09.06.10

End of the First Week Celebration    
From Mr. Herkert

SchoolCenter PictureWe held our "End of the First Week" celebration on Friday. We held a PBIS Pep Rally in the gym first, then awarded some Tiger Ticket prizes. Every student who successfully completed the PBIS training this week was then entered into a drawing, where 5 names from each grade were picked to compete in a tricycle race. Each grade level (and the faculty) held a qualifying race to determine who would race for the championship. In the action packed finale, Ms Echelbarger narrowly defeated Colt Cannova, only to be disqualified for interference. It was a fun way to end a GREAT first week at the middle school !
Click on PBIS Celebration for pictures of the event!

PLTW Selects BMS for Incredible Opportunity!    
From Mr. Kirk
Byron Middle School was one of 25 schools nationally to be invited to participate in the inaugural PLTW National Innovation Summit, http://beta.pltw.org/innovationsummit, to be held Oct. 20-22, 2010 in Washington, D.C.

Four students will attend the summit as guests of PLTW. The students will showcase their work for educators, members of Congress, and leaders in STEM fields. They will participate in a student-focused conference, attend panel sessions, and compete in a problem solving contest. A visit to Capitol Hill and tours of the national monuments will also be scheduled. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to experience the USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo http://www.usasciencefestival.org/ on the National Mall Oct. 23 & 24.

Interested students will need to complete a cover letter and resume. All applications must be turned into the middle school office be 3:20 P.M. Tuesday, September 7th. Additional information and application resources can be found at the following link, www.byron226.org/ms/kirk/gttresources.

For assistance in this matter, please contact Mr. Kirk.

Eighth Grade Magazine Sale    
From Mr. Herkert

 
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The 8th grade students are currently involved in a magazine subscription fundraising project. All proceeds from the sale will go to fund the class trip to Springfield, which takes place in early December.

To help out the class, or a particular student, please click on the Easy-to-follow QSP.com Website link and follow the instructions given. 


Healthy Hearts 3K Run/Walk    
From the MM PE Department

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 1st Annual Byron Healthy Hearts 3K Run/Walk
 Hosted by the Mary Morgan Elementary Physical Education Program
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Check-in starts at 12:45 PM
3K Run/Walk starts at 2:00 PM  

To help the students of Mary Morgan Elementary School discover the importance of having a healthy heart, The Physical Education Program has organized this event. One of the main goals of our Physical Education Program is to promote a healthy lifestyle through a lifetime of fitness activities. This event allows us to spread this important message, not only, throughout our students of the Byron School District, but also, throughout the community. Money raised from this event will go toward the Heart Adventure Course. All students at Mary Morgan will be able to utilize this course during their time in Physical Education and gain a better understanding of the importance for having a healthy heart.

To register for the event or to find out more about the 3K Run/Walk click on HEALTHY HEARTS 3K RUN/WALK.


School Opening Notice    
From the Central Offices

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Byron Public Schools 2010 - 2011
  Click here for information  about the new school year!   [pdf]


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School Web Lockers is an internet service that provides personal storage.  Your Web Locker or home directory is the location for storing homework data to be accessed from any location (with an internet connnection).  Think of it as a virtual floppy disk.  You can copy files into this directory, and then access them later, from another computer.

Students can store up to 100Mb of "digital locker" storage.  There is also a limitation of 10Mb for each individual file.  No programs, games or executables.  HTML documents can be stored but will not run.

Click on Web Lockers for more detailed instructions.

School Calendar    
From the Foundation

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Thank you to the many people who purchased the Foundation Calendars on line. If you were unable to stop by the Foundation table the night of Back to School, and still need your calendar, please stop into a school office to pick it up. The school offices also have calendars available for purchase.  Pocket calendar $6, Wall calendar $7.

2010-2011 Student Attendance Day Calendar