CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL John Miller, Principal Brian Hill, Assist. Principal/A.D.

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1 FEBRUARY 2016 CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL John Miller, Principal Brian Hill, Assist. Principal/A.D. Feb RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS WEEK! DANCE: Wed. Feb. 10 3:30-5:30 FEB. 19 HOOPS FOR HEART Mark your calendar RAT LOCK-IN April 15th Boys and Girls Soccer try-outs and Track & Field practice will be held in March. CHS CHARGER BASEBALL WINTER CLINIC SUNDAY, FEBRUARY, 28TH DETAILS INSIDE HUNTERTOWN LIONS CLUB BASEBALL & SOFTBALL REGISTRATION FORM INSIDE Continue to check the web site for details. COLLECTION PERIOD NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 19TH HELP YOUR STUDENT S CLASS WIN A PIZZA PARTY!! inside.carroll Middle School Students Excel at Scholastic Art!

2 TEAM NEWS TEAM NEWS TEAM NEWS 6th GRADE SCIENCE Mr. Corah /Mr. Windmiller The science classes in the 6th grade are now into their look at our solar system. Most of this month will be spent focusing on the relationship between our sun, moon and Earth. We start the month looking at why the moon has phases and why we can always see the same side of the moon from Earth. Ask your child to demonstrate the rotation, revolution, and phases of the moon after we finish the Man on the Moon investigation. Our study will continue by looking at the causes of solar and lunar eclipses and the moon s impact on our ocean tides. February will end with students studying our solar system and the characteristics of the items found within it. 8th GRADE KEYBOARDING & COMPUTER EXPLORATION -Mrs. Hipskind The eighth graders are off and running in Keyboarding. Students are using the Mavis Beacon program to practice their keyboarding speed and accuracy. Many students have seen a huge increase in their typing technique since their 7th grade quarter of class. Eighth graders have a new goal of typing at 30 AWPM by the end of the quarter. Online practice lessons and games can be found on Mrs. Hipskind s web page so students can practice at home too. MS Excel is the current unit of study in eighth grade. Students are learning how to create and format spreadsheets with formulas, functions, and charts. An Excel final project will be given MATH Mrs. Silveus/Mr.Koehlinger Wow, where did the first half of the year go? Academic classes will start the month by jumping ahead to working with integers, absolute values, and the coordinate plane. Then we will dive into Orders of Operations and exploring Area in a different form including irregular figures. Accelerated classes will be working on identifying triangles and polygons along with reflections and translations on a coordinate plane. To finish the month we will be exploring Area of irregular figures and orders of operation. ISTEP preparation will be done weekly through all math classes. Continue to study hard and commit yourself to getting work in on time. Good luck on ISTEP! on February 3rd to access the skills they have learned. After that, a Movie Maker project focused on a person from US History will begin. Watch Mrs. Hipskind s web page for more information on that big upcoming project. SOCIAL STUDIES Mr. Kochert/Mr. Lochmueller The students did an outstanding job on their Ancient Greece Projects! Thanks for helping your student prepare for this assignment. Throughout February the kids will be studying Ancient Rome. Like Ancient Greece, the Roman unit will consist of one test and a project. Please continue to check your student s homework and grades via our website. As always please let us know of any questions or concerns that you might have in regards to your student. SCIENCE Mr. Clinkenbeard/Mrs. McNiece Students in 8th grade science will have the opportunity to understand what makes the weather around us. Students will understand how air masses can affect weather and what weather fronts can bring to an area. We will dedicate some time studying the weather forces that affect northeast Indiana, including lake-effect snow storms and tornados. Students will all participate in the Indiana Tornado Project as we look at the number of tornado touchdowns per Indiana county over the last few decades.

