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Wea Ridge Middle School

February 2018

As we begin the month of February we are quickly approaching our first

round of ISTEP testing for this school year. Our teachers have been work-

ing to prepare students for this test all year by covering the Indiana

Standards in Math, English, Science and Social Studies. Students will also

be given some review material that we will be covering over the next few

weeks leading to our test on February 27th. Our testing dates for ISTEP

Part 1 will be February 27 - March 1. It is critical for all students to be in

attendance those days to complete our ISTEP testing.

Here are a few ideas that you can do to help your student feel prepared

and ready for the test.

Ensure that your child is completing all homework assignments

Help your child to develop good study habits, thinking skills, and a pos-

itive attitude towards education

Ensure that your child has good attendance at school

Encourage your child to read as much as possible, and to increase his

or her vocabulary - even reading magazines, newspapers, and comic

books regularly will help improve her reading skills

Look for educational games and programs that engage your child

Help your child learn how to follow directions carefully

Make sure your child gets plenty of sleep and eats breakfast before the

test

Wea Ridge Middle School students benefit greatly from the partnership be-

tween school and home. Thank you for your continued efforts to support

our school and teachers.

From the Desk of Mr. Roop... HIGHLIGHTS:

Pg 1 Mr. Roop’s Message

Pg 2 Counselor Connection

Daily Announcements

Thank you, HotBox

Pg 3 Media Center News

BoxTops Collection

Pg 4 Husky Homework Help

AM Student Drop-Off

Chromebook Insurance

Pg 5 E-Flyers

Intramurals

BrightBytes

Pg 6-7 Honor Rolls

Pg 8 Perfect Attendance

QUICKLINKS

Pg 9 Student Council News

Pg 10 February Calendar

Pg 11 March Calendar

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Counselor Connection

Thank you to Hot Box Pizza

Daily Announcements

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Congratulations to the following students who were selected to participate in the Indiana Circle the State with

Song Festival! They will be performing with other students from schools and districts in our region at Lafayette

Jefferson High School on Saturday, February 10th - 6th grade at 2:30pm and 7th/8th grade at 4:00pm. Good luck,

Huskies!!

6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade

Victoria Allen Abby Paxton Madison Akridge Emily Amato

Samantha Clark Lisana Robles Joslyn Bishop Isabella Beeler

Nevaeh Cole Shaelynne Roland Keyra Dominguez Vasquez Ella Bills

Katherine Gonzalez Sofia Schurman Asher Duncan Wesley Brainard

Jem’ya Ingram Abbigayle Skaggs Mariana French Charity Holden

Kalissa Jewett Kayla Smith Abagale Higareda Delia Jones

Anna Major Rachel Townsend Olivia Luban Emma Townsend

Patience Maxson Hannah Walton Olivia Menendez

Cameron McPherson Allison Welch Haley Oliphant

Makayla Mikels Isabella Terry

Aiden Nellis Samantha Wood

Congratulations to our Indiana Honor Choir singers for 2018. They performed last month with other students from

around the state at the Indiana Music Education Association State Conference in Fort Wayne. It was an outstand-

ing performance and we are so proud of these students!

Joslyn Bishop, Samantha Clark, Charity Holden, Anna Major, Cameron McPherson, Abby Paxton, Abbigayle Skaggs,

Emma Townsend, Rachel Townsend, and Allison Welch

School Calender Changes

Music News

The recent school cancelations have resulted in some changes to the school calendar. TSC

schools will now be in attendance on February 19th. This day was originally scheduled as a

make-up day. The final day for classes this year will be May 29th. Any additional cancela-

tions will be added on to the end of the year. Thank you for your continued flexibility with

the Indiana weather.

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The 20 Minute Advantage

BoxTops Collection

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Morning Student Drop-Off

Husky Homework Help

Chromebook Insurance

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BrightBytes

E-Flyers

Intramurals

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2nd Quarter Distinguished Honor Roll

6th Grade Distinguished Honor Roll

Eva Albrecht, Jocelyn Algredo-Ruiz, Zane Anderson, Pedro Baptista, Sawyer Baumgardt, Brock

Bertsche, Erica Blanchard, Alexandra Blankenship, Mason Blann, Jacob Buche, Annie Buettner, Brooks

Burnette, Jordana Caraza, Jasmine Carrillo, Cole Chicoine, Samantha Clark, Paige Clements, Kelsey

Cline, Nevaeh Cole, Katherine Cotner, Sophia Crowder, Nelson Curet-Ramos, Imani Davis, Ailani Del

