Gilbert Stuart Middle School
@gilbertstuartms
188 Princeton Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
http://www.providenceschools.org/stuart T: 401.456.9340
Thank you to CITY YEAR for running our Student Government
Elections. Students will be required to meet academic and
behavioral expectations. (See last page for HR Reps)
6th Grade
President: Blessing Grear
Vice President: Lyzairy Rodriguez
Secretary: Jamyra Allen
Treasurer: Calixto Deleon
Social Representative: Rubi Guzman
7th Grade
President: Kamaria Fisher-Ellis
Vice President: Joel H. Richards
Secretary: Tamaiya T. West
Treasurer: Leonte Tucent
Social Representative: Kevin & Damon Asencio
8th Grade
President: Jayson Rodriguez
Vice President: Cristofer Martinez
Secretary: Reyna Guzman
Treasurer: Open
Social Representative: Jennifer Ramirez
Teachers, if you have signed up to be a
Success Mentor please be sure to make a
photo copy of the front and back of your
license and bring it with you to Friday’s
training. Thank you! Also, there will be a
breakfast in room 234 on Tuesday at 7:15am
for all Mentors and Mentees. Training will take
place during CPT on Friday.
A little extra help for students…
Please be sure to remind students that they may use the
restrooms after the first 5 minutes of class and before the last
five minutes of class. Please be sure to use the floor-
Upcoming Events
Picture Day in GSMS Auditorium
Math PD 3-5pm
MBK Success Mentor/Mentee
Breakfast in room 234 @ 7:15am
Flu Clinic for GSMS Families,
teachers & staff 4pm-6:30pm at
Lima Elementary
Quarter 1 Closes Grades due by
11/21
MBK Mentor Training during CPT
in room 234 1:30-2:45pm
ILT Meeting & Committees
Canned Food Drive Ongoing!
Important Announcement
Transition Time
in the Halls
Please be sure to
be present in the halls right
outside of your rooms
during transition times.
This not only helps our
students in feeling supported,
it is a necessary extra layer of
supervision that ensures
safety for us all.
Thank you!
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appropriate color coded passes and use the red pass for the NURSE only. Thank you!
Families, students, teachers and staff of Gilbert Stuart Middle school are invited to a Flu Clinic
on Tuesday, November 15, 4pm-6:30pm at Lima Elementary School, 222 Daboll Street.
Please refer to Flu Clinic email for district-wide schedule.
The challenge aims to improve school attendance and connect students with
engaging educational content that helps them to reach their academic goals.
The Challenge will use friendly competition to motivate youth and improve
school attendance. Get Schooled incentivizes students and staff with great
prizes and opportunities.Please help students sign up for Get Schooled accounts
during Advisory/Period 1. Once students are signed up, they can log in and play
from a computer, tablet or mobile device (see access to technology plan
below). Students will receive a "Dragon Dollar" in their Advisory at the end of each week for weekly
perfect attendance. Students can use Dragon Dollars to participate in a monthly “Chrome Book”
raffle. Teacher of winning student will also receive a Prize (Gift Certificate) THE Homeroom with most
students with perfect attendance for the month will win a Pizza Party!
Period 1 Access to Technology
English and Math classes use Chrome Books
Grade 6: Ms. Connole (B1) and Ms. Snead (B5b) rotate access to Technology in room B39. Ms. Ramos (134) and Mr.
Barraro (137) rotate access to Technology in room B40. Mr. Leimer use blended laptop cart located in Room 310
Grade 7 Dr. Celaya and Ms. Bianchi access to technology in Mr. Jones's classroom.
Mr. Villiard rotate use of blended laptop cart in room 310 (10 units)
Ms. Lawson and Mr. Tennett rotate/share access to laptop cart in Ms. Chatelle’s classroom.
Be sure to check out our videos!
Video 1: Welcome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6zXTn2y1qo
Video 2: Get Schooled Attendance Challenge Kickoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNY-GbjrfA0
Video 3: What is Bullying?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWDmS9ABXUI
Video 4: Get Schooled Update
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SpCtFOCjCw
Video 5: Crisis Response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKpWLTascU
Video 6: Accessing the Attendance Badge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8rZ4DVWz-U&spfreload=5
Video 7: Kindness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im1J7RSJdTo
Thank you to all for collecting students’ emergency forms! Our clerical staff is working diligently to ensure all
information is entered accurately and expeditiously! #safetyfirst #completionratesmatter
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All GAFE password resets are to be requested within our school building, not the PPSD Helpdesk. GSMS GAFE
Administrators are Mrs. Heroux-Everson, Mr. Krapf and Mr. Jones.
