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us reach this goal!

Our Ribbon Cutting

Ceremony is also

planned for October 10th

for our new Jardine

Fitness Center. We are

excited to host the

Governor, the mayor, the

superintendent, and

many other dignitaries

from the community to

kick off this wonderful

gift that will provide our

students with access to

learning and promoting a

life long healthy

lifestyle.

It's hard to believe that

we are nearing the end of

the first nine

weeks. Soon, Advisor

Base teachers will be

reaching out and

scheduling our Fall

Conferences. I would

highly encourage you to

take this opportunity to

come in and talk with all

your child's

teachers. Math and

Language Arts teachers

will be presenting you

with an important data to

provide you with some

outstanding insight of

your child's present levels

of performance as well as

ways to move them

forward in the learning

process. If you are new

to Jardine, we set up our

conferences with 6th

grade in the activities

room and 7th/8th in the

commons. This way, it

makes it easy for you to

have access to all

teachers. We highly

encourage you to bring

your student with you so

they can be part of the

process as well. Our goal

is always 100%

participating in our

conferences. Please help

A Message From Your Principal - Mr. Haire

School Bus Safety - Mr. Haag

Parents and Students - Riding on the school bus is a privilege and not a “right.” School bus safety is one thing we take very seriously. The main goal of a bus driver is to transport your students from point A to point B safely. Every time a student does something out of line it takes the driver’s eyes off

of the road. This could be a student being too loud, not sitting properly, showing bullying behavior, inappropriate language, etc. Depend-ing on the severity of the action, if a student re-ceives a bus misconduct notice, the following con-sequences will occur: First write up - Verbal warning or a 3 day suspension from the bus. Second write up - 3 - 5 school day suspension from the bus. Third write up - 5 - 10 school day suspension

from the bus. Fourth write up - 1 month suspension from the bus. Fifth write up - your stu-dent will be suspended from the bus for the re-mainder of the school year. We do reserve the write to issue a higher conse-quence depending on the action of the students involved. Please help us help your students to be safe on the bus and help the bus drivers instead of work against them.

UPCOMING EVENTS

See our Website for more

details under the Calendar Tab:

https://sites.google.com/a/tps501.org/

jardine-school-goople/

Oct. 1 6th Gr. Hearing/Vision/

Dental

Volleyball–Varsity Tourney

Oct. 2 Football

Oct. 3 VB Classic @ TWHS-6PM

Oct. 4 Sports Parent Mtg @ 5:30

Oct. 8 7th & 8th Gr. Hearing/

Vision/Dental

Oct. 9 Football Classic @ Hummer @

6PM

Oct. 10 Girls Basketball practice begins

Oct. 11 Honor’s Choir PTO Meeting 7PM

Oct. 13 Harvesters Mobile Food Pantry

Oct. 15 NO SCHOOL

Oct. 16 NO SCHOOL

Oct. 19 6th Grade Dance @ 3PM 7th & 8th Grade Costume Party

@ 6:30PM

Oct. 24 Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 25 NO SCHOOL Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 26 NO SCHOOL

Oct. 30 6th Grade Honor Roll @

7:50AM

Oct. 31 7th Grade Honor Roll @

7:50AM

Nov. 1 8th Grade Honor Roll @

7:50AM

Nov. 6 Girls Basketball

JV/Varsity @ JMS B Team @ LMS

Nov. 7 PICTURE DAY

Nov. 8 Girls BB Mid Season PTO Meeting 7PM

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Parents we will be doing Hearing and Vision screening on Oct 8th, if your child wears glasses please make sure that they have them that day! This screening is very important, if they don't have their glasses they could possibly fail the test. If you have any questions regarding this please give me a call. 785-730-8107

The school year is off to a great start! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have

any questions or concerns.

Ms. Sparks—Social Worker— 235-7189

Ms. Robbins—Psychologist—730-7604

FRONTLINES - Ms. McGee & Ms. Rias

The first quarter is almost over! Please remember to pay student fees as soon as

possible. Last day to pay fees at the school is October 30. After that date, all fees

will be picked up to be processed by the district business office. Please contact

Katie in the main office at 730-8100 if you have any questions.

Also, just a reminder to have phone calls to the office by 2pm if it is in regards to

dismissal for your student. It gives us time to make sure that we get the message

to your student adequately and effectively. Thank you!

SUPPORT CORNER - Ms. Sparks

THE STETHO-SCOPE -Ms. Bailey

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Activities, Activities, Activities - Mr. Snyder

MATH RULES!!!!! - The Math Team

George Halas once said, Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.”

