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PA NTHER POST
GREETINGS FAMILIES AND FRIENDS!
IB LEARNER PROFILE TRAIT OF TH E M ONTH : TH INK ER
APRIL 13, 2018
ISSUE 30
LEARNER PROFILE TRAIT OF THE MONTH - THINKER"I think, therefore I am." Descartes? simple five words not only pinpoint the complexity of the mind, but also provide us with an astounding look into the power of our minds. This month, we will push ourselves to be better Thinkers.
As you know, the Panthers are in the midst of their MCA tests. Each question provides a challenge to the mind, and as any good thinkers must do, we take the time to ponder our responses and recall the knowledge and many different skills we have learned in our classes.
While the MCA does provide an indicator of where our learning is in that moment in time, we show our thinking skills in many different ways throughout our daily lives. Each decision we make has our brains firing on different cylinders - we must take into account many different factors and sometimes in a split second. The mind is a powerful tool and with proper thinking, it can be wielded wisely.
Here are a few ways to us to become better thinkers at home:
- Ask why!By simply going beyond the one word answers, we can push our minds to think deeply about the answers we give and our actions.
- Try som e brain gam esCrossword puzzles. Sudoku. Riddles. All of these are great ways to exercise the mind and help you think!
- Change t he Perspect iveDiscuss ideas from another point of view. How would the situation change if you were in a different role? How would you feel if you were in that situation?
READING MCAs START THIS WEEK; MATH NEXT WEEKAll students will be taking their Reading MCA tests on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during their Language and Literature class. Be sure to send your students to school with a good night 's rest and a positive attitude to do their best on the test. A good breakfast is a great idea as well - good thing we offer free breakfast everyday in the Anthony Cafeteria!
Have a great week!
The Anthony Admin Team
UPCOMING EVENTS
April17 - 19
Reading MCAs - All Grades
April 20
Perfect AttendanceCeremony
April 23
COLOR-A-THON Fundraiser Kick-off
April 24 - 26
Math MCAs - All Grades
April 27
Student of the Month
May 1 - 3
Make up MCAs
May 2 Asian Heritage Family Involvement Day
May 4 8th Grade Formal Dance
May 11 Rocket Launch
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7TH GRADE - EMOTIONS THROUGH ART
This quarter, students in Ms. McGehee?s ELL classes are studying novels. Eighth graders are reading Animal Farm. We will be looking more deeply into how this book is an allegory, or a story with two levels of meaning.
Another class is reading the book Number the Stars, a novel that takes place during World War Two. By reading this novel, students will get a better understanding of World War Two, a topic being studied in 7th grade I&S classes. We?re looking forward to a reward-ing and successful end to the year!
GRA DE LEVEL NEWS
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6TH GRADE - THE MATH TEAM NEEDS YOU!Hey sixth graders, the district math competition will be held on May 2nd at North High School. Do you remember the fun you had at the fifth grade competition? Did you see Anthony?s sixth graders bring home the first place team award last year? We still have a couple of openings on the math team. If you dream of math, wish ice cream came in a ?math flavor, or just want to spend a Saturday with your friends solving problems check in with Ms. Brand. The team is prac-ticing Tuesdays after school in room 211. We would love to have you join us. Math Rocks!
8TH GRADE - TACKLING EVEN MORE CLASSICS
Students from Ms. Weinmeyer and Mr. Magnuson?s classes are learning social, emotional thinking skills with Upst ream Ar t s. A grant was provided by Minneapolis Public Schools for our 12 week program.
Upst ream Ar t s is a non-profit organization based in Minneapolis that provides interactive arts programming to teach students social emotional learning. The curriculum uses the expressive power of the arts to help students develop life-long social and communication skills. Professional artists (dancers, actors, musicians, painters, and poets) lead the weekly activities.
Through the use of writing poetry and songs, drumming, painting, acting out scenes from their lives, and choreographing dances students explore emotions and self-expression through words, body language, vocal tone, rhythm/music, and color.
Helping us is our therapy dog, ?Golden Girl Getty? and her trainer Wendy. They come to us from North Star Therapy Animals and are a great addition to our learning making it extra fun.
