Akira Toki Middle School

Toki Times February 2013

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Toki Families and Friends, Six Toki students were honored at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Outstanding Young Person Awards sponsored by the Urban League of Greater Madison. These students were recognized for their scholarship, citizenship, and communi-ty service at Edgewood High School. Congratulation to all of them and their families!

Toki's Outstanding Young Person Award winners are: 6th Grade: Maya Elliot and Tatiyana Benson 7th Grade: Kendra James and Heavelynn Xiong 8th Grade: Miranda Johnson-Phillips and Mya Berry

Congratulations to our school Geography Bee winner, Paul Schwantes! Sec-ond place honors go to Sam Baeseman, and third place to Nathan Swartz. Great job to all students who participated. Toki’s Spelling Bee champion is Evanka Annyapu. Second place winner was Priya Mathur, and third place went to Gabby Watson. Great job to all spellers who did an amazing job at the bee! This is the time of year to begin preparing students for next year. Memorial High School counselors visited 8th grade classes to share course options and programming for high school. Our school counselor, Rebecca Augustine, is busy presenting World Language choices, French or Spanish, to our 6th grade CREWs and sharing the Unified Arts electives with our 7th grade stu-dents. The course selection sheets for all 6th and 7th grade students are due to their CREW teachers by February 21, 2013. If you have questions about course options for next year, please contact our school counselor or learn-ing coordinator, Kris Bobb. Nicole Schaefer Principal

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Monday, February 4, 11, 25 Early Release 1:37pm Wednesday, February 6 7th & 8th Grade Choir Concert 7:00pm Friday, February 8 All School Party 7:00-9:00pm Friday, February 15 Ski Club-Tyrol Thursday, February 21 6th & 7th Grade course selec-tion sheets due Friday, February 22 No School-Staff Development Friday, March 1 Ski Club-Tyrol Monday, March 4, 11, 18 Early Release 1:37pm Wednesday, March 6 Toki PTA meeting 6:30-8:00 Friday, March 15 Ski Club-Cascade Wednesday, March 20 Toki Talent Show 7:00pm Monday, March 25-Monday, April 1 Spring Break

The Toki Times is published month-ly, with publication dates being the

first of the month.

Please send submissions, articles, suggestions, and

feedback to TokiTimes@gmail.com

Article deadline for the March Issue is February 25.

IMPORTANT INFO

ATTENDANCE LINE 204-4743

SCHOOL OFFICE

204-4740

TOKI WEBSITE tokiweb.madison.k12.wi.us

PTA WEBSITE

tokipto.shutterfly.com

Find us on Facebook! Toki Middle School PTA

TOKI CLOTHES CLOSET We provide students with clothing options if they come to school un-prepared, something breaks or tears, or if they just need a few ex-tra things. We are al-ways looking for more clothes to add to our closet! We also want kids to feel like they can choose what they feel most com-fortable in should they need something to wear, so the more options the better! We can always use camisoles, zip-up sweat-shirts, socks (long and short), leggings or athletic pants, and winter clothing options (especially boots and coats)! We also love to get hygiene items! The clothes can be new or used, but need to be clean. Anything you can do to help make sure our students are wearing appropriate and fashionable clothing that help them feel more comfortable and confident while at Toki Middle School is appreciated. Feel free to call Gina Aguglia, Toki Social Work-er, with questions, comments or if you are in need of clothing. She can be reached at 608-204-4778. You may also drop dona-tions in the main office. Thank you!!

ELECTIVES DISCOVERY NIGHT

Memorial High School Tuesday, February 5

7:00pm

Amanda Stremkowski, Juventud

Hello! My name is Amanda Stremkowski and I am the new Juventud Coordinator for Centro Hispano here at Toki. I just recently began working at Cen-tro and am relatively new to the area but have al-ready met wonderful people! The Juventud pro-gram is a combination of tutoring and after school programming to advocate student involvement and academic success. I look forward to working with the students and hope to see a large number of them participating in Juventud. I am in the school in the afternoons, Monday-Thursday and can be contacted at 608-204-4780, or at my Cen-tro office 608-255-3018, or by email aman-da@centro.org. Please feel free to contact me with any questions/concerns or for more infor-mation about Juventud!