Our Fall season is close to coming to an end. We have started off with a spike from our Varsity Vol-

leyball team setting a 5-3 record working hard for city on October 3th. We will have a playoff on Oc-

tober 1st at Jardine. City Championship will be held at Topeka West High School, $2.00 at the door.

The Football team took the field with our Varsity coming off a victory over Shawnee Heights Middle

School 42-08. The JV team has a 2-2 record our next game will be French Middle School. City Foot-

ball will be at Hummer Sports Park October 9th, $2.00 at the door.

The girls tennis team will finish the season at Kossover on September 26th

for the city tournament.

Girls Basketball meeting October 4th 5:30 in the commons, practice begins October 10th. Students

must pass 5 classes in order to be eligible to play 2nd quarter. A physical must be on file with Mr.

Snyder dated after May 1st 2018.

6th Grade Math- We will continue module 1 until the middle of October. This includes finding and using ratios and rates, and finding percentages plus their equivalents as decimals and fractions. Then, we will start Module 2 which has fraction divi-sion, long division, mental math, and finding common factors. 7th Grade Math- The 7th grade math team is finishing up our unit over proportional relationships. During this unit, we found that our students came in with prior knowledge over ratios, which gave us the opportunity to dig a little deeper. Our next unit is called rational numbers. Students will return to the number line to model the addition and subtraction of integers (7.NS.A.1). They use the number line and the Integer Game to demonstrate that an integer added to its opposite equals zero, representing the additive inverse (7.NS.A.1a, 7.NS.A.1b). Their findings are formalized as students de-velop rules for adding and subtracting integers, and they recognize that subtracting a number is the same as add-ing its opposite. We are off to a strong start and hope to continue the momentum for next quarter! 8th Grade Math- Our 8th grade math classes have been working on angles and geometry. Students have been learning how to draw an angle and measure an angle using a protractor. They have also been learning about angle relationships such as: complementary, supplementary, vertical, corresponding, alternate interior, and alternate exterior. Now they are moving on to solving equations. Many of our classes are using manipulatives to set up and solve equations like our new hands-on-math kit. Manipulatives are a great way for students who need to be active to focus their energy on learning. The physical act of moving pieces to keep an equation balanced helps students make connects and build new neuropathways in their brain. Even when students don’t feel like the need extra help, we try to encourage the students that using manipulatives is about seeing the problem in a new way or thinking of different ways to solve the problem.

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Gifted students are finishing their reading of Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer. Students have completed the first of six units of their text, Collections Language Arts. Lesson plans are online at https://sites.google.com/a/tps501.org/norman-r-spero/lesson-plans and contain specific details and standards for each week’s lessons. Additionally, students have access to lessons at Classroom Google. Initial emphasis for gifted language arts students was determining main idea and supporting details of a non-fiction text and analyzing elements of plot of a fiction text . Recent emphasis for 7th Grade Gifted students has been to learn how to analyze a poem’s form and the use of figurative language and sound devices to understand their effects on meaning. Recent emphasis for 8th Grade Gifted students has been utilization of imagery and figurative language to write a per-sonal narrative. Students have received enrichment activity in vocabulary utilized in the Declaration of Inde-pendence and Constitution. Students possess a Sum Day worksheet for extra practice. 8th graders have start-ed quizzing each other during practice scholar bowl sessions.

MORE JARDINE BASICS - Mr. Haag

GIFTED LANGUAGE ARTS - Dr. Spero

Parent/Teacher

conferences are

scheduled for

October 24th

and 25th.

However,

parents are

welcome to set

up a time with

their student’s

teachers to meet

before then.

Doors open - 7:15 AM (unless it is below 32 degrees or there is inclement weather).

Breakfast served - 7:20 AM - 7:40 AM.

School begins - 7:50 AM

School ends - 2:45 PM (bus riders dismissed at 2:40 PM)

Cell phones are to be turned off and put away from 7:15 AM - 2:45 PM. Students who fail to follow this rule are subject to consequences as spelled out in the student handbook located on the Jardine website.

