We’ve had a fabulous February which included our Black History Celebration and the BETA Student Convention. Our teachers are continuing to teach lessons at high levels for students as they remain focused on our core business of teaching and learning. Our teachers and faculty have been working diligently to prepare “Every Child, Every Day.” Because educating children takes everyone, we thank you for your support this year and request your continued support. To help your child prepare for the approaching LEAP 2025, you can do the following:

1) Make sure your child completes all homework assignments and studies nightly;

2) Encourage your child to read something (books,

myON, newspapers, magazines) for 30 minutes

every evening;

3) Have your child attend school on time every day, and try to schedule doctor’s appointments after 3:00 P.M. if possible.

Let’s conclude our third quarter on a good note and remember that together we will continue to “strive for excellence.” Educationally yours, Mrs. Tamika Green Principal

Principal’s Message

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Pirate Pages Albert Cammon Middle School St. Rose, LA

Attention All Parents…We need your help!

Two-way communication and feedback are important to our schools and the district as we identify opportunities to improve. All parents are being asked to participate in a survey between March 11-22 as one method of gaining feedback from all stakeholders. The survey results will enable our school leaders to identify areas of improvement focused on student achievement and school and district ef-fectiveness. Students of parents who complete the Advanc-Ed survey by Thursday, March 14, 2019 will receive a dress down pass for Friday, March 15, 2019

The online parent survey can be accessed at

https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/95508/p1814.

Please contact the School Board Office’s Technology Help Desk at 985-785-3126 with any questions you may have. Your cooperation and support in completing the survey will be greatly appreciated!

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Students of the Month

February

Students of the Month for February are pictured.

8th grade - Emily Perez

7th grade- Isabel Medina

6th grade- Leslie Jefferson

Employee of the Month

February

Employee of the Month for February is

Ms. Jasmine Scott Paraeducator

8th Grade Class Scheduling

On Wednesday, March 13th, Destrehan High School counse-lors will come to the ACM cam-pus to help the 8th grade stu-dents schedule their freshman classes. More information will be sent home with 8th grade students closer to the schedul-ing date.

Preparing for LEAP 2025

LEAP 2025 testing will be administered online this year. Parts of the test will require that students type a short an-swer response or write an essay. Since the tests are timed, we would like to encourage our students to improve their typing skills by practicing at home. The following free, kid-friendly websites are recommended by Mrs. Barnett, our technology teacher, for our students to use for practice. www.dancemattypingguide.com www.typing.com www.kidztype.com www.nitrotype.com

ACM Yearbooks

Pre-orders for the Albert Cammon Middle School 2018- 2019 yearbooks are now being accepted. The price is $16 . Checks should be made out to Albert Cammon Middle School. Payments should be turned in to Mrs. Jaubert or Ms. Guilmino by May 17, 2019. Please include the student’s name and grade level with the payment. After May 17, 2019, the price will increase to $20.

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Black History Program

On Wednesday, February 27th, ACM had its annual Black History Program. The theme this year was “A Lit-

erary Journey Rooted through Greatness!” The program began with the Pledge of Allegiance led by Marcon

Anderson, a welcome by Mrs. DeLatte, and The Black National Anthem by the ACM Choir Students. The

students were entertained by readings from Jaida Walton and Lydia Guichard. Our talented theatre stu-

dents performed a skit from the play A Raisin in the Sun and our ACM band performed an African Ensemble

and musical selection. Special guests, the Kabuki Dancers, presented the history of Hip Hop.

Cyber Safety

On Monday, February 25th, the St. Charles Parish Sher-

iff’s office presented information to our parents about

Cyber-Safety. This informative meeting informed our par-

ents about the current trends and different types of pro-

grams regarding Cyber-Safety.

Hot Happenings at ACM

Students playing with the new snap circuit kit.

Students crafting with representative from the St.

Rose Public Library.

Notes from the Nurse

Head Lice, Pediculus humanus capitis, is a parasitic insect that can be found in

hair. Head lice feed off of human blood several times a day and live close to the

human scalp. Head lice can be a nuisance but are not known to spread diseases.

It is estimated that head lice infestations affect approximately 6-12 million people

annually and are common among school-aged children. Lice move by crawling

and are spread by direct contact with the hair of an infested person.

