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On Thursday, August 21st, students and parents are invited to come to Martin to meet their team teachers. The schedule is as follows:
7th Grade Students: 8:00am-10:00am
8th Grade Students: 10:00am-12:00am
6th Grade Students: 1:00pm-3:00pm
Have a wonderful summer, and we'll see you August 21st!
Many inquiries have been received regarding loaning or buying textbooks over breaks and holidays. Due to our limited number of books we are unable to accommodate these requests. For any one interested in purchasing their own personal copies of new or used textbooks, a list of the books we use at Martin and ordering information can be found on the website or on page 14 of the MMS Student/Parent Handbook. Note the cost listed is the replacement cost for lost or damaged books as negotiated by bid for state adopted textbooks. Retail price or purchasing books directly from the publisher may be at a different cost.
Order Form for Textbooks
Martin Theatre Arts Students to Appear in Magnet Video
Drama Production students Will Appleyard and Sophie Larin have been selected to appear in a new Magnet Video being produced by the WCPSS Magnet Programs. Six students from the Wake County Magnet middle and high schools were chosen to have speaking parts in the video, and we are proud that two of those students are Martin's very own. Congratulations!
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!
Theatre Arts Department Needs...
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
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!
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 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
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.
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 .
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