.
~Science Night, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 8:
~Recycling for Chikumbuso
~Girls Basketball @ PMS
v. St. Michaels, 3:30 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 9:
Stonington Savers
Feb. 12-16:
Friendship Week
Panther Tracks
Send submissions
to
[email protected]
or drop off in school
office.
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Video
Club
Pawcatuck’s
Funniest Videos
Contest!
The Pawcatuck Middle School
Video Club is running a
“Pawcatuck’s Funniest Videos”
contest, so don’t forget to send in
your funny clips! Be sure you have
your parent’s or guardian’s permission, and put your clip on a blank
VHS tape, mini-DV tape or a DVD
along with a filled out entry form
(signed by a parent or guardian)
and two dollars for Chikumbuso
in the box in the office. Your clip
must be no more than 30 seconds,
and it will be screened, so keep
your entries rated G. Selected clips
will be shown every month until
the end of the school year—the
winner of each preliminary competition will be announced the next
month—each homeroom teacher
will pass out and collect ballots.
One winner will be selected for
each preliminary broadcast—
these winners will receive a small
prize supplied by Mrs. Ingham and
a chance to win the finale competition at the June broadcast.
Play Ball!
Registration for Pawcatuck
Little League 2007 season will be
held Sunday, Feb. 4 & Sunday,
Mar. 4 from noon – 3:00 pm at
Pawcatuck Middle School. Call Susan McCarthy, for info.
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Library/
Media
Center News
Nutmeg Games
Success!
Last Friday, January 26, 40
sixth graders traveled to Mystic
Middle School for our 1st annual
Nutmeg Games. Students from
both Pawcatuck and Mystic
Middle Schools shared their
knowledge of the Connecticut
State book selections they read.
Students collaborated on different
reading activities. We all had a lot
of fun sharing, learning and making new friends. Thank you to all
the chaperones and volunteers that
helped us make this a great event!
Check the Library home page
sometime next week for pictures.
Mrs. Winner and Mrs. Chapman
Team
News
An initial Washington
Trip meeting was held on Wed.,
Jan. 31. Ask your child to show
you the packet of information given
to them if you have not yet seen it.
The Washington discipline letter
needs to be signed by a parent and
returned as soon as possible.
In the packet is a summary of
how much they have raised in
fundraisers so far, and information
for making voluntary contributions to your child’s account. Any
questions, call Ms. Prentis.
FAB to host
volleyball events
Sign up now for our popular
Mother-Daughter Volleyball Night
on Tues., Feb. 13 and our Family
Volleyball Night on Wed., Feb. 14.
Due to the team set-up for the
evening, participation is
limited, so sign
up now!! See
forms attached
to
Panther
Tracks this week.
Got a Favorite
Teacher?
Stonington Public Schools is
seeking nominations for Teacher
of the Year. Nomination forms are
available
on
line
at
www.stoingtonschools.org and in
the principal’s office. Any parent,
citizen, student, employee may
nominate a tenured teacher for
Teacher of the Year. The deadline
for nominations is Friday, March
30, 2007.
Math Counts
On Saturday, six PMS students
are participating in the annual
Mathcounts competition at the
Coast Guard Academy. The team
consists of eighth grader Brian M.,
seventh graders Andrew H.,
Samantha L., and Christian R., and
sixth graders Jimmy S. and Sam
S. Christian returns for his second
year, while all the others will enjoy a new experience. Good luck!
The Bilingual Bulletin
This bulletin will appear monthly to update you on
what is happening in the World Language classes here at
Pawcatuck Middle. It also provides a chance to see the French and
Spanish languages in action! Be sure to tune in to pmspodcasts.org to
see this bulletin as a podcast read by our very own language students each month!
Spanish News
French News
The year began with a great start! The 7th grade
is halfway through chapter 2 and has learned a lot
about school and schedules for students in the Spanish-speaking world. They are currently working with
numbers and will do some math. The next topic is
telling time.
The topic for the 8th grade is family. They are
learning about relationships and the vocabulary associated with them. Physical characteristics and new
verbs will be the focus of the next couple of weeks.
We will learn about the Quinceanera as a conclusion
for the chapter. Adios!
The 7th grade students have learned the Days
of the Week and the Months of the Year. They
made French calendars to hang in their rooms to
use all year long~ They have begun learning Family vocabulary and will create French Family
Photo Albums – ask to see them at home!
Les élèves de 7me ont appris les Jours de la
Semaine et les Mois de l’Année. Ils ont fait les
calendriers français pour avoir dans leurs chambres
toute l’année~Ils ont commencé le vocabulaire de
la Famille et ils vont creer les albums-photos de la
famille en français – demandez les voir chez vous!
The eighth grade students learned Interrogatives in French and formed questions using them.
They are working on vocabulary of items in the
house and designed their own Dream Room labeled
in French! Combining them with prepositions, they
are creating sentences describing the locations of
items and are preparing for a quiz this week.
Les élèves de 8me ont appris les Intérrogatifs en
français et comment formuler les questions. Ils
étudient le vocabulaire des choses à la maison et ils
ont dessiné leur Chambres des Rêves en français!
En combinaison avec les prépositions, ils font des
phrases pour décrire les positions des objets et ils
se préparent pour le petit examen cette semaine.
Où est la neige?
Where is the snow?
Nuncios Espanoles
¡El año comenzó con un gran comienzo! El septimo
grado es en el medio con el capítulo 2 y ha aprendido
mucho sobre escuela y los horarios para los estudiantes
en el mundo de habla hispana. Están trabajando con
números y harán actualmente una cierta matemáticas.
El asunto siguiente está diciendo tiempo.
El asunto para el octavo grado es familia. Están
aprendiendo sobre relaciones y el vocabulario
asociado a ellos. Las características físicas y los
nuevos verbos serán el foco de los pares siguientes
de semanas. Aprenderemos sobre el Quinceanera
como conclusión para el capítulo. ¡Adios!
Parent help needed! Scoopers Needed
...For the bookfair held during
lunch all next week--please call
Sandy Hutchins @ 599-1676.
Also need volunteers to help with
the pizza dinner Tuesday evening.
Call Mr. Dumas @ 599-5696 x111
or Nancy Petrie .
Wanted: Parents to scoop ice
cream on Feb. 14 at lunchtime
(10:45-1:00) for Ice Cream Sundaes Party in all grades. This is the
students reward for Service Learning Letter Project! Call Janis
Ingham at 599-5696.
Magazine
Fundraiser Update
So far, $831 has been raised in
the 6th and 7th grade magazine
fundraiser. Today was a turn in
day. The last day to place magazine orders is next Tues., Feb. 6.
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