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Music Department News
March was a busy month for our music department! There were many different kinds of events that
happened.
Here’s a recap:
On Friday, March 9th, the Jazz Band and Show Choir toured the four Keene elementary schools.
Students from both groups performed for the entire student body at each school and did a wonderful job.
Monday, March 19th, was an incredible evening of music for all of our Band students as well as
the KMS Chorus and Strings students. Thank you to all of our students for sharing your talents
with us, and making our seventh annual Music In Our Schools Month concert a great success!
On Friday, March 16th, the strings ensembles performed an assembly for their classmates and
teachers! Excellent performance!
Also on Friday, March 16th, three KMS Band students traveled to Salem High School to participate
in the 2018 New Hampshire Band Directors Association Middle Level Honors Band Festival. The students
were Isabella Georges, Julia Hicks, and Rebecca Holland. It was an exciting day of music for students and
directors alike!
On Saturday, March 24th, 118 seventh grade students and eleven KMS faculty members traveled to
New York City to see School of Rock on Broadway! Students also took a guided tour of the city. It was a
full day, but very memorable!
Upcoming:
On Thursday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m., the Showchoir and Jazz Band will perform for their families
and friends and on Friday, April 13, they will perform an assembly for the KMS community.
Athletic News
Spring Athletics will begin Monday, April 2nd. Tryouts for both baseball and softball will
begin April 2nd from 3:15-4:30 on the fields behind the middle school. If the weather is still bad we will
host try-outs inside the KMS gymnasium. There are 14 games scheduled for the baseball and softball sea-
son.
The track season will kick off with practices starting April 2nd. Practices will run from
3:15-4:30 p.m. on the Keene Middle School Track. There are 7 track meets scheduled
for this season. The home track meets will be held at the Keene Middle School track.
Please check our website for more information: http://keenecardinals.com/
Intramurals
Floor Hockey, our most popular intramural program, started at the end of March. Each floor hock-
ey team will play five or six regular season games and then have games for the playoffs, which every team
will make. All games are officiated and team records are kept for playoff seeding. The eighth graders will
play first, next the seventh graders, and finally the sixth graders will have their season. Signups will be
held in physical education classes prior to each season starting. Any student who wishes to participate
needs to sign up and will be placed on a team.
This newsletter is an approved publication. Any editorial comments, stated or implied, can be assumed to represent the KMS administration.
Mr. Fazio
KEENE Middle SCHOOL
April 2018
Who’s received a Cardinal Award?
Cardinal Awards are given to students who are “caught” doing an act of kindness or deed that makes KMS the good place it is. Some of the wonderful acts include the following: Being helpful to a teacher, keeping Cluster D clean, helping out in the art room & always looking for ways to help. The following are the recipients. KUDOS to you all!
High Honors
Congratulations to the following 6th, 7th & 8th grade students who made
High Honors for the second marking period:
Ava Accorsi, Stephanie Ager, Niranjana Archunaraj-Indhumathy, Yaren
Asker, Kamille Atkins, Wyatt Avery, Eliza Ballaro, Brady Belden,
Drew Beliveau, Jadira Betancourt, Elizabeth Bodnar, Isabelle Brad-
ford, Mia Brown, Sharanya Budakoti, Jack Cahill, William Carlisle,
Mea Carroll-Clough, Lilian Charlefour, Claire Cocklin, Megan Costa,
James Crisman, Natalie Dean, Zander Dolenc, Elizabeth Downing,
Hannah Driscoll-Carignan, Briauna Clay, Josephine Evans, Aden Farris,
Aidan Fauth, Elena Fedrizzi, Kayla Feld, Jacob Friedman, Penelope
Garcia, Mia Gates, Madeline Geiser-Getz, Claire Gemma, Adrianne
Gigliello-Roy, Drew Greene, Benjamin Greenwald, Jennifer Guo, Kath-
erine Guo, Natalie Hansen, Mia Hennum, Rebecca Holland, Samuel
Holmes, Kalaya Hudziec, Mia Koning, Audrey Kostick, Hunter Latta,
Mason Lavertue, Jacob Lugo, Cadence Manuel, Kelcie Marshall, Abigail
Martin, Matthew McGreer, Gage McGuirk, Kiera McLaughlin, Davis
Miller, Olyvia Miller, Alaina Mitchell, Jaden Murray, Jack Osborne,
Ashley Ou, Bronson Ouellette, Fletcher Parisi, Anne Paulsen, Matthew
Peate, Mia Plaskiewicz, Abigail Pride, Cameron Quail, Gavin Rigby,
Aditi Saleh, Madison Schmidt, Yuki Schuette, Braeden Scott, Sofia
Shatura, Evan Spindler, Phaedra Stemp, Ava Streed, Claire Stroshine,
Taylor Swift, Aidan Tarr, Quinn Thatcher, Owen Thornton, Samuel
Timmer, Jacqueline Tremblay, Isabella Venezia, Gwennie Walier,
Johnathan Walton, Jasmine Warner-DeMond, Makenzie Waterman,
Quinnley Willard, Dillon Wilson, Quinten Wilson, and Justin Zeng
Report Cards
Grades 6, 7 & 8 Report Cards go home April 5, 2018
(Marks close March 29, 2018)
Student Transition Dates
Parents of current 6th Graders from Marlow and Harrisville
May 3rd
Incoming Parent Meeting: 6:00 p.m. in IMC
Our special education administrator will be available throughout the evening to answer any questions.