If you would like to feel a bit more comfortable using Google there is a self-paced tutorial that teaches
teachers EVERYTHING they need to know about Google...creating account, using Gmail, calendar, drive,
etc. Go to https:// edutrainingcenter.withgoogle.com Underneath the section Guided Learning Paths, click
on blue tab SEE ALL TRAINING
Creative Scholars Studio! CityArts Teaching Artists will guide art projects based on the themes of nature, community, and
wonder. Projects include character creation, pattern making, haiku, self-portraits, improv, and bio-art. At the end of the
session, students will have a showcase of their creations. Monday – Thursday
Chorus: Sing and build strong friendships through music. Mondays
Guitar Ensemble: Learn to play the guitar and build strong friendships through music. Wednesdays
(Chorus and Guitar Ensemble will have several opportunities to perform outside of school for different audiences. Some
possibilities include AMICA in December, the City Wide Concert in May and possibly Six Flags in the spring)
Chess Club: Invites everyone, of every skill set and level, to join for fun and friendship while playing the classic game of
chess. We are open to beginners and experts and strive to challenge everyone to improve their game. Mondays
Cru Club: Offers College Crusade students tutoring assistance, access to life skills program, college guidance, financial
literacy and access to advisory services. Monday – Thursday
Math and Science Skill Building for 6th Graders: Students will enhance their Math and Science skills during this Educational
After School Program. Some activities include, review of lessons, use of Laptops, Internet, Access to Chrome Books, and
Computer Programs and/or Educational Apps. Mondays and Wednesdays
Robotics: Students will meet afterschool to program Lego-built Robots to accomplish certain missions and compete against
each other in team-friendly Robot games. Students will also take field trips to do research on the interactions between
animals and humans and develop solutions to make those interactions better for both animals and humans. Mondays and
Wednesdays
High School Prep: Classical Prep to “Transitioning to High School” workshops Monday-Thursday
WRESTLING & Beat the Streets
Coach/Supervisor: Mr. Forte
Tuesday 10/11 will be the first day of wrestling.
Practices will be on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00-4:15 until the regular season starts in November. Only students who are
walkers or have permission to use the RIPTA passes can attend. Once the regular season starts in November, Beat the Streets
will provide busing for our athletes. Beat the Streets members will be promoting this in school as well as distributing flyers.
Students should see Mr. Forte with any questions they may have in room 206.
PPSD GRADE REPORTING TIMELINE 16-17
GRADE
PERIOD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
SEM 1
DESCRIPTION
START DATE
END DATE
GRADE INPUT DATE
(THIS IS THE
ABSOLUTE LAST DAY
TO INPUT GRADES)
GRADE
INPUT
STOP
TIME
FIRST POSSIBLE DATE TO
PRINT PROGRESS RPTS/RPT
CARDS
PROGRESS RPT 1 (22
DAYS)
QUARTER 1 45 DAYS)
PROGRESS RPT 2( 21
DAYS)
QUARTER 2(45 DAYS)
PROGRESS RPT 3 (22
DAYS)
QUARTER 3 (46 DAYS)
9.6.16
10.11.16
10.18.16
11:59PM
10.19.16
9.6.16
11.17.16
11.16.16
12.19.16
11.21.16
12.22.16
11:59PM
11:59PM
11.22.16
12.23.16
11.17.16
2.1.17
1.31.17
3.6.17
2.6.17
3.9.17
11:59PM
11:59PM
2.7.17
3.10.17
2.1.17
4.7.16
4.12.17
11:59PM
4.13.17
PROGRESS RPT 4 (22
DAYS)
QUARTER 4 (44 DAYS)
90 DAYS
4.10.17
5.17.17
5.22.17
11:59PM
5.23.17
4.10.17
6.15.17
6.15.17
11:59PM
6.19.17
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SEM 2
90 DAYS
Progress monitoring ongoing.
Mr. Corsini's classes are examining the crucial role of Sacagawea in the Lewis and Clark expedition.