¡Hola! Mi nombre es Amanda Stremkowski y soy la nueva Coordinadora de Juventud para la organi-zación Centro Hispano. Mi puesto es de estar con los estudiantes de Toki Midldle School. Soy nueva al área de Madison pero he tenido el placer de conocer gente maravillosa. El programa de Ju-ventud es una combinación de tutoría y pro-gramas después de la escuela para promover par-ticipación de los estudiantes y el éxito academic. Miro hacía adelante a trabajar con los estudiantes y espero ver a muchos de los estudiantes que par-ticipan en el programa Juventud. Estoy en la es-cuela en las tardes, Lunes-Jueves. Si usted tiene alguna pregunta o duda, favor ponerse en contac-to conmigo. Mi información de contactada en el Toki (608)204-4780, o Centro Hispano (608)255-3018, o en amanda@micentro.org.

Kathleen Jerry, AmeriCorps Volunteer I earned my bachelor’s degree in biology at UW Eau Claire in the spring of 2011. In September of that year, I began working at the Boys and Girls Club in Eau Claire through Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps. I greatly enjoyed working with the youth there, but my term ended August of 2012 and I moved to Madison. I started working for MSCR at Toki Middle School as part of the PASS AmeriCorps group in September last year. Working with the middle schoolers here has been rewarding and I can’t wait to see how fun the summer will be.

Sarita Thomas, Urban League Scholars Academy Sarita Thomas is a Brown Deer, Wisconsin na-tive. She moved to Madison in 2004 to pursue her undergraduate degree at University of Wis-consin-Madison. She graduated from UW-Madison in 2008 with degrees in Gender and Women’s Studies and Social Welfare. After completing her degrees she continued her work in youth development at the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County where she held many youth worker position before moving on to be the Manager of Family & Community Engagement. She has a passion for working in urban commu-nities to provide wraparound services to youth and their families. In 2012, she took a position with the Urban League of Greater Madison as the Schools of Hope Coordinator at Oregon Mid-dle School to obtain experience working with youth in a school setting before being promoted to the Scholars Academy Site Manager in Janu-ary 2013. She has a wealth of knowledge work-ing with youth in Dane County and hopes to share it with, as well as learn from, the staff at Toki Middle School.

Monique Porter, MSCR Coordinator Ms. Mo’ is a Chicago, Illinois native. She moved to Madison in 2002 to be closer to family. After holding various jobs she started working with Madison School Community and Recreation in 2008. Working at Sennett Middle School moti-vated Ms. Mo to pursue running her own pro-gram at Toki Middle School. She enjoys reading, relaxing with friends and family and having a good time.

WELCOME

NEW TOKI

STAFF

FROM MS. BARNES’S ART STUDIO…

This month I wanted to highlight a 7th grade Art project.

Environmental Art is the process of making Art outside using natural materials. It can be as quick and sim-ple as arranging fall leaves in a pattern and as complex and time consuming as The Mastaba, a Christo sculpture currently in the works that will be made out of 410,000 oil barrels, making it the largest sculpture in the world. Environmental Art is a student favorite because we get to go outside! Students can work by themselves or with up to two partners. They need to scout a space for their sculpture and find natural materials to use. This quarter's class went outside when it was unseasonably warm for the first day. There was lots of packa-ble snow. The second day it was warmer still, and students worried about their projects melting. The final day was postponed due to bitter cold. When we could return outside, students found that the ice compo-nents of their sculptures were doing fine, but it was nearly impossible to work with the snow. Students faced the challenge of changing weather head on, changing their designs as needed in order to finish their projects by the deadline. I am proud of my Art students' ability to work as a team, be flexible when things are outside their control, and use creative problem solving. Included this month are photos of some of our amazing sculptures! If you would like to see Toki student artists' work in person, you'll get your chance February 2-10 at the Youth Art Month Regional Student Art Exhibit. Artwork will be displayed at Hilldale Mall by the following Toki students: 6th Grade: Hannah Zhai, Anna Williams, Mira Tcherneva, Luke Pliszka, Nikolas Petranek 7th Grade: Dayana Blanco, Lauryn Anthony, Nathan Swartz 8th Grade: Kristen Erickson, Brock MacDonald, Jade Proctor, Nicole Tosto, Gabrielle Watson Students will be eligible for several different state awards. Congratulations on being selected and best of luck!

TOKI MIDDLE SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EDUCATION 7th Grade Outline Required 5 days a week 48 min. for 9 weeks Course Description: At the 7th grade level, Tech-nology Education focuses for nine weeks on the areas of technology. These learning stations are based in an active hands-on/heads-on approach and are articulated with the 6th grade curriculum. Learning stations include the following areas: General Concepts: Technology Exposures / Concepts: Technology Areas- Manufacturing, Construction, Transportation, Communications. Measurement- reading a ruler, symbols Technology Stations / Concepts: Electronics (Mr. Circuit) - identification, opera-

tion, and function, creating circuits. Intercom & Wireless Remote Digital Program-

ming- operation and function, programming. Navigation & Map Reading- longitude & lati-

tude, radar directional finding, sonar, problem solving.

LASER- operation and function, wheel & pipe alignment, satellite and voice communication process, scanning, surveying and leveling, pattern generation.

Engineering Principles- design and analysis, loads and forces (compression, tension, tor-sion, shear)

Plastics Technology- materials (thermoset, thermoplastic, composite), injection molding operation and function.

Automation- process, program design and ex-ecution.

CNC & CAM - operation and function, design, execute machine language and produce.

Building Perspectives & Factory- apply math (fractions and ratios), principals of rotation, perspectives and abstract thinking.

Nuclear & Radioactivity / Materials Detection- detection of different materials, operation, taking measurements and plotting results.

Sign Mate- operation and function, layout, design, and production.

CAD- operation and function, design, layout, toolbars and drawing options.

Print Shop- graphic design and layout, func-tional product evaluation.

3-Dimentional Drawing Inventor- axis’s, draw-ing in a 3-D world. Sub-assemblies, borders.

AMC 8 MATH COMPETITION On November 20, 2012, sixty Toki students partici-pated in the 2012 American Mathematics Competi-tion 8 (AMC 8) contest. The following students re-ceived awards for their performance in the con-test: School Winners (top scores): Sara Schumacher and Noah Cagnazzo

First place:

Nathan Swartz Second place:

Colin Jackson and Gabrielle Watson Third place:

Priya Mathur, Kurt Eggers, Ashley Janssen, Carlie Lindauer

Congratulations and keep up the good

work!

Geography Bee Seventeen Toki Middle School students competed in the school Geography Bee on Friday, January 18. They answered questions about global economics, inter-national travel, the world’s topography, and cultural awareness. Seventh grader, Paul Schwantes, was declared the first place winner, and sixth grader, Sam Baeseman, was a very competitive runner up. Congratulations to Paul, Sam, and our other finalists: Nathan Swartz (3rd Place), Barrett Bernards, Alyana Enemuoh, Ryan Larson, Kendra James, Ryan Schmitt, Brock Macdonald, Jade Proctor, Erica Reiners, Justin Watts, Rahim Ansari, Mikaela Frey, Sophia Montoya, Nick Walters, and Carlie Lindauer.

Spelling Bee I-D-Y-L-L (a short descriptive poem usually dealing with pastoral or rural life)

That was the final word that 7th grader, Evanka Annyapu, spelled correctly to win the 2013 Toki Spelling Bee. This event took place on Thursday, January 24, with 24 students participating from all three grades. These students qualified for the school bee by winning their classroom spelling bees. Evanka will compete in the All-City Spelling Bee on Saturday, February 9, at Edgewood High School. We wish her the best of luck! Congratulations to our second place winner, Priya Mathur, and all of our participants: Gabby Watson (3rd place), Brock Macdonald, Noah Cagnazzo, Gerardo Orozco-Guzman, Cailin Ahnen, Brandon Garcia, Itzel Martinez, Nicole Pham, Anna Stalsberg, Rikaijah Greer, Olivia Franz-Bawden, David Batson,

Kendra James, Cathriona Clarke, Celia Herman, Con-nor Fitzgerald, Bar-rett Bernards, Kyle Jungers, Maya El-liott, Noah Sawicki, Tenzin Tadhey, and Sam Baeseman.

