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Meet the New

Kids

2

Coming Events 3

Red Ribbon

Week

4

Club News &

Tech Tips 5

Honor Roll 6

Student Council 8

Counselor’s

Corner

9

Menus 10

11

Inside this issue:

November 2017

Hope you enjoy the

Mahaffey Minute!

Mrs. Linda Haberman

Principal

Mahaffey Middle School

270-640-1215


71 South Carolina Ave

Fort Campbell, KY 42223-5134

Student Excellence Honored


Honor students were recognized re-

cently in the first Honor Roll as-

sembly of the 2017-2018 school

year. The event took place on Fri-

day, October 27th.

Parents and siblings were

invited to see their student receive

what is hoped to be the first of

many certificates of recognition

for excellence in their academic

efforts.

There were two categories

that students were recognized for.

They were the Straight “A” honor

roll and the “A-B” honor roll. To

see the names of students who were

recognized in each area and in each

grade level see pages 6 — 8 of this

edition of the Mahaffey Minute.

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For Current DoDEA News and Information check us out

on the web at:

http://www.dodea.edu/mahaffeyMS/

Meet The New(to Mahaffey)Kids! Philip Hess Mr. Hess comes to Mahaffey with 18 years in education teaching English, Reading, Writing

and computer applications. In his free time he likes to listen to music and play guitar. Prior

to teaching at Mahaffey Middle School Mr. Hess taught at Shughart Middle School at Fort

Bragg, NC. Before to joining DoDEA, he was a reading teacher and reading specialist for

Norfolk Public Schools in Norfolk, VA. Hess grew up in Virginia Beach, VA and received

both a bachelors and masters from Old Dominion University. In addition to ODU, he has

studied at The College of William and Mary and George Washington University.

Mrs. Melinda Holsopple Mrs. Holsopple is a 6th grade ELA teacher and proud to join the Mahaffey Middle

School staff in the Americas South District. Ms. Holsopple began her career with Do-

DEA 7 years ago - serving as a para professional for two years and then as a teacher at

Matthew C. Perry High School aboard Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. Mrs.

Holsopple also taught for 20+ years at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Mrs.

Holsopple and her husband have six children and eight grandchildren. She loves to read

and travel.

Ms. Allison Christman Ms. Christman is from Leipsic, Ohio and earned her Bachelor and Master Degrees in

Middle Childhood Education from the University of Cincinnati. She moved to Fort

Campbell from Greenville, North Carolina. Ms. Christman teaches 6th grade Math and

this is her 10th year teaching. In her spare time Ms. Christman enjoys college football;

particularly Ohio State University football, researching new recipes and cooking, as well

as watching Netflix. Her Mother and Father are still living in Ohio and she has a pet cat

named Cat living with her sister in North Carolina.

Mr. Loren Preuss Mr. Loren Preuss recently transferred to Mahaffey from DoDEA Europe where he was

teaching at Stuttgart High School in Stuttgart Germany. Mr. Preuss has been married to

his wife Wendy for 39 years, and has 4 children and 6 grandchildren, as well as a Cocka-

poo dog named Chloe. Mr. Preuss is excited to be teaching 6th grade Social Studies on

the Apache team. Mr. Preuss has been a teacher for 30 years, and has been with Do-

DEA Schools for 7 years in Germany and 4 years in Japan. He also served in the U.S.

Army for 5 years. Mr. Preuss earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State

University, and his Master of Arts (HUM) from Central Michigan University. His inter-

ests when not in the classroom include biking, hiking and reading.


Coming Events at Mahaffey!

Nov 13th Picture Retakes

Nov 20th — 24th No School—Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 4th 5:00 PM Holiday Concert

Dec 8th 6:00 PM Snow Ball Dance

MMS After School Activity Schedule

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Art Club

Dance Club

Intramurals

Lego Strategy

Club

Spanish Club

Yearbook Club

Detention

Math Tutoring

Early Release

Chess Club

Intramurals

ELO

ELA Tutoring

Math Tutoring

Robotics

ELO

ELA Tutoring

NJHS

Chaplin’s

Club

Overachievers

Detention

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Red Ribbon Week 2017 The week of October 22nd through

27th was set aside as the annual red

ribbon week at Mahaffey. Stu-

dents were encouraged to show

their support for drug and

substance abuse free lifestyles

with a number of activities. Monday

was “Team Up Against Drugs” day

where students wore their favorite sports team

shirts and jerseys. Tuesday was “Let your True

Colors SHINE Drug Free ” day, students wore something shiny to

school. On Wednesday students were to wear crazy socks and an or-

ange shirt for unity and “Rock-it and Sock- it to drugs.” Thursday was

“You can't hide great character ” day students wore camouflage. The

week ended with “Put a Cap on Drugs ” day where students wore their

favorite hats. All week students used their Advisory class to design and

decorate their doors for a contest where each grade level had a win-

ning door selected and prizes were awarded.

