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Dear Parents/Guardians: Some important happenings at the MHS:  1) Varsity Jackets: Athletes interested in varsity jackets, please see Mr. Zalocki asap. 2) Senior Sports Banquet: if you have not already done so, please register that you are attending by using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LykmOkOQ_e1G_p7umXqUlXqd9C5HF1mOwno2CV_xBc8/edit 3) Benchmark and Finals:      Benchmark testing: (math and LAL only)           June 3 and 4 for our middle school           June 5, 6 and 7 for our high school      Finals           Finals for all other subject areas for our high school students begin on June 10, 2019.           Note: we will accommodate our seniors going to Florida 4) MHS Book Fair:  On May 28th  - 31st the MHS Library Media Center will host a Book Fair.  All middle school students will visit the Book Fair with their Language Arts class section.  High school students are welcome to visit the Book Fair with a pass from a classroom teacher or during their lunch period.   Interested in using the Book Fair eWallet? Give your student a secure, cash-free way to shop the fair. Simply create a free account with a pre-authorized spending limit, and have funds immediately available. Go to https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/parent-how-it-works.html to learn more.A ll South Amboy families may shop at the online Book Fair at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/southamboymiddlehighschool1 5) Middle School Extended Day Program: The middle school extended day program that ran on Mondays and Wednesdays after school this year has ended. 6) South Amboy MHS Student Artists: Join our celebration on Wednesday, May 29, at 6:00 pm. Location: South Amboy Arts, 141 N Broadway. Gallery Show Opening with student art, readings and musical performance. 7) Mallory’s Army: A presentation for our entire school on Thursday, May 30, during the day and an evening event for adults in the community at 6:30 pm. Please see flyer.  This presentation is given by Dianne Grossman, the parent of Mallory Rose Grossman, age 12, of Rockaway, NJ. Mallory, and young girl with a bright future, took her life as a result of bullying. This presentation is judged to be appropriate for students in middle school through high school. If you have any questions, please contact the school. For more information, please visit: https://mallorysarmy.org/ 8) Wanted - Dirty Cars: the student council car was will be held this Thursday at 4:00 pm until 6:00 pm at the Board of Education parking lot. 9) Events this week: (These dates are also on our school calendar.)          May 27 - School Closed for Memorial Day          May 28 - NJ Science Assessment for grades 8 and 11 begins          May 28 - Book Fair begins and Honor Society Dinner in the evening at 6:30 pm          May 29 - Grade 11 trip to Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty          May 29 - Art Show at the Gallery on Broadway at 6:00 pm          May 30 - Student Council Car Wash at 4:00 pm          May 30 - Mallory's Army - a Powerful Anti-bullying Presentation for Parents and Community Members to be held at                        6:30 pm. 10) Looking ahead: (These dates are also on our school calendar.)            June 3 - Benchmark testing begins            June 6 - Not Even Once Program, session three (grade 10)            June 6 - Sports Banquet            June 7 - Senior Florida trip            June 10 - High school finals begin            June 14 - 8th Grade Formal            June 18 - Short Session            June 19 - 8th Grade Graduation (Short Session)            June 20 - 12th Grade Graduation and last day of school (Short Session) If you have any questions, please call the school so we can assist you. Thank you, Dr. McCabe  
Posted by pmccabe  On May 28, 2019 at 1:21 PM
  
Dear Parents/Guardians, On Thursday, May 30th, we will have a presentation at our school titled, Mallory's Army; this presentation will be made by Mrs, Dianne Grossman. Mrs Grossman will be talking about her daughter Mallory’s struggle with bullying that ended in Mallory committing suicide. Mrs. Grossman's mission is to educate students in both middle and high school about bullying, its consequences, how to identify behaviors, prevent it from happening and support those who experience it. The message is very powerful. Mallory was a New Jersey middle school student and Mrs. Grossman will be speaking candidly about her daughter’s death. The program has been provided to a number of schools in New Jersey with positive reviews. We believe her message is important and will serve to benefit our school community. There will be a presentation during the school day for all grades. We will also have a presentation for our parent community at 6:30 pm on May 30th at the Middle High School. All are welcome to attend. Please go to the Mallory’s Army Facebook page and/or the Mallory’s Army website if you would like more information about Mrs. Grossman’s presentations and the Mallory’s Army Organization. If you have any questions about the presentation or reservations about your child attending, please contact the school. We would like to have an estimate of the number of parents planning to attend. Please email our guidance department at [email protected] if you plan on attending. Thank you, Dr. McCabe
Posted by pmccabe  On May 23, 2019 at 6:01 AM
  
Dear Parents/Guardians: Some important happenings at the MHS: (week of 5/20/19) 1) Parents of Seniors and Eighth Graders: please see my email about graduation that went out to you this morning. 2) Boys Summit coming to the MHS on Monday. See attachment to weekly email. In the fall, the Middlesex Commission on Child Abuse and Missing Children brought a program to our school for middle school girls titled, The Girls Summit. Now in the spring we will have The Boys Summit brought to us by the same organization. This Summit will be for all middle school boys and cover such important topics as:      Self confidence      Healthy body image      Healthy relationships      Dangers of substance abuse      Anti-bullying      Making good choices      Responsible use of social media         Career readiness 3) Varsity Jackets: Athletes interested in varsity jackets, please see attachments included with my weekly email, there you will find information and pricing. 4) Parents of Sixth Graders: Due to their high level of participation during the NJSLA over the past two weeks (theirs was a little higher than both the seventh and eighth grades) the sixth grade class is being provided a field day at the South Amboy YMCA this Thursday. I have attached a permission form for the trip to my weekly email. Please complete one for your child and submit it to the main office by Tuesday, 5/21/19. You will need to indicate whether or not your child will be swimming. 5) Benchmark and Finals:      Benchmark testing: (math and LAL only)           June 3 and 4 for our middle school           June 5, 6 and 7 for our high school      Finals           Finals for all other subject areas for our high school students begin on June 10, 2019.            Note: we will accommodate our seniors going to Florida 6) MHS Book Fair:  On May 28th  - 31st the MHS Library Media Center will host a Book Fair.  All middle school students will visit the Book Fair with their Language Arts class section.  High school students are welcome to visit the Book Fair with a pass from a classroom teacher or during their lunch period.  Interested in using the Book Fair eWallet? Give your student a secure, cash-free way to shop the fair. Simply create a free account with a pre-authorized spending limit, and have funds immediately available. Go to https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/parent-how-it-works.html to learn more. All South Amboy families may shop at the online Book Fair at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/southamboymiddlehighschool1 The Library Media Center is seeking volunteers for our upcoming Book Fair.  Please use the sign up at https://volunteer.scholastic.com/#/signup/TW9GD07Qr If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Quinn at [email protected] 7) South Amboy MHS Student Artists: Join our celebration on Wednesday, May 29, at 6:00 pm. Location: South Amboy Arts, 141 N Broadway. Gallery Show Opening with student art, readings and musical performance. 8) Mallory’s Army: A presentation for our entire school on May 30 during the day and an evening event for adults in the community at 6:30 pm. Please see flyer attached to weekly email. Note: time on flyer is not correct. Our start time will be at 6:30 pm not 6:00pm. This presentation is given by Dianne Grossman, the parent of Mallory Rose Grossman, age 12, of Rockaway, NJ. Mallory, and young girl with a bright future, took her life as a result of bullying. This presentation is judged to be appropriate for students in middle school through high school. If you have any questions, please contact the school. For more information, please visit: https://mallorysarmy.org/ 9) Events this week: (These dates are also on our school calendar.)           May 20 - Boys Summit for grades 6, 7 and 8.           May 20 - BOE Meeting           May 21 - Honor Societies have their induction ceremony           May 22 - 8th grade trip           May 23 - Not Even Once Program, s
Posted by pmccabe  On May 19, 2019 at 2:59 PM
  
Dear Parents/Guardians: Some important happenings at the MHS: (week of 5/13/19) 1) Interims for marking period four are available at this time on Parent Access. 2) Parents of Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade Students: we are asking that your children bring in to school earbuds or headphones for the last two days of middle school NJSLA testing; those days are Monday and Tuesday of this week. Students are permitted to use their own earbuds or headphones during the assessment as directed; however, at all other times they should be put away. We will have headphones available for use during NJSLA for students who do not bring in their own. 3) Parents of Freshmen: Due to their higher level of participation during the NJSLA over the past two weeks (theirs was a little higher than the sophomore class) the Freshmen class is being provided a field day at the South Amboy YMCA this Friday. I have attached a permission form for the trip to my weekly parent email. Please complete one for your child and submit it to the main office by Wednesday, 5/15/19. 4) Parents of Senior Athletes: The Senior Sports Banquet will be on June 6th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the Middle/High School Cafeteria. Please be sure to fill out and submit the Sports Banquet Invite no later than Friday, May 17th. Here is the link to the invite for our senior athletes. We ask that each athlete only fill out one form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOUrspqyiKcDh6Wp2dE2WZsruRS7PigB5axNBa6KocTo2GJg/viewform 5) Varsity Jackets: Information about athletes being able to order varsity jackets will be made available this week. 6) Seniors and Parents of seniors - regarding community service and graduation!!! It is important the forms for all hours are submitted to Mrs. Quinn in our media center as soon as possible. If students will be unable to provide the document of hours (30 hours per year) by 5/17/19, they should reach out to administration. Seniors who do not fulfill this requirement will not graduate and not be a part of our graduation ceremony. 7) Not Even Once is coming to the MHS. Not Even Once is a drug education program that will be presented to our 10th grade students. The program involves students through three sessions presented by EMTs, people in recovery, family members of those addicted and local fire and police officers.  The program is run out of Hackensack Meridian Health. 8) Boys Summit coming to the MHS on May 20. In the fall, the Middlesex Commission on Child Abuse and Missing Children brought a program to our school for middle school girls titled, The Girls Summit.  Now in the spring we will have The Boys Summit brought to us by the same organization. This Summit will be for all middle school boys and cover such important topics as: Self confidence Healthy body image Healthy relationships Dangers of substance abuse Anti-bullying Making good choices Responsible use of social media    Career readiness 9) MHS Book Fair:  On May 28th  - 31st the MHS Library Media Center will host a Book Fair.  All middle school students will visit the Book Fair with their Language Arts class section.  High school students are welcome to visit the Book Fair with a pass from a classroom teacher or during their lunch period.  Interested in using the Book Fair eWallet? Give your student a secure, cash-free way to shop the fair. Simply create a free account with a pre-authorized spending limit, and have funds immediately available. Go to https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/parent-how-it-works.html to learn more. All South Amboy families may shop at the online Book Fair at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/southamboymiddlehighschool1 The Library Media Center is seeking volunteers for our upcoming Book Fair.  Please use the sign up at https://volunteer.scholastic.com/#/signup/TW9GD07Qr If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Quinn at [email protected] 10) South Amboy MHS Student Artists: Join our cele
Posted by pmccabe  On May 12, 2019 at 8:12 AM
  
Dear Parents/Guardians: Some important happenings at the MHS: (week of 5/6/19) 1) Parents of Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade Students: we are asking that your children bring in to school earbuds or headphones for the days of middle school NJSLA testing; those days are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Students are permitted to use their own earbuds or headphones during the assessment as directed; however, at all other times they should be put away. We will have headphones available for use during NJSLA for students who do not bring in their own. 2) Parents of Freshmen and Sophomores:  we are asking that your children bring in to school earbuds or headphones for the last two days of high school NJSLA testing; those days are Thursday and Friday of this week. Students are permitted to use their own earbuds or headphones during the assessment as directed; however, at all other times they should be put away. We will have headphones available for use during NJSLA for students who do not bring in their own. 3) Reminder for Parents of Juniors and Seniors: your children will not be testing during the last two days (Thursday and Friday) of high school NJSLA. We are asking that juniors and seniors arrive to school on those days at 10:15 am and enter via the auditorium entrance and report directly to the cafeteria. The exception will be juniors and seniors taking the AP U.S. History Exam on 5/10/19. They will be asked to arrive to school at the regular time and report for testing. 4) Yearbooks are on sale now! To purchase you can go online to yearbookordercenter.com, our school code is 4210, or Mrs. Partenope has order forms in her classroom. 5) Lip Sync is scheduled for May 9, 2019.  If interested, students should bring in their permission slips by Monday to ensure we have enough acts to support the event. 6) Seniors and Parents of seniors - regarding community service!!! Every student is required to complete 30 hours of community service per year to meet the 120 hour graduation requirement.  Some of our students complete the hours but do not submit the forms; the forms are available in the media center. It is important the forms for all hours are submitted to Mrs. Quinn in our media center as soon as possible. If students will be unable to provide the document of hours by 5/17/19, they should reach out to administration. 7) Not Even Once is coming to the MHS: Not Even Once is a drug education program that will be presented to our 10th grade students. The program involves students through three sessions presented by EMTs, people in recovery, family members of those addicted and local fire and police officers.  The program is run out of Hackensack Meridian Health. 8) Interims will be available by the beginning of next week. An announcement will be sent out when they can be viewed on Parent Access. 9) Boys Summit coming to the MHS on May 20: in the fall, the Middlesex Commission on Child Abuse and Missing Children brought a program to our school for middle school girls titled, The Girls Summit.  Now in the spring we will have a Boys Summit brought to us by the same organization. This summit will be for all middle school boys and cover such important topics as: Self confidence Healthy body image Healthy relationships Dangers of substance abuse Anti-bullying Making good choices Responsible use of social media    Career readiness 10) Events this week:            May 8 - AP English Literature and Composition Exam            May 9 - 7th grade trip and Lip Sync at 6:30 pm              May 10 - AP U.S. History Exam 11) Looking ahead: (These dates are also on our school calendar.)           May 13 - AP Biology Exam           May 15 - AP English Language and Composition Exam           May 15 - 6th grade trip and Music Talent Show           May 16 - Not Even Once Program, session one (grade 10)           May 16 - Spring Concert           May 17 - PTO Founders Day Dinner
Posted by pmccabe  On May 05, 2019 at 11:02 AM