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PTA CORNERSEEKING 2018-2019 BOARD MEMBERSAre you interested in helping the Anthony PTA operate? Every year, a number of parents volunteer in leadership roles to plan and execute against the Anthony PTA's objectives. For the 2018-2019 school year, we are still looking for a PTA Secretary. If you are interested and/or know of someone interested, please contact Kai at 612-805-5669 or [email protected]
SPRING PLANT SALE - GIFT CARDS EXTENDED!You can still order gift cards from Bachmans or Wagners until Apr il 27t h . What a great Mother 's Day gift!!
Your orders will be available for pick up on May 10th from 4pm to 6pm in the school auditorium.
DINE AND DONATE - CAFE ZUPASOur next event is Tuesday, April 17th, 5pm at Cafe Zupas The new location is 2940 West 66th St., Richfield, Minnesota 55423 (66th & Xerxes)
Here is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/560677524313793/?ti=icl
2018-2019 CHERRYDALE COMMITTEE MEMBERSDid you know that our PTA budgeted nearly $60k of spending into our school, students and community for the 2017/2018 school year? Nearly half of those funds are the result of the Cherrydale Fundraiser scheduled at the beginning of each school year. The 2018-2019 planning committee is about start planning for next year and needs more committee members. If you are interested and/or know of someone interested, please contact Kai at 612-805-5669 or [email protected]
ANTHONY FAMILY DAY AND COLOR RUN COMMITTEE MEMBERSThe annual Family Day and Color Run is scheduled for May 15t h and the planning committee is looking for a couple more volunteers. If you are interested, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]
KENNY FIELD DAY IS MAY 17
JOIN ANTHONY'S GSAGSA (Gender & Sexuality Alliance) will meet next Tuesday morning. GSA is a safe space for LGBTQ+ students and allies. We will meet in room 209 during Advisory on Tuesday, 4/17. Students must check in with their Advisory teacher before coming to GSA Questions? See Ms. Norvell in room 209.
Attention all former Kenny students. Do you remember how much fun Field Day was back when you went to Kenny? Do you remember all the former students that came back and helped out during the day?
Well now is your chance to help out just like they did!
Applications to help out are in the Main Office.
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We have recently wrapped up our annual service-learning project. For the third year in a row, 6th graders children in need and collected items for Sharing and Caring Hands in downtown Minneapolis and fleece to make blankets for the kids at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children?s Hospital on the West Bank.
Blowing past last year?s totals, An-thony 6th graders brought in:
- Nearly 3,000 used kids books for the kids at Mary's Place
- Nearly 1,000 stuffed ani-mals for the kids at Mary's Place
- Nearly 1,000 other toys for the kids at Mary's Place
- Various sets and sheets of fleece to make blankets
- Over $1,400 that was used to purchase additional fleece to make blankets for kids at the Children?s Hospital
On the days before and after spring break in Minnesota studies classes, we took all of the pur-chased and donated fleece and made 93 blankets of varying de-signs. All Anthony 6th graders in both Mr. Olson and Ms. Ricks? classes contributed to this work with additional support from Ms. Ricks? 7th grade classes. The con-tribution from the 7th graders was HUGE. Making these blankets
was a time consuming process. It could not have been done without them.
On Tuesday, April 10th, a carload of blankets went to the Children?s Hospital and NINE carloads of toys, stuffed animals, and books went to Sharing and Caring Hands. Both organizations were EXTREMELY grateful for the large donations. A very special thanks to all of the students who put in extra time helping after school and during activity time, to Ms. Ricks? 7th graders, our parent volunteers that helped make blankets and that helped haul stuff away, and to Ms. Goldammer, Ms. Wolf, and Mr. Maksymovych for helping deliver.
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6TH GRA DE SERVICE LEA RNING
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Athletics is going through the Equity and Diversity Impact Assessment (EDIA) process to identify and examine inequities in policies, practices, and procedures.
The district is seeking MPS middle and high school parents to participate in a focus group about athletics. The aim is to gather parents? perceptions and understandings of participation fees (e.g., fairness of fees, understanding of participation policy); and willingness to increase participation fees.
Below is a list of opportunities for families to participate in these focus groups. We encourage families to attend the focus group that is most convenient for them. We will be scheduling two focus groups per zone and have tried to ensure that they are held at various times of day. Healthy snacks will be provided.