To help prevent and control the spread of head lice, here are some tips:

Avoid head to head contact while hugging, playing, lounging

Avoid sharing hats, scarfs, jackets/coats, hair brushes/combs, hair accessories

If you happen to get head lice, treat it promptly and properly. There are over-the-counter

treatments that can be purchased that will kill lice and nits. It is very important to focus on the treat-

ment of head lice on the infested person, but it is also important to give attention to other items such

as bedding, carpets, couches and any other items the person may have come in contact with over

the past 2 days with an infestation.

Parents, be sure to pay close attention and create a routine with checking your child’s hair

often. If you notice little white/beige colored eggs stuck to their hair that cannot be easily removed

and/or small bugs that crawl around on the scalp, you should initiate proper treatment. If this is dis-

covered during the school day with your child, you will be notified and prompt treatment will be rec-

ommended. If you have any questions or concerns about head lice, please give your school nurse a

call.

Sonya Robinson, RN School Nurse

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”

Anthony J. D'Angelo

SCHOLARS Spotlight

6th grade math SCHOLARS Kyle Moody, Rayneka Capers, and Destini Thomas, work collaboratively to find the area of

polygons on the coordinate plane.

ACM Cheer/Mascot Tryouts

ACM Cheerleading and Mascot tryouts will be held Monday, April 1st through Thursday, April 4th. Packets are located in the front office as well as on the ACM Cheerleading webpage. All stu-dents trying out must turn in a completed cheerleading packet to Mrs. Dupuy or Ms. Reed by Fri-day, March 29th. Students must have a physical on file by noon on Monday, April 1st in order to participate. Uniforms will be ordered at a mandatory parent meeting on Monday, April 29th, from 5:00 - 6:00 PM in Mrs. Dupuy’s room, B111.

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ACM Career Day - We Need Volunteers

On Wednesday, May 15, 2019, ACM will host its annual Career Day. During each 15-minute presentation, students will have the opportunity to learn about a career that they have chosen. We need people who are willing to share information with our students about their careers. If you are interested in participating in this educational event, or if you know someone who is available, please compete the flyer in the newsletter or email Mrs. Sally Dupuy at sdupuy@stcharles.k12.la.us.

Mardi Gras Holidays

March 4-8.

Classes resume on Monday, March 11, 2019

Band News The ACM Band has been and will continue to showcase its talented students. African Drum Ensemble and Band had an amazing performance at our own Black History Program. The African Ensemble will be playing once more this semester at the St. Charles Parish Public Schools Arts Awareness Festival on Saturday, March 16 at 10AM. The ACM Festival Band members will continue to prepare themselves for their yearly assessment at the end of March. The Bucket Beats and Concert Band are also preparing themselves to put on an amazing Spring Concert for everyone in May.

Also, congratulations to the following band students who made the St. Charles Parish Middle School Honor Band: Michael Shavor, Shelby Stillman, Isabel Medina, Aniyah Lane, Jericho Otis, and Sadie Smith. They performed an amazingly under the direction of Dr. Quincy Hilliard.

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Choir Notes Festival Choir is in full swing preparing for our upcoming competitions at the Bayouland Choral Music Fes-tival on Thursday February 28th and the LEMA Large Ensemble Music Assessment on March 18th or 19th. The Festival Choir members are working diligently to prepare their program, as well as working on their sight reading skills as this is a large part of the competition. At home, all members are asked to use the rehearsal tracks that are posted in Google Classroom to ensure all of the music is learned properly. A letter was sent home with your child along with a rehearsal schedule. If you have not already done so, please return the “Festival Choir Fee” envelope to Mrs. Luquette. On March 16th,the Festival Choir will perform at the SCPPS Arts Awareness Festival. This FREE event is open to the public and will take place at the Lafon Performing Arts Center on the Westbank at 10AM.

Lost and Found With fall and winter weather here, all ACM Pirates are asked to label all sweaters, jackets, and pullovers. In the event

that any of these items are mistakenly left on campus in one of the classrooms, gym, cafeteria, or

even outside, these items then can be returned promptly to the rightful owners.

ACM does have a lost and found cart that is located inside the staff workroom. Students should ask

a staff member for assistance in retrieving items from this area as it is off limits to students.