Dress Code: Coats, hats, and bandanas belong in student lockers. Hoods from Hoodies will be kept down at all times. Clothing or belt buckles which contain obscene language, alcohol, weapon, or drug advertisement are not acceptable. Any clothing or accessories that would hinder the education of others or shows too much skin is not acceptable. Expo-sure of under garments or sagging pants is not acceptable. In all cases in which stu-dents have inappropriate clothing they will first be given the option of correcting the situ-ation. If they refuse, it will become a disciplinary matter and a consequence will result. Backpacks, etc.: All gym bags/purses/large backpacks/string bags are to be placed in lockers during the school day and are not allowed to be carried to class. Spreading rumors is not tolerated. It is defined as passing unwanted, untrue or hurtful information about another student verbally, in writing, e-mail, or by repeating and/or encouraging rumors by receiving rumors (verbally or in writing). Frequently, extreme conflicts, threats of violence, or violence are a result of rumors.

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GYM SHORTS - Mrs. Remer & Mr. Coffman

The Jardine PE Department is happy to announce the dedication of the

DON'T QUIT Fitness Center on Wednesday, Oct. 10th. We are so lucky to

be a National Champion School and earn this wonderful opportunity for

our students and staff. Look at all this new, commercial grade equipment.

We are chopping at the bit to get in shape.

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Reading and Writing is so Exciting - Ms. Appelhanz

6th Grade: (Ms. du Bois, Ms. Morlock, Ms. Wooten) Unit 2: Animal Intelligence; Novel – “Among the

Hidden”

7th Grade: (Ms. Martin, Ms. Barnett, Ms. Morlock) Unit 2: Perception and Reality; Novels – “The Hunger

Games”, “The Giver”

8th Grade: (Ms. Watson, Ms. Pumford, Ms. du Bois) Unit 2: The Thrill of Horror; Novel - TBA

All grades will be taking the DBQ writing assessment in October. Don’t forget to come visit your LA

teachers during conferences on Oct. 24th & 25th!

Reading is Fundamental. In fact, it is one of the most important ingredients to becoming all that you can be. Reading develops your brain, provides a window into the world around you and helps you do better in all school sub-

jects. Most importantly, reading can not only help you become a better student, but a better person. You can learn from the brightest people whenever and wherever you choose.

As important as reading is did you know that:

800 million people around the world cannot read or write. Many families (and some schools) have no books for children to read. There are likely many children and people in our city that fall into this group. If you are already a strong reader,

helping others to read is an amazing gift that you can give. Here are some ideas below as to how you can help your student:

1. Let your child select books. When you visit the library, let your child select books. Try both fiction and infor-mational books, and ask the librarian for recommendations based on your child’s interests. The more interest your child has in a book, the more apt they are to read it.

2. Develop family reading routines and rituals. Find a regular time of day when you can dedicate reading into

your day. You can read in the morning, after school, or before going to bed. Simply setting aside 20 minutes every day can make a huge improvement in your student’s vocabulary and comprehension.

3. Talk to your child about what they’re reading. When you engage with your child and discuss what they’re reading you can make great connections from the reading and apply it to other subjects or relate it to real life experiences. If you can obtain an extra copy of the book, read it with them so you can see what they are or aren’t getting from the book.

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LIBRARY NEWS - Mrs. Gilliland

BOOK FAIR REACHES HIGHEST GOAL!!! Thank you for everyone who purchased from our Book Fair. We achieved our highest total sales in history. This allows both the elementary and middle school to purchase over $1000 of new mate-rials for our space!!

This month was a busy month with all grade levels experiencing their first checkout of pleasure reading books. We have also had the 7th grade in for a research project about building their own UTOPIAN society. We will end the month with a 6th grade dog research project and an 8th grade Vietnam War research project.

Please encourage your students to be reading 100 minutes a week outside the school day for our iread20 pro-gram. Our minute goal for the year is 235,000. Attached is the iread20 log the students are responsible for filling out. A big thank you to our PTO for providing small rewards as students complete a weekly reading log.

Name:_____________________________________________________________

Week of: ______________________ LA Teacher________________ Block____________

Parent/Guardian Signature__________________________________________________

Goal: 100 minutes each week Please turn log into your LA teacher or Mrs. Gilliland every Monday!!

BOOK/AUTHOR HIGHLIGHT!!

Author Jason Reynolds is an upcoming young adult author. Here is his website address :https://

www.jasonwritesbooks.com/

Some titles we have in our library are: All American Boys, Ghost, As Brave As You, Long Way Down, Patina, and When I Was The Greatest

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What’s going on in Science??? - The Science Team

The 8th graders are still slowly moving through Earth's history. We have fin-ished looking at fossils and are now looking at how life has changed throughout history and how that compares to organisms alive today. Some of the similarities will be used to show how scientists came up with the theo-ry of evolution. Comparing different animal embryos, their anatomical struc-tures, and briefly comparing DNA will all be used as pieces of evidence. This will finish out the first Unit of study before moving into something new.

