March 4 - 8

Byrd Middle SchoolSenators

ALL Ready for Liftoff!

From the Help DeskIt is essential that everyone does the following:

Every night, do a FULL Shut Down from the START menu.

Every morning, go to the START menu and select Check for Updates.

Hat Daymoved to Friday, March

8 

Are you eligible? 

A’s, B’s and C’s andNo Referrals

or earnA B.U.G. Award

(Bring Up Grade one letter MP2 to MP3 interim for D’s and F’s)

KMO Time 

Be part of a winning team! 7th and 8th graders:  See one of the following teachers by March 8th to take the qualifying test:

  Mrs. Davidge                  Mrs. Smith  Mrs. Clements                Mr. Jones  Mrs. Mistr                       Mr. Whitehouse

Forms were due February 15. 

Please return yours if you have not

already done so.

Course Request Forms

FCA MeetingFriday, 4/15

7:30 a.m.

Mr. Richard’s room

A-12

There is a location change for forensics’ morning practices.   

Meet in Mrs. Clement’s room C14 Tuesdays and Thursdays. 

Be sure to arrive promptly at 7:30.

Wednesdays practices are from 3:30 to 4:30 in Mrs. Burton’s room, B11.YOU MUST BE PICKED UP BY 4:30, no exceptions.

Forensics

Students in Teen Living 7 first semester, need to see Mrs. Barkovich immediately concerning the Red Cross Babysitting Certification. 

Ecology Club Bottle Cap Art Project

Did you know that billions of bottle caps clutter our landfills every year?

Examples:Water bottles, Soda, Jars, Milk, etc.

No Alcoholic Beverage lids

Please bring in your clean caps & lids to the LIBRARY, CAFETERIA, or OFFICE

Eighth graders take the Writing SOL March 19th and 20th

 

Do you know the structure of expository and persuasive essays? 

 Do you know where to place transition words

and phrases? 

See your English teacher about tutoring opportunities!

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-8:00 with Mr. Whitehouse

Wednesdays and Fridays, 7:30-8:00 with  Ms. Rasor and her Promethean Board

Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 with Ms. Bullen

Italian DinnerThank you to all who

came out and supported the PTA!!

Books2Movies ClubSelection for March

Oz The Great and Powerful ~ a circus magician is

hurled to the Land of Oz.

Oscar transforms himself into the great and powerful

Wizard of Oz.

Action AdventureFantasy

Come to the library and check out a Wizard of Oz

book!

Cough drops must be in the clinic

and you must have a note from a parent.

You are not allowed to carry cough drops.

Read eBooks at home on your personal Kindle Fire, Nook, iPad, Tablet, Smart Phone, iPod, or Laptop

InternetAccess

Read eBooks at school on school approved devices.

Give the signed Parent Permission Form to your English teacher.

Obey the HCPS Acceptable Use Policy Safe Use of Technology at all times.

Use the electronic device for reading only (in classrooms or library).

Understand that responsibility for the electronic device is the student’s.

At school: You may not use a cell phone, iPod or anything that resembles them.

Read eBooks on your personal

iPod, Cell Phone, Smart Phone, or similar devices

Outside of School

Do not hold laptop by the lid

Do not touch screenDo not put anything in laptop bag except laptop

Laptop Mission Control: Damage

Make sure laptop bag is closed when laptop is in it

Do not drop laptop

Laptop Mission Control: Damage Continued

CALLING ALL SENATORS: VOLUNTEER, PARTICIPATE,

DONATE!!!!

See your Social Studies teacher or Mrs. Redford In E26 for more info

Help improve the quality of our school and community. Contribute to the common good. Get your permission letter signed and join the effort to become an effective citizen and great role model.

Volunteer Opportunity!!!

What: Gayton’s Annual Spring CarnivalWhen: Friday, April 26th, 4:00-7:30Where: Gayton Elementary School

 ****info in school space>bulletin board>community service Gayton Elementary needs your help! We are looking for volunteers to help with games, rides and other booths at our spring carnival! All volunteers will receive 2 tickets to spend at the carnival and any volunteer who works more than 2 shifts will receive a food ticket. Register to volunteer online! Visit the Gayton PTA website (www.gaytonpta.com) and click the link to register. You may also call or email me to sign up.

A good book should leave you…

slightly exhausted at the end.

You live several lives while

reading it.

Byrd Sports Information

GYMNASTICS

Thursday, March 7

Home vs. Hungary Creek

BASKETBALL GAMEBOYS VS GIRLS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH 

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS FOR YOUR 2ND WIN OVER THE BOYS

SCORE 52-41

Byrd V. Tuckahoe Faculty Basketball Game

Wednesday, March 20th

At Tuckahoe beginning at 6:30pm

Tickets are $3 and only 250 tickets will be sold. Sale starts March 4th in the

Library from 8:00-8:30 am.

All proceeds will go to charity.

Girls Soccer Try-Outs

Begin March 20, 2013

Stop by Ms. White’s room B-24 to pick up a try-out information sheet

**Must have a physical

dated after May 2012 and

emergency card on file before you can try-out**

Virginia Readers Choice

Virginia Readers ChoiceRead 4 books by March 29

After reading each book, complete the form on Byrd’s Library blog.

4 books and you’re signed up to join us for FREE Pizza in April!

Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!

MIRANDA… 4 mysterious letters change Miranda’s world forever.

Mystery - who is sending the creepy letters?

Science Fiction - time travel New York City, 1970s

Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!

DANIEL… tries to solve the puzzle of why his friends, superheroes, lose their powers and memory of their powers when they turn 13

Mystery & Supernaturalpresent day

Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!

IDA MAE… makes the dangerous choice to “pass” denying her racial heritage, her family, and her self to fulfill her dream of flying

Historical Fiction– 1941, WWII, Female Pilots, Jim Crow Laws

Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!

YES AND… Working with others and stepping out of your comfort zone

Realistic Fiction – about the home front during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

“Be kind, for everyone you know is fighting a great battle.”

Virginia Readers’ Choice 2012Read 4 by March 29 = FREE Pizza!

Liam, 12, often mistaken for an adult

Liam enters a contest to go to an amusement park, but he’s going into space!

SyFy 1st person humor – cosmic adventure

Quote of the WeekSpace, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. — Gene Roddenberry

spoken by Captain James T. Kirk

6th Graders Mondays Reading Class

7th Graders Wednesdays Block 7

8th Graders Fridays Block 7

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Have a great day, or not.

The choice is yours.