Spring Arts Field Trip– Hamilton

On Thursday, March 28th, more than 100 ACM students, family members and faculty will be attending the performance of the Broadway show Hamilton at the Saenger Theatre in New Orleans! We are so EXCITED for the opportunity to attend this performance. Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped through musical about the life of American Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton, with music, lyrics and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda, inspired by the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by historian Ron Chernow. Incorporating hip hop, R&B, pop, soul, traditional-style show tunes, this performance is sure to be something the students will remember for years to come. Parents of students attending this perfor-mance, be on the lookout for a confirmation letter and more information coming very soon!

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2018-19 LEAP 2025 ACM TESTING SCHEDULE

DATE TEST SESSIONS

Monday, 4/8 ELA 1

Tuesday, 4/9 ELA 2 ELA 3

Wednesday, 4/10 Science 1 Science 2

Thursday, 4/11 Science 3

Friday, 4/12 Half Day

Makeup Testing

Tuesday, 4/23 First Day Back From Spring Break

No Testing

Wednesday, 4/24 SS 1 SS 2

Thursday, 4/25 SS 3

Friday, 4/26 District Interviews

Makeup Testing

Monday, 4/29 Math 1 Math 2

Tuesday, 4/30 Math 3

Wednesday, 5/1

Makeup Testing

Thursday, 5/2

Makeup Testing

Friday, 5/3

Makeup Testing

Thursday, 5/9 HS Algebra I

Friday, 5/10 Makeup Testing for HS Algebra I

Library’s Corner

This quarter has been a joyful one here in the library. Chapter Chat participants fin-ished off the month with another Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice selection. Students had the chance to participate in the voting process for the Readers’ Choice Book of the Year. Voting closed statewide on March 1. We are eager to hear which title was cho-sen by readers across the state.

Additionally, we enjoyed visits from the local librarians who orchestrated some crafting activities during lunchtime. Students have also been enjoying exploring circuitry with the addition of our new Snap Cir-cuit kit. Valentines’ Day and Mardi Gras provided additional opportunities for being creative. Meanwhile, seventh grad-ers have been immersing themselves in Civil War and slavery historical selections. Finally, student requests were sub-mitted for library purchases. We are eagerly awaiting their arrivals. Be sure your student is taking advantage of all our library has to offer!

2019 Baseball/Softball Schedule

Games begin at 5:00 PM. Girls play 5 innings or 1hr 30 minute time limit. Boys play 7 innings or 1hr 45 minute time limit.

Track Tryouts

Track and Field try-outs will be

held on Monday, April 1, 2019.

Students wishing to try-out must

have a physical and consent form

on file prior to trying out.

2019 Track and Field Schedule

Track meets begin approximately at 4:00 PM.

Date Location

Thursday, April 11 JBM HHS

Thursday, April 25 HMS DHS

Thursday, May 2 RKS HHS

Tuesday, May 7 Parish Track Meet ACM

DHS

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Thank you for

your support in

helping us

maintain a school

climate focused

on

student

learning and

respect where

everyone

“CARES.”

Tuesday, March 12 RKS @ ACM Eastbank Bridge Park

Thursday, March 14 ACM @JBM Westbank Bridge Park

Tuesday, March 19 ACM @HMS Eastbank Bridge Park

Thursday, March 21 ACM @ RKS Westbank Bridge Park

Monday, March 25 JBM @ACM Eastbank Bridge Park

Wednesday, March 27 HMS @ ACM Eastbank Bridge Park

Friday and Saturday,

March 29– 30 Cougar Tournament Westbank Bridge Park

Arts Awareness Festival

It is time for St. Charles Parish Pub-lic School’s 10th Annual Arts Fest! We will have music and the-atrical performances as well as vis-ual art displays. Stations will be set up for children to create art and perform with a variety of musical instruments. Food and drink will be available for purchase. The public is invited. Come join us for some fun.

Date: March 16, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM Place: Lafon Arts Center

March 2019 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3 4

5

6

7

8 9 Trash Bash

8:30 AM-

1:00 PM

10 Daylight

Savings

Time begins

11 Classes resume

12 Baseball/Softball

Game RKS @

ACM 5 PM

13 End of 3rd Quarter 8th grade DHS class scheduling

14 Begin 4th Quar-

ter

Baseball/

Softball game

ACM @ JBM 5

PM

15 Early Dismis-

sal/Staff Dev.

16 Arts Awareness 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

17 18 Spring Picture Day

19 Baseball/Softball game ACM@ HMS 5 PM

20 Report Cards Sent home

21 Baseball/Softball game ACM @ RKS 5 PM

22

23

24 25 Baseball/Softball

Game JBM @

ACM 5 PM

26 27 Baseball/Softball game HMS@ ACM 5 PM

28 Hamilton Per-

formance Field

Trip

29 Quarter 3 Awards Ceremony Baseball Cougar Tournament

30 Baseball Cougar Tournament

Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

DHS Dance Team tryouts March 13-15

DHS Cheerleader Team tryouts March 20-22

Mardi Gras Holiday March 4-8

Albert Cammon

Middle School

Home of the

Pirates

Tamika Green—Principal

Charley Hall —

Assistant Principal

Gabrielle DeLatte—

Assistant Principal

234 Pirate Drive

St. Rose, La 70087 504-467-4536

Arrival Times

Arrival time on a regular school day is at 7:45 A.M.

Arrival time after 7:55 A.M. is considered tardy, and a

parent must sign the student in at the main

office after that time.

Afternoon Parking Tips When arriving after 1:30

P.M. to our campus, park in

the St. Rose Elementary rear

parking lot. After that time,

our afternoon buses arrive,

and you will not be able to

leave until after dismissal at

3:05.

Thank you to our

Generous Business

Partners

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St. Charles Parish Trash Bash 2018 Saturday, March 9

8:30 AM - 1 PM Edward A. Dufresne Community Center

274 Judge Edward Dufresne Parkway Luling, LA 70070

To volunteer call 985-331-8604

March Upcoming Events

March 4-8– Mardi Gras Holiday March 9– Trash Bash 8:30AM March 11– Classes Resume March 12- Baseball/Softball Game RKS @ACM 5PM March 13- 3rd Quarter Ends/ DHS 8th Grade Class Scheduling March 14 -4th Quarter Begins/ Baseball/Softball Game ACM @JBM 5PM March 15– Early Dismissal/Staff Development March 16– Arts Awareness Festival at the LAC 10 AM March 18– Spring Pictures March 19- Baseball/Softball Game ACM @HMS 5PM March 20– Report Cards go home March 21– Baseball/Softball Game ACM @RKS 5PM March 25- Baseball/Softball Game JBM @ACM 5PM March 27- Baseball/Softball Game HMS @ACM 5PM March 28– Hamilton Performance Arts Field Trip 7:30 PM March 29– Third Qtr. Awards Ceremony/ Cougar Baseball Tournament

Dismissal Times

Daily dismissal on a regular school day is at 3:00 PM.

On an early-dismissal Friday, dism issal tim e is

at 11:15 A.M.

Save $4.00 if you pre-order before May 17th!

If you would like to order a copy of THIS YEAR’S yearbook,

(here is your chance to save.)

Preordered Price ~ $16.00

Price after May 17, 2019 ~ $20.00

Send in your order form with a check made out to Albert Cammon Middle.

Yearbooks are printed over the summer and distributed in August.

YES! I want to save money and order my ‘18— ’19 yearbook now for only

$16.00.

Grade: Pay by: cash check

Number ordered:

Name:

Day Volunteers Needed!!!

We would love for you or anyone you know to share information about their career at our annual

ACM Career Day on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

Some careers include but are NOT limited to jobs/fields in: News Anchor Insurance Paramedics Business Owner Fireman Judge Author Photographer Contractor Plumber Military Landscape Architect Electrician Politics Hairdresser Lawyer Dietician Veterinarian Paralegal Fashion Designer FBI Engineer Accounting Marketing Plant Workers Law Enforcement Tourism Sales Management Musician Technology/Computers Airline Pilot Flight Attendant Real Estate Agent Travel Agent Chef/ Restaurant Owner Newspaper/Magazine Writer Professional Coach Sports Field (Saints, Hornets, Zephyrs) Medical Field (Doctor, Nurse, Medical Records) Physical Therapist/Rehabilitation Public Relations/Event Planning If you or anyone you know would like to present at ACM’s Career Day on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, please fill out and send to Sally Dupuy at ACM. If you have any ques-tions or concerns, feel free to contact Sally Dupuy @ sdupuy@stcharles.k12.la.us. Presenter’s Name________________________________________________ Presenter’s Career_______________________________________________ Contact Information Phone: ________________________________________________________ Email: _________________________________________________________