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Simpson College has hosted an honor band for 7th and 8th grade students for more than twenty years. This festival allows students from many schools to come together and work with exciting guest conductors. Typically there are over fifty schools that participate. Students rehearse all day and then perform a concert for the public at 7 p.m. in the newly renovated Pote Theatre in the Blank Performing Arts Center. Students were selected by director nomination, based on outstanding lesson progress and musicianship in rehearsals. The

guest conductors for this year’s festival are Mr. Steve McCombs and Mrs. Dalene O’Brien. Dalene O'Brien recently retired from 34 years of band directing, the last 32 at Boone Middle School. She has conducted many honor bands around the state and is looking forward to her third time as conductor of the Orpheus Festival. The participants from Boone Middle School are: Caleb Roach, trumpet; Veronica Spears, clarinet; Jackson Smith, saxophone; Tate Clemons, percussion; and Connor Vinchattle, horn.

BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL FEBRUARY 2014

Parent Workshop Friday, Feb. 28th 7:00 PM Boone MS Library

During the next 7th and 8th grade Fun Night on Friday, February 28th at 7:00PM, Principal Mrs. Manard and Assistant Principal Mr. Kelley will be present in the Boone Middle School library to provide any specific information about things going on at Boone Middle School. This is an opportunity for parents/guardians to ask specific questions they may have about their child’s education. We will also answer questions about Infinite Campus. We hope that parents take this time to ask their questions and get connected with our school. Please plan on attending this round table discussion with other Boone Middle School parents/guardians.

See you Friday, Feb. 28th @ 7:00PM!

BMS STUCO February News 2014

February events:

• “Kindness” month at BMS.

We are Challenging the students to join our chain of Kindness by performing

Random acts of Kindness this month for other students, teachers, parents, or siblings.

• Feb. 11-13: Valentine Lollipop sale. Delivery on Friday, Valentine’s Day!

• Pink Out Bullying on Friday, 2/28/14

• 7-8th Fun Night on Feb.

28th from 7-9pm, parent Volunteers needed!

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GUIDANCEN e w s l e t t e r

Sue Gradoville, 433-0020, ext. 143 Karlene Hughes, 433-0020, ext. 106

sgradoville@boone.k12.ia.us khughes@boone.k12.ia.us

Mark Your Calendars-8th Grade Meeting for Parents AND StudentsThursday, February 27, 2014, Boone High School

6:30 - 7:00 Activity Fair--learn about extracurricular opportunities in Commons 7:00 - 8:00 Meeting with BHS counselors, teachers, and administrators in Auditorium

Career Plans for Eighth GradersThe 8th graders who are currently in their Computer Exploratory Class will be working on some career exploration, and they will prepare their 4-year high school plans. Keep in mind that what we are working on are “tentative plans”. We know that students will change their minds and that there will be course offerings available to them down the road that are not available at this time. We do want them to know, however, that the choices they make now will start to affect them sooner than they think. Most importantly, we want them to understand that there are required credits for graduation, and once they meet those requirements, they have choices for their elective credits. These plans will be their artifacts for student-led conferences in March. Please review them and then leave them with Mrs. Gradoville so they can be placed in the cumulative files. You are welcome to have your student log into the website, ihaveaplaniowa.gov and share their plans with you at any time.

High school counselors will be registering students for 9th grade the week of February 24. Your student should be bringing home his/her course choices for you to sign on February 20. The 8th grade parent/student meeting is Thursday, February 27, at BHS. Administrators, counselors, and teachers will be on hand to answer your questions about high school.

The GOEPPINGER AWARDS ASSEMBLY will be at 8:20 a.m. on Friday, May 2, 2014. Students who have earned this award by maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.5 for 7th grade and through the 3rd quarter of 8th grade will be notified shortly after the 3rd quarter ends.

5th and 6th Grade GuidanceIn fifth grade guidance we have been discussing the importance of keeping our bodies healthy and clean. The topics of discussion have been the hair, face, mouth, hands, feet, and body odor. We have shared fun facts and trivia as well as serious discussions on cleanliness.

During our 6th grade guidance class in February we will be discussing the importance of having healthy relationships with others. We will identify the different types of relationship we have, describe several factors in a healthy relationship and describe the signs of an unhealthy relationship.