Paul Schwantes 7th Grade

Evanka Annyapu 7th Grade

ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES Are you looking for a summer experience for your student that could help them continue their learning, develop their skills, and expand their knowledge? Maybe you are curious about the logistics of studying in another country during the summer, school year, or gap year. Do you have a student with a sense of ad-venture who loves the outdoors, being physically active, or wants to excel in a sport? Is your student inter-ested in volunteering, working, or getting an internship in order to explore a career or build their sense of commitment and responsibility? Are you looking for financial aid and scholarships for your student’s post high school education?

Visit Enrichment Opportunities in Madison & Beyond at https://stusvcweb.madison.k12.wi.us/node/300 to explore options you hadn’t thought of. Scholarships and financial aid are available for a number of op-portunities included on the website.

Toki’s Got Talent!

March 19 and 20, 2013

Signed talent show Entry Forms due

to the office by Tuesday, Feb 12.

Forms available in the office

or on the Toki Website.

2013 Talent Show Auditions:

Emcees (8th graders only) Room 163

Wednesday, Feb. 13 2:45-4:00

Thursday, Feb 14 2:45-4:00

Talent Show Acts Room 215

Wednesday, Feb 20 2:45-4:00

Thursday, Feb 21 2:45-4:00

CREW-IN-THE-LIBRARY Toki has added a new di-mension to the CREW experience for all stu-dents. It’s “CREW-in-the-

Library,” a program sponsored by the LMC and hosted by Madge Klais, the teacher-librarian. Every day one CREW class meets in the library to hear about specific resources and to select and check out books and magazines. Seventh- and eighth-grade CREWS meet once every three weeks in the library, and sixth-grade CREW participate in the program once every two weeks. The goals for this program are: To engage students in reading for pleasure; To encourage a daily reading habit;

To provide opportunities students might not otherwise have to check out materials from the Toki library.

To date, students have learned about “dystopian” fiction, exemplified by the novel, Ship Breaker, in-formational (non-fiction) books that feature human-made and nature-made mummies, and detective fiction related to the Internet Detectives Contest question, “Who is the first fictional detective and what is the name of the author who created him?” (Answer: C. Auguste Dupin, created by Edgar Allan Poe) They have also toured the new LMC website, where they can find ideas for books that they might like to read as well as many resources to support their school work.

THE EVOLVING TOKI LMC WEBSITE

We encourage parents and other family members to check out the new Toki library website, too. It is linked on the library home page in the Destiny computer catalog, and you can go directly to it from any computer inside or outside the library and the school at: www.madison.campusguides.com/toki. The arrival of the website was featured in last month’s Toki Times, but it has changed a great deal in the last month. Ms. Klais has added many research links for language arts, social studies, and general music classes.

Outstanding Young Person award winners (MLK Jr. Awards)

Miranda Johnson-Phillips, Tatiyana Benson, Maya Elliott, Mya Berry, Heavelynn Xiong, Kendra James

We are beginning to post student work on the website. You will find links to Animoto videos cre-ated by Marguerite Fairchild’s students on the page for sixth grade classes. These videos capture students’ reactions to their reading of Tuck Ever-lasting. In addition, sixth-graders in the Toki Art Club, led by our art teacher, Sara Barnes, have begun work on a mural for the library. Each stage of this work-in-progress is being documented on the LMC website. You see here what it looked like during Week 2 of the project.

Our second annual 6th Grade Celebration of Learning and Community Dinner was a great success. The event was attended by over 600 students, parents, teachers, and community members. It was an excellent opportunity for sixth graders to proudly present products from each core academic area. The displays included concept models on the water cycle, presentations on the writing process, "You Are What You Eat" 2-D and 3-D visuals, and museum quality pieces about the seven characteristics of a civilization and the five themes of Maya geography. In addition, families were able to connect and share a meal with one another. The evening con-cluded with a wonderful performance by the 6th grade band and choir. The Toki community is looking forward to carrying on this tradition for years to come.

