Left to right:(Ronald Rodrigues (Treasurer), Amari Greene (Secretary), Aniya Cartwright (President) & Ariel McKenzie (Vice President)

Message from LGF Student Council This month Student Council has been very active. We have helped the basketball team fundraise at their games by charging two dollars at the door. We have also helped facilitate the first ever Debate Mate competition at the Frederick Pilot Middle School. The Student Council welcomed students to the school and directed them to the auditorium and then to their correct classrooms for the competition. Congrats to the Frederick Debate Team for showing that the Frederick can dominate not only in athletics but in intellectual competition.

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LGF Highlights: April 2016

DEBATE MATE LEAGUE @ LGF

O n M a r c h 2 n d , 2 0 1 6 students from many different middle schools came to the Frederick to debate about two major topics. The first one was based on whether o r n o t u n d o c u m e n t e d citizens should be granted citizenship. The other was b a s e d o n b a n n i n g homework from school. The Student Council welcomed students to the school and d i r e c t e d t h e m t o t h e auditorium and then to their correct classrooms for the competition. The Frederick Teams pul led off three victories in the rounds and only loss one. Please be sure t o c o n g r a t u l a t e a n d encourage those students who part ic ipate on the Debate Team.

AFTERSCHOOL INFO ASPIRE, SUSAN LOVETT

(617)778-4023 TENACTIY, MS. MCGUINESS

(617) 765-5123

1VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Interested in helping out

at the school??? Contact, Mr. Arrington for

more information (617)635-1650 ext. 233

2TUTORING

Need EXTRA HELP??? Drop-In Center Tutoring

every Monday & Wednesday from 4-5pm in LGF

Auditorium

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LGF NEWSLETTER APRIL 2016

Monthly Newsletter APRIL 2016

LGF NEWS

City Year Project City Year met with students and staff to discuss a service project. It was decided that a mural would be created for one our the four main walls in the building. On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 leaders from the Fredrick community along with volunteers from Houghton-Mifflin assisted in the composition of the mural

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LGF Student Feature

In Journalism class, a guest speaker came by the name of Cristela Guerra. Cristela came to the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle school on February 25th to inform us about our community. Also to discuss journalism and her work as a journalist. Cristela was talking about what she does at her job (Boston Globe) and she asks others questions about our society. Cristela had stated “ In journalism, you have a voice ! you can make a change!” Cristela cares about our society, to stop the violence and to make our street safe for us. Also about her job, is really interesting because she has the ability to talk to people and get to listen to how they express their thoughts and feelings. I hope one day you get to meet her so you can be aware of our society and you can know some facts about The Boston Globe.

Please go to www.frederickflyer.org for more exciting articles featuring students from their Journalism class at the Frederick Pilot Middle School.

Cristella Gurrera of the Boston Globe speak to Journalism Students by Mishaya Sales

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING

The Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention will run the Summer Spot for the 13th year at the Frederick School this summer.

This full day, five-week summer learning program serves 40 rising seventh and eighth grade Frederick students and will run from Tuesday, July 5th through Friday, August 5th, 2016. The program starts each day at 9:00 am and ends at 3:00 pm. Frederick teachers will provide morning academic classes and ASPIRE staff will lead fun enrichment activities in the afternoon including basketball, arts and crafts, soccer and swimming. Each Friday, students will participate in a full day field trip.

For more information about this year's Summer Spot, please contact Susan Lovett at slovett@lgfnet.org, 617-635-1650, x151. Registration forms will be available in May.

LGF NEWSLETTER APRIL 2016

Hallways News DETERMINATION

Team Determination’s work on expectations for PRIDE Time is going strong. The students have been challenged with having everyone meet the six established expectations. During the months of April and May, 150 of our sixth grade students will be participating in visits with the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center. As a result of emphasis being put on improving PRIDE time, students leave more engaged and positive after the daily community meetings.

EMPATHY

Team Empathy hallway teachers continue to honor students as "PRIDE Scholars of the Week" and as PRIDE raffle winners for demonstrating the PRIDE core values. We are continuing our classroom competitions around transitions and attendance. Some students in the 7th grade are participating in a 6-week Anti-violence program facilitated by Officer Grubbs

INTEGRITY

Team Integrity has been working diligently to strengthen our hal lway culture. Adults have been using unconventional methods and reward systems to support and drive students towards success. We are seeing improvement in student attendance and on-time arrival, uniform compliance, and behavior. Grade 8 teachers posted a set of encouraging hashtags for students to ponder upon each time they walk into the hallway. The Sub-Separate teachers posted an engaging bulletin board where students highlighted the assistive technology they use to help them learn. All in all, #TeamIntegrity is on the move toward keeping PRIDE and academic excellence front and center every day.

