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ANDREW LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL

2011-2012 Newsletter

February/March

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Dear Parents, I want to thank you for your support this school year. Several events will be taking place in the months of February and March. Scheduling for next year's classes will take place in late February. To help you and your child with the selection of courses, a program of study will be sent home with your child. I encourage you to read this document and make course selections based on what is best for your child. If there are questions concerning courses, please contact our guidance staff either by email or at 387-2513. Scheduling with eighth grade students will be done with the help of high school counselors through Science classes. Secondly, the first portion of SOL testing will begin for the eighth grade students. This test will determine writing skills and will be administered the week of March 7. Parent/Teacher conferences for the winter session are scheduled for February 9th and 15th from 3:30 until 6:30. Please call the office to set up appointments. I hope you will keep these events in mind and work with us to maintain success for our students.

Sincerely, Forest I. Jones, Ed. D

Principal

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NOTE FROM THE PTA Welcome to the New Year! If you are like me, time is REALLY flying by! Can you believe we are in the second semester of school? It seems that just days ago we were preparing for school to start. Now thoughts are on registration for next year, spring break and summer plans. Don't get too wrapped up in planning for those things that you miss what is going on NOW!! The PTA has quite a few things going on. We are currently in a membership push. WE NEED YOU!! Our faculty and staff have graciously agreed to a blue hair day. If our membership goal is reached by February 27, 2012, our staff will sport blue hair one day. We only need 122 additional members to realize this dream!! If you have not joined the PTA, I encourage you to do so. You can join for other family members or friends...PTA memberships make GREAT gifts! For each membership purchased, please send your name, address, phone number, student's name, homeroom teacher and grade level with $3.00 to PTA mailbox in the school office. We wrapped up Reflections participation with 26 entries!! Representing ALMS at the District level are: Elijah Williams in Dance, Caroline Peterson in Music Composition, Isabel Danstrom in Literature, Sarah Young in Photography and Isabel Hill in Visual Arts. Thank you to each participating student - you represent Lewis well! I was honored to represent ALMS, South Salem and the Central Council of Salem PTAs on Monday, February 23 by attending PTA day at the General Assembly in Richmond, VA. Along with representatives from other Salem PTAs, I met with Senator Smith and Delegate Habeeb regarding legislative issues directly affecting our student's education. I also attended the House session of the General Assembly. The PTA was recognized during the House session! The PTA is the LARGEST parent advocate group for children. Your membership in the PTA helps advocate for laws that provide a quality education, safe environment for learning and the well being of our kids. Your membership IS important and DOES make a difference!!

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Our annual talent show is shaping up to be QUITE the show! You will be pleasantly surprised at the eclectic mix of talents our students are presenting: singing, instrumental music, dance, martial arts, drama. Our kids are VERY talented!! Make plans to attend the talent show on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Also on the horizon: Spring Fling, Awards Ceremonies, 8th grade Field Day and the 8th grade dance. As our thoughts wander from this school year to the next, please consider being part of the PTA Board. There are a variety of positions available, each with different levels of responsibility. If you are interested, please contact me. Thank you for your continued support of the ALMS PTA. If you have not joined, please take a few minutes to join. We truly appreciate your participation! Amy Young ALMS PTA President 2011-2013 tasj.young@gmail.com

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COUNSELOR/GUIDANCE NEWS

The Guidance Office extends a Happy New Year to each of you! We hope your holiday season was the best! This time of the school year is always filled with several necessary activities! Please see the important dates below: End of January/First of February: Sixth and seventh grade students will receive their registration materials. January 24: Academic Planning and Registration Process Meeting for Middle School Parents: 9 a.m. Current 6th and 7th Grade Parents 10 a.m. Current 5th Grade Parents February/March: Dr. Helems will be visiting fifth graders at their schools. April: Fifth graders will be visiting ALMS.

