From the Principals Desk
Andover Central Middle School Jag-Wire Newsletter March 2015
From the Principals Desk It is hard to believe that the third quarter is already near its end and spring break is nearly upon us. The third quarter has been filled with outstanding accomplishments by both our students and staff. From exceptional art exhibits and spelling bee champions to athletic championships and teachers being recognized at the state level for their achievements, the third quarter has been one to remember. I am extremely proud of the accomplishments of our students
and staff for helping to make this such a great year. As we head into the 4th quarter, students will again be busy with numerous activities, state assessments, and unique opportunities to participate in grade level specific experiences that are once a year events. The fourth quarter should bring more opportunities for creating memories our students will never forget. As the we head into the final chapter of the 2014-2015
school year, I wanted to thank you parents, for sharing your most prized possession with us and for your con- Tim Hayden, tinued support of Principal ACMS. ACMS is a special place and you play a big role in our success. Thanks for all you do to make our school a great place for students and staff and have a great Spring Break!
ACMS Teacher Ginger Steck Named Kansas Master Teacher Officials at the Teachers College at Emporia State announced the 2015 class of Kansas Master Teachers on February 23rd. A committee that included representatives from Kansas Association of School Boards, Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals, Kansas Association of Elementary School Principals, Kansas Parent Teacher Association, Kansas National Education Association, United School Administrators, Kappa Delta Pi, the 2014 Master Teacher class, National Teachers Hall of Fame and Center for Innovative School Leadership selected the recipients.
Ginger Steck—ACMS ART 2015 Kansas Master Teacher
Seven teachers within the state were selected as Master Teacher recipients and will be honored at Master Teacher Day on April 1. On that day, the teachers will present at a seminar, “Adapting to the Future of P-12 Education,” at 2:30 p.m. in the Jones Conference Center. Then they will be honored during a social hour at 5:15 p.m. in Webb Hall Lobby of Emporia State’s Memorial Union. That will be followed by the dinner awards program at 6:30 p.m. in Webb Hall.
Ginger has been in education for 24 years. She has spent 15 of those years in Andover at Meadowlark Elementary and now is in her 4th year at Andover Central Middle School. She is known for incorporating science and a variety of media spectrums into her daily instruction. She is an outstanding teacher and is a deserving candidate of the 2015Kansas master Teacher Award. Congratulations Mrs. Ginger!
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March Calendar of Events 2
Track Practice 7th Grade Boys Only Boys Tennis Practice Starts at Terradyne (Bus J-9) Choir Spring Concert All Grades 3 STUCO School Store Math Relay Practice (7th & 8th) Track Practice 7th Grade Girls Only Wrestling @ Augusta 4 Driver’s Ed Meeting for Interested 8th Graders Track Practice 8th Grade Girls & Boys Only 5 Individual Spring Pictures Math Relay Practice (7th & 8th) Track Practice Everyone 6 Pride Time—Adjusted Schedule Track Practice Everyone 7 Pioneer League Wrestling Tournament 8 Daylight Savings Time Begins 9 PAWS Meeting Math Relay Practice (7th & 8th) 10 STUCO School Store Pioneer League Math Relays @ Prairie Hills Band Booster Meeting 11 Science Olympiad Team Practice 12 End of 3rd Quarter 13 No School-Teacher In-service 16-20 No School—All Schools Closed for Spring Break 24 STUCO School Store 27 4.0 Student Recognition 30 Boys Tennis vs Robert Goddard MS 30-31 8th Grade Social Studies State Testing 31 STUCO School Store
ACMS Terradyne ACHS Auditorium Commons ACMS Rm 609 ACMS Augusta MS ACMS Commons ACMS ACMS Gym ACMS Rm 609 ACMS
3:00-4:30PM 3:15-5:00PM 7:00PM 7:25-7:50AM 3:00-3:45PM 3:00-4:30PM 4:30PM 10:40AM 3:00-4:30PM 8:00AM 3:00-3:45PM 3:00-4:30PM
ACMS ACMS
3:00-4:30PM 9:00AM
FACS Room ACMS Rm 609 Commons Prairie Hills MS ACHS band room Library Comp Lab
2:00PM 3:00-3:45PM 7:25-7:50AM 4:00PM 7:00PM 3:00PM
Commons Commons ACMS
7:25-7:50AM 8:00AM 3:30PM
Commons
7:25-7:50AM
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Kansas State Assessments Bring New Changes Kansas State Assessments begin at Andover Central Middle School on March 31 and run through late April. Students will be assessed in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade in reading and math, 7th grade science. And 6th and 8th grade social studies Specific dates for each assessment will be posted in the Jag Wire each week. This is another transitional year for Kansas assessments because we are phasing in new standards in language arts, math, science, and social studies and the state is also launching a new assessment format. All assessments will be computerized but the appearance and response options are different from what students have seen in the past. There will be a mix of questions from old standards and new ones with the new questions being used as a pilot to begin the process of norming the new assessment. This process will not be completed for several years. Schools are required to administer the test but the accountability and reporting process will be different each year until the new assessments are finalized. Because of this, individual student results will not be reported until after school starts next year. In the past state assessment scores have been used as one piece of information to use in placing students in various classes for the following year. We will not be using state assessment scores for that purpose until the new assessments are fully normed and the reporting process is established. We are encouraging students to look at this year’s assessment as a pilot program in which we are helping the state department of education learn what needs to be fixed or improved for next year. As always, we will encourage students to do their best work as that will give us and the state the best feedback on the new process and test items.