Come Fly With Me! Mrs. Wallace's 6th grade science class completed their first science

lab of the school year. The standard that the students were apply-

ing was 6Sa; "The student will demonstrate an understanding of

technological design and scientific design, in-

cluding process skills, math thinking, con-

trolled investigative design analysis, and

problem solving.” The lab was titled "Come

Fly with Me." The students had to write a

hypothesis, conduct an experiment with

three trials, analyze the data in a graph, then draw a conclusion

as they communicated their results with a summary paragraph.

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National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) has begun their work for the

2017—2018 school year. NJHS students participated in assisting with

the Fall Festivals at Barkley and Barsanti Elementary Schools. Stu-

dents were able to earn up to three community service hours for the

time they volunteered. NJHS meets each Thursday after school.

NJHS Officers are:

President: Kimberly Stone

Vice President: Lyndsay Aldridge

Treasurer: Jordan Drayton

Secretary: Kaitlyn Bicknel

The organization is sponsored by Carrie Cooper and Melinda Holsopple.

Club News

The Cloud

With the introduction of applications

such as Schoology and Google Apps, our

schools are gradually moving closer to utiliz-

ing Cloud Based learning. We have made sev-

eral tremendous strides toward this at Ma-

haffey Middle. One reason for this is we want

our students to be able to access their school work easily from where ever they may travel. Many ask “What is this mysterious

thing called the “Cloud” and where is it?” The “Cloud” is a buzzword that vaguely suggests the promise and convenience of being

able to access files from anywhere. But the reality is that the cloud is hardly floating like mist above our heads — it’s a physical

infrastructure. It is many computers housed in massive warehouses all over the world ( to include Google’s presence in Clarksville

TN!). The cloud refers to software and services that run on the Internet, instead of locally on your computer. Most cloud services

can be accessed through a Web browser. The advantage of the cloud is that you can access your information on any device with an

Internet connection. It’s what allows you to make edits to a file in Google Docs on your home computer, and then pick up where

you left off at another location. From a technical point of view, leaning on the larger network of computers in the cloud makes

great sense. Suddenly, you don’t need to worry as much about hardware specifications or hard drive space because the network

can do the heavy lifting.

When you store something “in the cloud,” you’re actually storing it in a very physical space. The file slides across the wire and then

lives on a physical server—usually more than one—in some other location. Google Apps for Education is an example. This is a

suite of completely free productivity tools for educational use. Each user has unlimited storage for their school work.

In conjunction with Google Apps for Education, DoDEA has made Schoology available to students and teachers. Schoology em-

powers educators, inspires students, and simplifies administrative tasks. It is a “Cloud Based” class management system that allows

teachers to create and manage their courses for their students and provides them with a method of managing lessons, engaging

students, sharing content, and connecting with other educators. It also provides students with a distance learning type of educa-

tional experience.

The beauty in this is a student on extended leave will no longer have tons of make-up work to do upon their return to school.

They will be able to access their classwork online with the availability of an internet connection. This is not only intended for

keeping up with classes, it can actually become a secure method of delivery for daily classwork. The student logs in from home,

opens their homework and completes it, then saves it for the teacher to open and score. No more “The dog ate my homework.”

And “I lost it.” Or my favorite one - “Homework?!…I don’t have any!” (Why?) Because it’s in the “Cloud!”