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SOL Testing Dates

Eighth Grade: March 7 - Writing 8: Multiple Choice March 8 - Writing 8: Direct Writing Prompt March 13 - Writing 8 Field Test: Multiple Choice March 14 - Writing 8 Field Test: Direct Writing Prompt May 15 - World Geography May 16 - Science 8 May 17 - Reading 8 May 18 - Algebra I (Algebra I, Algebra I: Part 2 Students) May 22 - Math 8 & Geometry (Algebra I: Part I and Geometry Students)

Seventh Grade: May 18 - Algebra I (Algebra I Full Year Students) May 21 - Reading 7 May 22 - Math 8 (Algebra I: Part I Students) May 23 - Civics and Economics May 24 - Math 7 (Math 7 Students) May 29 - SOL Make-Up Day

Sixth Grade: May 24 - Math 7 (Advanced Math 6 Students) May 29 - SOL Make-Up Day May 30 - Math 6 May 31 - Reading 6 June 1 - US History II

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LIBRARY NEWS – February/March 2012

Don’t know the name of the fourth book in the 39 Clues series? On the Home page of our online catalog http://library.salem.k12.va.us, you will find a link to a site that offers assistance with the sequencing of book series. Want to find out what new titles were added to the library collection in the past few months? Take a look at the library catalog site noted above. Click on the Catalog tab then go to the Destiny Quest link where you will see a list of new books as well as the Top Ten books that have been checked out from the library in the past 30 days. News: On Tuesday, January 24th & 31st, our 8th graders were treated to a coffee/cider and cookie event in the library. The 8th graders were delighted by the surprise. Hopefully, this will become an annual event. Many thanks to our parent volunteers, Barnes & Noble at Valley View, Kroger at Spartan Square and Tabernacle Baptist Church for all of their help and support in making our ALMS Big Blue Coffeehouse a success!! Mark your calendars for Wednesday, March 28, 2012, the date of the library’s annual fundraising proof-based Spring Picture Shoot. Each student present on that day will be photographed during P.E. There is no prepay, no obligation to buy or return the proof, and no makeup picture day. Call Sherri McGuire at 387-2413 or email her smcguire@salem.k12.va.us if you have questions. Again this year, Andrew Lewis students will have the opportunity to help select the Virginia Readers’ Choice for Middle School. Last year, our qualified voters helped to choose Breathe by Cliff McNish as did the rest of the state. For more information about the excellent titles that are candidates for this year’s award go to: http://www.vsra.org/VRCindex.html. Students must have “logged” four titles by March 23rd to be eligible to vote.

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Reminders: Students who need extra computer time may visit the Language Arts Computer Lab, located beside the Library, every morning from 7:30am until 8:25am.

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Math Department Please remind your child to utilized the math labs for extra help or a quiet place to complete homework. The schedule for both math labs are below: Math Lab I: Monday – Friday 7:25 - 8:25 am in room 131 Math Lab II: Mon, Wednesday, Friday 7:25 - 8:25 am in Room 209 Tuesday 3:25 - 4:25 pm in room 107 Thursday 3:25 - 4:25 pm in room 109

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6TH GRADE NEWS

Sharpies Team

Announcements and assignments for the Sharpies Team can be accessed at http://sites.google.com/a/salem.k12.va.us/sharpies/ If for any reason parents or students need to contact teachers with questions/concerns,

Mrs. Blankenship can be reached at tblankenship@salem.k12.va.us Mrs. Bull can be reached at dbull@salem.k12.va.us

Mrs. Petersen can be reached at lpetersen@salem.k12.va.us Mrs. Lucot can be reached at klucot@salem.k12.va.us

Additionally, teachers may be reached via telephone at 387-2513 during school hours. Students in 6th grade language arts, math, and social studies will take an SOL test in May (exact dates to be determined later in the year). Students struggling with content will be pulled during tutorial or asked to come before/after school for additional help. Resources: If at any time throughout the year, a student has questions about an assignment and cannot reach Mrs.Lucot (or just wants a quiet place to read), he/she may attend the Language Arts Lab in the library computer lab which is open Monday through Friday from 7:30-8:25 and staffed by an English teacher from ALMS. If at any time throughout the year, a student has questions about a math assignment and cannot reach Mrs. Petersen, he/she may attend the Math Lab in room 131 which is open Monday through Friday from 7:30-8:25 and staffed by a math teacher from ALMS.