Parents of current 5th Graders from Keene, Nelson,
Sullivan and Stoddard Elementary Schools
May 3rd Incoming Parent Meeting: 7:00 p.m. in auditorium
Our special education administrator will be available throughout the evening to answer any questions.
May/June Keene, Nelson, Stoddard Elementary 5th graders visit KMS
5th graders from Keene Elementary schools visit KMS
5th graders from Harrisville and Stoddard schools spend a day at KMS
6th graders from Harrisville and Marlow schools spend a day at KMS
Achievement Day will be held on the last day of school.
Stephanie Ager Eowyn Amlaw Niranjana Archunaraj-Indhumanthy (2) Gracie Audet (2) Ciera Bailey (2)
Owen Hope (2) Nishi Matta Tori McBreairty Matthew McGreer Alaina Michaud (2) Jack Osborne
Emma Cloutier Taylor Durrant Brooke Ells Sophia Giles Bradley Hamel Lyric Hatheway
Jack Bates Drew Beliveau Jadira Betancourt (2) Elizabeth Bodnar Adelle Brandt Glynnis Brooks
Mrs. Zilske
Deepu Pidaparthi Gavin Rigby (3) Braeden Scott (3) Manny Taft
Extensions
Peace and Justice Club
The Peace and Justice Club raised $211 for the
Pennies for Peace organization. They are also working
on justice topics related to Wellness with Adriana El-
liot, the SAP for KMS.
Focused Study Groups
During the 4th quarter students in the Exten-
sions Focused Study Groups are studying the following:
6th graders are doing “Fascination Projects” for 6th
graders where they research and present about what
most fascinates them as well as a Robotics/Coding FSG
with Ms. Rafferty. 7th graders are finishing their dis-
cussion and debate unit and moving on to reading and
discussing Fahrenheit 451. Eighth graders will have an
opportunity to explore Art History and the effect art
and artists have on society.
STEM Fun Fridays - On a Wednesday!
Mr. Sherwood will be hosting an opportunity for
students to try using Sketch-Up software to design
their own 3-D buildings. This will take place Wednes-
day, April 4th, right afterschool in the PC Lab until
3:30 PM.
KMS Team
Advances to State Meet
On February 2nd, the KMS Math Counts team
and five individual competitors (coached by Mr. Paone)
traveled to Keene State College to compete in the re-
gional Math Counts competition.
The individual competitors were Niranjana Ar-
chunaraj, Yaren Asker, Aryanna Joslyn, Deepu Pi-
daparthe and Man Dai Tran. The team – consisting of
Aidan Fauth, Willow Greenwood, Jaden Murray and
Maxwell Santos – finished in seventh place. Out of the
80 students who competed at Keene State, Jaden Mur-
ray finished in fourth place and advanced to the state
meet at Plymouth State College in March. All students
were commended for their hard work and effort this
year.
Mr. Paone
The Student Council had a very successful
dance in February that raised over $1,000. The money
will be donated to various non-profit organizations at
the end of the school year. Currently the Student
Council is working on School-wide Recycling, a visit to
the Monadnock Food Co-op, Spirit Weeks and a Bake
Sale during a track meet on May 8th.
8th Grade Washington, D.C. Trip
Departure for Washington D.C. is quickly
approaching. Bus lists will be posted soon. An infor-
mational meeting for parents and students partici-
pating in the trip will be held on Tuesday, April 17th,
in the KMS auditorium beginning at 6:30 p.m. Look
for an informational trip booklet that will be given to
students on April 10th. On Thursday, April 19th, bus-
es will depart from KMS parking lot at 6:30 a.m. It
is very important that students arrive before the de-
parture time on the 19th.
Attention 7th grade parents: There will be
a very important Washington D.C. registration
meeting being held on May 17th, at 6:30 p.m. in the
KMS auditorium. Learn about payment options and
secure an early bird price. Register now and save
money on the cost of your 2019 trip!
