Baychester Middle School (11x532)

3750 Baychester Avenue, 3rd Floor Bronx, NY 10466 Phone: (718) 547-1890 Fax: (718) 547-1897 E-Mail: LEARN@baychesterwaves.org Web: www.baychesterwaves.org

December 21, 2012

Dear Parent/Guardian:

Did you know you can help Baychester Middle School, just by doing your everyday shopping? Join the Target Take Charge of Education Program. Use your Target RED Card every time you shop at Target stores or online and 1% of your total purchase will be donated to Baychester Middle School. To designate Baychester Middle School on an existing account, visit www.target.com/tcoe or call 1-800-316-6142.

On Friday, December 7th, 31 scholars competed in the second round of Baychester's first annual spelling bee competition for the 6th grade. Congratulations to the three finalists who made it to the next round. On Friday, December 21st, Randy Polanco, Juliana Antigua and Lawrence McClymont will compete in the final round of the spelling bee. The winner will receive a certificate, an award and an iPod touch which has been donated by Tekserve! Good luck Randy, Juliana and Lawrence!

Lastly, Happy Holidays from Baychester Middle School! We hope your holidays and fun, warm, and safe! We cant wait to see you in the new year. Partnerships Educators for Social Responsibility Active Learning Systems SECME Hudson Valley Shakespeare The New Teacher Project New York Yankees New York Mets Pencil iZone 360

Thank you for your continued support.

Shawn A. Mangar, Principal Elizabeth Leebens, Assistant Principal

Note-Worthy Days of December and January

Monday, December 24-Tuesday, January 1 Friday, January 11 Thursday, January 17 Monday, January 21 Thursday, January 24 Wednesday, January 30 Winter Holiday Break. School resumes on Wednesday, January 2nd. Girls Basketball vs. 101 (Home Game) Boys JV Basketball vs. 22 (Home Game) No School for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Boys JV Basketball vs. 144 (Home Game) Girls Basketball vs. 144 (Home Game)

6th Grade Units of Study

Math & Science Hey Parents! Our 6th graders rocked out their first algebra unit! Unit 3 ended on Friday, December 21st. 6th graders are taking home their Unit 3 Assessment over the holiday break. Make sure they've completed each question to the best of their ability. There will be a quiz waiting for them with questions DIRECTLY from their Unit 3 Assessment when they come back! Parents, please make sure to sign your 6th graders reading log every day during the break! Thanks! Congratulations to the following NYU, Columbia, and Illinois scholars who scored above a 90 on the Humanities Personal Essay Interim Exam: Allen Bland, Tyler Fairclough, Taeef Jihaan, Kevon Lawrence, Kybally Perrier, Ornazia Rodriguez, Dairy Rojas, Lorelai Sanchez, Xiana Thomas, Julianna Antiqua, Devante Brown, Kavita Ghansham, Andrew Juxon-Smith, Terence Mosley, and Destiny Portorreal!

Humanities & English

7th Grade Units of Study

Math & Science Humanities & English No new updates at this time.

7th Grade ELA students are almost finished with Monster, by Walter Dean Myers! Students have begun writing their own personal narratives before leaving for holiday break. In addition, all ELA students have independent reading books and have been reading at the start of class. Students who finish their books are allowed to check out a new book at the start of every class period. If you have any questions about independent reading books, please contact Ms. Willie-Lawes or Ms. Accardi!

Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)

The next PTA meeting will take place on: Monday, January 7th, at 6:30PM on the third floor.

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