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Finally, if at any time throughout the year, a student is assigned something which requires computer access and is unable to complete it at home, the computer lab in the back of the ALMS library is available every morning Monday through Friday from 7:30-8:30 and staffed by a teacher. Reminders: English - Just like any other skill, becoming a good reader takes practice. Students are expected to be reading at home on a daily basis from books of their choosing. The students have reading logs that should be signed a parent or guardian on a regular basis. Social Studies – Textbooks are online this year. Ms Bull hopes that you enjoy your study of American History part two. Math – In addition to math lab, Mrs. Petersen is also available to help most mornings at about 8:00 in her room. Expect homework almost every day for Math 6 students and every day and almost every weekend for Advanced Math/Pre-Algebra students. Assignments should be written in the agenda daily and can be checked online on the team website. Science - We cover many SOL’s in sixth grade science although we do not have a test at the end of the year. We will be reviewing all material that we learn throughout the year because students will be tested on it at the end of the eighth grade.

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The Twisters Team

Mrs. Brown-Language Arts Mr. Secor-Social Studies Mr. Manning-Science Mrs. Smythers-Math Mrs. Wallace & Mrs. Gerrol - Collaborative Teachers

The Twisters are back at work after a restful holiday. In language arts we have been are reading from the literature

textbook. We have read fiction as well as informational texts. We are looking at the literary elements of setting, character, theme, and conflict, as well as learning new vocabulary for each section we read. We are also working on our sentence writing skills, and the parts of sentences. We are finding the subject, verb, infinitives, and prepositional phrases. We are beginning to learn about subject/verb agreement, and pronoun/antecedent agreement. Next we will write a personal narrative. During the second semester we will only have spelling every other week to give us time to concentrate on the reading standards that will be tested in the spring. Congratulations to the classroom spelling bee winners. First place winners are: Alexis Whitfield, Claire Mitchell, Jill Jariwala, and Robert Royston. Alternates are: Dylan Story, Audrey Lewis, Jordan Barker, and Laura St. Clair. The first place winners will go on to the school spelling bee on January 26th. Since Jill Jariwala will be out of town for the District spelling bee, she graciously gave her spot to the alternate Jordan Barker who will compete in the school spelling bee.

In United States History students will be studying World War I. They will be writing a journal of a WWI soldier in the trenches. Students will also participate in a World War I Tech cooperative learning activity and analyze propaganda posters.

In Science we have moved on to a study of energy and energy resources. Following that we will be returning to the study of water as a

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natural resource. Our trout fry are doing well…all 250 of them. We look forward to letting them go in April.

In Pre-Algebra we have been busy translating expressions, combining like terms using the distributive property, and solving one-step and two-step algebraic equations. We even solved some inequalities which had several answers! Your child has to show you a graph in order for you to see all the answers. Next we will move on to the world of finance. Tax, tip, and discount all solved with a proportion.

In Math 6 we have been working with the bits and pieces of everyday fractions. We have converted, flipped, found common denominators, and drawn models to our hearts content. Then to top it all off we changed all of our fractions to decimals and percents. Soon we will get to move on to formulas and find area and perimeter of all different kind of shapes. *Reminder*--the Math Lab is open every morning 7:25am - 8:25am in Room 130 (across from the office).Feel free to drop in for a little extra help.

The Regal Eagle Team

Mrs. Budd, Mrs. Gilpin, Mrs. Nester, Mrs. Turner

As the first semester comes to a close, students are reminded to keep their grades up, keep their AR reading assignment current, and come prepared for class. Parents, please check with your child and replenish paper, pencils and other supplies as needed. In addition, a reminder to both students and parents, that recording assignments in the Agenda is required. Incomplete homework may affect your child’s progress.