- April 18th from 4:30pm-5:30pm at Keewaydin (Zone 2)- April 25th from 5pm-6pm at HIA (Zone 1) Note: Hmong translators will be present- April 27th from 8am-9am at Justice Page (Zone 3)- Date/time TBD at Edison (Zone 1)- Date/time TBD at Jefferson (Zone 3)- April 19th evening (exact time TBD) at Heritage (Zone 1) Note: Somali translators will be
present
All focus groups are open t o all MPS parent s. You will notice that some schools will provide specific language services. There will be a Spanish translator present at one of the sites but that site has yet to be confirmed. We will provide you with an updated list in next week?s News & Notes or if you would like it sooner, please reach out to REAA ([email protected]).
At hlet ics EDIA Parent Survey
In addition to conducting focus groups, we will be gathering parent feedback via an online survey. This survey is for ALL middle and high school parents, regardless of whether or not their child(ren) participate in athletics; there are questions relevant to parents whose child(ren) do not participate. Please put the link to the survey on your school webpage and feel free to share in any other ways (e.g., social media) that you see fit to connect with your families. If you would like paper copies of the survey, please reach out to REAA at [email protected].
The survey can be found here: ht t p:/ /m pls.qualt r ics.com / jfe/ form /SV_2fzW35LdcOvEGkR
Athlet ics EDIA Parent Focus Group
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SOUTHWEST GIRL'S SOCCER CLINICAt t ent ion Ant hony Middle School St udent s and Parent s:
If you have a daughter in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade who is interested in playing high school soccer, we w il l be host ing a Soccer Clin ic at Ant hony Middle School on 4-16-2018 in t he m ain gym f rom 4:00pm t o 5:30pm . We have the opportunity to have the Team Captains from the girl?s Southwest High School soccer team come over to Anthony to host a clinic for all students who are interested in learning some exciting activities, skills and educating prospective students what will be expected at the high school level.
This clinic will be FREE to all students at Anthony Middle School who would like to participate. Please keep in mind that our space is limited and students will need to sign up with the Athletic Director at Anthony Middle School so we can have an idea of who will be attending the clinic. Specific details and flyers will be posted in the Panther Post and around the school building regarding the soccer clinic after Spring break. If your student is interested in participating in the clinic, please advise her to see me as soon as possible.
With baseball and softball season just around the corner, we wanted to connect with you about a great opportunity this spring.
Minneapolis Public Schools is collaborating with the Minnesota Twins, Twins Community Fund, and Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to create an opportunity for students to still be active in baseball and softball for this year and years to come.
This is great news, because Minneapolis Public Schools had to reduce some of its athletic offerings at the middle school level for the 2017-18 school year, including eliminating baseball/softball this spring.
Middle school athletes can, however, participate in the Minnesota Twins Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program. Students can access the program by registering individually at your nearest recreation center or continue to play with their teammates at school by registering their team through the same system. Individuals and teams will need to provide their own transportation to practices and games.
The RBI program will begin games on May 5 and continue through the end of July. You can find more information about the program by visiting TwinCitiesRBI.com. We would also be glad to visit your school to answer questions regarding the program.
If you have questions regarding the program, you can contact the following individuals:
- Dave Wicker, Minneapolis Public Schools ? (612) 668-0600, [email protected] - Tim Grate, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board ? (612) 230-6491, [email protected] - Josh Ortiz, Minnesota Twins ? (612) 659-3506, [email protected] - Frank White, Twins RBI ? (612) 282-3018, [email protected]
We hope to see you at the ballpark this RBI season!
SIGN UP FOR THE RBI PROGRAM WITH THE TWINS
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Save Your Box Tops: There is a pink collection box in the office.
File Your Kowalsk is Receipt s: Place your Kowalskis receipts in the labeled Anthony bin at the front of the store. Donations are made quarterly based on the total number of receipts collected in each school?s bin.
Go t o giveMN.org: Donate or raise funds through giveMN.org
Purchase t hrough Am azon Sm ile: Anytime you purchase from Amazon, 0.5% of your purchase could go back to the Anthony PTA. Just follow this link for your next purchase and don't forget to Bookmark it. At the top of the Amazon order page you will see in red: "Supporting: PTA Minnesota Congress Anthony Middle School PTA". Link : sm ile.am azon.com /ch/65-1262307
Read t he Pant her Post : Read the Panther Post for weekly news and updates. You can also access the Panther Post through our website.
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If you have an article you would like to submit for consideration in the Panther Post, please email [email protected] by Wednesdays at 4:00pm.
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