March State Assessment Schedule Date Mon. Mar 30 & Tues. Mar. 31 Mon. Mar 30 & Tues. Mar 31 Mon. Mar 30 & Tues. Mar 31 Wed. April 1 & Thurs. April 2 Wed. April 1 & Thurs April 2 Fri. April 3 No School Mon April 6 - Fri. April 10 Mon. April 6-10 April 6-10 Mon. April 13 Mon. April 13 Tues. April 14 Tues. April 14 Wed. April 15 Wed. April 15 Thurs. April 16 Thurs. April 16 Mon. April 20 - Fri. April 24
Subject 8th SS 8th SS 8th SS 6th SS 6th SS
Teacher Smith Charbonneau Holmgren Lock McDonald
Lab Library Lab 405 407 Library Lab 405
8th Testing Blocks
Ehrstien Kennedy Stenholm Geist Eggeleston Fogle Welch Gunzelman Showalter Lovelace Showalter Leedom Hopper Degarmo Tyner Bookout Kennedy
Library Lab 405 407 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 407 Library Lab 405 407
7th Science 7th Science 8th Math Performance 8th Math Performance 7th Math Performance 7th math Performance 6th Math Performance 6th Math Performance 6th Testing in LA
Mon. April 27 - Fri. May 1
7th testing in LA
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Congratulations to the 8th Grade Boys ACMS Basketball Team on winning the Pioneer League Championship for the 2nd straight year. Our 7th Grade Team also placed 2nd in the league tournament.
Over 130 Students traveled on the ACMS Activity Bus to support the 7th and 8th grade teams in the championship!
Cheer Squad Gets the crowd into it as the Jags head into the 4th Quarter up 20!
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Art Displays This is the 21st year for the Student Art Exhibit at the Coutts Museum 110 N. Main in El Dorado. We have art work from over 40 students representing ACMS at the Exhibit. The show will be up in the Museum through March 5th. The Coutts museum is open from 9:00am-5:00pm Tuesday - Friday and Saturday noon until 4:00pm. There is also an exhibit of ACMS student artwork on display at the Andover State Bank 511 North Main here in town. Stop by and see the wonderful artwork from 55 of our students! The Bank is open 9:00am-5:00pm Monday - Friday and Saturday 9:00am - noon.
Coming up in March is the Youth Art Month Display at the State Capitol rotunda in Topeka and the Middle School Exhibit at the Andover Public Library.
Skyping with Avi
6th grade students at Andover Central Middle School skyped with the author Avi in correlation with the reading of his novel The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Students prepared questions to ask Avi about his book, but also learned that reading is the most important skill to have to become a good writer.
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Science Olympiad Regional The Wichita Science Olympiad Regional was held at ACHS on February 21. Students participated in 23 events covering a range of science topics. The ACMS team did a great job getting 5th Place as a team! See below for individual event awards: ACMS Science Olympiad Team members: 6th Grade: Gavin Hawkins, Kat Horrigan, Travis Moxley 7th Grade: Nate Brightup, Luke Cole, Connor Kelly, Brent Lane, Mason Le, Sam McCray, Emmett Rech, Liz Snyder 8th Grade: Addison Willett 9th Grade: Michael Giebler, Sydney Sagehorn Awards: 4th 5th 6th 2nd 6th 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 5th 6th 6th
5th Overall for Team Air Trajectory Anatomy & Physiology Bottle Rocket Bridge Building Can't Judge A Powder Dynamic Planet Elastic Launched Glider Entomology Experimental Design Picture This Robo-Cross Simple Machines
Travis Moxley & Kat Horrigan Addison Willett Emmett Rech & Mason Le Sydney Sagehorn & Michael Giebler Travis Moxley & Gavin Hawkins Addison Willett Sam McCray & Connor Kelly Nate Brightup & Luke Cole Kat Horrigan & Brent Lane Sydney Sagehorn, Michael Giebler & Travis Moxley Mason Le & Brent Lane Sam McCray & Emmett Rech
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February Cat Class Award Winners!