The 7th graders are working through physics concepts (Newton’s Laws) and the many forms of energy involved in motion. Students are applying these concepts and ideas in our energy labs. We will be moving on to energy waves and their application in our everyday lives.

The 6th graders will learn chemical processes and equations. They will construct and explain models of atoms and molecules. They will also learn that different atoms have different structure of and their sub atomic particles location, what they look like and how they are different from a molecule.

String Orchestra - Mr. Oathout

Our Winter Concert will come a month early this year!

It will take place on Monday November 5th at 7 p.m. on the commons area stage.

This will include 6th Grade Orchestra, and Seventh/Eighth Grade Orchestra.

Come support our young musicians and enjoy a variety of musical choices, as our kids play them well.

Mr. Oathout

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For a majority of September, students have been focusing on using spreadsheets software like Mi-crosoft Excel and Google Sheets. We will wrap this unit up in the first week of October and then move onto other parts of office software like Google Slides/PowerPoint and Google Docs/Microsoft Word. Keep an eye out for week long projects that might pop up every once in a while as a way to take a fun break from some intensive keyboarding lessons. Please don’t hesitate to email me at besau@tps501.org if you have any questions.

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - Mr. Esau

SOCIAL STUDIES - Ms. Morelli

6th Grade Social Studies It’s been fun learning about the Stone Age people and the move from hunting gathering societies to farming communities. October is a busy month here at Jardine for our 6th graders. We will be writing our first comprehensive essay on the problems faced by the people who built the first civilization in Sumer and their solutions to those problems. Students will be analyzing in-formation on documents, adding that to information learned in class, and writing an evidence based essay. They will then be re-vising this rough draft in Language Arts and using it to complete the District Writing Assessment.

Following that, we will be exploring 7 characteristics of a civilization; stable food supply, technology, religion, system of government, the arts (art, music, and architecture), social structure, and writing. We will also learn about the first civilization in Sumer, and then about 4 empires that controlled the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia; Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and the Neo-Babylonian. 7th grade Social Studies 7th grade Social Studies is really moving along! We are currently working on the push/pull factors of immigration which is also our fall District DBQ (Document Based Questioning.) We will move on to water, our most valuable resource in mid-October. Students will be examining what pollutes water, the shortage of water around the world, and what we can do to preserve it. In 8th Grade United States History It is hard to believe that the 1st quarter is almost over! Students are getting into the groove of making sure they complete their work. Many are learning that 8th grade is a lot different than 7th grade. In 8th grade we are finishing up our unit on the Early Republic. We are learning about the struggles the first 4 Presidents had with foreign policy. The students will then learn about the War of 1812 and then take their first district writing assessment. We will then dive into Andrew Jackson’s Presidency.

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Career and Life Planning Class

The first two weeks of the 2018-2019 school year has flown by and the majority of my 8th graders are settling

into the class.

So...What is this Class About?????

This semester class is designed to help each student explore a life-management plan for life beyond high

school. Strategies designed for caring for self and others, career success, and coordinating personal and ca-

reer responsibilities will be covered. Personal life choices made now and throughout life determine quality of

life for the present and future.

High School Credit as an 8th Grade Student

8th grade students have the first 6 weeks to decide on taking Career and Life Planning for high school credit.

A parent/guardian permission slip is required to receive credit. If students decides not to take the high school

credit or if they fail they may have to retake the class later in order to move on to other high school courses

If taken for high school credit, the GPA will stay with the student throughout the rest of their high school ca-

reer.

Please talk the options over with your student.

I appreciate you sharing your most precious possession (you children) with me. I am looking forward to a

wonderful semester. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns that you may have.

PTO NEWS

Give without Costing You a Cent! Do you shop at Dillons Food Stores? Do you want to help Jardine Middle School? It’s easy, and it doesn’t cost you a dime to donate! Dillons Food Stores donate $2 million per year to schools and non-profit agencies through their Dillons Community Rewards program. You can help some of these funds come to Jardine Middle School. All you have to do is shop at Dillons and swipe your Plus Shopper's Card! Go to www.dillons.com/communityrewards and create an account using your Plus Shop-per’s Card. Then choose Jardine Middle School as your charity of choice by using our code: 47491. Every time you use your Plus Shopper’s Card at Dillons, you'll be giving back to Jardine Middle School. Thank you!