RESPECT

Team RESPECT continues to make tremendous strides towards improving the climate of the hallway by increasing the level of accountability for our students and strengthening our communication as a team. Students from both Respect and Integrity had the opportunity to visit the John Joseph Coakley Courthouse and participate in their “Discovering Justice” program. During their visit students participated in a Mock Trial, facilitated by a Representative from the courthouse, as well as a volunteer attorney. Students were respectful and engaged during this experience.

Academic News MATH TEAM

The Math Team has been looking at student materials and student work to reflect on the tasks we give our children and how we ask our questions. We have also been considering UDL (Universal Design for Learning) strategies, using them to address the barriers specific to our students' most common needs. We are looking forward to seeing the data from the third ANet assessment as well as taking a closer look at CER in our math classrooms. On April 5th, the Frederick Math Rocks! team will be representing our school in a district-wide math competition. The following students made the team: Michael Che, Damien Deshormes, Hien Nguyen, Tran Huynh, Duc Tran, and Thao Tran. Congratulations to these students! We know they will make us proud.

ELA TEAM

The Humanities Department has been looking at student work to determine how to best push our students' reading and writing to the next level. We continue to build strong text dependent questions that mandate students go back to the text and closely read to determine their responses. We have also been fortunate to host the Troubador Poets, including Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges, anad teacher artists from the Actors' Shakespeare Project in our classrooms, integrating arts into our curricula.

ESL TEAM The ESL Team has been hard at working making complex, rigorous texts and tasks accessible for our students. The ESL Math teachers have been collaborating and creating tasks that synthesize different standards our students have been learning over the last couple months. In Humanities, Mr. Garcia's ESL 1 class presented a marketing/advertising campaign on Banana's to Mr. Vergara's class.

ELECTIVE TEAM

Quarter 3 Elective classes are now in full swing. Students in 2-D Art are learning to create Zentangles, Shading, Contouring, and Magazine Portraits. In 3-D Art, they are constructing 3-D Mandalas, Abstract Paper Wall Sculptures, Paper Snow Globes, and Maori Hand Tattoos. In Physical Education, students will be focusing on the elements of physical fitness and activity, teamwork and sportsmanship. Students in Journalism will be studying the elements of a news story, interviewing and questioning techniques, and using the writing process to write, edit, revise and publish their work. In Music, students will learn to read and notate music, sing, and analyze musical compositions through writing and using technology.

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(Students from the Tenacity After school program enjoying the Pool and Gym @ the Kroc Center)

Determination at the Movies (in the LGF Auditorium)

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LGF ANNOUCEMENTS: ACCELERATION ACADEMY: The F r e d e r i c k i s h o s t i n g A p r i l Acceleration Academy during April Vacation. Please encourage students to attend. If you are interested in your son or daughter or attending please speak with your child’s homeroom t eache r f o r more information. OVERNIGHT TRIP TO THOMPSON ISLAND :6th grade students will be staying on Thompson Island for a three-day, two-night science and c o m m u n i t y - b u i l d i n g c o u r s e . Students will be provided with a free room in our s ing le -gendered dormitories (girls only and boys only). All meals will be provided in our buffet style-dining hall.

LGF GOVERNING BOARD: Frederick School Governing Board meetings take place on the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm in the school's Professional Development Room. Meetings are open to the public and families are encouraged to attend. There are currently three openings on the Board for parent representatives. Please contact Governing Board Chairperson E m m a n u e l T i k i l i a t e t i k i l i @ g m a i l . c o m f o r m o r e information and/or to express interest in serving.

DEBATE MATE:The Frederick's after school debate program is called Debate Mate and takes place on Tuesdays after school. Students in this program learn debate skills and have the opportunity to compete with other Boston middle schools in the Debate Mate Tournament at Harvard Universi ty. For more information about Debate Mate at the Frederick, please contact Greg Caruso at gcaruso@lgfnet.org or Luis Castillo at lcastillo@lgfnet.org.

LGF Basketball

Season Wrap-up:

Congratulations to the girls and boys basketball teams for their final wins of the season defeating the Edwards.

Both the girls and boys basketball teams have been u n d e f e a t e d t h i s s e a s o n heading in to City Semi-Finals. We thank you all so much for your continued support with our students and holding them accountable academically to be able to participate in this great opportunity.

‣ The girls semi-finals will be played on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Game times are either 3:30pm or 4:30pm loca t ion i s s t i l l be ing decided. The location will b e a t t h e S h e l b u r n e Community Center.

‣ The boys semi-finals will be played on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Game times are t o n e d e t e r m i n e d . T h e location will be at the S h e l b u r n e C o m m u n i t y Center.

‣ IF both the teams win in the semi-finals, City of Boston M i d d l e S c h o o l Championship games for both girls and boys will be held on Thursday April 7, 2 0 1 6 @ 3 : 3 0 p m a n d 4:30pm. The location for the championship game will b e a t t h e S h e l b u r n e Community Center.

‣ Shelburne Community Center address is: 2730 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA