November 8, 2011

Song:

Since you all know how we feel about your children, here is a very appropriate Katy Perry lyric (yes, Katy Perry....I really like her)

"cause baby, you're a firework

Come on show 'em what you're worth

Make 'em go, oh, oh, oh

As you shoot across the sky"

I guess my musical interests finally moved closer to the present?

Empowering our students:

In future blogs, the students of SGA will begin taping weekly segments that will be played in Kallah and uploaded to this blog. The content of these videos will vary from week to week, but will always include birthdays, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, and scores of and upcoming athletic games. SGA is committed to becoming more of a voice in the school and this is one of the ways to do so. SGA has also created its own Twitter account. Feel free to follow @EWSMSSGA for weekly fun and informative tweets.

The purpose of SGA has always been to provide a student voice to faculty. However, this year we are trying to give it more. We have asked the SGA president to speak to the student body about key issues, they, as a group, have met with SAGE about its menu, and they have had opportunities to create programs such as student of the week and tweet of the week. With this enhanced role, it is our hope that MS SGA becomes truly a representative body of the students in the Middle School and a means for producing more student-driven programming.

Dr. Bishop and I share a similar philosophy in regards to the importance of a strong student voice. When Dr. Bishop reminds students "to ask for what you want because you just might get it," it is not just a tag line. Some of what they ask for gets implemented and honored. We both believe in student empowerment. We feel that by empowering students, the school is a better place and that student buy-in is much more widespread. As a result the programming is more robust, behavior is better, and academic achievement is increased. It is with this in mind that we continue to work to enhance the programs in the Middle School to include more student involvement.

Thanks again and have a great week.

Happy Birthday to the following students:

Cole Caress and Joseph Minkowitz - Nov 10

Jonathan Blum - Nov 12

Mazel Tov to the following students who are celebrating their Bar/Bat Mitzvahs this week:

Kyle Cimino, Nicole Zucker, and Audrey - November 12

Athletics:

Tuesday

MS Girls Soccer v. Awty - 4 p.m.

Wednesday

MS Girls Soccer team pictures

Thursday

Boys 7/8 Basketball v. Veritas - 4 p.m.

MS Girls Soccer @Fort Bend - 4 p.m.

7 Boys Baseketball @ Fort Bend - 4:30 p.m.

8 Boys Basketball @ Fort Bend - 5:30 p.m.

Friday

7 Boys Basketball @ Family Cristian Tournament - 3 p.m.

7/8 Basketball @Family Christian Tournament

Calendar of Events:

Week of November 7 - Second Interim reports will be emailed home.

November 16 - Begin fourth rotation of 6th Grade electives

November 23-25 - School Closed for Thanksgiving