6th Grade All A

Aldana, Adison Alter, Savannah Beaty, Hailey

Boyle, Emily Calub, Gabriella Christian, Sarah

Cutchin, Brooklyn Dimone, Isabella Gonzalez Nieves, Kristina

Hargrave, Sha'Niya Hernandez, Jovany Johnson, Caleb

Johnson, Nevaeh Joy, Ciara Mahan, Daphne

Poppas, Isabella Reed, Nicholas Sawser, Sophia

Sawyer, Alexander Sharp, Brody Silvers-Travis, Brayden

Sims, Julia Smith, Analiese Smith, Zaniya

Trottier, Maysen Virgil, Logan

Wilks, Christian Williams, Gabrielle Williams, Jaidah

Zacherl, Dakota Zimmerman, Elena

7th Grade All A

Aldridge, Lyndsay Briones, Elijah Brown, Thaddious

Davis, Ammaron Espinoza, Joslynn Feight, Cheyenne

Gardner, Kendra Harmon, Sha'Lana Hogston, Jesslynn

Johnson, Nadia Lacombe, Kayla Lake, Samantha

McHaney, Kayla Mendez, Haley Midberry, James

Nytes, Martha Packnett, Ryusei Rice, Millie

Riley, Destiny Schmidt, Alex Schroeder, Lina

Shrestha, Nora Todd, Mercedes Turner, Mikeiah

Ward, Levi Williamson, Olivia

8th Grade All A

Balfour, Thatcher Baxter, Paige Bowling, Jackson

Cerritos Gatto, Pilar Diggs, Jordan Duncan, Abigail

Hickey, Sebastian Johnson, John Mackay, Senai

McWilliams, Jordan Oftelie, Hunter Sanchez Flores, Mark

Sharp, Brock Valenti, Dean

Mahaffey Middle School 1st Quarter “A “Honor Roll


Mahaffey Middle School 1st Quarter “A/B” Honor Roll

7th Grade A/B

Belibei, Alyssa Bennett, Kameron Bicknell, Kaitlyn

Bowe, Deniyah Boyle, Magdalena Brandon, Matthew

Bricker, John Bricker, Scott Calloway, Toccara

Carter, Graham Cartwright, Sarinah Cervantes, Francisco

Cogbill, Emma Colwell, Nolan DeOliveira, Ayana

Feller, Andrew Fernandez, Antonio Gregory, Virginia

Gunter, William Hall, Chloe Lacey, Dalton

McBrayer, Collin McMillian, Trinity Mikesell, Gabrielle

Morales, Gaddiel Mullen, Gracelynn Oliver, Maxx

Ramos, Ian Royar, Timofey Samuels, Emery

Schulke, Carissa Seale, Madisyn Sincere, Braeden

Smith, Schyler-Keysean Stewart, Bradley Stilwell, Jonathan

Strickland, Kayla Suina, Dylan Surie, Araeha

Topete, Andy Torres, Joshua VanRight, Ryleigh

Vazquez Ramirez, Abneris Williams, Aaron Williams, Donovan

Williams, Tristan Gillespie, Evan Miller, Ethan

6th Grade A/B

Adams, Samir Andrade, Katrina Atkinson, Tesiya

Barber, Abigail Barlow, Isaac Bonano, Christian

Bosak, Reagan Brown, Zyquon Carrio, Lana

Cartwright, Marissa Cerda-Jones, Jaelynn Conley, Alyssa

Darnell, Brock Dickson, Mar'Dhaja Dominguez, Isabel

Dorrough, Hope Dudzienski, Molly Escoto, Ashley

Francis Wellington, Vanessa Furnas, Garrett

Gaines, Christina Gamez, Jacob Gibbons, Jer'Cobi

Gobbel, Amber Gonzales, Tiana Gravatt, Wendell

Guzman Acevedo, Elienith Hatfield, Liam Heise, Kylie

Hernandez, Aleena Jerkins, Mikaela Jerkins, Morgan

Johnson, Caleb Johnson, Tiffany Johnson-Coram, Nyla

Kane, Cheikh Kent, Aurora Lane, Isaac

Langhammer-Kenan, Markus Lawman, Henry Leon, Isaac

Lorenzo Rivera, Joyce Martin, Mykaella McCarthy, Collin

McMillian, Connor Mickley, Cody Moi, Christopher

Mondol, Joshua Nena, SueAnn Patterson, Shane

Petty, Alexis Powers, Gabriel Pulliam, Kylee

Quezada, Samuel Salas, Sophia Shaw, Abigail

Soto, Isaiah Spencer, Magnolia Surie, Summer

Sweet, Hunter Thompson, Khennadei Tiemeyer, Julia

Torres, Analicia Va, Sopheaktra VanRight, Chance

Weir, Caleb Wike, Atiyana Womack, Cody


Mahaffey Middle School 1st Quarter “A/B” Honor Roll 8th Grade A/B

Blanchard, Briana Bradshaw, Aaralyn Bronson, Kailyn

Brown, Nasiryia Brown, Prince Cartwright, Alisha

Cervantes, Andrew Cordero, Eliud Cruz, Aneesah

DeSilva, Aria Donatelle, Abigail Drayton, Jordan

Dudzienski, Lillian Fugate, Raime Galarza, Patricia

Gamblin, Kaydence George, CayJey Hall, Xavier

Hill, Ethan Hudson, Keivon Laitila, Luisa

Lee, Nyeelah Lee, Yein Leiva Magana, Fatima

Leveton, Jessica Lively, Kayla Lopez-Andujar, Anjelle

Lugo, Elias Martin, Kaylie Mergele, Mason

Morales Gonzalez, Destinie Mossgrove, Morgan Oliveras Hernandez, Alondra

Powers, Jacob Reed, Samantha Reyes, Jenna

Rittenhouse, Adam Ryan, Sean Sain, Pyper

Sawyer, Ryan Schleyhahn, Kaiden Stone, Kimberly

Surrency, Ian Thompson, Brandon Thompson, Suraiya

Topete, Gilbert Vaughn Jr., Cyrus Wike, Khalia

Williams, Avery Williams, Jailyn Ziss, Katelyn

Student Council Elections Coming Soon!