6th Grade

Community

Dinner

Toki PTA Meeting

Wednesday, March 6

6:30-8:00pm Toki LMC

For more information contact: George Grays, PTA President

ggrays@gmail.com

Toki All-School Party Friday, February 8

7:00-9:00pm

Volunteers Needed Contact Kim Tosto,

PTA Dance Chairperson

tokischooldance@gmail.com

GIVE BACK TO TOKI—THE TOKI PTA NEEDS YOUR HELP! Dear Toki Parents,

Our staff at Toki is truly committed to helping each of our children enjoy middle school and grow into young adults ready to successfully handle the demands of high school and life. As the parent of two Toki alumni and a 6th grader, I can say that I have always greatly appreciated how the Toki staff does so much for our stu-dents plus a lot of the “extra” work required for school events and fundraisers—work that is more often requested and done by parents at the elementary schools. There is little that the Toki staff asks of us as parents.

In the past years, the Toki PTA has tried to re-organize and re-vitalize parent and community support for our school and staff. We have suc-cessfully established our status as a 501 c 3 charitable organization and attempted to organ-ize fundraisers to provide our school with fund-ing for new items and opportunities. We have provided funding to create a Fitness Room and a new sound system among other smaller re-quests for equipment, supplies, and teacher workshops. Our staff has many wonderful ideas to provide more at Toki for our children. We need your help to make this possible.

We need parents to step-up to take on posi-tions requiring leadership: serve on the PTA board, manage fundraisers and events, organ-ize volunteers, work with the Toki Endowment, and provide communication. We realize that the middle school years are a busy time in all our lives, so ask a friend or spouse to share some responsibility with you—co-chair a fund-raiser or share a position.

Parent meetings will be held to help keep our Toki PTA on the right track. Please let me know if you would be interested in meeting to discuss a role for you with the Toki PTA by emailing me at: angela.lee.hubbard@gmail.com. Meeting times are flexible and will be established based on the needs of those who respond.

Thanks for your consideration, Angie Hubbard, Toki PTA, Vice President

SUPPORT TOKI AT VITENSE GOLFLAND! Throughout February, on Monday and Tuesday nights, from 4-9 pm, Vitense will donate 15% of most purchases to schools participating in their “Support Our Schools” fundraiser. To donate to Toki, place your receipt in the “Toki Middle School” box in the Vitense lobby.

For more information contact Mark Herman

Toki PTA Treasurer kherman2@charter.net

Toki PTA Meeting Minutes Jan 9, 2013 (minutes have not been approved)

Meeting called to order 6:36pm. Nicole Schaefer updated parents that the new elevator addition was predicted to open at the start of

the second semester. Angie Hubbard updated attendees that the PTA has provided funds for a new flat screen TV for the

gathering space. The TV will be mounted to the wall and used for announcements. Nicole mentioned that the TV will be protected by a Plexiglas or similar cage.

Angie also updated that the PTA has purchased 10 folding tables and approved spending on new choir chairs for the school. The tables will be used by a variety of staff for school events.

Four additional folding tables were requested by the school and approved by the PTA members in at-tendance at the meeting.

Mark Herman presented the PTA’s general ledger report to date. Fall fundraisers were on track with predicted revenue. Angie noted that previous vender for PTA’s Spring Plant Sale has dropped fund-raising aspect of business. Discussion was had on holding plant sale this year. It was determined that although a chair is available there is limited parent help to coordinate the sale for the amount of profit anticipated. Vote was in favor of not holding a PTA Plant sale this spring. (NOTE: It was later discov-ered that the PTA general ledger distributed at the meeting was in error of misreporting 2011-12 num-bers. An updated version of the general ledger will be distributed at the next PTA meeting.)

An inquiry was made on the status of the Toki Student Directory for this year. Parent volunteer Rhon-da Rohn had recently completed the directory. (Directory compiling was started later due to late re-quest by PTA.) No information was available on the predicted distribution date.

