In this issue:

Closings / Delays, Klinger Musical,

Principal’s Press , Winter Events

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Counselors’ Corner, CEF Calendar,

Program Planning, Spelling Bee

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Facebook, Geo Bee, Gilda’s Partnership

6A News

FCS, Science, STEM

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Blood Drive, Art, Gym, Music , Nurse

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Feb 1: PTO Meeting 7:15pm

Feb 1: Blood Dr ive in Gym- 3-8pm Feb. 5: Klinger Musical 7 PM Feb 6: Klinger Musical 2 PM, 7PM Feb 12 : All Schools Closed Feb 15: All Schools Closed

Feb 19: Klinger Achievement Breakfast

Feb 26: Mini-thon hosted by the Builder’s Club

Feb 29: Pep Rally

Mar: 7: PTO Meeting- 7:15pm

Mar: 10- Klinger PTO Family Dinner Night- 6-

8:30pm- Details to follow

Mar: 21- Laser Tag @ Ultrazone 6-8pm Mar 24—Mar 28: All Schools Closed March 26 : School Closed March 29: School Closed

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Greetings,

As we approach the

traditional colder months of

the year (I am enjoying the

warm weather) and the end

of the 2nd marking period, I

wanted to simply say thank

you. Thank you to all of our

students, teachers, staff,

parents and community

members for making 2015

an excellent year in my

own professional career.

Since joining Klinger last

November, I continue to

be impressed each day by

the great students that

walk the halls in this middle

school. Thank you to all of

our parents for your support

throughout 2015 and I am

looking forward to our

future together.

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Principal’s Press

The Klinger Musical

Klinger Middle School is proud to pre-sent this year’s musical- “Mulan Jr”. The musical will take place on February 5th and 6th. There are more than 75 stu-dents participating. Come and experi-ence “Mulan” with our amazing sets and fun costumes. Tickets will be available for purchase Thursday January 28 through Friday February 5th in the music room. $5 for students and seniors, $7 for adults. Please see Ms. Cupo. Tickets will also be available to purchase at the door before each musical. $8 for stu-dents and seniors, $10 for adults.

School Closings and Delays

Do you have a plan in place for your

child in case of an early dismissal or

school closing? Where should they go?

What adults can help them? Please con-

sider making a plan especially if you

have younger children

in the district.

All closings and de-

lays can easily be

found on our district

website

(ww.centennialsd.org) or cable TV

channels. (36 on Verizon or 28 on Com-

cast). This information can also be

found on local TV and radio stations.

The Centennial School District emer-

gency closing number is 753.

Klinger Middle School

1415 Second Street

Pike

Southampton, PA

18966

Tel.215.364.5950

Office Ext. 13012

Mr. Travis Bloom

Principal

Mr. James Ford

Assistant Principal

Klinger winter

News & Notes

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or post that you receive from the bully. Write down the date and time

you found it, too.

GO TO THE AUTHORITIES. If the cyberbullying doesn’t stop, go to school officials and/or the police and show them what you have

printed out/saved.

ARE YOU HELPING YOUR TEEN

PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE?

Have you talked with your teen

about careers? Have you tried to discuss the requirements/education for him or her to be

successful?

Have you suggested that your

teen shadow a person in a job or a

program that interests him/her?

HOW TO HANDLE CYBERBULLYING

Cyberbullying (bullying done online) has become common with today’s youth. Bullies now can spread rumors quickly through email, text messages or social networking sites. However your

child isn’t powerless.

If your child is a victim of

cyberbullying:

NEVER RESPOND. If you write

back to a cyberbully, it encourages the bully to keep the

communication going.

KEEP RECORDS. Print out

everything or screenshot the conversation and save it to your phone – any email, text, message

C o u n s e l o r s ’ C o r n e r

Did You Miss

Something? We’re on the Web

www.centennialsd.org/

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6th Grade Breakfast

Attention 6th

and 7th

Grade

Parents and Guardians:

You are cordially invited to attend the Program Planning Night at William Tennent High School on 3/1/16 at 7:00 pm. You will be informed about current programming as well as options in scheduling your student for his or her 7

th or 8

th grade year. Any

questions you have about the Klinger Program of Studies will be answered!!! Please plan to join us in March. We look forward to seeing you there!

