March Newsletter for Cazenovia Middle School in Cazenovia, NY

1. CAZENOVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL
l Messenger
Mid dle Schoo
March/April
2011
Principal’s Message Spring Testing Schedule
ELA 5—May 4,5,6
Dear Parents, Keep up your efforts! It’s Interim reports will be
ELA 6—May 4,5,6
The year continues to worth it. available on-line Friday,
move swiftly by us as I watch There will be early dis- March 18. If you have ques- ELA 7—May 4,5,6
your children mature both missal for parent teacher tions about a particular com- Math 5—May 11 & 12
physically and emotionally. conferences on March 10. ment or grade, please contact Math 6—May 12 & 13
Middle School is such a We will dismiss at approxi- the appropriate teacher. Math 7—May 12 & 13
unique time for our emerging mately 11:00. Please re-
adolescents. They are strug- member that students may Sincerely,
gling with who they are and not ride another bus unless it
how they fit in. I often tell is for child care. We will
parents that the standards have a staff development day
your family sets really will on Friday, March 18. There Jean J. Regan, Ed.D.
make the difference as they will be no school for stu- Principal
face very difficult choices. dents.
Middle School Canned Food Drive
Congratulations to the butter. Overall, over 650
entire MIddle School for their cans were collected. Mr.
overwhelming success in the Tugaw's 7th grade homeroom,
canned food drive. The Mid- Mrs. Burry's 6th grade
dle School Canned Food drive homeroom and Mrs. Slocum's
"Bring It" took place from 5th grade homeroom, led the
January 17-27. Students were way in each grade level.
asked to bring cans for Caz Mrs. Slocum's class was the
Cares. The 5th grade brought overall school winner. A big
canned fruit, the 6th grade THANK-YOU to all who par-
tuna fish and the 7th grade ticipated.
was responsible for peanut

2. PAGE 2 MIDDLE SCHOOL MESSENGER
Interdisciplinary Committee Literacy Campaign
The Interdisciplinary Committee from the National Standards for the Arts The interdisciplinary committee would
(Art, Family and Consumer Science, and were as follows: like to thank Mrs. Jane Mistur and the
Music and Physical Education) kicked off UNITY: agreement between people or Middle School P.T.A. for purchasing the
a Literacy Campaign for the month of groups. bracelets.
February. Students and teachers were
asked to focus on several words. Our RHYTHM: strong, regular, repeated
goal was to encourage literacy by having pattern of movement or sound
the students think about these vocabu- BALANCE: even distribution of weight;
lary words and their definitions, how keeping steady
these words relate to the different sub- EMPHASIS: special importance given
jects areas and how they can use them in to something
their everyday language. Students were
given blue bracelets with "Define CONTRAST: notable difference
this...." on them, to help remind them MOVEMENT: act of changing location
of our focus. The words were chosen or position
Three Kings Day
The Middle School French Club becomes the king and must choose his chose Patrick Nourse as her king. The
celebrated Three Kings Day in January. queen. This year, Lily Loveless found whole group was very excited to par-
Traditionally, this holiday is on January the “feve” and became the queen. She ticipate in Three Kings Day.
6 and is to honor the three Wise Men
who came to see the baby Jesus after
Christmas.
The common French custom is to
serve a cake, “une galette”, into which
a small coin or a bean, “une feve”, is
baked. The cake is cut into the appro-
priate number of pieces for the exact
number of guests. There is much an-
ticipation and careful chewing to see
who receives the “feve”. If a girl re-
ceives it, she becomes the queen, “la
reine”, and must choose her king, “le
roi”. If a boy receives “la feve”, he

3. PAGE 3 MIDDLE SCHOOL MESSENGER
Mardi Gras Celebration
French Club celebrated Mardi Gras in Feb-
ruary. Traditionally, Mardi Gras is the Tues-
day preceding Ash Wednesday, and stands for
"Fat Tuesday." The name evolved from the
fact that originally all of the fattening food in
a household was consumed on this day in
preparation for Lent when certain rich foods
were given up. The students celebrated by
eating crêpes, a traditional Mardi Gras food in
France and New Orleans, and also made masks
which are worn in Mardi Gras parades. They
used purple feathers to signify justice, and the
colors green and yellow for faith and power.
The students enjoyed this holiday!
NYS Department of Health School Requirements
NYS Education Department requires all current 11 year old students receive the Tdap vaccination.
This is a mandatory requirement for entrance into 6th grade .
Please have your physician or clinic, complete this form and return it to the Health Office ASAP.
_______________________________had the (Boostrix/Adacel) Tdap vaccine on ________________.
_______________________________had a Td, DT or DTaP on_______________________________.
_________________________has a medical exemption and the vaccine is contraindicated.
Physician name and signature:_______________________ ________________________________
Exceptions:
If a child received a Td, DT or DTaP vaccination within the last 2 years, the Tdap vaccine should be deferred until a period of
2 years has elapsed and then get the Tdap vaccine.