General discussion was had on increasing parent involvement in PTA and PTA fundraising efforts. There was a general consensus to simplify fundraising for busy families. Suggestions to make “PTA Monetary Donation Request Forms” more readily available and to look into “Restaurant Nights” were favorably received. Jen Kutsunis volunteered to assist with researching “Restaurant Nights.” It was noted that more parent help is needed on the board to continue PTA involvement at Toki.

Topic for discussion for March PTA meeting was discussed. “Internet Safety” presenter from a previ-ous year’s meeting will be contacted to inquire on availability.

TOKI PTA MONETARY DONATION FORM

Your Name: ______________________________________________________________________

Mailing Address: _________________________________________________________________

Email Address:__________________________________________________________________

Please fill out the above information and return to Toki office or mail to TOKI PTA DONATION; c/o Mark Herman, PTA Treasurer; 5606 Russett Rd; Madison, WI 53711.

Checks payable to TOKI PTA.

The Toki PTA thanks you for your monetary donation to help us provide support for our staff and new opportunities for our students! The Toki PTA is a 501c3 charitable organ-ization and a receipt will be emailed to you. Your donation is a charitable contribution.

If you have questions, please contact Mark Herman, Toki PTA Treasurer: kherman2@charter.net.

Toki PTA Meeting Minutes October 7, 2012 Present: Diane Barrett, Eileen Frey, Jyothana Anuyspu, Mark Herman, Merideth Trahan, Cathy Parks, Kristen Barge, Angie Hubbard, Brad Carl, Nicole Schaefer

WI School Report Card Overview (Brad Carl) Key Features: 0 – 100 score made up of 4 sub scores, Score include deductions for certain

things

3 years of historical WAA – WI Alternate Assessment - special test for kids with special needs “Cut Scores” – difference between Basic / Proficient / Advanced – have been adjusted Priority 3 – Closing Gaps: Achievement gaps/Track reductions in proficiency rates and grade

rate between different student sub groups over time Priority 4 – On Track / Post Secondary Readiness

Part 1 – graduation rates (HS) / attendance rates (Elem & MS) Part 2 – 3rd grad Reading / 8th grade Math

Deductions WKCE – participation rates 95% or greater Absentee – 84.1 % or higher Drop Out Rates – 6% or lower

Why new Report Cards? Replaces AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) measures required under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002

Principal Report ( Nicole Schaefer) – Expeditionary Learning (EL) Presentation Jenny Sidel is our EL Representative, Toki began researching the EL model in 2009 Viewed a video explaining the EL Model and its successes

Design Principals The Primacy of Self-Discovery The Having of Wonderful Ideas The Responsibility for Learning Empathy and Caring Success and Failure Collaboration and Competition Diversity and Inclusion The Natural World Solitude and Reflection Service and Compassion

160 EL schools in the US currently. 30% are Charter Schools. 40,000 students in 40 states. “National School District”

5 Dimensions: 38 Core practices. Leadership teams Impacts at Toki so far: Decrease in behavior and attendance issues Funding

Toki received $10,000 from the School District Toki received $10,000 from the Foundation for Madison Public Schools

Status: In June the school board proposed $60,000 for continuing EL at Toki. In Oct, a pro-posal was presented to vote on in public hearing. Lots of feedback from staff and community. The School Board recommended re-working the proposal. Right now becoming a Charter School is off the table but Toki will continue working toward using this model. Several meetings have been scheduled at feeder schools and at Toki to provide information and gather feedback

Next Meeting is January 9th at 6:30pm in the Toki Library.

Next Toki PTA meeting is scheduled for Wed, Mar 6 at 6:30pm in Toki LMC. Meeting adjourned 7:48pm.

