End of the semester finals

As we near the end of the first semester of school, kids will be preparing for their mid year finals. These tests will occur in each subject (including many related arts classes) and will be an exam covering the material they have learned thus far this school year. The tests will happen the last two days before the Holiday Break. More information and a class schedule will be sent home next week!

The Blue Jays Teachers

PROJECTS!

Kids are working on projects in both science and social studies.

SCIENCE: Ecosystems project.... Pick and ecosystem and describe the habitat, human impact, food web, and limiting factors. DUE: FRIDAY DECEMBER 9TH!!

Progress Reports

Progress Reports will go home WEDNESDAY December, 7th. Please be sure to ask your student about their report and the effort they are putting into the 3rd grading period.

FYI: The 3rd grading period ends January 6th! Boy, how the school year is flying by!

The Blue Jays Teachers

Class Switches!

Good Evening!

We would like to let you know that the Blue Jays' teachers have worked to re-arrange the classes to better accommodate for our individual learners! Since our students travel together for the majority of the day and only have 2 core content teachers, we wanted to give some students a fresh perspective and have changed approximately 20 student's homerooms.

 

We are trying these new arrangements for the two weeks before the break as we begin to prepare for midterms. We truly believe that all of these schedule changes are in each child's best interest and apologize in advance for not notifying you sooner. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to ask!

 

**Both classes are still following the Montessori methodology and will be taught in the same manner, they just have different student groups in them!

 

Thanks!

The Blue Jays Teachers

What are we doing in language arts?

During Language Ats for the past week, we have been watching clips from Toy Story. We have been working on predicting what a change is in a story or movie. We are focusing on how Woody's world changed when Buzz Light Year moved into Andy's room. Buzz Light Year is taking over woody's life, he is sleeping with andy and is now the leader of all the toys! Woody is going through a BIG change in his life! I think my classmates and I can really relate to the changes that are occuring in Woody's life.

what's going on today?

Today at Westport Middle, the Warhawks have a basketball game against Meyzeek Middle.the dance tem will be here at Westport suporting us and performing. Our cheerleading team will also be here to cheer us on!This is a BIG  game for the Warhawks so come and suport us and wish us good luck!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Blue Jays!

We won the first BOX TOP FOR EDUCATION competition!! The Blue Jays enjoyed a special movie and Popsicle treat sponsored by the PTSA on Friday as a celebration!

The year's second competition round is underway - please bring in all of your box tops! This competition runs until February 12th.

Thanks for your support of our school and of our team.

-The Blue Jays Teachers

Money, money, money!! :)

We received our first check in the mail from our Kroger fundraiser. It was for $206.19. Keep using those Kroger gift cards!

If you are interested in participating in this fundraiser, please send your child to school with a check or $5 cash. The gift cards come pre-loaded for $5. Simply take the card to any Kroger customer service counter or checkout and choose an amount to load onto the card and then use the card to pay for your groceries. This fundraiser doesn't cost you a penny, only a few extra seconds in the grocery store. If you haven't already started, please support our Blue Jays!

Remember - for every $5,000 that is loaded onto our Kroger gift cards we receive a check for 4% of the amount. Once we "reload" for another $5,000 we will receive another check. Just think - if each Blue Jay family spent $100 at Kroger a month, we would receive a check for $200 every month!! It's so simple! :)

social studies project

In social studies we have be rewriting a song into a social studies song about our class notes.Me and my friend Sara rewrote the song "Thriiler." I thought that making the song was really fun. Now I can remember what tunda means and arid. Tundra is very cold and arid is hot.Things can be very fun and educational at the same time.

End of 2nd Grading Period

Friday, November 4th marks the end of the 2nd grading period. Teachers have 4 working days to enter grades and then report cards will be printed and sent home. Expect report cards to come home sometime during the week of November 14th.

ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND! NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS ON MONDAY 11/7 OR TUESDAY 11/8!!

School Supplies

Parents/Guardians

Please check with your child this weekend to see if they are running low on pencils, paper or other school supplies. We are officially 1/3 of the way through the school year and this is a common point for school supplies to need some replenishing. We have a number of students that we have been supplying with pencils and paper for the last several weeks and are running low on our own personal supplies as well!

Also - this weekend is a great time to clean out (and replace if needed) binders and tab dividers. If you start a shoebox at home with old papers, that will help your child stay organized and also prevent any important papers from accidentally being thrown away!

Thank you for a great start to the school year!

Also - If you could, please have students keep white out and other supplies of that nature at home. We have had several white out spills that have ruined some school furniture and created messes for our custodial staff to clean up!

Progress Reports

Progress reports are coming home today, Friday, 10/21.

Have a fantastic weekend - don't forget Gatti's is on Tuesday next week and we are walking! Dress for the weather Bluejays!!

Updates from the Blue Jays

Hello! Here is a quick update of some important information for our team:

1. Gatti-Land Field trip permission slips will go home THIS WEEK. The trip is Tuesday, October 25th

2. Students with missing assignments will not be able to go - Students, you have 1 week to turn in all missing assignments from the 2nd grading period!