Real, Hayden Denham, Diana Diaz, Alleigh Dutton, Cecilia Faris, Makenna Ford, Colin Frier, Marie

Fultz, Jahzeel Garcia, Katherine Gonzalez, Margarita Gonzalez, Caleb Graham, Anna Hall, Nicole Her-

nandez-Melchor, William Holden, Isabella Humphrey, Caleb Johnson, Jacob Johnson, Jillian Kender,

Megan Koellisch, Aleina LaRosae, Averi Loft, Janessa Martinez, Patience Maxson-Englert, Schuyler

McGowan, Londen McKay-Bell, Cameron McPherson, Ian Mueller, Ygnacio Munoz, Maya Nichols,

Jacqueline Pacheco, Abigail Payne, Jackson Pettiner, Caden Polmateer, Ava Rehwinkel, Blayke Risner,

Ava Hope Robinson, Ava Nichole Robinson, Calen Rose, Riley Sands, Sofia Schurman, Samuel Serrano-

Puentes, Garrett Shidler, Mackenzie Shoaf, Allie Shondell, Gracelyn Sietsma, Jaquan Simes, Cody

Sliger, Kayla Smith, Mirenna Taylor, Cruz Tirado, Rachel Townsend, Shannia Vasquez, Galilea Villegas,

Allison Welch, Owen Wright, Noah Yenerich.

7th Grade Distinguished Honor Roll

Madison Akridge, Ethan Aviles, Ana Baids, Joslyn Bishop, Bryan Blanchard, Olivia Blankenship, Erik

Boener, Raegan Burns, McKenzie Butler, Alondra Cervantes, Chloe Chicoine, Justin Cree, Asher Dun-

can, Alexander Focosi, Riley Fritchley, Madelyn Gaeta, Lauren Graham, Alyssa Gray, Abbie Grindstaff,

Sheree Grindstaff, Emme Hamilton, Eden Jones, Edwin Lopez, Olivia Luban, Clara McCain, Bradley

Moore, Kristal Nolasco, Nayeli Pedroza, Carolina Porras-Hernandez, Samuel Queen, Ethan Ray,

Makenna Sands, Daniel Sanson,John Sherlow, Aubrey Sims, Alexus Shoff, Kara Smith, Mackenzie

Standerfer, Ty Trapp, Alexis Troxel, Madison Whited, Samantha Wood, Ty Woodward, Megan Wyrick,

Amy Zaldivar, Konrad Zieminski.

8th Grade Distinguished Honor Roll

Jasmine Allen, Jada Barnes, Isabella Beeler, Luke Benner, Tyson Bickett, Ella Bills, Angel Bravo, Mary

Brophy, Richard Bui, Courtney Buman, Shelbey Carrico, Kaylee Cotterman, Taylor Donahue, Lily

Draper, Brooklyn Esarey, Brody Fine, Jeovanni Garcia, Leah Gerke, Mackenzie Gick, Arianna Gorrell,

Jennifer Guzman, Zachary Hobbs, Brianna Jackson, Delia Jones, Nathan Kender, Kelcee Krick, Andrew

Lacey, Olivia Lash, Joyce Lau, Spencer Madsen, Megan McDuffie, Sara McGrew, Oscar Nava-Salas, Ian

Noakes, Jaiden Patel, Shriya Patel, Laine Schlicher, Alexander Sierra, Andrew Smith, Brayden Sparger,

Stephanie Tirado, Angel Torres, Emma Townsend, Alana Trawick, Michelle Vela-Aca, AnaMaria Ve-

lazquez, Tanner Weisel, Hannah Wilson, Clayton Wright, Keaton Wright, Jason Zou.

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2nd Quarter A-B Honor Roll

6th Grade A-B Honor Roll

Gabrielle Alexander, Tiffany Archer, Osvaldo Avila, Cayla Blevins, Garry Boze, Isaac Branz, Tyler

Brown, Kayleigh Buck, Austin Budreau, Ella Conn, John Darnell, Alivia Davis, Aedyhn Demko,

Jayden Erb, Madison Fashbaugh, Chelsey Flores, Alaina Fox, Jemya Ingram, Kalissa Jewett, Rhys

Krueger, Jasper Lau, Luke Laxton, Alexander Lazar, Robert Love, Logan Marsell, Nicole

McGlothlin, Mali McGowan, Chloe Miller, Jovanna Munoz, Alma Olascoaga-Macedo, Abby

Paxton, Kaison Persley, Dominick Peterson, Jeovanni Ramirez-Guerrero, Nicholas Ridgley,

Serenity Riley, Lisana Robles, Olivia Ronan, Ileiana Sanchez, Marlen Santiago, Alex Sayers,

Danica Schreckengast, Mitchell Selzer, Lillian Spencer, Aaron Stack, Summer Svitek, Cameron

VanWinkle, Michael VanWinkle, Damareon Williams, Brielle Young, Clayton Young.