3 Row 1- (l-r) Kaitlyn Carpenter, Grace Torres, Sarah Bhuiya, Sarah Hauser, Ella Workman Row 2- (l-r) Taylor Garrison-O Hara, Alyssa Lee, Brye Wearley, Tabby Stephenson, Allison Boyer, McKenzie Warner Row 3- (l-r) Julian Walter, Rei Griswold, Maddy Caldwell, Faith Crowell, Abby Denny, Sabine Croy, Claire Lapp Not pictured: Cassie Middleton, Alex Pensinger, Josephine Scagnoli Teacher: Miss Susan Buttermore Carroll Middle School Students Excel at Scholastic Art and Writing Twenty-two Carroll Middle School students had thirty-five pieces of artwork accepted in the 2016 Northeastern Indiana Regional Scholastic Art Exhibit. Students won awards in drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art, ceramics, and painting. Seventeen pieces received Gold Key awards and will be sent to New York for competition at the national level. Fourteen pieces received Silver Key awards and four were awarded Certificates of Merit. All thirty-five pieces of artwork will be on display at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art beginning February 14, through the end of March. Susan Buttermore, Art Instructor

4 Carroll Middle School musicians had a great showing this past Saturday (January 30) at the ISSMA Solo & Ensemble Contest held at Carroll High School. Earning silver medals and bronze medals were the following musicians David Wyant, Benny Vannatta, Kendall Kemerly, Andrew Collins, Xavier Kissell, Malachi Kamler, Luke Cody, Gage Sparks, Andrew Lachberg, Tory Noble, Megan Dolk, Grace McElhoe, and Zoe Meyer The following 16 soloist's earned gold medals Lucas Brown Sophia Smith Joseph Partin Samuel Graham Braden Krupp Sara Lemke Henry Wellman Audrey Gebauer Ben Mulholland Noah Johnson Xavier Kissell Alex Bracken Malachi Kamler Brian Cooper Lucas Hitchcock Melita Brown Clarinet Trombone Snare Drum Alto Sax Flute Alto Sax Alto Sax Alto Sax Clarinet Snare Drum Flute(qualified for state) The 20 gold medal winning ensembles were- Brass Ensemble- Micah Kirk, Isaac Luckett, Ben Fortney, Henry Wellman, Josh Kuhns, Casey Bane, Blake Mast Brass Quintet- John Taller, Collin Anderson, Luke Stockel, Wyatt Schroeder, Aelius Ohneck Woodwind Quartet- Sarah McKendry, Hannah Harrigan, Katelyn Slusser, Riley Garner Woodwind Trio- Kaitlyn Carpenter, Neal Birchfield, Becca Reece Flute Trio- Ashleigh Hendrickson, Alyssa Lehman, Emma Messer Woodwind Trio- Anna Popkov, Maria Casiano, Micah Long Flute Trio- Zoe Berkes, Emily Fuhrman, Bridget Bane

5 Woodwind Ensemble- Sophia Smith, Shelbee Ohneck, Corbin Ellenberger, Seth Lubbehusen, Alyssa Lehman, Dartanion Chapman, Haylee Leins, Audrey Broeker Woodwind Trio- Savannah Ahmad, Maddie Minser, Audrey Broeker Woodwind Quintet- Maddie Minser, Bridget Bane, Kendall Kemerly, Savannah Ahmad, Abby Ratliff Woodwind Trio- Taylor Potter, Leah Skinner, Shelby Steel Woodwind Trio- Madalyn Ruch, Emily McIntosh, Hailey Baron Percussion Trio- Kiana Minch, Wyatt Messer, A.J. Bane Woodwind Ensemble- Emma Smith, Jenna Plemons, J.J. Swanson, Claire Irvine, Emma Walker, Sabrina Stucko, Allison Bell Clarinet Trio- Brian Cooper, Chloe Wilson, Maddie Bracken Woodwind Quartet- Lena Reelsen, Katrina Brown, Cameron Gregory, Satorei Crowell Woodwind Trio- Thalia Pugh, Caitlyn Newmark, Gabby Cochran Brass Ensemble- Jared Rutsey, Adora Brown, Seth Deininger, Trey Meadows, Dominic Cardenas, Luke Sanger Trio- Bradyn Shultz, Ayden Marquardt, Saraf Bhuiya Trombone Trio- Sebastian Kuhns, Sam Nelson, Connor Scholz

6 CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL S ELECTRIC CHARGE SHOW CHOIR EARNED GRAND CHAMPION AT THE BISHOP DWENGER INVITATIONAL ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 30TH

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