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Language Arts – We are currently reading Freak the Mighty, and the Regal Eagles seem to be enjoying all of the fascinating characters in the story! Congratulations to our classroom Spelling Bee winners. They are: Blake Davidson, Brice Jenkins, Wesley Pritchett, and Nick Anthony. Congratulations to all of you! SOCIAL STUDIES - Congratulations to our Geography Bee winners. They are: Nick Anthony, Tyler Barnett, Nathan Rigney, and Zach Mason. Our most recent studies are about the Spanish American War and World War I but we will soon take a break from the wars to learn about the Roaring Twenties and All That Jazz! MATH 6 – We are busily trying to finish up our unit on fractions. Keep doing homework and don’t forget about the math lab daily 7:30-8:25.We have taken the Algebra Prognosis Test and will be getting the results back soon on that. It is but one filter to help us choose the right math course for 7th grade.

PREALGEBRA – Our Prealgebra students are hopefully enjoying FINALLY getting to solve equations! We have mastered the one-step equations and now are trying our luck with two-step equations. We have taken the Algebra Prognosis Test and will be getting the results back soon on that. It is but one filter to help us choose the right math course for 7th grade. Math Lab daily from 7:30-8:25 to get help with homework or finish assignments. SCIENCE – WHEW!!!!! Our Chemistry Unit was completed mid December. Now we are into ENERGY and will be for several months. One last remnant of our Chemistry study was the extra credit “Crystal Projects”, due January 20. We all were treated to a gorgeous display of crystals.

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7th GRADE NEWS

Akins, Simmons, Shupe and Penn Team

The Atkins team continues to make progress and keeps moving in the right direction. We would like to thank those of you that are checking the agenda books and our team website regularly and providing support for your young people at home. This really helps reinforce the responsibility that we are trying to foster each day at school. Here is a bit of what we’ve been doing in class lately. All math classes have been busy solving equations and inequalities. Students have been concentrating on math vocabulary in order to begin preparing for the SOL test in the spring. The Algebra I class has just started a new unit on functions. In science, students have been studying water and land biomes and the relationships of organisms in the environment. Next they will study natural resources in the environment and how we can protect them and use them wisely. Many labs and activities are planned to make learning fun! In Language Arts, students have been doing many exciting activities. We just finished a comprehensive poetry unit where students wrote their own poetry notebooks and learned about some of the classic American poets. We then read the drama “Brian’s Song” during the NFL playoffs and will eventually see the Disney version of the movie. Furthermore, we will begin to prepare in earnest for the spring Writing Predictor over the next several months. This is a wonderful opportunity to gauge students’ writing ability before the eighth grade test. The seventh grade predictor will be administered in March. Early winter was a busy time in Civics class. Our students learned about the Bill of Rights and completed a collage of pictures that could

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represent those rights and freedoms that we all hold so dear. We moved from there to the legislative branch where students learned about the legislative process of turning a bill into a law. We then turned to the presidency and the executive branch of government and several students have shown presidential candidate potential. Look for them in 2036 when they become age eligible. Regardless of your political orientation, I hope everyone will discuss with your child the economic and foreign policy challenges facing both the Democratic and Republican parties in Congress as well as President Obama. Lastly, the students are doing a great job on the S.A.C.K. project so far, but please review their progress regularly between now and the April due date. We want them all to earn an “A” as well as showing they are already good citizens! Thanks for all of your support ____________________________________________________________

Gallion, Benson, Simpson and Romano Team

Benson Students in Mr. Benson’s class are reading The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt. This is a wonderful book which tells the story of a young man’s experiences as he goes through his 7th grade year in English class during the 1967-1968 school year. Students are enjoying the book, along with weekly discussions. The students seem particularly interested in learning the ancient history from the 1960’s! During the second semester of the 2011-2012 school year, students will begin an intensive SOL review, along with units in writing and literature. As always each six weeks, students are expected to read and get 15 AR points. Students should always be reading AR books and home in preparation for AR tests. The library is also open every morning, and students are encouraged to go there to either read or take AR tests when they need to do so. Mr. Benson and his language arts classes are very pleased to welcome Ms.