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DATE TO REMEMBER:Feb 5th-1:15 dismissal

Feb. 14th-Valentine’s Day celebration

Feb. 17th-No School

SCIENCE: SOUND UNIT

SOCIAL STUDIES:

WE WILL BE LEARNING ABOUT THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY

MATH: FRACTIONS, FRACTIONS AND MORE FRACTIONS (SIMPLEST FORM, ADDING SUBTRACTING)

5TH GRADEALWAYS FREE ISSUE : FEB 2014

BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL / WHERE IS ALL BEGINS

Valentine’s Day

Celebrations

The fifth graders will

celebrate Valentine’s Day in their homerooms on

Feb. 14. Information will

go home from each homeroom teacher at a

Brain Break during ITP!

What’s going on in Science?

Students working hard to do their best on ITP. Thanks for all of your

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In reading class in February we will continue to monitor our individual reading with our new reading logs and be jumping into our next novels.

During the month of February we will be working in our chemistry unit. We will be looking at matter, atoms, and molecules as we get back to some exciting labs.

SIXTH GRADEBOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL 515-433-0020 FEBRUARY 2014

Reading Science Health

Social Studies MathIn Math this month we will working on multiplying and dividing fractions.

During February we will be finishing our unit on North America. This includes studying the culture, government, and applying basic themes of geography to our continent.

In February we will be learning about the Nervous System. We will also be working with YSS on a Draw the Line/Respect the Line Curriculum.

Language ArtsDuring the month of February we will be finishing our research papers before moving on to the Pronoun Unit in our grammar textbooks. We will then start our How-To papers at the end of the month.

Seventh Grade

Seventh grade units of study in FebruaryScience students will finish learning about bacteria and how they obtain food, obtain energy, and reproduce. After bacteria, students will learn about the Tree of Life and four kingdoms in the Eukarya domain starting with protists and fungi.

Seventh grade geography students were treated to a student teacher as the new semester started. Jacob Sheahan, a student at Iowa State University, will be with us until May 7th. He was our practicum teacher in the fall and now will be with us full time.

In class, we are beginning a study of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. After this, we will be moving on to Southeast Asia and will continue up the East Coast of Asia to Japan before heading to North and South Korea.

Language arts students will be creating brochures about bacteria. These pamphlets will share hints and helps to avoid the spread of contagious bugs that make people sick. Students will also be polishing up the essays written earlier to enter them in to a contest.

In reading class during February, we will continue with the read aloud, Code Orange. Throughout this book, we will continue to review signposts and methods of character development. Students will continue to have weekly reading page goals.

In math we will continue working on expressions and equations. We will also start our geometry unit focusing on basic

Congratulations to all the seventh grade scholars who reached the top of their pyramids of success. Ask your son or daughter how they did.

Study HabitsGive your sons and daughters a set time during the day to complete their homework. This one habit may help them avoid late credit work and missing assignments.

MASH UpdateStudents are given the opportunity to finish any missing work during their activity time on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. It it their responsibility to check in with their advisor to see what is missing and get it done.

February Goal

Get caught doing nice things!

Say and do nice things to others this month. Kids who get caught will be rewarded.

A Monthly Newsletter February 2014

FEBRUARY 2014

In Science weʼre ending our unit on the Restless Earth and moving into our machines, work, and energy unit. Weʼll calculate work, power, and mechanical advantage of machines. We'll build machines at the end ofthe unit. Students will share their video tape at student-led conferences in the spring.

February will be a busy month in Language Arts. We will beworking with the mystery genre. Also, the 2nd graders will be returning to the middle

school to receive their books from their 8th grade writing buddies.

In Civics we will be finishing our unit on citizenship with a main focus being on the Civil Rights Movement. We willthen move on to the 3 branches of the government starting with the Legislative branch.

In Math 8 we will begin our unit on Geometry.

In Algebra we will be working with ratio and proportion and

using them to solve storyproblems.

In Reading class, students are exploring the mystery and suspense genre by reading And Then There Were None. Students will have class discussions and activities based on the exciting writing of Agatha Christie.

February Updates

8TH GRADE

5th GradeEmily AdesMason BaberMorgan BennettSkye BentsonBreanne BielfeltNicole BielfeltTegan BockEmily BridgesAlexis BrowningCole BurgeCollin ByrdBrendan ColemanBenjamin CravenCarolina CristobalTyler CrookTacey Crooks Devon CunninghamTory DealNaileah DeleonEmma DightonSamantha DisbroweSofia DubonAaron ElliottSavanna Ellsbury-EstacioGarrison FreseMax FreundSam FreundMiguel Fuentes CortezEmma GourleyMallory HansenTaner HarveyAllyson HassCassidy HasstedtSarah Hay