CEF Jackpot Calendars The Centennial Education

Foundation Jackpot calendars are

coming in March. Please consider

buying cards for $5 a piece. You can

win on multiple days. You have a

chance to win

60 different

ways. Please

consider

buying some

Jackpot

calendars.

Proceeds benefit the students of the

Centennial School District. For

information and tickets call 215-441-

6000 Ext. 11008

Klinger Spelling Bee The fifth annual Klinger Spelling Bee will be held in February. During the month of February every student will have a chance to be their class’ Spelling Bee champion. After the grade level finals those champions will advance to the school finals for a chance to become the Klinger champion. The champion will represent Klinger at the Bucks County Finals to be held on March 12th at Pennridge Central Middle School . Good luck to all Klinger students!

Klinger Phone Numbers

215.364.5950

Nurse’s Office ……..13025

Guidance Office …...13040

Guidance A Team ...13031

Guidance B Team ...13030

Cafeteria…………….13045

Social Worker………13033

Library……………….13055

them to identify, manage, and discuss feelings related to change, loss, etc. If you know of any student who may benefit from STAC, we are asking you to please forward their name to Ms. Quinlan. This is an open group so they can join it anytime during the school year. If you would like more information about Gilda’s Club, look at their website (http://cancersupportphiladelphia.org) to find information about what they do, their calendar of programs and resources about cancer.

We are pleased to announce that Klinger has entered a partnership with Gilda’s Club Delaware Valley, an affiliate of the Cancer Support Community. Gilda’s Club offers free support to anyone who has cancer in their life. This may be a parent, grandparent, sibling, other family member, friend, neighbor or themselves. We are offering one of their programs directly in our school this year. Straight Talk about Cancer (STAC) is for any teen who has cancer in his/her life. Please note it is not a bereavement group. The group takes place in school during the school day. It will be run by Gilda’s Club staff, interns and Ms. Quinlan, the social worker at Klinger. The focus will be on helping teens become comfortable talking about their experiences with cancer; normalize feelings they are having; and helping

G i l d a ’s C l u b P a r t n e r s h i p

Geography Bee

Thursday January 15th ten finalists competed in the Klinger Middle School's School-wide National Geography Bee. The twelve finalists were Ben Childs, Jon Foster, Pat Corley, Eric Adamson, Tom Hellenbrand, Jagger Azvolinsky, Nick Cosenza, Halina Averell, Dominic Chillot, Alan Schwartz, Joseph Poiron, and Johanna Peres. It was a terrific Geography Bee and the battle for Klinger Geography supremacy came down to Joe Poiron and Cailean Cavanaugh with Joe Poiron pulling off the win. Joe was crowned our 2016 Klinger Geography Bee Champion. Joe will now complete a test to qualify for the State level of the National Geography Bee. Congratulations Joe!

Thank you also to Evan Scally, Taylor Weidman, Krystal Cirillo, Julianna Cane, Dante Sharp and Nick Sturgis for broadcasting the bee on school wide TV.

CSD Facebook

Page

The Centennial School District has a Face-book page. For regular updates on District events, news, and an-nouncements, follow us at www.facebook.com/csdinfo

Author Jordan Sonnenblick

continue that book until the end of the year!

The 6A science classes are wrapping up Unit 4: Weather and Climate and preparing for the book test in early February! Groups just completed a performance task on clouds and created posters that could be used to teach younger elementary students about the different types of clouds and weather that they bring to an area. We will begin our exploration of space science in February and

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Math class has been working on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with decimals. We will begin to look at fractions, ratios, and proportions soon. As part of our learning, we are going to find the GCF and LCM of numbers to help find common denominators and how to write fractions in simplest form. We have also completed our football project. After recording the wins, losses, points scored and points allowed for an NFL team for the entire season,

students put the information into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and created a bar graph and a line graph which we used to look at trends in the data. Then we created a PowerPoint with this information as a culmination. In Language Arts, the students have just completed a noun and pronoun unit. Students also read a short story and created culminating projects that incorporated writing. Next, we will read a non-fiction story and write an informative writing piece.

Social Studies

Social studies classes are exploring the culture and histo-ry of Ancient Israel. We also have our Geography Bee on January 20

th with Ben Childs and Jon Foster as the 6A

finalists in the all-school competition. Current Events and geography are also in the plans.