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Kaytlin Lane to Andrew Lewis. Ms. Lane is a student teacher from Radford University who will be with us until late April. Again, we welcome her and look forward to working with her and learning from her. Romano

The study of genetics was completed and the students have dissected the frog. They identified the ograns and their function. We will complete our unit on the history of the earth and then begin classification.

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Nuts and Bolts Team

Mr. Blankenship eblankenship@salem.k12.va.us Mrs. Cook mcook@salem.k12.va.us Mr. Hairston chairston@salem.k12.va.us Mrs. Kubik jkubik@salem.k12.va.us Kubik In Ms. Kubik’s language arts class for the past six weeks, the students have been entertained by Gary Schmidt’s novel, The Wednesday Wars. With the setting in the 1960’s, the book is told from the perspective of Holling Hoodhood, a seventh grader who has issues with family dynamics, teacher-student relationships, friends and enemies, the Vietnam War, hippies, and rock and roll music. Although quite entertaining at times, the book brings to life the plethora of problems that a seventh grader may face. Also in English class, the students are finishing up a unit on poetry. They have learned about the lives and works of ten poets including Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes. They have recited some classic poems in class, learned all about poetic devices in lyrics and poems, and created an amazing collection of original poetry in a booklet of their own.

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As the semester comes to a close, a few students need to be recognized for their accumulation of Accelerated Reader points. Kudos to those who are trying new genres of literature and finally finding a book that engrosses their minds. A big round of applause goes to Alesia Devlin who has earned 810 points this semester! Two other students have earned over 100 points so far, and they are Katherine Irby and Matt Webber. Congratulations to all! Blankenship The students have completed the unit of study on heredity and frog dissection. We had a great time with the dissection and the students did a really good job.

8Th GRADE NEWS

Riddile, Wirt and Hodges Team

As we finished our first semester, it's important to continue working diligently in all classes. Early March brings the 8th grade Writing SOL tests (comprised of a multiple choice test and a direct writing sample to a state given prompt). Remember to use the entire writing process, any and all tools allowed (dictionary and writer's checklist), and to get lots of rest before the test.

In science, Mr. Wirt has students exploring physical science through Hands on labs. Please remember to attend morning study sessions the morning of his tests. If you have any questions, you can email him at twirt@salem.k12.va.us. Also, please remember to check his website for additional information www.salem.k12.va.us/staff/twirt

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In World Geography and English students will be working on a research paper. Students will receive help in both Mr. Hodges and Mr. Riddile’s class. Students will need to work outside the classroom to finish this paper.

You can contact Mr. Hodges through email lhodges@salem.k12.va.us and Mr. Riddle through email ariddile@salem.k12.va.us

Hooker, McLaren and O’Hare Team

Brian Hooker World Geography bhooker@salem.k12.va.us Lyle McLaren English 8 lmclaren@salem.k12.va.us Eva O’Hare Physical Science eohare@salem.k12.va.us English Class News Congratulations to the following classroom spelling bee winners selected to represent our team in the school spelling bee held on Thursday, January 26, 2012: Brandon Amiot Arleaha Enger Cole Chisom

Terence Gardner Hannah Winstead Proposed dates for the 8th grade Standard of Learning test in writing, March 7 – Writing 8: Multiple Choice March 8 – Writing 8: Direct Writing Prompt Science News Students are finishing their study of chemistry and will begin the study of physics during second semester.

Registration for Salem High will begin with an assembly on February 20, 2012; students will actually register for ninth grade classes during science class on February 22, 2012.

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World Geography News Congratulations to the classroom geography bee winners selected to represent our team in the school bee held on January 11, 2012: Paul Duffy Le’Andre Farris Terence Gardner Charlie Philips Emily Wright ***Special congratulations to the school wide geography bee winner, Terence Gardner!

Please check that your youngster is well stocked with the necessary school supplies, i.e., paper, pencils, pens for second semester. Thank you for your continued support and commitment to your child’s education!

