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Martin Middle School participated in a very special fundraiser that concluded last Friday. Students at Martin created red and black bracelets that stated, "MMS & Chip Everest '08" and sold them for $2.00. After nealy 3 weeks, all 1,000 bracelets were sold and a profit of nearly $1,550.00 was earned. This money will be sent to a school in Nepal with the hopes of creating a "sister school". Our goal at Martin is to be able to communicate with this school in the future via technology. Thanks to all who participated in this fundraiser, it was greatly appreciated! And, we can't wait to tell you what our administrators have agreed to do in order to make this sale a competitive win for all! Watch this space for contest results!
Click here to see a photo of Chip receiving his bracelet from Mrs. Troxell
Martin is also participating in "Read to the Top". Check out our Media Center page for all the latest information!
Orientation for students new to Martin will take place on Wednesday, May 28th. You will not want to miss this meeting! You may begin checking in at 5:45 to receive your registration materials. Beginning at 6:00, we will have a general information session on how to fill out and submit your elective registration card, which you will receive at check-in. Click here for a sneak peek at the directions and card! Then, from 6:30-7:30, you will have an opportunity to visit with elective teachers and sixth grade staff. You might even finish your card, and want to drop it off that evening! Want to "read ahead" to see what is offered? The catalog is located here. If you need a little more time to think, that's fine, but just make sure it gets back to us by the due date of June 5th! If you are a rising 7th or 8th grade student new to Martin-the first part of the evening will be focused on the rising 6th grade students, as your registration materials were already mailed to you, and returned to us. Please feel free to come and meet the elective teachers during the 6:30-7:30 session-we'd love to see you!
The Martin Theatre Arts Department needs wire coat hangers (any color but the wire must go completely around, not be replaced with the cardboard roll) for its puppetry class.
Also helpful, if you are cleaning out your craft closet and have any of these, would be donations of yarn or string (any color and texture), acrylic paint, small paintbrushes, foam paintbrushes, small round glue sticks and glue guns, and trim such as sequins and ribbon. Plastic/Rubbermaid tubs with lids are always welcome.
If you have anything to donate, please bring them to room 3106 on the arts wing after checking in at the office. Thank you!
Judy M. Dove, jdove@wcpss. net
Theatre Arts Department
The Martin Track season just started and we have lots of talented and hardworking athletes participating. The next meet is next Thursday, April 23 at Carroll Middle School. 3:30ish. $3.00. We have posted the typical order of events at a Track meet to help spectators keep up with the action. The kids usually know what event(s) they're participating in the day of or sometimes the day before the meet.
Order of Track events as posted on Martin Athletics webpage.
Do you have a little time to share this Spring to help with the 8th Grade Spring Fling?
We are beginning to plan for an end-of-year celebration for our 8th graders to be held at school on Friday June 6. We would love to have your ideas in the planning stage, and we will also need parent volunteers to help at this event. Please contact us!
We need extra help in the ESL classroom during 3rd period (9:20 -10:05). We have several new students who really need help with learning English and our ESL teacher, Brenda Velasquez, already has a large group of learners in her ESL class. A few volunteers would make a huge difference as these students are so eager to learn.
If you are interested, please contact Lyn Finnerty to learn more about this great opportunity to make a difference here at Martin.
Lynda H. Finnerty
Registrar
919-881-4980
Congratulations to Parth Majumudar who won 2nd place in a state wide marketing competition sponsored by North Carolina Council on Economic Education. Parth's task was to choose a county in North Carolina and create a PowerPoint pursuading companies to relocate or expand to that county. Parth chose to promote Guilford county and won 2nd place and $125!
( full spring schedules )
Come out and support your Mustangs!!
Boys Soccer:
April 16 - at East Garner
April 23 - North Garner at HOME
April 30 - at Daniels
Girls Softball:
April 17 - at Dillard Drive
April 21 - Ligon at HOME
April 24 - East Garner at HOME
April 28 - at North Garner
May 1 - Daniels at HOME
Boys/Girls Track:
April 22 - at Carroll
April 29 - HOME
May 6 - vs. Daniels at HOME< u>
On Tuesday April 15 th , Coach Hunter will be talking to the 7 tth & 6 th graders concerning sports eligibility. These meetings will be held in the auditorium during the school day.
The 7 th graders will have an assembly during 1 st period & the 6 th graders during 5 th period. The Sharks team (6 th grade) will be on a field trip that day. A date to make up their missed session will be scheduled very soon.
They will bring home an eligibility requirement sheet with current information that they will need concerning next years sports teams and what they need. This sheet will also tell the students how to download the Athletic Packet forms from the Martin website.
To help all students: Parents please try to get a physical during the summer so no athlete will miss tryouts for the 3 sports season we have at MMS.
Parents if you have questions after you see the eligibility requirement sheet, please feel free to contact Coach Hunter by phone: 571-6891 or email: wllhunter@wcpss. net
Yes! If you seek this opportunity,
maybe you should be a proctor!
Proctors are still needed for EOG testing. Test dates are May 19,20 & 21. June 5 . The time is 7:55am - 10:00 or 10:30am.
Blanca Garcia is coordinating proctors so just email bgarcia@wcpss. net and let her know which day(s) you can work.
To be a proctor you need to attend a brief proctor training session and be a registered volunteer for Wake County Schools.
Glenda Cox and Karen Wagoner will be holdingproctor training sessions onMay 6 and May 8 at 8:00AM, 12 noon, and 2:30.
