Student Life

Day	Date	Middle School Bell Schedule & Events (s)
Monday	January 4	Winter Break
Tuesday	January 5	MS-2B	Early Release (School ends at 1:45 p.m.)
Wednesday	January 6	MS-3
Thursday	January 7	MS-4
Friday	January 8	MS-1

Upcoming January Events
05	Start of 3rd Quarter
18	Martin Luther King, Jr Day (Offices Closed)
25	Spirit Week
29	Homecoming

Lunch Duty & Clean Up:  Mrs. Tenney, Mr. Coryell, 8T

STUDENT LUNCH HELPERS
	MS Snack Bar	HS Cafeteria
Monday	Rio (8S/L) Junlang (7H/O) Adrian (7S/L)	Shane (8C) Brandon (7H)
Tuesday	Madeline (7C) Bryson (7S/L) Alexa (7C)	Alyssa (8S) Bryn (8M)
Wednesday	Henry (8C) Maria (7A) Torey (8W)	Junlang (7H/O) Adrian (7S/L)
Thursday	Blake (8C) Alyssa (8S) Alexa (7C)	Bryson (7S/L) Brandon (7H)
Friday	Henry (8C) Madeline (7C) Torey (8W)	Maria (7A) Rio (8L/S)

Students and Teachers Welcome Back!

From the MS Principal, Mrs. Atta:

2nd Quarter BeAttitude Awards:
We will be awarding participants certificates and Jamba Juice cards at the upcoming BeAttitude Assembly for students that have kept all their Eagles for the 1st Semester and students nominated for the 2nd Quarter BeAttitude Focus: Be Thoughtful. The awards are all part of the Middle School Young Eagle Student Success (YESS) System:

Our 2nd Quarter BeAttitude Focus:  Be Thoughtful: Students who are nominated by their advisory/homeroom teachers will receive awards with gift cards at the January BeAttitudes Assembly.  Students demonstrated actions that displayed:

• Doing what you can to help others without expecting anything in return.
• Not laughing at others’ misfortunes or mistakes.
• Helping your parents or teachers when they are busy or stressed by doing your chores or passing out supplies in the classroom without being asked.
• Befriending a new or lonely student at school. Choose your words with thought.
• Show listening attentively to parents, teachers or friends through eye contact and verbal feedback.  A good friend will stop another friend from gossiping or spreading rumors.

Students were asked to share with their families the following questions:

1. What makes me impatient and behave thoughtlessly with family or friends?
2. When do I think people are treating me without thought or consideration? How does that make me feel? What could I do to let them know how I feel?
3. How does it benefit me to show thoughtfulness to others?

Beginning of 2nd Semester Reminders from MS Front Office, Mrs. Matsushima:
NEW CALL-IN TIME FOR STUDENT ABSENCE AND HOMEWORK REQUEST PROCEDURE:
Starting in the 2nd Semester, we will be changing our homework request / pick-up policy, in an effort to “Go Green”.  Please note the following changes:

CALL-IN TIME FOR STUDENT ABSENCES:  Please call in your child’s absence to the MS office at 595-6302 by 7:30 a.m. each day your child will be absent.  You may leave a message to include your child’s name, nature of illness, and contact phone number where you can be reached.  We want to be sure that we can account for your child during the first class of the school day.

HOMEWORK REQUEST PROCEDURE:  If you would like to request homework, please e-mail dmatsushima@hba.net.  We will e-mail your child’s homework by 3:30 p.m. that day.

Reminders: As the winter season is upon us, please remember to keep your child home if he / she is feeling ill.  Sending your child to school when sick exposes the other students as well as teachers, to illnesses and colds.  This could result in numerous student and teacher absences.  Your child must also be fever-free (without the aid of fever reducers) for 24 hours prior to returning to school.  Absences of three or more days due to illness, requires a doctor’s note.