Respectfully submitted by: Angie Hubbard, PTA vice-president, Jan 21, 2013

Toki PTA Meeting Minutes September 12, 2012

Present: Heather Kalscheur, Leah Sawicki, Juanita Azimulla, Laura Rehberger, David Brantley, Kristen Barge, Michelle Lindauer, Allie Fitzgerald, Julie Welsh, Eileen Frey, Tracy Schoohs, Allyssa Ingram, Jyothsna Annyapu, Diane Barrett, George Grays, Angie Hubbard, Mark Herman Introduction of PTA board members: Angie Hubbard, VP Diane Barrett, secretary Mark Herman,

treasurer George Grays, President – arrived late and gave a brief welcome

Principal Report ( Nicole Schaefer) School has had a wonderful start to the year! Enrollment is at about 530 which is 40 more than

last year. MSCR after school programs should start next week. That should help alleviate the current

problems with crowding on the bus

“Back to School” Night: There was a conflict of the initial date of 9/26/12 so the event has been changed to 9/27/12 – Book Fair chair at the meeting thought this would be no problem for them

Reminder – there is a Book Fair on this night in the cafeteria

PRESENTATION - WHAT TO EXPECT - TEACHING PHILOSOPHIES & LEARNING AT TOKI 6th grade: Dana Munoz and Mark Siegel 6th grade teaching teams work in close collaboration

Stress: reading 20 mins every day / keeping reading logs / “Bookit” – starts in Oct Planners – parents should check nightly

Transition from Elementary to Middle School – building independence

Math – daily homework – some students can complete in class, some will take home to complete

Social Studies – occasional homework

Lang Arts & Science – majority of work is done in class (Project Based) Teachers suggest: Read Newsletters and Check Planners for homework 7th grade: Kelly McCarthy

Difference from 6th grade – less monitoring, more independently getting homework done. Math – homework 4 nights/week

Lang Arts – Reading log (20 mins a day) from a variety of books, newspapers, magazines.. Science & Social Studies – Lab in school. Parents encourage students to watch the nightly

news, read the newspaper Check Infinite Campus (IC) for progress. Encourage students to check IC as well 8th grade: Maggie Ritchie

Planners, Planners, Planners! 12 teachers in 8th grade, Math – homework every day, Lang Arts – Read 100 min/week, Class Novel, Reading Project, Science & Social Studies – most work is done in class. All homework and test information is entered into IC

PTA Board Reports: New this year…Facebook group

Weekly Dragon Tales email, Monthly Toki Times newsletter Fundraising – looking for a chair for the Pie Sale. David Brantley agreed to chair! Angie and Di-

ane will send information from past years. PTA Membership Drive! $5.25 for PTA membership--needed to vote, not needed to participate.

Some paid membership fees at the meeting.

Other: Librarian (Madge) Has no clerical help this year. Looking for volunteers to help in the library. If

you are interested please contact the school. “Great Toki Book Swap” – was very successful last year. Will do again in the Fall and Spring. Also in the spring will be an Adopt-a-book event Will have “Battle of the Books” again this year if enough interest

Next Meeting is November 7th at 6:30pm in the Toki Library.

13th Annual

Madison School & Community Recreation

2013 Chess Championship

Eligibility Open to all Madison area students, Kindergarten through 12th grade Date Saturday, March 2nd Location Warner Park Community Recreation Center 1625 Northport Drive, Madison Cost Free (Donations welcome to help support event’s future) Prizes 1st, 2nd, 3rd place trophy to top individual finishers

1st place trophy to the top individual at each grade level (K-8) 1st and 2nd place trophy to top elementary and middle school teams (ties for individual trophies are resolved with 5-minute blitz games) # Games 5 games per player guaranteed

Registration 8:15-9:00 am (limited to the first 125 players) Game Round 1 begins at 9:15 am Schedule Rounds 2-5 at approximately 10:30, 11:45, 1:15 and 2:30.