3. Mid term progress reports will go home THIS WEEK. Be sure to ask your student about the progress they are making during the 2nd grading period.

4. We are still collecting items for the Humane Society. Items will be accepted until Tuesday, October 25th.

Make it a GREAT WEEK!

AWESOME Math Website

http://www.ixl.com/?gclid=CPDByJ_Q3KsCFYiW7QodGWhURw

Students (and parents) check out this math website. This site allows you to practice ANY topic in math for ANY grade level. Challenge yourself and try a grade level or two higher than 6th to see how well you can do - OR - try some of the work for grade levels below 6th to make sure that you have mastered it! The first student who comes and tells me about their experience with this website will receive a special treat!! :)

- Mrs. Klump

Help Find a Cure for Cancer!

Please help Jamey find a cure for cancer! She and many other people are helping her make friendship bracelets, bookmarks, headbands, bows, rings, and lanyards. You can order any type of bracelets (we have many patterns- to see samples talk to Jamey). We can make them any color and any patteren. If you would like to help make any of these things then talk to Jamey, Kierra, MaryLi, Danielle, or Amber. To order a bracelet then go to Ms. Huston's room which is Room 111. The cancer that we are trying to raise money for is called Lipno Cancer. All the money we make will go to a bank account and it will all be donated. Please help!!

Go Warhawks!!

Tonight, the 8th graders are having their last game! The game is at Fern Creek and starts at 7:30. This is their last official game of the season. We hope everyone can come!! GO WARHAWKS!!

Happy Halloween!

Tips for be safe:

Don't go to dark houses or houses without lights.
Don't go inside houses.
Don't eat open candy.
Always bring a friend.
Always bring a flashlight.
Bring a phone.

Most importantly-
HAVE FUN!!
And have a Happy Halloween!!

Extra Help

Any students needing extra help or time to make up missing work may stay after on Thursdays until 4:00. At least 1 Blue Jays teacher will be staying after every Thursday to assist students that need some extra support. Students will be required to have a parent note stating that they are allowed to stay after. If needed, students can be escorted to the library at 4:00 for a later parent pickup - notes need to indicate that parents approve of this arrangement. We look forward to seeing some Blue Jays on Thursdays after school!

Gattiland Field Trip

Our next field trip is scheduled for Tuesday, October 25th to Gattiland in Westport Village. We will be walking to Gattiland rain or shine (approximately a 15-20 minute walk), so students need to come dressed for the weather! At Gatti's we will complete a lesson about area and perimeter involving bumper cars and then have pizza and spend time in the game room. Unfortunately, we cannot provide students with money for the game room, but students are allowed to bring their own money from home. Students will be encouraged to help more around the house to try to earn a few extra dollars for the field trip.

IMPORTANT: Students that are missing work or having behavior issues at school will not be permitted to attend this field trip. Blue Jays - remember that ALL work is important and needs to be turned in each grading period and your behavior says a lot about your character and often determines how others treat/view you. Let's do our best these next several weeks so that ALL BLUE JAYS earn the field trip to Gattiland.

Field Trip and Stepping Stones

Yesterday the whole Blue Jays group went to Louisville Nature Center for their second field trip! We went on a hike and tested dirt samples. We learned about the three types of dirt- clay, soil, and silt. When we got back to the school, we made our stepping stones. Every group made their own stone and decorated them using marbles and broken plates. some people made their own stones, too. We had lots of fun! The steppingstones will be ready and dry by Friday. I can't wait to see how they come. out. they will be in our Peace Garden when they are finished.

End of the JV Volleyball season

Congrats to all our JV volleyball players! Their volleyball season just ended. For pool play they played JCTMS, Highlands, Moore, and ______. They won 3 out of 4 games. For the tournement they played Crosby, Beth Haven, and Carithers. They made it to the GOLD DIVISION!

T-Shirts are In!

Good News! Our Montessori T-Shirts are in!!

Students will receive their shirts on Monday.

We are hoping to do a second wave of sales, so if you would like to place an order, or purchase additional shirts, be on the look out for the order forms.

Enjoy your weekend!

-The Blue Jays Teachers

End of the First Grading Period!

Hello!

Just as an FYI... The official last day of the first grading period is SEPTEMBER 23st. Students should work to get all missing and incomplete assignments done by this date!

Report cards will go home a couple of weeks after the end of the grading period. We will update this post with the date they will be handed out.. check back for that date!

Email or call with questions!

It's been great working with your students this grading period!

- The Blue Jay Teachers

Have a great weekend

All of the blue jays have a great weekend and don't forget to do the work that was due this week. Also its suppose to get chilly out so be prepared for it.

Check Out Whats Going On This Week

These past few weeks Ms. Houston has been working with her classes making a milk weed bug habitat its been good so far. Last night we had a football game and it was against Westport and Kammerer Westport won it was 38 to 8. We also had a field hockey game last night but we didn't win we still tried are hardest. Have a great weekend and try to stay warm!!

Open House!

We hope to see parents, family members, and students at the PTSA Open Houston this Thursday, September 15th from 6:30 - 8:00! Come see what your students have been up to the past few weeks!