Career and Life Planning - Ms. Wentz

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FROM THE MUSIC AND DRAMA DEPARTMENT - Mrs. Rowe

Some performances are just around the corner! 7th and 8th Grade Bands will perform at the

Jardine Football Classic at Hummer Sports Park. We will play on October 9. Come on out to

support our athletes and musicians!

The 7th and 8th Grade Band will perform for Jardine Elementary afternoon activities on Octo-

ber 31st! The Band is excited to perform!

“Wipeout!”

Wax up your surfboards, get out your beach blankets and catch the wave of this swell surf

musical! It’s just another sunny day at Avalon Beach until Mom and Pop announce they’re

selling their beloved surf shop and teen hangout. The snobbish developers from the nearby

ritzy Cove want Avalon’s stretch of sand... for a parking lot! But Mom and Pop’s daughter

Midge and all the loyal Avalon kids are determined — they’re not going to let that hap-

pen! Riptide, the local kahuna, enters the big surf contest to vie for the grand prize money

that will keep The Shack’s doors open, but the crowd from the Cove will do anything to put

the kibosh on Rip winning the prize money, including sabotage! When Riptide breaks his leg

in a surfing accident (thanks to the conniving developer’s son), it’s up to Midge to step onto

her Billabong and go up against the big boys. Pop, a former surfing champion himself,

comes through to help his little surfer girl in a sweet surfing cram session that gets all the kids

amped for the big event! This surf musical takes us back to a simpler time when life was

keen, the music was cool and the world was about to change. Gnarly, dudes!

Performances are November 15-16. Please call Tracy Rowe at 785-730-8125 or email

trowe@trowetps501.org if you have questions.

Dinner Theater information will be available soon! Check out the Jardine Middle School

Drama Facebook page!

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COUNSELOR CORNER -Mr. Falk

Character Education Program

Jardine Middle School has a “Positive Character Program”. The program will recognize character traits established by Topeka Public Schools. These traits are Self-Awareness, Compas-sion, Responsibility, and Respect. The goals of the program are to recognize students for ex-hibiting positive character qualities at school, encourage positive behaviors, and make stu-dents more aware of their actions. Therefore, this program helps Jardine to be recognized as a safe and welcoming learning community.

Jardine grade level teams are recognize students for exhibiting positive character quali-ties by submitting a “Jaguar Paw” to Mr. Falk with the student’s name and positive behaviors written on it. Mr. Haire will read the students’ names that receive Jaguar Paws over the inter-com on the last day of the week.

Those receiving Jaguar Paws will receive a discount card for Sonic or a free slush at lunch. Their Jaguar Paws are placed on the wall in the Commons area to recognize these stu-dents throughout the school year. At the end of the year, the students will receive their Jagu-ar Paws with the message from the staff member to take home over the summer.

Career Cruising

During September, Mr. Falk and Ms. Sullivan have visited all Language Arts classes and had the students complete assessments on Career Cruising. Career Cruising is a program that students will use throughout middle and high school to explore careers that match with their interests and skills. They can also use it the request high school classes, create a 4 year plan, explore college programs, and look into financial aid and scholarship opportunities. Career Cruising links with Power School giving them access to the program at home. Please ask your student to show it to you and have fun seeing all it can do.

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31 every year. The theme this year is “Life is Your Jour-ney, Travel Drug Free”. School wide activities will be set up to recognize Red Ribbon Week.

The Topeka Public Schools, Unified School District No. 501 is committed to affirmative action and equal opportunity. No person shall, on the basis of age,

race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability, national origin or ancestry be denied lawful access to any

appropriate educational service, program or activity provided by the school district. The Title VI and Title IX compliance coordinator is the Assistant Su-

perintendent for Teaching/Learning/Administration. The Section 504/Title II compliance coordinator is the Coordinator of College and Career Ready Ser-

vices. For employment, the EEO/AA officer is the General Director of Human Resources. All compliance coordinators may be contacted at 624 SW 24th

Street, Topeka, KS 66611-1294, (785) 295-3000. The clerk of the Board of Education has been designated to receive and redirect or handle inquiries regard-

ing nondiscrimination policies, regulations and procedures. The clerk may be contacted by calling (785) 295-3045 or by writing to 624 SW 24th Street, Tope-

ka, KS 66611-1294.