Ms. K. Amaral's classes are writing letters to her brother who is stationed in Jordan.
Ms. Geary's classes are dissecting biographies of the Founding Fathers and analyzing their importance.
Thanks to all Math teachers who worked diligently during CPT with our results from the Agile Mind Interim
Assessment; Gilbert Stuart was one of the first to debrief these results. Everyone completed an item analysis and
created a corresponding reteaching plan for priority standards to help students progress towards
greater competency in Mathematics. Working consistently with Dreambox is one way to provide students an
opportunity to meet the standards; targeted mini-lessons with small groups of students is another. Thanks to
Anthony Pacitto, our Mathematics Instructional Specialist, for providing support and assistance in our work.
Anthony is also available to work with teachers to support them in their work. This would involve (at least) a
three-visit cycle. First visit: meet and discuss the teacher's chosen focus (questioning, formative assessment,
classroom management, etc.); second visit: classroom visit to observe and collect evidence on the chosen
topic; third visit: debrief, teacher's reflections on strengths and challenges of the lesson's focus and
development of next steps for the teacher and Anthony.
The Mathematics Department is having a Professional Development session focused on Questioning Strategies
on Monday, November 14th, 3-5 p.m.; all Mathematics Teachers and Special Education teachers have been
invited.
Grade 7 students are using Marzano's High Yield Strategies to construct an essay Comparing and Contrasting
unicellular and multicellular organisms. They are also using microscopes to observe and diagram human cheek
cells and bacteria.
Grade 8 has completed their first curricular unit on CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS. They took their first summative
assessment this week, and the grade 8 teachers are expecting great results!
November 21, 2016 is the deadline to submit to Ms. Loebsack CTE & P-Tech applications.
CTE and P-Tech applications require an essay and a parent signature.
The following high school applications are available in the Guidance Office: CTE, P-Tech, ACE, The MET, RI
Nursing Institute
Our eighth grade students were extremely well behaved at the Transition Fair field trip last week. They
were engaged and asked many questions. Even the teachers from Greene were trying to convince our kids to
come to their school! :)
Some important dates to keep in mind for our eighth grade students.
 PTCA application deadline is November 21st
 High School Fair at PCTA on December 10th
 School choice form handed out on December 12th
 School choice form is due!!! on February 13th
Going forward Special Education Teachers should be using Way2togori AND the student/teacher
interview. These assessments should be completed and if teachers need help completing them, Mrs. Santos will
assist by calling students down during her teacher leader period.
We began to talk about Fitness Testing and setting personal Fitness Goals for ourselves. Classes will be taking
the "My Personal Best Day Challenge" beginning this week and will have two more opportunities to improve
their fitness throughout the semester. The components of the test are sit-ups, push-ups and 12 minute run /walk
test. We are using the Fitness Room every- other day now to work on different types of activity to enhance
fitness.
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The 7th grade Library class has learned the purpose, creation and presentation methods of Powerpoint.
Students now are concentrating on Advertising Literacy and critically evaluation of Ad Techniques, Slogans &
Logos used to promote products. http://www.admongo.gov
Students are working in pairs creating Ads for self-created products to include Ad Techniques learned about.
Ads will be presented to class members in a "Shark Tank" format.
The 6th grade Library class has been reading the book "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio.
The main themes of story revolve around bullying, kindness and acceptance.
Students have learned character traits and symbolism through our reading.
We have watched the video " I am Auggie Pullman" by the Children's Craniofacial
Association http://www.ccakids.org to better understand the craniofacial birth defect of the main character.
Stay Calm & Read On!
 The GSMS Library Homepage & Catalog can be accessed at http://library.ppsd.org/Stuart
 413 Chrome Books have been catalogued for classroom use
 One chrome book cart w/30 chrome books, is available for checkout by classroom teachers
 Ever so popular bookmarks are on their way! GSMS Library supply order has been placed
 New book orders are in process of being completed
 New DVD's have been added for Teacher circulation. View selection in GSMS Library Catalog/AV
Resources
Over the past three years Gilbert Stuart has participated in THE HOUR of Code, a world wide initiative in
teaching students computer coding. This year's Hour of Code takes place the week of December 5th-9th.
