We are certainly back in the swing of things after the February Break. We have completed high school course selection with eighth graders, we have started visiting elementary schools to prepare for the grade 5 to 6 transition and we have completed a wonderful musical production of Guys and Dolls. Progress reports were posted to Edline last Friday and it looks like we will escape the winter season without a snow day!
Grade 5 Transition Meetings
We (Beth and I) will be traveling to Birch Meadow, Eaton, Barrows and Killam in the coming weeks to meet in the evening with fifth grade parents, to talk about the transition from grade 5 to 6. As you will hear me say “…sixth grade is one of the best things we do here at Parker…” The sixth grade teams are expert at setting students up to succeed in their learning. Significant time is spent at the beginning of the school year getting students organized, setting up lockers, binders and notebooks and getting students acclimated to the middle school. In addition, to the parent meetings, the spring and summer calendar with opportunities for fifth grade students and parents are as follows:
Parent Meetings:
May 3rd – 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. - Open House for Parker students and families (Grade 5 families are welcome to walk through)
May 10th at 7:00 p.m. - Parent Information Evening at Parker
April 4 @ 7:00pm - Welcome to attend PTO Meeting
May 2 @ 7:00pm - Welcome to attend PTO Meeting
Student Meetings/Opportunities:
May – Grade 6 students visit elementary schools to talk to fifth graders
May 14th – 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. - Instrument Petting Zoos @ Coolidge – Barrows & Birch Meadow
May 15th – 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Instrument Petting Zoo @ Coolidge - Joshua Eaton,
Killam & Wood End
June 4th - Move-Up Day - 5th Graders visit Parker
July/August – Parker Tour Dates TBD
August 13th to 16th Welcome to Parker Program
August 20th to 23rd – Welcome to Parker Program
The first day of school is Wednesday, August 29th.
Guys and Dolls:
The Guys and Dolls Production was amazing. The play was so well cast, just when you were struck with the performance, the acting or singing of one of the students, you would ask, “…wait a minute, is that is really Cam Dieselman, Haley Malstrom or Jane D’Entremont? Or, did you or anyone know for that matter, that Mark Lucas could sing like that?” The conversation went on like that each time the show was performed. The audience members were checking and re-checking their programs to see who they were watching. Convinced that they had never seen or met the student, one staff member shared, they had to check to check the program to see who Miss Adelaide was? The kids were sensational, their hard work and the work of Jenny DiMuzio, Leigh Barrett and Nancy Katz Stone was evident throughout the production. The idea and creativity on the part of Jenny and Rick DiMuzio to include live music or a music pit was brilliant.
Jane D. and Travis G. as Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit
Chris M. and Tim O. as Benny Southstreet and Big Jule and the gangsters “…shooting craps…”
Haley and Cam as Sarah Brown and Sky Masterson
The cast of Guys and Dolls Jr. Parker Middle School –March 2012
Thank you to the drama parents, teachers and chaperones who made the production go off without a hitch. And special thanks to all members of the cast and crew for demonstrating remarkable focus and commitment to put together a memorable three days. Thanks!
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