Reading

In Ms. Laverty’s read-ing class, students have been looking closely at non-fiction passages to determine the author’s purpose and how the text is structured and using strategies to compre-hend and connect with the passages. We have read both fiction books and non-fiction articles about Alzhei-mer’s disease, and viewed informational videos on the topic. We are currently using all of the information that we learned as we play the role of advice col-umnists and respond to a letter from a stressed out middle school stu-dent who sometimes assumes the role of caregiver to his grand-father and develop guides for children who are coping with the ef-fects of Alzheimer’s dis-ease on a family.

on an upcycle fashion design project; for this assignment students will need gently used sweaters and T-shirts. 7

th grade will be working on sewing

simple stiches such as overcast, and the running stitch. We have had so much fun this semester in FCS learning life skills needed to be productive adults.

Calling all seamstresses and chefs: The following is a list of items we can use at Klinger throughout the year: Plastic cups, Plastic wrap, Aluminum. Foil, Wax paper, Zip lock bags, Empty Egg cartons, Tissues, Hand soap, Dish towels/towels, Buttons, Felt, String, Yarn Needles, Diapers, old sweaters, t-shirts and jeans, etc.

Mrs. Seder

Family and Consumer Science

FCS: There are many exciting things happen this year in FCS. Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS ) is an exploratory class that includes problem solving, hands on activities, technology, and cooperative learning techniques. This semester we focused on cooking and nutrition, child development, and sewing. 7

th grade

cooked tacos, brownies, fried rice and mac and cheese. 8

th grade cooked

vegetable soup, pies, and pizza. In child development 7

th grade learned

about babysitting. They also learned how to swaddle a baby, feed a baby and change a baby’s diaper.

8th grade focused more on parenting. They completed an egg baby project where they needed to care for an egg for three days. We are currently in our sewing units. 8

th graders are working

Family & Consumer Sciences

STEM NEWS

In STEM class, we have been

exploring trajectory and robotics. Our

students have been using formulas to

calculate predicted flight paths of their

catapult projects. We made a variety

of catapults that will launch Ping-Pong

balls and golf balls at a target. We had

a lot of interesting designs and saw

many successful launches. After

manipulating the height, speed, and

angle of their machines, a

handful of our groups had

at least 90% accuracy.

After wrapping up

the catapults, we started learning

about basic programming skills. Our

students were

using Lego Mindstorm NXT robots to

navigate mazes and complete

challenges. We are combining simple

commands that allow our robots to

move and sense its environment in

order to traverse courses. All of our

programs must be meticulously

planned in order to be successful. Our

class has discovered that computers

are very logical and can only execute

precisely what they are told. These

skills will carry over to the STEM II

classes where we will learn about

electrical circuits and advanced

programming. Towards the end of the

semester, students will be

programming their robots to react to a

varying environment and an ever-

changing goal. No challenge will be

left unconquered by our students.

Science Wrap Up

The 6th grade science classes are wrapping up Unit 4: Weather and Cli-mate and preparing for the book test in early February! Groups just completed a performance task on clouds and creat-ed posters that could be used to teach younger elementary students about the different types of clouds and the weather that they bring to an ar-ea. We will begin our ex-ploration of space sci-ence in February and continue that book until the end of the year! The 7th grade is taking apart the atom and studying the role of electrons. Elec-trons are the workhorses of Chemistry! We will be stretching our minds and diving into the high school text to study stoichiome-try!!

In 8th grade, students are wrapping up their tour of Earth’s organisms with a project about a few or-ganisms and their re-sponses to seasonal changes or other stimuli an organism may re-spond to. The 8th grade honors classes are work-ing diligently at home to show off their Nature of Science Skills in their Google Science Fair pro-ject! We are excited to see all the enthusiasm students have shown dur-ing their topic selection process.

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In Mrs. Barrett’s reading class, students have been looking closely at non-fiction passages to determine the author’s purpose and how the text is structured and using strategies to comprehend and connect with the passages. The students have been reading non-fiction articles learning how to cite text evidence correct-ly when responding to text dependent questions. Currently Mrs. Barrett’s stu-dents are learning how to become “Close readers” using text marks to get a deeper understanding of complex text. Figurative language and literary termi-nology was reviewed this marking period as well. All the students should have read 8 books independently and should be started on book 9. This was a pro-ductive and engaging marking period in Mrs. Barrett’s class.