With a new school year comes an opportunity for students to be-

come involved in many extracurricular activities. One of the most im-

portant when it comes to the specific interests of the student body is

Student Council. Due to the need to examine first quarter grade point

averages, the New Mahaffey Student Council elections are being held at

the beginning of the second quarter. The Student Council Sponsor for

school year 2017—2018 is Mrs. Becky Grace, 7th grade Language Arts

teacher. Grace is no stranger to sponsoring this organization. According

to Mrs. Grace the first order of business is to establish what students will

serve in the various positions. The way that is done is by having an elec-

tion where interested students submit their names for candidates for

Student Council office. Once the submission deadline passes the students who have tossed their

“hat in the ring” experience the democratic process first hand by campaigning for their respec-

tive office. Student campaigns generally involve creative campaign posters along with speeches

as a way to solicit support . That support will hopefully translate to a majority vote in student

body elections. This year’s election takes place on Friday, November 3rd.

One of the more creative posters

soliciting student support.


Counselor's Corner Ms. Wanda Bermudez-Carde

Mahaffey Middle School Counselor

Flu Shot Information Our yearly influenza vaccine school event is scheduled on November 9th from 8:00am until 11:00am. Consent

forms have been sent home. Please review, sign and return this form if you want your dependent to get the flu

vaccine at school. Send these Back to my office as soon as possible but no later than Tuesday, November 7th.

You may call the school nurse if you have any questions or concerns or if you did not receive a form. Please

keep in mind that flu shots are required per DoDEA regulations this year and documentation is requested if your

dependent obtains his/her immunization at another location.

Thank you and Stay Healthy!

Common Sense

on Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying is the use of digital media tools, such as the Internet and cell phones, to deliberately humiliate and harass others,

oftentimes repeatedly. Though most teens do not do this, those who do are often motivated by a desire for power, status, and attention –

and their targets are often people they are competing with for social standing. Cyberbullies often take advantage of the Web’s anonymity

to antagonize someone without being recognized. This according to Common Sense Media.

Common Sense Media goes on to say that cyberbullying can take a variety of forms, such as harassing someone, impersonating

someone, spreading rumors, or forwarding embarrassing information about a person. A bully’s mean-spirited comments can spread wide-

ly through instant messaging (IM), phone texting, and by posts on social networking sites. This can happen rapidly, with little time for

teens to cool down between responses. And it can happen anytime — at school or at home — and oftentimes it involves large groups of

teens.

Cyberbullying is similar to face-to-face bullying, but online tools magnify the hurt, humiliation, and social drama in a very public

way. Whether it’s creating a fake Facebook or MySpace page to impersonate a fellow student, repeatedly sending hurtful text messages

and images, or spreading rumors or posting cruel comments on the Internet, cyberbullying can result in severe emotional and even physi-

cal harm.

And though anyone can spot bullying behavior in the real world, it’s much more difficult to detect it in the online world. Some-

times an entire social circle will get involved, and then it becomes harder for an individual teen to disengage from it. In fact, whole groups

of teens may be actively or passively participating, and the target can feel that it is impossible to get away from the bullies. In addition,

hurtful information posted on the Internet is extremely difficult to remove, and millions of people can see it.

The following tips can help you recognize the warning signs of cyberbullying and serve as a guide for talking to your

teens about preventing it. What Families Can Do

You seem down. What’s going on at school? Is anything upsetting happening online?

I’m here for you and so are your friends. Talk to me anytime.

Are there any teachers at school who have dealt with these kinds of situations before? I think you should tell one of them about

what’s been happening.

Bullies want attention, power, and status, which explains why they need to cause drama.

I saw a news story about a teen who was bullied online. What would you do in that situation?

Recognize context. Cyberbullying is often not thought of as “cyberbullying” to the teens involved. Even though an incident has

a history, a story, and nuance, rather than referring it as “cyberbullying,” try the words “digital cruelty,” “abuse,” or “being mean” online.

Help teens understand when behavior crosses the line. Help your teen tune into his or her own feelings. If they feel emotionally or physi-

cally scared, it’s time to get help.

Encourage empathy. Help teens understand the detrimental impact of cyberbullying on people who are targeted, now and later

in life. Encourage them to listen to targets and to become their allies.

Be realistic. Teens have their own social dynamics that often don’t include parents, so helping them directly may be difficult.

Encourage teens to find friends or other trusted adults to help them through the situation, even if it’s not you. Websites are often slow to

respond, if they respond at all, but reporting an incident to a website administrator can be an empowering step.

Remember that your teen might be the bully. Teens can take different roles in cyberbullying at different times. A teen who is

cyberbullied might turn around and cyberbully someone else to feel powerful again. Ask questions to understand what role or roles your

teens are playing.

Tell them to disengage. Encourage your teens to ignore and block the bully, and even log off the computer for a while. Point

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