4. Music Department Notes
Student Musicians Participate in All County Concerts
Old Man Winter 2011 has been parents and community. Congratula- sic Educators' All-County Band during
cold and blustery and managed to wreak tions to the following middle school the weekend of March 18th and 19th
havoc with many scheduled events in- musicians who auditioned and received at Chittenango High School. They
cluding our student musicians and their a spot in our January festival. Mr. were chosen from a very large group of
scheduled All County music experience. Macreery's string students included students from all over Madison County
The Madison County Music Educator's seventh graders Bailey Forrett and as some of the best young musicians
Association hosted their winter festival Mimi Gabor. Mrs. Dougherty's sixth in our schools! Rehearsals will take
at Stockbridge High School on Satur- grade choral singers were Molly Car- place on Friday night and Saturday,
day, January 22. Generally the week- ges, Caeli Carroll, Hope Earley, Faith with the performance on Saturday
end entails both a Friday and Saturday Gara, Megan Henderson, Janie Kempf, afternoon. Congratulations to Caze-
rehearsal before public performances Emily Mahoney, Elizabeth Riha and novia's finest!
on Saturday afternoon. Despite a can- Will Shephard. Molly Carges, Janie Kempf, Tori
celed Friday night rehearsal due to The following 5th and 6th grade Slocum, Caeli Carroll, Ryan Marshall,
weather conditions, musicians put to- band students have been chosen to Megan Henderson and Brad Jones!
gether polished performances for their participate in the Madison County Mu- Keep up the great work!!!

5. PAGE 5 MIDDLE SCHOOL MESSENGER
Health Office Hype
Gender Identity, HIV/AIDS, Hypno- is mandatory for all 11 year old stu-
sis as Medical Treatment, Tourette dents before they can enter 6th
Syndrome and a 15 hour course on grade. It is also recommended that
Drug Impairment Training for the adults have this vaccine when they
Educational Professional -DITEP need a Tetanus shot. Please see the
presented by the Syracuse Police form on Page 3 and have it com-
Department. It is always great to pleted by your physician as soon as
learn new information, or just have possible.
a refresher, or reaffirmation of what It was brought to my attention
I already know. that there has been a significant
Food Allergies are a major con- increase in the amount of soda chil-
Most students returned healthy cern for schools. The main ones dren are bringing from home for
from Winter Break. The “real flu” being peanuts, shellfish, tree nuts, their lunch. The school offers milk,
with high fever, head and body and eggs. These allergies generally juice and water—a much healthier
aches, dry cough, hair follicles that do not get better with age, and re- alternative. With the increase in
actually hurt was in its second week actions can actually get much worse.
of affecting middle school students childhood obesity and Type 2 Diabe-
An Epi Pen should be available to tes, perhaps you could consider
just before vacation. Many people anyone with a true food allergy. The
are still absent but only a couple leaving the soda at home. Think
Physician who spoke on this felt an
seem to have a fever. Hopefully Health!
Epi Pen should be used immediately
vacation was long enough to stop the for any symptom such as hives, Please call me if you have ques-
spread of illness. There has been a shortness of breath, cough, abdomi- tions or concerns about your child.
much higher incidence of strep nal pain etc. I can be reached at 655-1332.
throat this year. The stomach bug
Diabetes is increasing at an
comes and goes. There is also an
alarming rate. Type2 Diabetes,
increase in concussions and broken
which used to be considered adult
bones. I wonder if the lack of
onset is now being seen in over-
sunlight, Vitamin D and Calcium is
weight children.
affecting our children’s bone health.
Pertussis (Whooping Cough) is
I’ve been to many School Nurse
on the rise. Immunity wanes after
educational offerings this winter. I Diane Belton, R.N.
5-6 years, so middle school stu-
received a lot of wonderful informa-
dents are at risk of contracting this
tion on a broad range of topics: Ce-
illness. Therefore, the Tdap vaccine
liac Disease, Diabetes, Epilepsy,

6. Citizens of the Quarter
their teachers who use specific exam-
ples to explain why they feel their
nominee has earned this honor. It em-
phasizes attributes that are not easily
measured by grade reports.
Each student will receive a certifi-
cate as a reminder of this honor. Con-
gratulations to: Steven LaFever, Sadie
Coleman, Jack Bookbinder, Shannon
Croft, Nate Romig, Christian Winkler,
Eric Ketcham, Faith Gara, Mackenzie
Gregg, Kacie Burdin, Janie Kempf,
Nicole Fish, McKinley Dennison, Ste-
vie West, Chris Becker, Siobhan Kier-
nan, Sarah Dickinson, Jillian Pouliot,
The second quarter Citizens of the tude, a consideration for others, co- Jake Bosworth, Kaitlin Rossiter and
Quarter have been named. This is an operative behavior and a responsibility Anjali Harris.
honor awarded to a student who dis- toward self and school in an exemplary
plays good manners, a positive atti- manner. The students are nominated by
Dental Clinic
Drs. Revercomb and Boule, Manlius dentists, will be host-
ing their annual free dental cleaning day March 20 this year.
This is for students in need of dental care but unable to re-
ceive it on their own and do not have any insurance, their own
dentist or Medicaid. In other words, families who just don’t
have the finances to pay dental bills. Please contact Diane
Belton in the Health Office at 655-1332 by March 15, 2011,
if you would like your child to have the opportunity to take
part in this very generous offer. It is a wonderful way to pro-
vide the care your child may need without the cost that goes
along with it. You must provide transportation to and from
the office. Please don’t hesitate to call.

7. March 2011
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Art Club
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Art Club 1/2 Day Par-
ent/ Teacher
Conferences
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Art Club Staff Devel-
opment—No
School
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Art Club French Club
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Art Club

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French Club