The 6B social studies classes have been studying the develop-ment and culture of the ancient Egyptian society. The students’ questions and newly acquired terms/knowledge are enabling them to analyze and compare the key elements of societies. The study will continue as they begin to investigate ancient Israel, an-cient Greece, and ancient Rome. Pat Corley and Eric Adamson

are the 6B finalists for the school wide Geography Bee.

The 6B science classes are wrapping up Unit 4: Weather and Cli-mate and preparing for the book test in early February! Groups just completed a performance task on clouds and created posters that could be used to teach younger elementary students about the dif-ferent types of clouds and weather that they bring to an area. We will begin our exploration of space science in February and continue that book until the end of the year! .

In Language Arts, the students have just completed a noun and pronoun unit. Students also read a short story and created culmi-nating projects that incorporated writing. Next, we will read a non-fiction story and write an informative writing piece.

In 6B math we just began adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators. Moving forward we will be spending more time working with frac-tions and decimals within equations, and subtracting mixed numbers with bor-rowing. The students in the advanced math class just completed a unit on per-

centages. They explored Interest, tax and discounts. Coming up they will be plotting points on the coordinate plane, and looking at how to interpret graphs with given data.

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ARE YOU HELPING YOUR TEEN PREPARE FOR

THE FUTURE? Continued...

Have you helped your teen list his/her academic achievements, job experience and

community service?

Are you discussing plans for how he will spend his/her summer?

Have you discussed possible academic classes that should be taken

once they get to high school?

HOW WELL ARE YOU DOING?

More YES answers means you’re helping your teen prepare for the

future!

SCHEDULE CAN HELP REDUCE PROJECT ANXIETY

Doing a school project is strictly your child’s job, but you can help him or her prepare for

the work. Together, make a long-term plan, complete with due dates. Have your child:

Read the assignment sheet or rubric carefully. Make sure he understands what he’s

supposed to accomplish.

Write the title of the project and the due date across the top of a new piece of paper

(or in your agenda book).

Break down the project into chunks. List them on the paper. Pick a due date for ac-

complishing each one. Aim to finish the project a day ahead of time.

Check off each step as it is completed.

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CAUGHT? Since the start of this school year 327 students have been able to answer

yes with a smile to that question.

Klinger Middle School students want to say yes (as long as it is inside the walls of Klinger J). We have turned being caught into a positive thing.

The School-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention & Support Program (SWPBIS) is putting smiles on the faces of students and faculty at Klinger. Students are working hard every day and being

respectful, responsible, reliable and safe and the Klinger staff enjoy recognizing it. From those 327 tickets we have had 30 students (pictured above)

receive a mystery motivator prize and the school year isn’t over yet.

We are happy to see that students continue to demonstrate positive behaviors and are being recog-nized for such in more ways than one.

Congratulations to all of the Klinger students that are demonstrating Klinger pride. Keep being respectful, responsible, reliable and safe and you could be the next one to get “caught”.

Laser Tag is on again! The students and staff who attended the laser tag event at Ultrazone on October 12, had a GREAT time! We raised close to $500 for the SWPBIS program and that money will go directly to students

who are in the Principal’s 200 Club via the Mystery Motivator prizes.

Well we will be holding another Laser Tag night.

Monday, March 21st 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Ultra Zone Laser Tag (4201 Neshaminy Blvd, Bensalem)

More details are available on the Klinger website Headline News.

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Computer Programming

8th Grade Programming students are busy creating Scratch 2.0 and Alice 3.0 pro-grams. Four students, Matthew Christofas, Alan Schwartz, Jenna Klingenberg, and Valerie Kalchenko, were selected to display their programming pro-jects at the 2016 Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Con-ference in Hershey, PA on February 23rd. They will have the oppor-tunity to share their technology projects with other students and teachers from around the State. The BCIT Department is very proud of all Programming students for their hard work and conscientious behavior throughout our first semester.

Business Exploration & Consumer Media

8th Grade Business Expo and Consumer Media students have recently completed sev-eral projects to develop their business plans. Students use Go Venture Educational Simulation Software to explore how a mobile cart oper-ates. Students are required to make strategic decisions regarding location, price, inventory and personnel. They see first-hand how their decisions impact sales, revenue and customer satisfaction. In addition, students use Microsoft Excel to create financial documents including expense reports, balance sheets, and income statements. Next semester, they will begin designing their own products and create a marketing plan to pitch to their

class of investors. Maybe we will see one of their ideas on Shark Tank?

