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MRH MIDDLE SCHOOL UPDATES
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Students at MRH Middle School are immersed both inside and outside the classroom in a variety of experiences through the metaphor, “School as Expedition.”
Learning expeditions are in-depth studies of a topic that engage students through authentic projects, real-life studies, fieldwork, and service. Expeditions occur within the school walls when the community is brought into the classroom through expert guest speakers and outside of the classroom, as a journey to conduct fieldwork.
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My SchoolBucks- We have heard from multiple families regarding the notifications from this program for invoices that have already been paid. Please understand that we have brought this to the appropriate MRH personnel to rectify. If you continue to receive invoices you have already paid, please screenshot or forward the email to michael.dittrich@mrhschools.net or tonya.jonas@mrhschools.net. We will continue to work to get this technical issue resolved.
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STUDENT OF THE WEEK
Sponsored by the Blue Duck
Niyah Davis is our 8th grade student of the week. Niyah has gone above and beyond to set a positive atmosphere through her thoughtful participation. She exemplifies self directed learning and perseverance in tasks. If she has a setback, she pursues it further and problem solves. While setting high goals for herself she also encourages her peers to do the same. A focus on advocating has helped Niyah achieve those standards through reaching out to her teachers. Congrats Niyah!
Cameron Mills is our 7th grade student of the week. Cameron has demonstrated the cornerstone of scholarship by deeply engaging in class discussions, making important connections between the world around us and the novel we are reading. He has done a great job of clearly communicating with teachers to make sure he is on top of his work. Cameron has also set a great example for other students, demonstrating full participation during virtual learning while simultaneously fulfilling other responsibilities at home. Thank you Cameron, for setting the bar high!
WAY TO GO Niyah & Cameron!!?
Both Niyah and Cameron will receive a free pint of homemade ice cream
?courtesy of the Blue Duck.
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A message from our counselor-
Congratulations on all your hard work with online learning!
Within the next couple class periods, all middle school students will be given the STAR 360 Test. This is an internal reading and math benchmark assessment given to MRH students grade K-8. This will be administered during one of their scheduled Communication Arts and Math classes. This adaptive computer assessment provides a scale score, a student growth percentile, a predicted achievement level on state assessments, and a national percentile.
Reminders:
Must log in from their chrome books
Please be patient with technical issues that may come up.
Work hard!
Remember, “don’t let what you cannot do, interfere with what you can do.” ~John Wooden
Ms. Brown
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Weekly Learning
Measures of Central Tendency
This week in 7th-grade math, students are exploring data and statistics through Measures of Central Tendency (mean, median, mode, range, etc.). Information they gather leads to the analysis of data spread and trends and aids in the construction of diagrams, such as box and whisker plots. Mr. Willimann is supporting student exploration and mastery of these concepts through some really fun resources and tools - PearDeck, a Wacom Tablet, Quizlet, and a student favorite, Quizizz!
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CALENDAR EVENTS
SUPPLY PICK UP & MIDDLE SCHOOL PICTURE DAY!! - September 30, 2020 (more details will be mailed out on Monday)
EARLY RELEASE - October 7, 2020 Students will have a scheduled advisory time on this day. Please check Its Learning on the students advisory page for time.
END OF 1st QUARTER - October 30, 2020
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Important ZOOM Updates
Please reach out to us if you are having issues connecting. We have attempted to run our technology in the least restrictive settings to make sure students could log on and ease the frustrations of both parents and students. Unfortunately, we have experienced multiple situations of students posting zoom meetings to social media or copying the zoom links to their personal Gmail accounts so they could disrupt the learning of others. To limit these distractions, our settings on Zoom have changed. Any student attempting to logon to an MRH Zoom call will be required to authenticate through their school email address. In simpler terms, a student must be logged into their school email account and access zoom using their MRH school email credentials. Any student or person attempting to logon to our Zoom calls for classes will not be allowed to attend meetings if they are not using MRH credentials. Students were provided a video on Wednesday during advisory by our tech department to help them troubleshoot any issues they have logging in with MRH credentials. This will not prevent teachers in any way from setting up Zoom calls with parents to assist in any matters. Teachers will be able to turn off this setting to meet with parents.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRHMS
REMOTE SCHOLAR!
Alexis LaRose - 10/2
We hope you enjoy
YOUR day!!!
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Parents!!! You can now add photos of your student to the middle school yearbook!
For more information, please check
out the flyer here!?!!
The last day to submit your photos is
March 5, 2021!!
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Food Service Updates
Free Meals through December 2020: Great news! MRH has been approved to serve free meals to all children, 18 years old and under, through December 31, 2020 or until USDA funding runs out.
What does this mean exactly? The MRH Meal Kits are available at no charge to families starting August 31. It does not matter if the child qualifies for free, reduced, or paid status during the school year.
To help us plan, please fill out this form. We welcome the opportunity to serve and help feed our children. We will adjust meal balance accounts when necessary.
For more information about Meal Service please see the informational flyer.
You can visit any campus for lunches.
Lunches are provided on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Lunches are available from 11-1 at the ECC and Elementary and 11:15-1:15 at the middle school/ high school. Pick-up locations are ECC at the Front Entrance, ELE at the roundabout, and MS/HS at the Research and Design Center.
If you have not submitted your Free and Reduced Meal Application yet, please visit My School Apps to fill one out online. No need to print it out and send it in! If you have any questions, please contact Irene Wan, District-level Food Service Manager at irene.wan@mrhschools.net.
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