We encourage GSMS teachers, especially those teaching Math, Science & Technology to sign their classrooms
up for participation. Please see the attached info/registration form to enroll your class to participate.
Many of Mrs. Kelly’s speech and language groups have been busy working on story grammar and character
traits. While working on this specific common core literacy standard, we also weave in vocabulary and
sentence building practice. Students are enjoying assigning specific traits to characters presented to them in
the form of short story paragraphs.
Students in art having been studying forms and how the light effects our perception of them. The culminating
project was a chalk pastel drawing of a pumpkin still life in which they had to demonstrate their understanding
of this concept.
The music department continues to be very busy. Chorus and Guitar Ensemble have started after
school as has Teacher Chorus. If anyone knows of a student who wants to join Chorus or Guitar Ensemble,
please send that student to me for information and a permission slip. If there is any teacher interested in
Teacher Chorus, we met and decided this was going to be a non-stress, fun activity singing in unison and simply
for the joy of singing. Teacher Chorus is also continuing to accept new members.
"This above all: to thine own self be true,
and it must follow, as the night the day,
thou canst not then be false to any man"
~Shakespeare's Hamlet
After reflecting on last week's performance of Sleepy Hollow, the 7th graders admitted readiness for their next
play, proving they have been bitten by the "acting bug," no matter how shaky they were through the process.
All drama students' homespun plays will be due this week, in time for the quarter's end.
The 8th grade field trip to Brown University will be next Tuesday.
Students are being supported in our Technologies Classrooms in a variety of ways from their use of Everfi
to being introduced to MS Word and PowerPoint and much more. Also, if you need support with Get Schooled,
please reach out to Mr. Jones and Ms. Nicynski.
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There are 3 new copiers in the teachers’ lunch room. If there is a jam or problem that you
don’t know how to fix, just call the office and we will be glad to help. Also, please do not send students to
make copies as they may get hurt as the machines have many hot as well as sharp parts; also it will void our
warranty.
Coming Soon…
And the HR Reps are…
TEACHER
ACEVEDO, EDWIN
AMADIO, ELIZABETH
AMARAL, K
BENTLEY, NIKHOL
BIANCHI, CRISTINA
CELAYA, ARMANDO
CONNOLE, MARY
COOK, MICHAEL
CORSINI, CHRISTOPHER
DESROSIERS, KATHY
EATON, GENEVIEVE
FITZGERALD, PATRICIA
FORTE, MARIO
GEARY, PATRICIA
HARTNETT, TERINNA
HEROUX, DONNA
IANNUCCI, LORI
KENNEDY, CHRISTOPHER
KHOURY, MARGRET
KRAPF, ALFRED
LAWSON, MARTHA
LEIMER, PAUL
LUCIER, BRENDA
MALDONADO, JAYCEE
MISUNAS, TARA
MOTTA, JULIE
O'CONNELL, JANE
RAMOS, ELZIRA
REYES, GALO
ROGEL, ERLIN
SARRO, MELISSA
SNEAD, ELISABETH
TENNETT, JAMES
TENNETT, KARA
TOSTA, DANIELA
VERROCCHIO, COURTNEY
VILLIARD, DANIEL
WOODS, JAMIE
ROOM
B5a
130
209
204
332
304
B1
310A
323
222
105
219
206
306
301
305
230
318
107
308
234
220
208
336
B2
132
321a
134
216a
216b
101
B6
232
137
B6
221
203
133
Homeroom Representative
Boreamey Oecin
Jeremy Almanzar
Diana Garcia
Edwin Gonzalez
N/A
Cristofer Martinez
Keyla Cintron
Odalys Ruiz
Desaun Spruill
Edwin Martinez
Alison XiQuin
Kamaria Fisher-Ellis
Nachel Linares
Jennifer Rameriz
Viola Davis
Kasol Young
Yaritza Mercedes Diaz
Jerrylyn Rincon
Yamilex Diaz
Olga Maldonado
Dikcha Chumwan
Nayeli Tejeda
Jeidy Alonzo
Katie Rodriguez
Robert Sanchez
Angel Feliz
Nayeli Acevedo
Derrick Lemon
Ryan Taverez
Jordan Etchison
Alex Eung
Jose Acosta
Nadine Gomez
Carilyn Rojas
Antonia Alonzo
Ivona Willis
Christelle Ambroise
Michael & Anyari
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