Personal Finance & Job Skills

7th Grade Personal Finance and Job Skills students are learning to manage their per-sonal finances by understanding the importance of creating a budg-et and making responsible decisions. Students use On Your Own Educational Simulation Software to assess their ability to survive financial independence by making smart decisions with regards to housing, banking, transportation, and shopping. Lifestyle points are earned for understanding financial literacy questions and vocabu-lary. Next semester, we will focus on developing job skills by helping students assess career interests and prepare for the first job.

FBLA

Klinger Middle School’s FBLA is currently preparing for their Regional Competitive Events in February 2016. Students select specific competitions to participate including

Business Concepts, Personal Finance, and Public Speaking. Students also provide ‘community service’ during meeting times by assisting teachers and staff after school. Check out our FBLA page on Mr. Marchetti’s Teacher Page for additional information.

It’s that time of the year again!

Don’t forget to schedule your

appointment today! To sign-up go to www.redcrossblood.org

Sponsor code: Klinger

Klinger Middle School

Monday, February 1st, 2016

3:00pm to 8:00pm

1415 2nd Street Pike Southampton – Cafeteria

For Info, please contact Angela Targonski

215-364-5950 ext. 13011 or targan@centennialsd.org

Winter months are especially hard for the American Red Cross.

Currently we are not meeting the needs of area hospital patients.

As weather outside gets colder and the threat of impending weath-

er intensifies, it will only become harder to keep the blood supply

at safe levels. If ever there were a time to donate blood that time is

now.

Recipient Stories/Why We’re Donors go to www.redcrossblood.org/node/2450352 Donor Eligibility Guidelines go to www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements or call 1 800 RED CROSS Donation Tips (including tips for after donating go to www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/donation-process Tips to boost your iron level go to www.redcrossblood.org/learn-about-blood/health-and-wellness/iron-rich-foods To learn how you can participate in our Sickle Cell Donor Program go to www.wepsicklecell.org/

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Happy New Year from the Klinger Middle School Visual Arts Depart-

ment! I hope you and your families were able to enjoy spending time to-

gether during the Winter Break. The first newsletter went out earlier last

year. The new art semester will begin February 1, 2016. Once again students

will be creating great works of art. Students will create drawings, sculptures,

ceramic works, printmaking, paintings, collage, and mixed media. We will

learn the elements and principles of design and how to successfully use

them in our work. Throughout the year your child will learn about the histo-

ry of artists and artist techniques. During the year I will be displaying stu-

dent art throughout the school, be sure to stop by to take a look at our

Klinger Middle School masterpieces. You are also invit-

ed to check out my teacher web page for information,

handouts, art activities and to view student artwork.

There are also a number of art contests students may

choose to participate in. Students can stop by the art

room or check the board outside the lower office for up-

coming and current contests for kids.

Calling all pack-rats and savers of treasured trash: With the star t of the

NEW YEAR please feel free to “recycle” your old calendars by donating

them to our art department or any other items you may want to get rid of.

Other items we are currently in need of are containers with lids, zip

lock baggies, paper towel and toilet paper tubes, plastic grocery

store bags and dish towels. Got something unusual you've been

meaning to get rid of....we might just be able to make something

out of it! Donations can be sent in with your children or brought to

the security desk.

Save the Date…This year ’s Fine Ar ts Festival Showcase Night

will be held on Friday, May 6, 2016 from 7-9PM at William Ten-

nent High School.

I appreciate each and every one of you and look forward to

another year of fun and art!

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Box Tops

March 1st is our next Box Tops submission date, please send in clipped Box Tops to school with you children; deposit bins are located in both the lower and upper offices for their convenience. Thank You!

Another great way to accumulate Box Tops is by registering with ShopRite for My School at https://shopriteformyschool.com/ . When you shop and purchase participating products, e-Box Tops are credited to our school. Thanks again for your support.