Hannah HeckmanZoey HightshoeLanie HuppAbegayle Johnson

William JudgeTimothy KeppleJonathan KrausCassidy LarrewKayla LassAlec LaubeIsak LeaseSkylar Leighton-StewartTyler LennonVictoria LewisCarson LundbergKolby McBirnieJayden McClintockCarter McCombsTori McDonaldAlex McDonoughJordan McNellyMarcus McPartlandMacy MeimannDestiny MillardMager MillerPreston MillerCollin MitchellSierra MitchellGage MorainJoshua MorrisParker NewcombBenjamin PattersonBeau PenickRegan PeterBrice PetersonAlyssa Pierce

Catherine PollardMarin PowellBailey PriceAlizarin PurtleMegan ReutterTaylor RobertsCaleb Roelfs

Akela SalterTate SandvigSophia SantiJace SchultzCaitlyn ShepardLaena SolversonKarly SorensenLily SpurgeonTaylor StevensRyleigh StrolloDJ ThompsonSkyler WaltersHaley WeberHalle WilkeningQuinten WilsonEmily WingertConnor WirtzElinor WojcikJoseph ZehrKinsie Zinnel

6th GradeRory AlexanderSadee BakerCarter BaumgardnerAshley BehrendtSarah BielfeltAllyson BurkeMalachi CashLacoda Collier

Alexis CollinsHailey DerrySpencer DrosteIsabella DubonMercedes FrankColdon GermainImogen GodzickiAliyah GrahamKeyarah Graham

Tayler GrahamLindsay GuteKeara HalsrudTeJa HamptonGracey HarrisErica HeckmanTaylan HowardRyan HulseLarissa HustonSamuel JohnstonElliana LewisCarter LoganBrennan LynchHolly MallasRachel Marquez-PolinGavin MillerMatthew MillsJadyn MortensonTegan MusserEmily MuzneyMason NeelyEmily NordhoffWyatt OppedahlBrett PattersonAundrea PepplesKatherine PikeJoel Prazak

Samantha PritchardJack RewertsCooper RunyanDevin RushGage SawyerPreston SchillingAustyn ScogginsMadison SheltonBrecklan SherrardAndi StaggChaslyn StanfieldBenjamin Starling

Cole TrowbridgeKassadi TuckerElle TurnerShelby VanCannonPeyton WardStephanie WilsonSydney Woodruff

7th GradeDebae Al-ZoubiJordan AngleGreta AspengrenJustin AspengrenLucas BlackburnKallie BrogdenMegan BrowningSusanne ByrdTyler CasottiEllen CastleJohn ColemanNicole CollierJacob CravenSamantha CrouseMadyln DannerTrinity Dearborn

Emma EllsworthElla EricksonAna FreundAshley FurstJonah GrimesReilly HayworthPaige HollenbergLeandra HoverstenCasey HutchingsAlexis JohnsonKenley JohnsonShiloh JohnsonJamie KadingAlyssa KastenschmidtJacob Kathman

Joseph KempSamuel KempCameron KokjohnMatthew KordickNoah LeeJacob LewisGuan LinKaroline LohmanHannah MarshallVeronica McCormickKeirra McFaddenBailey MillerMackenzie MosherMaggy MullerSamantha NeedhamAleyna NicholsAnna OlsonJada OlsonMegan OsbornMason PattersonCaleb PierceMadisyn Postma

S E Q U O I A C L U B

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Taylor PovahEmma PrattAmaya RinglerJohn RunestadBlake SchwindHunter SherryKaine SimmondsBethany SpearsGrace SquibbJasmyn StairsJacob SterenbergMadison SturtzSean Tanke Mason Tharp Halle WalkerShayna WeldonCasey Wilmes

8th GradeAudrey AdamsFaleh Al-ZoubiKendra AllenColton AndersonIsabella AndersonKierea AndersonEvan AppenzellerLogan AshbyJoy BelcherBrian BingamanKalei BockGrayson BoggessShelby BooksJames BousteadEmily BraunCody BridgesBrodi BrockEmma BrogdenAmanda Bryant

Lauren CalkinsJane CampbellJacob CarswellSidney CastleZachary ChopardAnna ChristensonTate ClemonsCarter DightonRyan DowIndie EickholtKhevyn ElsberryZachery ElyTy EnglandRachel ErnwineLauren FordCody FrameKarli GrahamLogan HalsrudGrant Hamilton

Cole HarperJohnathan HerrickAndresa HicksHannah HikijiThomas HockemeierTy HoskinsSaydie HowardJayton HullMason HulseJaiden HusemanMax HyattJohnathan ImermanElisa JohnsonKolton JohnsonMadelyn JohnsonDouglas JohnstonSamantha KelleyAlyssa Kraft

