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Art Club
The Art
Club meets every Thursday afternoon. The purpose of the art club is to provide
extra opportunities for students to experience art
activities that go beyond the regular curriculum. Many
of the activities are geared to the needs of the Middle
School building as a community. For example, one of the
major projects of the art club are art show productions
and the year book cover project.
Students learn extra art skills and the ability to work
as a team on building-wide projects. Superior art talent
is not required - only an interest and willingness to
work on a creative team.
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Chess Club
Chess Club
meets every Monday afternoon in room 302, September
through Winter Break. Club members' abilities ranging
from beginner to advanced. Players earn a percentage of
their opponents' points each time they win. At the end
of the season, the highest point-holder is crowned
"Chess Master" and receives a giant-size candy bar. The
club usually takes one trip to the Port Jervis High
School to participate in a strategy lesson with Chess
Club Advisor Michael Dunleavy where they are challenged
and introduced to what's offered at the high school.
This year, the club is also going with the PJHS Chess
Club to a Mid-Hudson Chess meet at Newburgh Free
Academy.
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Computer Club
The
computer club meets every Tuesday in the computer room.
The members will be working on understanding the
keyboard, using Microsoft Office, creating cards, taking
digital pictures, uploading pictures, using the scanner,
using photo story, and any other skills the members want
to learn.
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Cooking Club
Cooking
Club meets the second and third Wednesday of the month
from 2:20 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. in
Room 311 to make and eat tasty treats. There are so many
students who want to participate in the club this year
that it has been divided into to groups: Group one meets
first semester, and group two will meet second semester.
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French Club
The French
Club is all about fundraising and preparing for the trip
to Québec, Canada! Membership in the club is mandatory in order
to attend the annual trip to Québec. To participate, students must be in
8th grade, be in good academic standing, and have a
clear behavior record to be a candidate for the Québec
trip. The clubs meets in Room 310, bi-monthly on
Wednesdays.
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Health
Education Action Team
The Health
Education Action Team is a co-curricular activity. It is
open to 8th grade Health students interested in
promoting good health. These students are involved in
the Red Ribbon Week, the Great American Smoke-out, Fire
Safety & Prevention, CPR & First Aid to name a few.
Students are selected from 8th grade Health classes.
Others are recommended by the DARE Officer.
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Junior Historians
History
Club meets every two weeks. Come explore our local and
national history in greater detail. Some walking trips
are planned.
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Math Team
Our Math
Team competes with other local schools at solving
various Math Problems.
We meet every Wednesday, October – December.
Students in grades 7, 8, and 9 are all welcome.
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Newspaper
The Middle
School newspaper is published once a month by a staff of
student reporters who write articles about school
dances, sports and other activities. The newspaper staff
meets in Room 201 every Thursday after school.
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Odyssey of the
Mind
This
Mind-Challenging competition involves teamwork and
original thinking. Last year’s team went to the state
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Peer Mediation
Peer
Mediation is a group of 7th & 8th grade students who are
trained to act as mediators to resolve student disputes.
Mediations take place at the Middle School throughout
the the school year. During the mediation sessions, two
mediators are always present along with an advisor.
The mediator's job is to cover ground rules and ask
questions in order to get the disputants to discuss
their conflict. They ask as many open ended questions as
needed to get the most information out of the
disputants. The mediators never suggest a resolution,
they are acting as counselors and paraphrasing to help
the disputants come up with the resolution. At the end
of each session, the resolutions are written down on a
contract and each disputant must agree to the
resolutions and sign the contract. The goal is to help
the students resolve conflicts without having to involve
the principal.
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Sewing & Craft Club
Learn to
sew and do various crafts throughout the year. Various
sewing projects and craft projects will be done. Become
an expert at sewing or come to learn new skills at
sewing or crafts. The Craft and Sewing Club will meet
the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
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Ski & Snowboard Club
Our Ski
Club is visiting Shawnee Mountain six times again this
year. You may bring your own equipment or rent. Payment
is due by Nov. 7 in order to receive your sixth trip for
FREE. Trip dates include the following Thursdays: 1/8,
1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, & 2/12. Make up dates: 2/19 &
2/26. All members are now required to wear helmets. See
Mr. Kowal or Mr. Johnson for more information.
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Spanish Club
The club
will concentrate on craft projects (sugar skulls, a
piñata, maracas) and will make ethnic food in the FACS
room. A trip to the Blue Parrot Taqueria is also planned
for the month of October. The club will meet the first
and third Wednesday of the month.
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Student Council
The Middle
School Student Council consists of officers elected by
the student body. The officers are assisted by homeroom
representatives who help out during big projects. Every
year, Student Council organizes and runs the following
activities/community service projects:
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MS Dances
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Thanksgiving Food Drive for local families
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Can Tab Collection for Shriners Hospital in Boston and
the Ronald McDonald House
(collected daily during school lunch periods)
•Penny
Wars to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
•Spirit
Week
•Red
Ribbon Week
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Yearbook
Beginning
in November, the yearbook staff meets every Wednesday. The staff is responsible for taking candid
photographs of school activities and creating the page
layouts for the yearbook.
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