March 4 - 8
Byrd Middle SchoolSenators
ALL Ready for Liftoff!
From the Help DeskIt is essential that everyone does the following:
Every night, do a FULL Shut Down from the START menu.
Every morning, go to the START menu and select Check for Updates.
Hat Daymoved to Friday, March
8
Are you eligible?
A’s, B’s and C’s andNo Referrals
or earnA B.U.G. Award
(Bring Up Grade one letter MP2 to MP3 interim for D’s and F’s)
KMO Time
Be part of a winning team! 7th and 8th graders: See one of the following teachers by March 8th to take the qualifying test:
Mrs. Davidge Mrs. Smith Mrs. Clements Mr. Jones Mrs. Mistr Mr. Whitehouse
Forms were due February 15.
Please return yours if you have not
already done so.
Course Request Forms
FCA MeetingFriday, 4/15
7:30 a.m.
Mr. Richard’s room
A-12
There is a location change for forensics’ morning practices.
Meet in Mrs. Clement’s room C14 Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Be sure to arrive promptly at 7:30.
Wednesdays practices are from 3:30 to 4:30 in Mrs. Burton’s room, B11.YOU MUST BE PICKED UP BY 4:30, no exceptions.
Forensics
Students in Teen Living 7 first semester, need to see Mrs. Barkovich immediately concerning the Red Cross Babysitting Certification.
Ecology Club Bottle Cap Art Project
Did you know that billions of bottle caps clutter our landfills every year?
Examples:Water bottles, Soda, Jars, Milk, etc.
No Alcoholic Beverage lids
Please bring in your clean caps & lids to the LIBRARY, CAFETERIA, or OFFICE
Eighth graders take the Writing SOL March 19th and 20th
Do you know the structure of expository and persuasive essays?
Do you know where to place transition words
and phrases?
See your English teacher about tutoring opportunities!
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-8:00 with Mr. Whitehouse
Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:30-8:00 with Ms. Rasor and her Promethean Board
Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 with Ms. Bullen
Italian DinnerThank you to all who
came out and supported the PTA!!
Books2Movies ClubSelection for March
Oz The Great and Powerful ~ a circus magician is
hurled to the Land of Oz.
Oscar transforms himself into the great and powerful
Wizard of Oz.
Action AdventureFantasy
Come to the library and check out a Wizard of Oz
book!
Cough drops must be in the clinic
and you must have a note from a parent.
You are not allowed to carry cough drops.
Read eBooks at home on your personal Kindle Fire, Nook, iPad, Tablet, Smart Phone, iPod, or Laptop
InternetAccess
Read eBooks at school on school approved devices.
Give the signed Parent Permission Form to your English teacher.
Obey the HCPS Acceptable Use Policy Safe Use of Technology at all times.
Use the electronic device for reading only (in classrooms or library).
Understand that responsibility for the electronic device is the student’s.
At school: You may not use a cell phone, iPod or anything that resembles them.
Read eBooks on your personal
iPod, Cell Phone, Smart Phone, or similar devices
Outside of School
Do not hold laptop by the lid
Do not touch screenDo not put anything in laptop bag except laptop
Laptop Mission Control: Damage
Make sure laptop bag is closed when laptop is in it
Do not drop laptop
Laptop Mission Control: Damage Continued
CALLING ALL SENATORS: VOLUNTEER, PARTICIPATE,
DONATE!!!!
See your Social Studies teacher or Mrs. Redford In E26 for more info
Help improve the quality of our school and community. Contribute to the common good. Get your permission letter signed and join the effort to become an effective citizen and great role model.
Volunteer Opportunity!!!
What: Gayton’s Annual Spring CarnivalWhen: Friday, April 26th, 4:00-7:30Where: Gayton Elementary School
****info in school space>bulletin board>community service Gayton Elementary needs your help! We are looking for volunteers to help with games, rides and other booths at our spring carnival! All volunteers will receive 2 tickets to spend at the carnival and any volunteer who works more than 2 shifts will receive a food ticket. Register to volunteer online! Visit the Gayton PTA website (www.gaytonpta.com) and click the link to register. You may also call or email me to sign up.
A good book should leave you…
slightly exhausted at the end.
You live several lives while
reading it.
Byrd Sports Information
GYMNASTICS
Thursday, March 7
Home vs. Hungary Creek
BASKETBALL GAMEBOYS VS GIRLS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH
CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS FOR YOUR 2ND WIN OVER THE BOYS
SCORE 52-41
Byrd V. Tuckahoe Faculty Basketball Game
Wednesday, March 20th
At Tuckahoe beginning at 6:30pm
Tickets are $3 and only 250 tickets will be sold. Sale starts March 4th in the
Library from 8:00-8:30 am.
All proceeds will go to charity.
Girls Soccer Try-Outs
Begin March 20, 2013
Stop by Ms. White’s room B-24 to pick up a try-out information sheet
**Must have a physical
dated after May 2012 and
emergency card on file before you can try-out**
Virginia Readers Choice
Virginia Readers ChoiceRead 4 books by March 29
After reading each book, complete the form on Byrd’s Library blog.
4 books and you’re signed up to join us for FREE Pizza in April!
Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!
MIRANDA… 4 mysterious letters change Miranda’s world forever.
Mystery - who is sending the creepy letters?
Science Fiction - time travel New York City, 1970s
Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!
DANIEL… tries to solve the puzzle of why his friends, superheroes, lose their powers and memory of their powers when they turn 13
Mystery & Supernaturalpresent day
Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!
IDA MAE… makes the dangerous choice to “pass” denying her racial heritage, her family, and her self to fulfill her dream of flying
Historical Fiction– 1941, WWII, Female Pilots, Jim Crow Laws
Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!
YES AND… Working with others and stepping out of your comfort zone
Realistic Fiction – about the home front during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
“Be kind, for everyone you know is fighting a great battle.”
Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!
Liam, 12, often mistaken for an adult
Liam enters a contest to go to an amusement park, but he’s going into space!
SyFy 1st person humor – cosmic adventure
Quote of the WeekSpace, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. — Gene Roddenberry
spoken by Captain James T. Kirk
6th Graders Mondays Reading Class
7th Graders Wednesdays Block 7
8th Graders Fridays Block 7
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The choice is yours.
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