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“As another year rolls out in the world of music at Klinger Middle School, we again have many students participating on events around the region to show-case their talents. This year, we had 7 students attend the Bucks County Music Educators Association (BCMEA) String Day. String Day is a one day Festival when orchestra students from around the county have the opportunity to work with guest clinicians and per-form music with their new group of students. The following orches-tra students from Klinger participated this year: Cailean Cavanugh (8

th grade bass), Lukas Goldberg (8

th grade cello), Katie Blowitski

(6th grade violin), Josh Mansfield (6

th grade bass), Jackson Sczesny (6

th grade

cello), and Sarah Jones (6th grade violin).

The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 11 host a band festival every year where our Klinger 6

th grade band members are in-

vited to attend. Students are selected to participate, receive a folder of new music, and participate in a day-long festival that culminates in a concert. This year’s band festival is at Skyview Elementary School in Methacton on January 19

th. We were fortunate to have the following

6th graders selected to the festival: Melissa McDevitt (flute), Paul

Nedeoglo (clarinet), Shane Magrann (clarinet), Matthew McDevitt (alto saxophone), Brandon Bergin (tenor saxophone), Michael Gin (bari saxophone), and Benjamin Childs (baritone).

BCMEA’s largest annual event is their music festival. Every November, students from all over the county audition to participate in the Middle School Band and

Chorus. Students who score well are selected to participate in a three day festival. This year’s festival is held in the Neshaminy School Dis-trict on February 18

th to the 20

th. The following 7

th and 8th grade stu-

dents audition and were selected to perform at this year’s festival: Carly Lopez (flute), Samantha Breiner (flute), Kyle Bussinger (bassoon),

Bridget Armstrong (flute), Sofia Cordero (clarinet), Jake Cammarota (alto saxo-phone), Christopher Walters (bari saxophone), Kevin Bergin (trombone), Ryan Wilkowski (euphonium), Declan McCaffrey (euphonium), Olivia Cremonese (alto voice), Paola Medina (alto voice), and Julia Alanis (soprano voice).

Ms. Cupo, Mrs. Tyson, and Mr. Goppold are extremely proud of the students who’s achievements are able to be showcased at these regional festi-vals. These students learn wonderful skills that they bring back to our school performance music groups.”

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Head Lice 101

What You Should Know About Head Lice

Head lice are a common problem. 6-12 million infestations each year in the US.

Head lice are NOT dangerous, DO NOT transmit disease, but do SPREAD EASILY.

Despite what you might have heard, head lice often infest people with good hygiene and grooming habits.

What Are Head Lice?

Tiny wingless insects that live close to the human scalp.

Feed on human blood

Adult lice are the size of a sesame seed & baby lice (nymphs) are smaller

Nits are tiny, teardrop-shaped lice eggs

Nits attach to the hair shaft, often around the nape of the neck and ears

Nits can look similar to dandruff, but cannot be easily removed, brushed off or washed out

How Are Head Lice Spread?

Move by crawling and cannot jump or fly

Mostly spread by direct head-to-head contact (selfies, play at home or school, slumber parties, sports activities or camps)

It is possible, but not common, to spread head lice by contact with items that have been in contact with a person with head lice, such as clothing, hats, scarves or coats, or other personal items, such as combs, brushes or towels.

Signs & Symptoms of Infestation?

Tickling feeling on the scalp or in the hair

Itching-caused by the bites

Irritability and difficulty sleeping. Lice are more active in the dark.

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Finding a live nymph or adult louse on the scalp or in the hair is an indication of an ac-tive infestation. They are most commonly found behind the ears and near the neckline at the back of the head.

What If Your Child Gets Head Lice?

Talk to your family doctor or pharmacist for treatment recommendations.

Follow treatment instructions carefully. Using extra amounts or multiple applications of the same medication is not recommended unless directed by a healthcare professional.

There is no scientific evidence that home remedies are effective treat-ments

Family bed linens and recently used clothes, hats, and towels should be washed in very hot water

Combs, brushes, and hair clips should be washed in hot soapy wa-ter of thrown away if they were exposed to the persons with active head lice infestation

Check all household members and other close contacts for head lice. Those with evidence of active infestation should be treated at the same time.

Personal hygiene or household or school cleanliness are not factors for infestation. Head lice often infest people with good hygiene.