In an effort to keep our almost-9th-graders focused through the spring Mr. Soutter is hosting a competition between the three 8th grade teams. Teams are awarded points for positive behaviors and lose points for negative behaviors. The winning team will receive a party during the week of May 5. The party will include music, games, snacks, a pie-in-the-Soutter- face contest, and a raffle. Mr. Soutter is asking Martin families to donate items to help with the reward party. You can help by sending snacks (chips or cookies), drinks (2 litters), and prizes to raffle off (gift cards to Blockbuster, McDonald's, malls, etc.; athletic equipment, anything else teenagers would like (ask your child for ideas)). If you choose to donate items they can be dropped off in the front office with a note that says Martin Masters/Mr. Soutter.Thanks in advance for your help!
Robert Soutter
Assistant Principal
Martin GT Magnet Middle School
rsoutter@wcpss. net
881-4974
Puppeteers of America , a national puppetry association, will be including photos of the "Midsummer Night's Dream" puppets that were built by our Theatre Arts students , in their Power Point presentation at the Southeast Regional Puppetry Festival in Savannah, Georgia in June.
Super job, kids! Special thanks to Martin parent Robin O'Connor for taking the great photos!
Judy M. Dove
Theatre Arts Department
Martin G.T. Magnet Middle School
Parent Observation Week for Martin Dance Students
April 28—May 1
Ever wonder what dance class is like for your student? Ever wonder what goes into class beyond what you see in the concert? National Dance Week is held from April 25– May 4. It is a celebration of dance in all forms nationwide. In celebration of National Dance Week I am hosting a parent observation week. You may come and observe your students dance class any time between April 28 and May 1. I stress that this is an observation, not a performance. You will see a depiction of what class is like for your student each day. You can expect to see the warm up and whatever the class is working on at the time. The times of classes are listed below. If you would like to observe, just email me at jcaves@wcpss. net to reserve a space, some of my classes are very big, and I want to make sure I can accommodate everyone.
Please reserve your space by April 25, 2008. email me at: jcaves@wcpss. net
Dance Company 8:30—9:15
Modern III—9:20-10:05 a.m.
Jazz III—10:10—10:55 a.m.
Jazz II II 11:50 -12:35 p.m.
Modern II 12:40—1:25p.m.
Dance IV 1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
Joanna Caves jcaves@wcpss. net
Martin Middle School
Dance Educator
Arts Department Co- Chair Martin Middle School
(919) 881-4970 Main Office (919) 881- 1416 Fax
Four students from the Martin Choral Department have been selected to participate in the 2008 All-State Chorus Clinic. Participating in the 6th Grade All-State Chorus will be Logan Ayscue and Melanie Piercy. Selected for the SATB All-State Choir are Rachel Smoak and Jasmine Tilden. Congratulations to these students on this honor. The students will travel to Greensboro May 16 and May 17 to participate in the clinic with students from across the state. Great job students!
The entire band department will have their final, Spring Concert May 22, 2008 in the Martin Auditorium, starting at 7:00pm. There will be an admission fee, details to follow.
The mathcounts team consisting of Lisa Zheng James Yang, Yicheng Li, William Ge and Ben Hu represented Martin at the State Mathcounts Competition at the school of science and mathmatics in Durham on March 14th. The team placed fourth in the state of North Carolina. Lisa Zheng placed 6th as and individual. Congratulations to these great math competitors. The Mathcounts team is coached by Lucy Kay.
Students in the Martin G.T. Magnet Middle School Drama Production, Honors Orchestra, and Technical Theatre II classes traveled to Winston-Salem on Saturday, March 15, to participate in the North Carolina Theatre Conference Eastern Regional Middle School Play Festival held at Parkland Magnet High School. Their collaborative production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was recognized with the following awards:
Theatre Arts Award for Excellence in Live Musical Accompaniment
Honorable Mention Excellence in Acting: Kevin Schaefer
Honorable Mention Excellence in Acting: Natalie Oliver
Excellence in Directing
Superior Rating
An excerpt from this play was recently performed in the 25 th anniversary production of the Wake County Pieces of Gold , an annual arts showcase produced by the Wake County Public School System and Wake Education Partnership.
Teachers leading this group are Judy M. Dove, Theatre Arts director; Anita Hynus, Orchestra director; and Kirt Landry, Technical Theatre director
On Thursday, March 6, 27 Martin students traveled to Elon College to compete against 600 high school students from across the state. We came home with a giant 3rd place overall trophy...we won more trophies than all but two of the schools!
There were two levels of competition, Beginning and Advanced. Our 7th graders competed in the Beginning Level and won 2nd place for their original song and 1st place for their wonderful skit. The 8th graders had to compete against the high school level 4 and AP classes. They got 2nd place in the song category and 2nd place in the skit. Way to go!
Jed Doman won 2nd prize for his photography entry. Wunderbar, Jed!
Matthew Springfield auditioned for All-State Honors Band last Saturday in Thomassville, NC and placed 1st. He was one of 30 trumpet players competing and he earned first chair.He placed 1st chair in All-County, All-District and now All-State! Congratulations Matthew!
Attention 8th grade parents:
Remember to check blackboard for High School Open House information sessions. Several are scheduled for March. If your child has not logged into blackboard this year he/she will need to stop by the media center so their password can be reset. When enrolling the blackboard site, be sure to scroll down to the second page. If you still are having difficulty accessing the site, please contact Ms. Moore at wmoore@wcpss. net .
Illusions Magazine, created through the Martin elective "Illusions", finished as the top middle school in the state. Martin, along with three high schools, ranked in the top four of 453 schools that entered. Martin was the only middle school honored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). What an awesome program lead by Ms. Iadicicco! Congratulations to all the students and Ms. Iadicicco.
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