MALTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
4rd QUARTER FINAL
MAY 26, 2010
COLT NOTES
Sports Dates
CYBER SAFETY FOR CHILDREN
Sports Dates
Important Dates Keep your child’s computer in
an open area of the house. It is Never meet in person with
easier to monitor what your someone you first met online.
Student schedules August
child is viewing. Tell your child that no matter
are available at 1:00 16-17 how long they have been com-
Install filtering software on the municating online, it is virtu-
First Day of School August ally impossible to know if a
Classes begin at 8:15 18 computer your child uses or
use child-friendly search en- new “friend” is who they say
gines. Many Internet Service they are.
Football/Girls BB August
First Practice 23 Providers offer filtering soft-
ware. Do not respond to offensive or
Malta Middle School August dangerous email. Encourage
Open House - 7:00 pm 24 Read a Web site’s privacy your child to follow three sim-
policy before giving out any ple steps: Stop, Block, and Visit the web sites your child
private or personal identifying Tell. Stop the correspondence visits. Spend some time famil-
Malta Girls Basketball Sept.
information. immediately; responding can iarizing yourself with your
Jamboree 4 child’s online world. Many
make the situation worse.
MS Football Sept. Block the user from sending children know more about the
Use anti-virus software and
additional emails. Tell a par- Internet than their parents do.
at Glasgow 4 make sure it updates regu-
ent or trusted adult about the Ask them to show you what
larly. Computer viruses are
Labor Day Sept. situation. they like to do online.
constantly changing so it is
No School 6 imperative that your protection
software is up to date. Tell your child not to open Teach your child to be a re-
Malta High School Sept. attachments from unknown sponsible cyber citizen. Just
Homecoming 10 Never give out personal infor-
sources, or respond to pop- as being a citizen of your local
ups on your computer. If community carries responsi-
Malta MS Football Sept. mation online to someone you
something seems too good to bilities, so does being a citizen
do not know. Explain to your
Jamboree 11 be true, it usually is. Many of of the cyber community. Use
children that people are not
these attachments or entice- good manners, be respectful
always who they say they are.
ments to win a free prize come of others, be safe, and respect
Even small amounts of infor-
with the high price of com- the laws. Finally, if you see
mation like hobbies or a
puter viruses or spy ware. something online that makes
child’s favorite hang out pro-
you uncomfortable; report it
vide too much detail to be
immediately to your Internet
shared on the internet.
Provider or law enforcement.
Malta Middle School
Summer Band
June 7 through June 25
THOUGHTS FROM THE PRINCIPAL
For information please As the new Malta Middle On behalf of our entire staff, parents to take an active
contact School concludes the 2009- I would like to wish our 8th role in monitoring their
Mr. Engebretson at 2010 school year, I would graders continued success child's on-line activities.
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like to take this opportunity as they continue their Please take a moment to
to thank our teachers and educational journey as read through this informa-
support staff for making this Malta High School’s class of tion. I hope this guide will
a successful and productive 2014. be useful to you.
school year. We have all
learned from our experi- At the top of the this page Best wishes to all of our
ences this year and look you will find an information students and their families
forward to a new school guide with safety tips for for a safe and enjoyable
year this fall. parents of children who summer.
actively use the internet.
I believe it’s important for Scott King, Principal
COLT NOTES
MALTA MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDERS CLUB
Builders Club celebrated a successful Our Builders Club year will start early In the fall we will elect an 8th grade
year end with a pizza party. The pizza in August and we will invite all 6th, 7th, president, an 8th grade secretary, a 7th
and soda was provided and 8th graders to grade vice-president, a 7th grade
through donations from the join our service treasurer, and a 6th grade representa-
PIE organization and the organization. We tive. Please consider taking a leader-
Head Start parents as a anticipate doing ship role in our club.
thank you for the volunteer more volunteer
babysitting the students did work with the PIE,
Have a great summer and thanks to all
throughout the year. We Head Start, and
Builders Club members for making
appreciate their generosity Senior citizen or-
and enjoyed spending time ganizations. If you 2009-2010 a successful year.
with their children. have a specific
volunteer or ser-
Builders Club is sponsored by theby the Kiwanis Club.
Builders Club is sponsored Kiwanis Club. vice project please
share your ideas!
STUDENT CLASSROOM SUPPLIES LIST
ENGLISH SCIENCE
3 Ring Binder 2” Spiral Notebook/ Pen and/or Pencil
2 Spiral Notebooks Folder
Pen and/or Pencil Calculator (8th Grade – This can be a SPORTS PHYSICALS
HISTORY simple calculator) Sports physicals will be offered during
Notebook/Pen and/or Pencil Colored Pencils (7th Grade) regular clinic hours from June 1 until
Folder READING – 6th Grade September 1. Appointments need to be
MATH – 6th & 7th Grades 3 Ring Binder made by calling the clinic at 654-1800. The
Flat Compass, Protractor, 12” Ruler 5 Subject Notebook cost of the physical is $25.00, due at the time
Correcting Pen Lots of pencils/pens of the appointment. Sports physical forms
Colored Pencils are available at the clinic. All 7th and 8th
ART
Spiral Notebook grade students participating in sports are
1- 9” X 12” Sketchbook
required to have a physical before they start
Math – 8th Grade HB or #2 pencils
practice.
Flat Compass, Protractor, 12” Ruler Art gum Eraser
Correcting Pen PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Colored Pencils T-shirt/Sweatshirt
Spiral Notebook Shorts
Graph Paper Non-Floor Marking Tennis Shoes
TI84 Plus Calculator
LIBRARY AND AR PROGRAM NEWS
AR and Star printouts for the The remaining fifth through eighth Reading while watching TV
2009/2010 school year will be mailed spots were taken by: Amber Johnson Dear Abby published a letter from a
with the reports cards. (447.1 pts.), Josh Dunham (427.0 pts. parent suggesting parents mute the
MMS Top Award Winners in Total 492.7 pts.), Adrianna television and have the chil-
the AR program are as follows: Bibeau (370.6 pts.), and Zach dren read the closed caption
Emelina Doucette earned 1854.4 Ac- Wright (367.8 pts. Ronni Erick- words instead of listening.
celerated Reader points in one school son (336.4 pts.) and Marie It works great. “Their reading
year breaking all MMS school records Stiffend (336.0 pts.) round out skills have soared, and I (the
previously held in the Accelerated the top ten award winners parent who wrote the letter) noticed
Reader program. Rose Doucette has 200 or better club: D’Andree Haag, they are now reading more books
attained 1178.8 points in two years. Brandon Haggag-Carman, Carter than they used to.”
Thalia Medina came in third with 472.0 Epperson, Amanda Mummey, Palmer
points and Darby Schye earned fourth Giblette, and Caleb Harms.
with 465.3 points.