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Geography Bee classroom winners 6th grade Yudel Martinez Mark Raines Joe Kelly Jill Jariwala Ryan Hall Sade Holland Austin Sowers Ivy Clyburn Nick Anthony Tyler Barnett Nathan Rigney Zach Mason 7th grade Hannah Couling Clayton Austin Riley Fox Timmy Sherman Grayson McCay Caleb Close Josie Bruner Trevor Zaga Carson Sutphin Jake Bouch Caleb Blevins Drew McCauley 8th grade Paul Duffy Emily Wright Le’Andre Farris Terence Gardner Benjamin Shelor Vincent Arnold James Mahan Skyler Wood Nick Hood Jeff Byron Hannah Chambers Adam Reedy Morgan Chittum (Ben Lewis) Ally Perdue Charlie Phillips(did not attend bee)

The school winners are:

First place -Terence Gardner Second place-James Mahan

Third place- Ally Perdue

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Did you know the school's newspaper is free and online? Check it out at www.thelewisgrowl.com

Anybody is free to submit articles, editorials, pictures, reviews, etc. Submissions can be given to Mrs. Page.

LOST AND FOUND

Has your student lost a jacket, sweatshirt,

lunchbox, gym suit, etc.? Tell them to check the

lost and found in the cafeteria.

*the items are starting to build up!*

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Andrew Lewis Talent Show: Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Show time: 7:00 pm

Tickets: Purchase before School 8am – 8:30am In Gym or Cafeteria (Feb. 6 - 10, 13 & 14)

Tickets are $3 / person

Make checks payable to ALMS PTA

Andrew Lewis has TALENT!!! Share the Fun!!!

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PTA BOX TOPS CONTEST IT'S TIME TO START CLIPPING YOUR BOX

TOPS!! THE TOP 3 COLLECTORS WILL WIN A GIFT CARD TO A LOCAL BUSINESS.

SIMPLY CLIP THE BOX TOPS PUT THEM IN AN ENVELOPE OR ZIPLOC BAG WITH YOUR NAME, GRADE AND HOMEROOM AND TURN THEM IN TO YOUR HOMEROOM TEACHER

OR THE OFFICE BY FEBRUARY 29th.

GOOD LUCK!

YOU CAN ALSO REGISTER AT www.boxtops4education.com TO LEARN OTHER WAYS TO EARN BOX TOPS FOR OUR SCHOOL. PLUS REGISTER AT www.rewardyourschool.com AND EARN 25 BONUS BOX TOPS FOR OUR SCHOOL.

THANK YOU

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2011 ALMS Reflections Entries and

Winners! The students were recognized at school on the morning

announcements and all participants received a Barnes and Noble gift card for their participation. Way to Go!

All of the first place student's entries have now been sent to the next level!!

Dance Choreography 1st place - Elijah Williams 8th grade

Title: Black and White

Music Composition 1st place - Caroline Peterson 7th grade

Title: People of the World

Literature 1st place - Isabel Danstrom 7th grade Title: Unique 6th grade: Alexandra Abbott Title: Church/School Diversity Christopher Clemens Title: Pop Diversity Dylan Farris Title: Diversity in the United States

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Photography 1st Place - Sarah Young 8th grade Title: Diverse Colors 6TH grade: Christopher Clemens Title: A Bag of Diversity Dylan Lee Farris Title: Diversity Means…Everyone Isabelle Donahue Title: Diversity in Flowers 7th grade: Isabel Danstrom Title: The Hill Wins

Visual Arts 1st Place - Isabelle Hill 6th grade Title: The Big Picture 6th grade: Christopher Clemens Title: The Combination Autumn Cox Title: America’s Natural Diversity Dylan Farris Title: Diversity…Coming Together Jacob Johnson Title: My Diverse Self

7th grade: Isabel Danstrom Title: A Smile Brings Us All Together Caroline Peterson Title: Beautiful Eyes

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SMA / PTA Salem Savings Partner

Program 2011-2012 Discounts from Salem Merchants Association Exclusively offered to Members of the Salem PTA

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