Cat Class Awards are given by department monthly, recognizing students who continuously strive to be their best, show continued growth academically as well as socially, and are positive contributors to Andover Central Middle School. Cat Class recipients are nominated by teaching staff, with recipients receiving a certificate and Atomic Fire Ball for their accomplishments! February recipients include Alanna Bass, Madelyn Housley, Blayne O'Connor, Faith Kotkin, Josh Davids, Caleb Ballowe, Jake Lebbin , Gavin Culbertson, Kaleb Holder, Cooper Grunsky, Audrey Lewis , Bella Talkington, Carson Powell, Nick Krueger, Elizabeth Waldrip, Kanon Jones, Cole Stinson, Cole Johnson.
Jaguar Pride Award Winners! In an effort to recognize students for exhibiting positive character and citizenship on a daily basis, the Andover Central Middle School leadership team is proud to recognize spring recipients of the Jaguar Pride awards. The Jaguar Pride awards, driven by the Character Counts Initiative, recognizes students who consistently demonstrate the six pillars of positive character including trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. Students must also be on a blue or green conduct card, have passing grades and maintain good attendance. Recipients are nominated for the award by ACMS teaching staff, with winners receiving a certificate of recognition, Principal’s Award Pen, and Jag-Pride treat. Jag Pride winners for February include: Cassandra Moeder, Wes Detter, Zared Salome, Maddie Murphy, Joe Little, Alex Perez, Cameron Pavelschak, Faith Hong, Aubrey McKenna, Bailey Haden, Brock Scates, Olivia Czarniecki, Daniel Steck, Alexis Jimenez, Keenan Randolph, Cailan Steward.
From the Principals Desk It is hard to believe that the third quarter is already near its end and spring break is nearly upon us. The third quarter has been filled with outstanding accomplishments by both our students and staff. From exceptional art exhibits and spelling bee champions to athletic championships and teachers being recognized at the state level for their achievements, the third quarter has been one to remember. I am extremely proud of the accomplishments of our students
and staff for helping to make this such a great year. As we head into the 4th quarter, students will again be busy with numerous activities, state assessments, and unique opportunities to participate in grade level specific experiences that are once a year events. The fourth quarter should bring more opportunities for creating memories our students will never forget. As the we head into the final chapter of the 2014-2015
school year, I wanted to thank you parents, for sharing your most prized possession with us and for your con- Tim Hayden, tinued support of Principal ACMS. ACMS is a special place and you play a big role in our success. Thanks for all you do to make our school a great place for students and staff and have a great Spring Break!
ACMS Teacher Ginger Steck Named Kansas Master Teacher Officials at the Teachers College at Emporia State announced the 2015 class of Kansas Master Teachers on February 23rd. A committee that included representatives from Kansas Association of School Boards, Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals, Kansas Association of Elementary School Principals, Kansas Parent Teacher Association, Kansas National Education Association, United School Administrators, Kappa Delta Pi, the 2014 Master Teacher class, National Teachers Hall of Fame and Center for Innovative School Leadership selected the recipients.
Ginger Steck—ACMS ART 2015 Kansas Master Teacher
Seven teachers within the state were selected as Master Teacher recipients and will be honored at Master Teacher Day on April 1. On that day, the teachers will present at a seminar, “Adapting to the Future of P-12 Education,” at 2:30 p.m. in the Jones Conference Center. Then they will be honored during a social hour at 5:15 p.m. in Webb Hall Lobby of Emporia State’s Memorial Union. That will be followed by the dinner awards program at 6:30 p.m. in Webb Hall.
Ginger has been in education for 24 years. She has spent 15 of those years in Andover at Meadowlark Elementary and now is in her 4th year at Andover Central Middle School. She is known for incorporating science and a variety of media spectrums into her daily instruction. She is an outstanding teacher and is a deserving candidate of the 2015Kansas master Teacher Award. Congratulations Mrs. Ginger!
