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Graham News:
Graham Performing Arts Students Win Award
Results from last week’s tour to Heritage Festival in Anaheim:
Vocal Ensemble – Gold Award, First Place
Wind Ensemble – Silver Award
String Ensemble- Silver Award Third Place
Advanced Dance Group – Silver Award
Congratulations to tour students; congratulations to Jenni Gaderlund, Emmett McCutchenne, Dana Gaudio and Emmily Aybar for their work preparing our students. Thanks to Scott McGhee and Graham parent, Bob Reay for chaperone duty. Thanks to Graham Performing Arts Association for their support!Greek Olympics
On May 13th, all 6th graders participated in the Graham Middle School Greek Olympics. Students competed individually and as a group to win beads for their Greek city-state. The day was a success with students competing in ten events including track and field, art, trivia, table games, math and speech. Thank you all 6th grade teachers, parent volunteers and staff that helped make this day memorable for all.
Greek Olympics City-State Winners
1st 46 points Delphi
2nd 31 points Corinth
3rd 29 points Thebes
4th tied with 24 points Athens, Elis and Marathon
5th 19 points Sparta
6th tied with 17 points Olympia and Messina
Speech Winners
1st Alvin Lu from Delphi
2 nd Kelsey Harrigan from Olympia
3rd Julia Stuart and Derek Wheeler from Thebes
4th Alyshia Davis from Elis
CHESS CHAMPS!
At last month's District Chess Competition, Graham Middle School's Chess Team took First Place, and 2 of our team members took First and Second place Senior Individual awards.
Members: Suvrath Penmetcha, Brandon Capulong, Ken Kauffman, Jasper Deng, Mike Young, Anoop Thakore and Ryan Schulenburg.
First place senior individual went to Suvrath Penmetcha.
Second place senior individual went to Brandon Capulong.
Best coach honors went to Graham's Coach Michael Haspert.
Congratulations to our team and our coach!Earn While You Learn
EWYL Paid Internship Program for 8 th Grade Crittenden and Graham Middle School who are 14 years old by July 7, 2008 Sponsored by the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College in partnership with Mesa de la Comunidad MountainView
Student Assistant Application--$500 Summer Internship
The Student Assistant summer internship is an opportunity for two middle school students, one from Graham and one from Crittenden. To apply you must currently be in 8 th grade and be 14 years old by July 7, 2008, and have a work permit (if you do not have a work permit, you can go to your school office and ask for one to fill out). This application is due in your school's main office by April 30, 2008.
The Student Assistant summer internship involves working with teachers at the Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) at Foothill College. At KCI, the staff creates projects for teachers/students that use technology to meet educational curriculum standards. As a Student Assistant Intern, you will have the opportunity to participate in various activities such as helping teachers use resources and tools on the internet, work with multimedia applications, create websites, and develop activities for the teachers' classrooms. You will also assist in basic office duties related to supplies, printing and distributing materials, recording activities of the institute through videos and photos and other tasks that arise. The program begins on Monday, July 7, 2008 and ends Friday, July 25, 2008. Your stipend for the three-week work period is $500. You must be available the entire three-week period. The work days are Monday thru Friday from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Applicants should be familiar with computers, cameras, camcorders, cell phones, and iPods. Selected students will be responsible for their own transportation to and from KCI while they are working. Foothill is on the city bus route. Members of the Krause Center, Mesa de la Comunidad, GMS and CMS staff will review applications. The selection committee will interview the top applicants. Applications are available in the office.
High School Info
For 8 th grade students and parents transitioning to Mountain View High School: Sign up for the MVHS 2012 Class Elist and other Elists at http://mvhs.elists.mvla.net
Elists -YOUR INFORMATION CENTER
Want to feel connected to Mountain View High School? A fabulous way is to enroll in elists. Enrollment is not automatic. Each student and each family must enroll by signing up at the elist site and responding to the confirmation email message.
MVHS News Elists , Parent Organization Elists, Class Elists, performing arts Elists, Athletic teams Elists, MVHs Clubs and Activities, Volunteer Opportunities for parents
Questions? Contact:
PTSA: Anne Westbrook, Co-President, Annewestbrook@alum.mit.edu (650) 968-0945
PTSA: Anky van Deursen, Co-President, ANKYVANDEURSEN@HOTMAIL.COM (650) 965-2479
Translator: Carmen Mercado, MVHS Staff, Carmen.mercado@mvla.net (650) 940-7475
Technical: Judy Snow, PTSA Webmaster, judysnow@yahoo.com
Congratulations to Graham's Robotics Team!