Mrs. Wasko, Mr. Paone and Mrs. Wilson-Tucker
Geographic Bee
Aidan Fauth, an 8th grader, won our school bee
and has since qualified for the state bee! He
had to score well on a very challenging written test
to qualify. The bee will be held conveniently at
Keene State College on April 6th, when Aidan will go
up against other New Hampshire students in grades
5 through 8. The NH winner receives a trip to Wash-
ington, D.C. to compete in the National Bee in May.
Mr. Vernon and Mrs. Larareo
Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the following Janis B. Wetmore
Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship recipients:
Each of the recipients will receive an award of $150
to use towards an activity in the fine arts.
Hannah Driscoll-Carignan Keyana Singh
Chase Johnson Phaedra Stemp
Spring Assessment Schedule
Statewide Assessment System
Over the course of the next few months all
three grades will be participating in the
NH Statewide Assessment System.
Mrs. Stacey
The final pages of this year's KMS yearbook
are nearly complete!
The yearbook club has been busy throughout
the fall and winter attending events for picture-
taking opportunities, identifying students in group
pictures for clubs, organizations, and sports, and
making important design decisions for this year's
book. We are looking forward to completing the re-
maining pages so that the book will be another mem-
orable keepsake.
Ms. Day & Mrs. Hamlin
KMS National Junior Honor Society
Our 9th Annual Induction Ceremony will be
held on Monday, April 2, 2018. Our theme is, "Work
Together to Achieve More," and the students chose
local community member and firefighter, Lt. John
Bates, to be the keynote speaker. The following stu-
dents were selected after a lengthy review process:
All NJHS students will begin planning our
spring service projects.
Mr. DiBenedetto
Spring Birding on the Tenant Swamp Boardwalk
Keene Middle School Sunday, May 6th 7:30 to 9:00 a.m.
Keene Middle School recently completed construction of a new trail and accessible boardwalk through Tenant Swamp. Join Cliff Seifer and Brett Amy Thelen for a laidback bird-ing expedition along the boardwalk, where we’re likely to encounter a variety of spring migrants. Beginning birders are welcome! Bring binocu-lars, and meet at 7:30 a.m. at the ballfields be-hind Keene Middle School. Done by 9:00 a.m. For more information, please contact Cliff at [email protected].
Evolution Dance Team News
Parent Group
The annual KMS Staff Appreciation Lunch
will be held on Thursday, May 17th, (early release
day). The organizing committee is seeking donations
of gift cards, gift certificates, gift basket items, or mon-
etary donations to help with the raffle and catering
costs. KMS has about 115 staff, and this year our goal
is to be able to give each staff person some small gift of
thanks for all they do for our children. Therefore, one
or more small gift cards or certificates ($5-$15) would
be most helpful. Does your company do matching dona-
tions or in-kind gifts of merchandise? If so, please ask
them if they can contribute to this worthy cause
too! Checks can be made out to: Keene Middle School
Parent Group.
After spring break, we will send out another
call for food donations and volunteers to help work at
the event. Note for planning and scheduling: May 17th
is an early release day!
Look for more information on the Staff Appreci-
ation Lunch and other KMS Parent Group activities on
our Facebook page: Keene Middle School Parent
Group.
Thank you in advance for your help with mak-
ing this event a success and a wonderful day for our
deserving KMS teachers and staff! Many thanks to the
families that supported the dance in February. The do-
nations and chaperone help were much appreciated.
The spring book fair is around the corner. Details &
volunteer needs will be announced in the near future.
Next meeting: Thursday, April 5th, 6-7 PM in
the library. Childcare is available. Hope to see you
there. Please join our Facebook group – “Keene Middle
School Parent Group.” This is our primary communi-
cation tool.
The Evolution Dance Team will travel to Conval
High School on April 15th for the SMS Annual Dance
Competition starting at 9:00 a.m. Come support the
Team and enjoy a morning of amazing dance!!! The
Dance Showcase will be on May 10th at 6:30 p.m. in the
KMS Auditorium.
Mrs. Campbell
Jaclyn Headings
Parent group coordinator
Niranjana Archunaraj, Kamille Atkins, Danica
Cielinski, Alex Clayton, Hannah Driscoll-
Carignan, Elena Fedrizzi, Penelope Garcia, Mia
Hennum, Audrey Kostick, Kelcie Marshall, Abby
Martin, Vincent Pierannunzi, Mia Plaskiewicz,
Abigail Pride, Braeden Scott, Sam Timmer,
and Isabella Venezia.