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March Calendar of Events 2
Track Practice 7th Grade Boys Only Boys Tennis Practice Starts at Terradyne (Bus J-9) Choir Spring Concert All Grades 3 STUCO School Store Math Relay Practice (7th & 8th) Track Practice 7th Grade Girls Only Wrestling @ Augusta 4 Driver’s Ed Meeting for Interested 8th Graders Track Practice 8th Grade Girls & Boys Only 5 Individual Spring Pictures Math Relay Practice (7th & 8th) Track Practice Everyone 6 Pride Time—Adjusted Schedule Track Practice Everyone 7 Pioneer League Wrestling Tournament 8 Daylight Savings Time Begins 9 PAWS Meeting Math Relay Practice (7th & 8th) 10 STUCO School Store Pioneer League Math Relays @ Prairie Hills Band Booster Meeting 11 Science Olympiad Team Practice 12 End of 3rd Quarter 13 No School-Teacher In-service 16-20 No School—All Schools Closed for Spring Break 24 STUCO School Store 27 4.0 Student Recognition 30 Boys Tennis vs Robert Goddard MS 30-31 8th Grade Social Studies State Testing 31 STUCO School Store
ACMS Terradyne ACHS Auditorium Commons ACMS Rm 609 ACMS Augusta MS ACMS Commons ACMS ACMS Gym ACMS Rm 609 ACMS
3:00-4:30PM 3:15-5:00PM 7:00PM 7:25-7:50AM 3:00-3:45PM 3:00-4:30PM 4:30PM 10:40AM 3:00-4:30PM 8:00AM 3:00-3:45PM 3:00-4:30PM
ACMS ACMS
3:00-4:30PM 9:00AM
FACS Room ACMS Rm 609 Commons Prairie Hills MS ACHS band room Library Comp Lab
2:00PM 3:00-3:45PM 7:25-7:50AM 4:00PM 7:00PM 3:00PM
Commons Commons ACMS
7:25-7:50AM 8:00AM 3:30PM
Commons
7:25-7:50AM
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Kansas State Assessments Bring New Changes Kansas State Assessments begin at Andover Central Middle School on March 31 and run through late April. Students will be assessed in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade in reading and math, 7th grade science. And 6th and 8th grade social studies Specific dates for each assessment will be posted in the Jag Wire each week. This is another transitional year for Kansas assessments because we are phasing in new standards in language arts, math, science, and social studies and the state is also launching a new assessment format. All assessments will be computerized but the appearance and response options are different from what students have seen in the past. There will be a mix of questions from old standards and new ones with the new questions being used as a pilot to begin the process of norming the new assessment. This process will not be completed for several years. Schools are required to administer the test but the accountability and reporting process will be different each year until the new assessments are finalized. Because of this, individual student results will not be reported until after school starts next year. In the past state assessment scores have been used as one piece of information to use in placing students in various classes for the following year. We will not be using state assessment scores for that purpose until the new assessments are fully normed and the reporting process is established. We are encouraging students to look at this year’s assessment as a pilot program in which we are helping the state department of education learn what needs to be fixed or improved for next year. As always, we will encourage students to do their best work as that will give us and the state the best feedback on the new process and test items.
March State Assessment Schedule Date Mon. Mar 30 & Tues. Mar. 31 Mon. Mar 30 & Tues. Mar 31 Mon. Mar 30 & Tues. Mar 31 Wed. April 1 & Thurs. April 2 Wed. April 1 & Thurs April 2 Fri. April 3 No School Mon April 6 - Fri. April 10 Mon. April 6-10 April 6-10 Mon. April 13 Mon. April 13 Tues. April 14 Tues. April 14 Wed. April 15 Wed. April 15 Thurs. April 16 Thurs. April 16 Mon. April 20 - Fri. April 24
Subject 8th SS 8th SS 8th SS 6th SS 6th SS
Teacher Smith Charbonneau Holmgren Lock McDonald
Lab Library Lab 405 407 Library Lab 405
8th Testing Blocks
Ehrstien Kennedy Stenholm Geist Eggeleston Fogle Welch Gunzelman Showalter Lovelace Showalter Leedom Hopper Degarmo Tyner Bookout Kennedy
Library Lab 405 407 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 Library Lab 405 407 Library Lab 405 407
7th Science 7th Science 8th Math Performance 8th Math Performance 7th Math Performance 7th math Performance 6th Math Performance 6th Math Performance 6th Testing in LA
Mon. April 27 - Fri. May 1
7th testing in LA
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Congratulations to the 8th Grade Boys ACMS Basketball Team on winning the Pioneer League Championship for the 2nd straight year. Our 7th Grade Team also placed 2nd in the league tournament.