-The Blue Jay Teachers

Social Studies Research

On Thursday and Friday, students will be going to the library to start their historical figures research assignment. Each student will choose a person in history and research where and when that person lived and learn about why their historical figure is important. We will do the majority of the research and rough draft writing at school, and students will be creating their final drafts for homework. Students will be required to submit a list of resources and are asked to only use valid internet resources (no wikipedia, etc.). Note taking for research will be done in student's social studies notebooks. It is extremely important that they have their notebooks every day in class so that they can work on their project as they finish their weekly assignments.

These assignments will be due Thursday, September 29th. Now that I have a better idea of my students' abilities - this date will be set in stone (other dates have been flexible as I have been getting to know students and learning what they are capable of). Please e-mail me with any questions!

- Mrs. Klump

Milk Weed Bugs

This week, we built habitats for our Milk Weed Bugs. All the habitats come out amazing! Some of the eggs that the bugs layed are now hatching. Every table group made it's own habitat with water, sticks, cotton, and sunflower seeds for food. Each groups habitat started out with two bugs each. We will also be observing the bugs with a magnifying glass. Hopefully all the bugs will love their new habitat!

Dance Tryouts

Yesterday we had dance tryouts in the small gym. Many of the Montessori kids made the team including Zipporah, Desha, Savi, and Johnasia. Ms. Houston is the dance coach. The first practice will be next Wednesday. I'm  sure the dance team will be great this year!! Wish them luck!!!

Progress Reports

Hello Blue Jay Parents and Students!


We would like to let you know that PROGRESS REPORTS will go home Monday, September 12th. These reports will indicate each student's progress for the first 3 weeks of school. Any missing assignments will also be indicated on the report. If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact us!


Thank you,
The Blue Jay Teachers

2011 - 2012

We are going to have a great 2011 - 2012 school year with a cool science labs, fun activites, and so much more ! We have great field trips planned and many after and in school clubs and activites that you can particapate in so join one today. We have many more months of school to go so make the best of it !

football game and vollyball

we have a football game tonight at westport at 6:00 they play farnsley and tomorrow at 7:00 they play tt knight at fern creek



vollyball had great games last night they played at witfield acadamey they only lost by 4 points what an amazing game

go see the football players play and the cherrleaders cheering them on lets hope they win

Football game against Barret and dance tryouts

Westport football won their game yesterday last night against Barret. The final score was 14 to 12. Their next game will be against Crosby and we wish them good luck. They tried hard and did their best. The boys put a lot of effort into the game and it was a very close score. We wish you much luck. Also dance tryouts will be on september 7th-8th in the small gym. It will be with mrs.houston and mrs.routon so if you wish to try out you can!!!!  

Volleyball

 Congrats to all our JV players!! JV won their game against Crosby yesterday. JV won the first game 25-20! Crosby won the second game 25-14. They ended up playing three games but, in the end the Warhawks won!!! Our sixth grade JV players are Ava, Kayla, Kailey, and Mary. Our sixth grade team will also be playing their FIRST game agianst Brown Middle School at Moore High School. Our sixth grade team members are Cheyanne, Waynaria, jamey,kierra, , Kayla S., Veronica,, and some of our other sixth graders. Everyone wish them luck in their game!!!! GO WARHAWKS!!!

the blue jays

we have a great bunch of students in the blue jays this year. we are hoping to have a great year this year we have lots of fun things planned this year and i hope you have a bunch of people to enjoy them with. we want to congradulate the football team for winning games and some of their players are Tanner, Jake, Trey and Chuck. also the field hockey team has had some good games this year so far. vollyball has games every thursday at 6:30. we have many great students this year and we wish luck for all the teams and their games come see our football team play barret at fern creek high school tonight at 7:30 if you are not already on a team there will be more oppourtunites to try out for other sports and clubs in the near future .

Our first science lab!!!

This week we will finish our first science lab on poppers!!! Everyone is doing a great job! In the lab we are observing poppers and writing down our observations. For example, some kids wrote that the poppers were 3D, circular, and rubber. Everyone made great observations and our science lab was a sucess! I can't wait for our next project on Milk Weed Bugs!

AWESOME field trip!

The Blue Jays had a great field trip today! We enjoyed hiking, learning about local plants and animals, and participating in team building activities and games.

The kids were very respectful to the leaders and they worked well together to overcome the challenges put in front of them. They represented our school well.

Check back to the blog for pictures!

STUDENTS: POST BACK AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE TRIP!

Great first week!

We finished our first week! Even though it was a short week, the students worked extra hard to accomplish all that we put in front of them. We worked on organizing our binders, setting up the composition books, and reviewing school policies and procedures. Next week, we will talk more specifically about the core content curriculum and the Montessori requirements. We will also introduce the student work plans and any upcoming projects.

Students will visit the library at school on Monday, so please encourage them to find a good book!

Have a wonderful weekend!
- The Blue Jay teachers

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! Please explore the page as we have updated a few things recently. We will work to keep this page as up to date as possible, eventually allowing students to post updates and take over the general management of the page.

Sincerely,

Ms. Houston and Mrs. Klump