Grades K-2 rounds will start at the conclusion of the previous round. Awards will be given at the completion of the five rounds

Lunch (there will be a lunch break between rounds 2 + 3)

Trophies awarded beginning at 4:00 pm

Time control each player gets 30 minutes to complete all moves Rules touch move Pairings Accelerated Swiss System,

designed to pair opponents of similar ages and strength Equipment boards, sets and score sheets will be provided

please bring a chess clock, if possible Questions? Neil Gleason, 238-4312 or ngleason@charter.net Ian Hannah, 204-3052 or ihannah@madison.k12.wi.us

Schedule, Saturday March 2nd

Details

Madison School & Community Recreation

13no Evento Anual Campeonato de Ajedrez 2013

Elegibilidad Abierto a todos los estudiantes del área de Madison,

Kindergarten a 12avo grado Fecha Sábado, 2 de marzo Lugar Centro Comunitario de Recreación Warner Park 1625 Northport Drive, Madison Costo Gratis Premios 1ero, 2do y 3er lugar a los jugadores individuales con habilidades superiores

Trofeo del 1er lugar al individuo con habilidad superior en cada grado (K-8) Trofeos de 1ero y 2do lugar para los equipos escolares de primaria y escuela media

(Los empates para los trofeos individuales se resuelven con juegos rápidos de cinco minutos) # Juegos 5 juegos por jugador garantizado

Registro 8:15-9:00 (limitado a los primeros 125 jugadores) Juego Primera ronda empieza a las 9:15 Horario Rondas 2-5 empiezan aproximadamente a las 10:30, 11:45, 1:15 y 2:30 Nuevo este año las rondas para los grados K-2 empezaran al terminar la

previa ronda. Los premios se darán al completar las 5 rondas. Almuerzo (alimento/bocadillos disponibles en el lugar del evento, la venta

se lleva a cabo por el programa de básquetbol juvenil)

La entrega de trofeos comienza a las 4:00 PM.

Control del tiempo Cada jugador tiene 30 minutos para terminar todos los movimientos Reglas Movimiento táctil Emparejamiento Sistema Suizo Acelerado, diseñó en aparear a opositores de edades y de habilidades similares Equipo Se proporcionarán los tableros, piezas y las hojas para mantener los datos

Traer por favor un reloj de ajedrez, si es posible ¿Preguntas? Neil Gleason, 238-4312 o ngleason@charter.net Ian Hannah, 204-3052 o ihannah@madison.k12.wi.us

Patrocinado por Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR)

Horario, sábado 2 de marzo

Detalles

MSCR After-School Clubs and Sports

February 2013

Sports! Come Support Toki’s Girls Basketball Team!!! All Games start @ 3:30pm

Schools of Hope Tutoring Program

We are looking for volunteers to tutor students dur-ing the school day and during the after school home-

work club. Just one hour a week can truly make a difference in a Middle School student’s life.

If you are interested please contact the Toki coordinator, Ms. Mo’, at 204-4763.

After School Program Schedule 2:47-3:30 pm Clubs/Sports Practices meet 3:30-4:05 pm Open Rec. in the gym, ALL students! 4:10 pm City buses arrive 4:10-4:45 pm Mini-activities/Open Recreation 4:45 pm Late bus arrives

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

4 Early Release Skate Trip (invite only)

5 Homework Club Rec Art Club Girl’s Basketball Practice Wrestling

6 No Programs All Staff Meeting Basketball Game @ Toki

7 Homework Club Rec Girl’s Basketball Practice Dance and Drill

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11 Early Release Open Rec Cooking Club Guitar Club

12 Homework Club Rec Art Club Girl’s Basketball Practice Wrestling

13 Homework Club Rec Drama Club Yearbook Club Dance and Drill Wrestling Basketball Game @ Toki Guitar Club

14 Homework Club Rec Girl’s Basketball Practice

15 Ski Trip @ Tyrol 2:40-9:30

18 No Early Release

Open Rec Guitar Club Ping -Pong

19 Homework Club Rec Art Club Girl’s Basketball Practice Wrestling

20 Homework Club Rec Drama Club Yearbook Club Basketball Game @ Wright Dance and Drill Wrestling Guitar Club

21 Homework Club Rec Girl’s Basketball Practice

22 No School

25 Early Release Open Rec Guitar Club

26 Homework Club Rec Art Club Girl’s Basketball Practice Wrestling

27 Homework Club Rec Drama Club Yearbook Club Basketball Game @ Chero-kee Dance and Drill Wrestling Guitar Club

28 Homework Club Rec Girl’s Basketball Practice

1 Girls Basketball Tournament Saturday March 2nd @ Memorial High @ 9am