Over 130 Students traveled on the ACMS Activity Bus to support the 7th and 8th grade teams in the championship!
Cheer Squad Gets the crowd into it as the Jags head into the 4th Quarter up 20!
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Art Displays This is the 21st year for the Student Art Exhibit at the Coutts Museum 110 N. Main in El Dorado. We have art work from over 40 students representing ACMS at the Exhibit. The show will be up in the Museum through March 5th. The Coutts museum is open from 9:00am-5:00pm Tuesday - Friday and Saturday noon until 4:00pm. There is also an exhibit of ACMS student artwork on display at the Andover State Bank 511 North Main here in town. Stop by and see the wonderful artwork from 55 of our students! The Bank is open 9:00am-5:00pm Monday - Friday and Saturday 9:00am - noon.
Coming up in March is the Youth Art Month Display at the State Capitol rotunda in Topeka and the Middle School Exhibit at the Andover Public Library.
Skyping with Avi
6th grade students at Andover Central Middle School skyped with the author Avi in correlation with the reading of his novel The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Students prepared questions to ask Avi about his book, but also learned that reading is the most important skill to have to become a good writer.
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Science Olympiad Regional The Wichita Science Olympiad Regional was held at ACHS on February 21. Students participated in 23 events covering a range of science topics. The ACMS team did a great job getting 5th Place as a team! See below for individual event awards: ACMS Science Olympiad Team members: 6th Grade: Gavin Hawkins, Kat Horrigan, Travis Moxley 7th Grade: Nate Brightup, Luke Cole, Connor Kelly, Brent Lane, Mason Le, Sam McCray, Emmett Rech, Liz Snyder 8th Grade: Addison Willett 9th Grade: Michael Giebler, Sydney Sagehorn Awards: 4th 5th 6th 2nd 6th 3rd 2nd 5th 2nd 5th 6th 6th
5th Overall for Team Air Trajectory Anatomy & Physiology Bottle Rocket Bridge Building Can't Judge A Powder Dynamic Planet Elastic Launched Glider Entomology Experimental Design Picture This Robo-Cross Simple Machines
Travis Moxley & Kat Horrigan Addison Willett Emmett Rech & Mason Le Sydney Sagehorn & Michael Giebler Travis Moxley & Gavin Hawkins Addison Willett Sam McCray & Connor Kelly Nate Brightup & Luke Cole Kat Horrigan & Brent Lane Sydney Sagehorn, Michael Giebler & Travis Moxley Mason Le & Brent Lane Sam McCray & Emmett Rech
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February Cat Class Award Winners!
Cat Class Awards are given by department monthly, recognizing students who continuously strive to be their best, show continued growth academically as well as socially, and are positive contributors to Andover Central Middle School. Cat Class recipients are nominated by teaching staff, with recipients receiving a certificate and Atomic Fire Ball for their accomplishments! February recipients include Alanna Bass, Madelyn Housley, Blayne O'Connor, Faith Kotkin, Josh Davids, Caleb Ballowe, Jake Lebbin , Gavin Culbertson, Kaleb Holder, Cooper Grunsky, Audrey Lewis , Bella Talkington, Carson Powell, Nick Krueger, Elizabeth Waldrip, Kanon Jones, Cole Stinson, Cole Johnson.
Jaguar Pride Award Winners! In an effort to recognize students for exhibiting positive character and citizenship on a daily basis, the Andover Central Middle School leadership team is proud to recognize spring recipients of the Jaguar Pride awards. The Jaguar Pride awards, driven by the Character Counts Initiative, recognizes students who consistently demonstrate the six pillars of positive character including trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. Students must also be on a blue or green conduct card, have passing grades and maintain good attendance. Recipients are nominated for the award by ACMS teaching staff, with winners receiving a certificate of recognition, Principal’s Award Pen, and Jag-Pride treat. Jag Pride winners for February include: Cassandra Moeder, Wes Detter, Zared Salome, Maddie Murphy, Joe Little, Alex Perez, Cameron Pavelschak, Faith Hong, Aubrey McKenna, Bailey Haden, Brock Scates, Olivia Czarniecki, Daniel Steck, Alexis Jimenez, Keenan Randolph, Cailan Steward.
