2007-2008
2007-2008
CONGRATULATIONS............... to our KODA GEMS:
First Quarter - ADAM BINDELGLASS DEVON SOSNOSKI
Second Quarter - JULIA PUCCIARELLI
Third Quarter - OINDRI SEN
Fourth Quarter -
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WELCOME BACK!!!!!!........... Congratulations to you for finding this website and taking the time to learn a little about your seventh grade team. You will find seventh grade quite different than sixth grade in many ways. The block schedule is gone, you will be responsible to more teachers for more courses, and you will be traveling further throughout the middle school complex. In addition, you will probably have more homework and your teachers will expect more from you as you move on through the middle year of middle school. You will be preparing for state exams in English and Math this year, and for Social Studies and Science the following year. The keys to your success will be organization and effort, and your team teachers will be assisting you with strategies to help you achieve your goals. Let's work together to make this a great year!!!
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SEND A NOTE OF THANKS.........to one of our military men or women serving overseas. Just click on the link below and follow the directions on the website (please submit first name and hometown only, no last name and no street address.) Show your patriotism and citizenship by supporting our troops.
http://www.letssaythanks.com/Home1024.html
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WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING............ all of our parents at Open House on Tuesday, October 2. Please remember this night is for parents NOT students, so students should not expect to be in attendance at our presentation.
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COLONIAL VIRGINIA TRIP.......... April 25-28, 2008 open to seventh graders in all three middle schools on a first come first serve basis. Mandatory meeting for parents of interested students on Wednesday,October 3 at 6:00 PM in the Gowana Library. Registration deadline is November 14. Total cost is $721.00. Contact Ms. Reilly in Gowana at reilcher@shenet.org or Ms. Sheehan in Acadia at sheekara@shenet.org with questions.
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TEAM DAY.........Friday, November 2. Details to follow in FACS and Science classes. Permission slips are due on Friday, October 26. The day will involve being outdoors for two of the three sessions so appropriate dress is required (layers, long pants, sneakers, rain gear.) You will also need a bag lunch and drink from home as there will be no time to buy lunch in the cafeteria that day. We need parent volunteers to help!!!
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BOSTON TRIP .............. Friday, May 2 to the Museum of Science/Duck Tour. Students and chaperones must be at Koda by 5:45 AM; buses will not wait!! Check the forecast for Boston; Ducks are open and travel on land and water so dress warmly enough. Please review behavior guidelines and reminders here. Check out the links below for a preview of our trip:
http://www.mos.org/ (Museum website) http://www.bostonducktours.com/tour_main.html (Duck Tour website)
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HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER....... THE MITTEN PROJECT........ From Monday, November 26 through Tuesday, December 11 students will be able to purchase paper mittens in their homerooms for $.50 each. Mittens with the donors' names will be displayed in the 7th grade hallway, and all money raised will be used to buy toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program. After the collection period ends and the toys are purchased, representatives from the Marines will come to Koda to pick up our donations and thank the students in an informal ceremony in our hallway. We are hoping that competition between our team homerooms (and with Team 7-1's Snowman Project) we will raise a lot of money this year for a very worthy cause. Instead of or in addition to monetary donations we will also gladly accept donations of new toys.
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PARENT PORTAL OPEN .......... for Ms. Valente's Gradebook and Mrs. Waterstram's gradebook. Obtain password applications from Koda Counseling Center.
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HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER UPDATE ....... THE MITTEN PROJECT collected $500.00 in monetary donations and new toys from Team 7-2 students, parents, and friends. Team teachers and randomly selected students shopped for the toys on December 11 and the Marines picked up our donations on December 17. We are very proud of our students, many of whom worked to earn money to donate, and we are grateful to the parents who supported the team in this worthy endeavor.
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THEATER TRIP........... Wednesday, March 19 to see NYSTI production of 1776 at Schacht Fine Arts Center at Russell Sage College in Troy, NY. Cost will be $8.00 and collection will begin in February (due on February 15.) Following the performance there will be a lunch stop at Clifton Park Center Food Court where students may buy lunch or eat a lunch they have brought from home. Click here for more details. Click on the link below to learn more about NYSTI and this Tony Award winning play.
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NEW YEAR, NEW YOU.............. Second semester begins on Monday, January 28. With two quarters and one state test (ELA) behind us, and two quarters and one state test (Math) to go, now is a good time to regroup, reassess, and for some turn over a new leaf for the new year. One important part of this effort is to check on your supplies to see if you need to buy anything for new second semester classes, or replenish/replace pens, pencils, paper, etc. for the last half of the year. Click here for the supply list. Make a resolution to put your best foot forward and give your maximum best effort for the last two quarters of the school year.
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SPRING BREAK TIME......... Please review the following guidelines for pre-planned extended absences:
SHENENDEHOWA CENTRAL SCOOL
KODA MIDDLE SCHOOL
PRE-PLANNED EXTENDED ABSENCE NOTIFICATION
A student’s absence from school at any time represents an interruption in the student’s academic progress. Of particular concern are extended absences for family trips during the time when school is in session. Such absences are illegal as defined by New York State Law. It is the parents’ prime responsibility to have their children present for instruction except in cases of illness, religious observance, death in the family, inclement weather, court appearance, and a very few other unusual circumstances.
Extended absences deprive a student of the classroom interactions, practice, and opportunities for additional assistance necessary for academic growth. Much of the learning in today’s classroom involves group discussion and debate, independent writing with peer and teacher conferencing as part of the process, group problem solving and cooperative learning, experiments, demonstration, etc. Since none of these scholastic experiences can be duplicated outside the classroom setting, we cannot support extended absences for vacationing, visiting, and other unusual purposes. Teachers may choose to but are not required to provide work prior to the absence. Teachers are not expected to provide additional instruction before or after the absence to reproduce lessons missed. The school cannot be held responsible for any academic disadvantages the student may suffer as a result of the parents’ decision to allow the absence.
Upon returning to school, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain any work that the teachers deem necessary and to return completed work in a reasonable amount of time as determined by each individual teacher.
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