Jordan LemkeJessica LewisEmily LindahlTrinity LumleyAlaina McBrideTaylor McDonaldKatelyn MehlhausStephanie MichaelSeth MitchellEden MontangMitchell MooreMackenzie MorrisKameryn NewcombTaleah NewmanGabrielle OsbornMolly OsweilerTacie OverturfMackenzie ParrishDhruv PatelLevi PattersonRylee Patterson

Katherine PeasleyConnor PetersonReece PowellLeah RayKirsten RennerBailey ReutterCaleb RoachMolly RodenBrianna RohdeJames RunestadKaylee RussellJoshua RyanRachael RyanClaire SandvigMarissa SavellAndrew Seeman

S E Q U O I A C L U B

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Caitlynne ShadleDahlila Smith Jazmin Smith Trey SmithVeronica SpearsJacob SternJaymin SuttonDavid ThomasSeth ThomasAndie TidgrenSpencer TomsJordan TrowbridgeTrevor Van PeltCorbin WaffulLauren WeersAlexander WheelerJade WilberSpencer WilkeningKatelyn WilliamsDresden WilsonMichaela WisecupJackson ZehrMason Zimmerman

S E Q U O I A C L U B

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February –

The month of valentines and candy hearts – is also American Heart Month, a month to focus attention on heart disease. *Know your numbers: keep track of blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as blood glucose and body mass measurements.*Eat well: limit the amount of simple carbohydrates (sugar), sodium, saturated fats and trans fat in your diet. Eat plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains.*Increase physical activity: regular physical activity can significantly reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Even modest daily exercise, such as walking, is beneficial over the long term.*If you smoke, stop. *Maintain a healthy weight.

NURSEN e w s l e t t e r

Important for parents of 6th grade students !State Law regarding all students entering 7th Grade next Fall

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Secondary School Requirement Questions and Answers

Is my child too ill to attend school?

Parents are often confronted with this decision when their child complains of not feeling well. The guidelines below may be helpful. It will not cover every medical condition and does not take the place of seeking medical attention. Please consult your doctor for specific medical advice.

Fever – 100.5 degrees or higher - A fever is a sign of illness. A child with a temperature of 100.5 degrees or higher should not attend school. The child should be free of fever for 24 hours before returning to school.

Sore Throat/Colds/Cough - Minor cold symptoms are common and usually don't interfere with school attendance. A persistent, frequent cough and/or constant nasal drainage may affect your child's performance at school, and he/she may be more comfortable at home.

Vomiting/Diarrhea - A child who has vomited should wait 24 hours and be able to retain solid foods before returning to school. A child who is having frequent diarrhea stools should not attend school. If there is cramping/abdominal pain with diarrhea, the student may be more comfortable at home.

February is National Dental Health Month. The State of Iowa requires proof of a dental exam for kindergarten and 9th graders, and recommends yearly exams. There are many dentists in the local area, some of who offer free services in the month of February. Call the nurse’s office if you need contact information regarding this.

Don’t forgot to check to see if your child has brushed their teeth before bed each night!

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BOONE MIDDLE SCHOOL STEM

On Friday January 24, 2014 the 7th and 8th grade STEM exploratory students competed in the Paper Cup Design

Challenge. Students worked in pairs to design a paper cup using one sheet of paper that would hold the most water. Students were given the following

design constraints; they could only use one sheet of paper, the paper could only be folded, and the cup must hold

the water for 30 seconds. Each group had six trials and recorded their best trial. Some of the top designs held anywhere from 16 to 32 oz. Students

competed in this design challenge after

studying the Engineering Design

Process. Picture on this page are

several 7th and 8th grade students

during the challenge. Also pictured

is the result board.

7th & 8th Grade STEM Paper Cup Challenge

PAPER CUP 8TH GRADE STUDENTS 7TH GRADE STUDENTS

STEM

Date Feb thru March 13

Grades = 5th and 6th

Questions contact Mr. Hoover

" 5th and 6th Grade Students will be given the opportunity to raise money for the American Heart Association. Students will be receiving collection envelopes in PE. They will also be provided access to computers in class to allow them to create their own webpage through the AHA so they can raise money online (via email to family/friends). Students will have the month of February to raise money and envelopes will be due March 13th. For the safety of the students they should get donations from family and close friends rather than going door to door. The American Heart Association is committed to improving heart health in our community and across the country. In fact, the AMA’s national goal by 2020 is to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20 percent while reducing deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by 20 percent.

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