We are proud to announce the results of Graham's Robotics Team from the Northern California FIRST LEGO League Championship Tournament, held on Sat. Jan. 12 at Newark Memorial High School.
Team SAP-Fire brought home two of the 17 trophies awarded to teams. They won 2nd Place in Robot Performance, with at least one perfect maximum score of 400 pts. and second highest in total scores. They also won the 2nd Place Championship Award. The Championship Awards were based on top performances in all four categories: Team Work, Robot Design, Research Project, and Robot Game Performance. There were 64 qualifying teams from Northern California. Our team was one of 6 rookie teams at the Championship Tournament. One team, 1st Place Champion advances to the World Games in Atlanta.
Congratulations go to team members: Alice Chow, 8th grade: Barrett Greaves, 7th grade; Jack Marquez, 7th grade; Eli Nelson, 7th grade; and Suvrath Penmetcha, 7th grade.
Thank yous go to our dedicated parent volunteer coaches: Mikal Greaves and Kaaren Marquez. Appreciation goes to all team parents and school administration for their consistent support: Mr. Jim McCloskey, District Maintenance Director,
Dr. Maurice Ghysels and Mr. Jonathan Pharazyn on the Research Project presentation. Our team met three times a week after school and evenings with additional Saturday meetings when needed.
Thank yous go to our corporate sponsor and their employee volunteer coaches: SAP of Palo Alto; Greg Chase and Sophie Chou who coached at all meetings when they were not away on business.
The team had an exciting, intense, competitive, but challenging fun 11 hours at the tournament, (8 am to 7 pm). The students demonstrated their best in team spirit, skill, knowledge and gracious professionalism.
Please drop by Graham to see the trophies. Go SAP-Fire!
We have five members, 7th and 8th graders: Alice Chow (girl in the middle), Barrett Greaves (dark curly hair), Jack Marquez (dark hair, glasses), Eli Nelson (fair hair, glasses) and Suvrath Penmetcha (dark hair, no glasses) Services for our Gifted and Talented Students
Graham has a proud history of meeting the needs of all our students, including our best and brightest students. Offerings have included advanced academic opportunities (like Geometry), high-level performing arts and athletic activities and student leadership roles. GMS-TV and Robotics Competition activities have been available outside of the school day for several years. Student Council, Literary Magazine, Yearbook and the recently completed ArtsLab are other examples.
We are in the process of implementing additional services to better meet the needs of our Gifted and Talented students. Partnering with Crittenden Middle School, we intend to offer a series of field trips and one-day activities, such as visits to the Tech Museum.
Beginning today, November 28, we are instituting a weekly Public Speaking Academy before school on our late start day. Earlier this month we instituted a Book Discussion Club to give students a chance to share their thoughts about Mountain View Reads selection for 2007: "When the Elephants Dance". Our Chess Club meets every Friday after school, receiving powerful coaching from our parent volunteer, Michael Haspert.
I believe the most significant service we could provide to our Gifted students would be to increase the Differentiation of Instruction they receive in all classes during the school day. We are fortunate that the district is sponsoring two Differentiating Instruction workshops this year. One began this Tuesday, November 27, and continues over 2 other evenings. I have signed up and encouraged my staff to do so. The second workshop consists of two Saturday sessions beginning in January.
We held our GMS GATE meeting yesterday evening (GATE parents received a recorded phone invitation
from me). We heard a report from our District GATE Committee representatives (parent Laura Blakely,
teachers Anel Albertao and Emma Spencer) and discussed our plans for the year. We listened to ideas our parents brought to share.
We expect to hold another parent meeting after the Winter Holiday. We will report to you in the Bear Tracks and on our website about new services and opportunities for our GATE students
Fun Activities for Teens:
The Mountain View Recreation Department has many fun activities available for Middle School age students during the school year and during Summer!
* FREE Teen Latin Dance Classes Saturday Nights at the Whisman Sports Center
* FREE Teen Open Gym for Middle & High School Students, Saturdays, 6:30-9pm, at the Whisman Sports Center, ID Required. More infFREE Latin Dance Class for Students
Students ages 8 and up can learn how to dance like the stars. The City of Mountain View Recreation Division and Juan Aranda are offering dance classes to students on Saturday nights for free. Classes will be held at the Whisman Sports Center, 1500 Middlefield Rd. in Mountain View. Mr. Aranda will teach the Waltz from 6:30 to 8pm and salsa from 8 to 9:30pm. No partner necessary. For more information contact the City of Mountain View Recreation Division at 650-903-6331.
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