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Klinger Winter Athletics

Klinger Athletes are in full swing for the Winter Season. The Girls Basketball Team is actually finished their season. The record was not a true indication of how well the team improved during the season. The Wrestling Team is off to a great start and have not lost a match yet and have a few wrestlers that are undefeated. The wrestlers are gearing up for the end of the year tourna-ment. The Klinger versus Log College Wrestling Match will be February 2nd at William Tennent starting at 7 pm. The Boys Basketball Team has just been selected. Congratulations to those who have made the team. Games will start in February. The Cheerleaders have been practicing daily working on some awesome routines.

The Spring Season is just around the corner if you can believe it. The season will start mid-March. Announcements will be made during the morning announcements as to when the tryouts will be held. Boys and Girls Track, Baseball, Softball, and Girls Soccer will be offered dur-ing the Spring.

Please make sure if your child is interested in playing a sport at Klinger that they com-

plete a PIAA physical form. The form can be downloaded from the Klinger Website or found in

the upper office. Several sections must be completed by both you and your child. Another sec-

tion must be completed and signed by a doctor.

From the Happy, Healthy World of Health and

Physical Education

As we approach the 3rd Marking Period, the Health and PE staff would like to thank the students who are doing their best in swimming, health and physical education classes. For students to be successful it does require the efforts of parents, teachers, staff but mostly the student. Students are expected to put forth an honest effort in all classes.

Some of the students are in Health learning about topics that range from Growth and Develop-ment and the Skin in 6th Grade, to the Circulatory System and Nervous System in 7th Grade, and 1st Aid in 8th Grade. Other students are in PE Classes participating in Swimming, Recreational Games/ Volleyball and Speedball.

Check with your child to see what activity they are participating in today. Please encourage them to bring home their clothes to be cleaned. They can start to leave a nasty odor in the locker after awhile.

If you need to contact one of the Health and Physical Education Teachers please use the follow-ing e-mail addresses:

Dave Jones – joneda@centennialsd.org

Jenn Morey – moreje@centennialsd.org

Chris Podsobinski – podsch@centennialsd.org

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The end of the 2nd marking period is Thursday, January 28, 2016. Report cards

will be posted to Skyward by February 10, 2016, at 3:00 P.M. Please continue to check

Skyward for your student's grades and assignments. I encourage you to make this is a

nightly task with your student to have conversations about grades and assignments.

Extra Curricula’s

Upcoming events include our school musical production of “Mulan”, which will be

held on Friday, February 5th and Saturday, February 6th. Please check our school

website calendar for show times. The students and staff have been working tirelessly

over the past few months to put on a great show for our Klinger community. I am look-

ing forward to another great musical experience at Klinger Middle School. Our synchro-

nized swimming program held their annual performance on Wednesday, January 13th.

The girls and staff did an excellent job throughout the performance. I can say with all

honesty when you think about becoming a school principal, the part about performing in

a synchronized swimming show never crossed my mind. I had a blast and look forward

to next year's event. As winter sports move into the second half of their seasons we al-

so start to think about spring sports, please keep checking our website for announce-

ments that will focus on spring sports and upcoming sport physicals.

Communication

I hope that everyone has found our new School Messenger service very effec-

tive and functional. Communication is an essential component of a successful school.

We will continue to develop and refine communication practices at Klinger. Our goal as

it pertains to communication, is to flatten our school walls to ensure everyone knows

what is happening at Klinger Middle School. I also encourage you to continuously

check our school website under our headline news for important updates. I will contin-

ue to post "Principal Messages" throughout the year. These are video messages that

focus on upcoming events and important announcements that pertain to Klinger. Lastly,

I hope that you are able to either follow us on Twitter @Klinger_MS or view the Twitter

feed on our website. This tool helps to flatten the walls, brand our school, and show

what is really happening in and around Klinger Middle School on a daily basis.

Wrap Up

In closing, I hope that the weather continues to stay warm but possibly have

them a few colder evenings so our newly formed Ski Club can hit the slopes at Bear

Creek. As I have said in the past, if there is anything that we can do as a building, as a

staff, or as your "Leading Learner", please do not hesitate to reach out or come in for a

visit.

Sincerely,

Mr. Travis Bloom @Klinger_MS

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Yearbooks

Klinger Middle School 2016

yearbooks are on sale.

The cost is just $32.

Buy yours now while supplies last.

Checks made payable to Klinger

Middle School. Contact Mrs.

Blumenthal or Mr. Fischer for further

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