7th Grade A-B Honor Roll

Dairyen Alexander, Alicia Arzate-Albarran, Alyssa Chrust, Mariana French, Jury Grubb, Atrayue

Hadley, Tyler Hale, Caleb Hamelman, Sarah Henady, Adam Hobbs, Drew Holdman, Abigail

Hornor, Coleten Kennedy, Anna Marsell, Jacob Maslanka, Tyler Merrell, Abigayle Miller,

Elizabeth Miskin, Ethan Moffatt, Kalin Moore, Nancy Murrietta-Luna, Evan Pastore, Kaiden

Pheifer, Madison Reese, Tre Siefers, Achyle Smith, LeeAnn Wainscott, Miasari Walstra.

8th Grade A-B Honor Roll

Emily Aldridge, Emily Amato, Yoselin Banuelos-Gonzalez, Owen Baumgardt, Zachary Branz,

Camryn Brose, Emily Buzbee, Victoria Casas, Scott Catron, Amy Cervantes-Hernandez, Freddie

Coffey, Shaunree Coley, Victor Cortez, Abagail Creasy, Alyssa Creasy, Dahni Glover, Connor

Goodman, Joshua Goodman, Keonte’ Ingram, Jadon Lawrence, Xavier Martin, Katherine

Moore, Lilliana Moore, Trey Penale, Lani Stovall, Kennedy Sutton, Amber Vaughn, Jennifer Rose

Whitlock.

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Perfect Attendance for 2nd Nine Weeks

QUICKLINKS

PowerSchool

My School Bucks

Lunch/Breakfast Menus

Here Comes the Bus

E-Flyers

TSC Alerts and Notifications

6th Grade

Cole Chicoine, Samantha Clark, Chelsey Flores, Katherine Gonzalez, Anna Hall, Nicole

Hernandez, Megan Koellisch, James Love, Janessa Martinez, Londen McKay-Bell, Cameron

McPherson, Blayke Risner, Cody Sliger, Kayla Smith, Tre Wagner, Therese Wright.

7th Grade

Cassandra Alvarado, McKenzie Butler, Chloe Chicoine, Abbie Grindstaff, Caleb Hamelman,

Christy Huang, Tyler Merrell, Nancy Murrieta-Luna, Abigail Reece, Makenna Sands, Tre Siefers,

Cameron Trawick, Layne Veldhuizen, Brenton Woodrow.

8th Grade

Jada Barnes, Tyson Bickett, Angel Bravo, Paige Cox, Jacob Davidson, Alex Gordon, Niko Hale,

Sara McGrew, Jacob Myers, Luis Rodriguez, Peyton Stanis.

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Student Council News

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Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1 2 MHS Counselors meet with 8th grade 2pm

3 Band Solo/Ensemble Con-test

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6 7 8 9 Athletic Grade Checks

10 Circle the State

11 12 BoxTop collec-tion begins

13 14 15 16 MHS meets

with 8th grade Yearbook Group Pictures 1:45pm

School Dance 2:30 pm

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18 19 20 21 22 BoxTops Collec-tion Ends

23 Athletic Grade Checks

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25 26 27 ISTEP Testing 7:55am

28 ISTEP Testing 7:55am

WRM February 2018 Calendar of Events

Great idea: Print this page or any part of the newsletter and post it on your refrigerator, so you

don’t miss out on any of the excitement here at Wea Ridge Middle School!

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Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1 ISTEP Testing 7:55am

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4 5 6 6th grade con-sumer night 6pm

7 8 9 Quarter 3 Ends Athletic Grade Checks

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11 12 Athletic Awards Night 6pm

13 Band Concert 6pm

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15 Choir Concert 6pm

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26 Spring Break

27 Spring Break

28 Spring Break

29 Spring Break

30 Spring Break

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WRM March 2018 Calendar of Events

Great idea: Print this page or any part of the newsletter and post it on your refrigerator, so you

don’t miss out on any of the excitement here at Wea Ridge Middle School!