April 2008 edition - Joseph Badger Local Schools

JOSEPH BADGER
LOCAL SCHOOLS
BMS BEAT
Mr. Robert Moon—
Principal
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2
A P R I L 2 0 0 8
NEXT ISSUE:
Track season begins
7th/8th grade
Track Team results
School year
ending activities
Achievement
test information
Badger Middle School
track team is off to a great
start with wins for both
the boys and girls against
Maplewood. The team
consists of fifty-two seventh
and eighth graders.
They will compete in hurdles,
100 meter dash,
1600 meter (one mile),
relays (4x100, 4x200,
4x400), 200 meter, 400
meter, 800 meter, discus,
shot put, high jump and
long jump.
Besides Maplewood,
the track team will have
meets against Bristol,
Bloomfield, Ledgemont,
Southington, Mathews,
and Grand Valley. They
will also compete in the
Champion Relays and the
Lakeview Invitational.
Their season will wrap up
with two final events: the
NAC meet and the County
meet.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL
MEMBERS!
BMS Newspaper
Advisor -
Mrs. Deborah
Small
Cheerleading squads = school spirit
With basketball season ending,
I would like to commend
our eighth grade and seventh
grade cheerleading squads for
their great efforts in strengthening
school spirit. They worked
endless hours devising chants,
cheers and dances to encourage
our players to win and fans to
cheer the players on to victory.
The eighth grade squad
members were: Courtney Albert,
Kaitlyn Propst, Kristen
Verina and Tori Wilder. The
seventh grade squad consisted
of: Taylor Baumiller, Morgan
Cratsley, Leann Fabian, Michelle
Frantz and Katie Pelton.
Tryouts were
held for the 2008-
2009 school year.
Members are:
8th GRADE
Taylor Baumiller
Hailey Caracci
Morgan Cratsley
Leann Fabian
Laura Kelly
Ashley Yauger
7TH GRADE
Taylor Hunt
Jennilyn Krumpe
Ashley Lyle
Kaitlyn Moore
Kim Rogers
Cheyenne Wilson
CONGRATU-
LATIONS!

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Students At Work
Our middle school students
have been preparing in the classrooms
for the upcoming Achievement
Tests.
Mrs. Foertch’s seventh and
eighth grade reading
classes read a fiction book
and then created a book
cover to go with their story.
Displaying their work are:
Heidi Vantassel, Justin Polk,
Alex Cook, J. C. Boyer,
Corey Maretich and Michael
Chachko.
Mrs.Foertch’s
sixth grade reading classes also read a
fiction book of their choice. They created
a pop-up report which included a summary,
the setting, characters, etc.
Mrs. Bins-Castronovo’s seventh and eighth grade social studies classes were studying the Medieval
Period. They were assigned a project of drawing a castle. Some students took that assignment
another step to create three dimensional castles. Below are examples of a few.
Designed by Amber Starling Designed by Kim Lautanen Designed by Nick Emrich

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Students At Work
Mrs. Schmidt’s seventh grade science classes began
studying the earthworm in preparation for dissection.
Hey, Sabrina! It’s almost
lunchtime. You can wait.
Mrs. Kirby’s sixth grade social studies
classes recently finished studying about
Southern Europe. As a follow-up activity,
the students created Greek vases
using chalk. These vases included similar
designs used in Greek architecture
and sculpture.
The sixth grade students in Mrs. Kirby’s science classes used computers and coins for an
activity called Genetics with A Smile. The heads and tails sides of a penny were used to
represent dominant and recessive traits. The students used Microsoft Word drawing
tools to create a face based upon the
outcome of the tossing of the coin.
Even though everyone’s face used the
same traits, they all look different.

Power of the Pen
On Saturday, February 2, Badger Middle
School competed in the Power of the Pen tournament
at the district level. The Power of the
Pen competition requires students to respond
to a creative writing prompt with an impromptu
response. This year’s prompts included
a narrative revolving around the main
character being a survivor and describing
something that does not last very long. The
team members did very well at the competition,
which included twelve different schools in
the area. The team members spent six weeks
practicing for this event and spent a Saturday
at Howland Middle School competing. They
showed tremendous commitment to the event
and deserve credit for participating in this
challenging contest. The team members
were: Jessica Yeager, Madeline Emery, Katie
Wilson, Sarah Nagel, , Laura Kelly, and Ashley
Yauger. Brianna Amicucci is missing from
the picture. Laura Kelly and Ashley Yauger
were selected for the regional competition.
Basketball teams seasons end
Our middle school boys
and girls basketball teams
seasons have come to a completion
with great success.
The eighth grade boys
team finished the year with a
total of fifteen victories.
They were runners-up in the
Eighth Grade Boys Bristol
Tournament.
Top scorers were:
1. Aaron Gillis-175 points
2. Preston Sirochman-117
points
3. J. C. Boyer-104 points
4. Brock Bogan-74 points
5. Ken Bolyard-73 points
The seventh grade boys
ended with six wins.
Leading the scoring were:
1. Matt Kraml-103 points
2. Ben Meardith-95 points
3. Jonah Laurenzi-54 points
4. Braden Cottrell-30 points
5. Jason Lipps-28 points
The middle school girls
team consisted of eighth and
seventh graders on one
team. They completed the
year with twelve wins. They
also were the champions of
the Badger Eighth Grade Girls
Basketball Tournament and
the Seventh/Eighth Grade
N.A.C. Tournament Champions.
The team was lead in
scoring by:
1. Sarah Bonar-199 points
2. Kayla Boyer-103 points
3. Denise Eucker-61 points
4. Casey Kotanchek-38 points
All of our basketball players
should be proud of their hard
work and accomplishments.
We look forward to next year.

2008 Badger Eighth Grade Girls Basketball Tournament Champions
2008 N. A. C. Eighth Grade Girls Basketball Tournament Champions
2008 Bristol Eighth Grade Boys Tournament Runners-Up

STATE ACHIEVE-
MENT TESTS
Badger Middle School will be administering the State
Achievements Tests starting on Monday, April 21 and continuing
through Wednesday, April 30. Testing schedule is
as follows:
Monday, April 21 - READING
Wednesday, April 23 - MATH
Friday, April 25 - WRITING
Monday, April 28—SCIENCE
Wednesday, April 30 - SOCIAL STUDIES
TESTING TIPS
♦
Get plenty of rest. Go to bed early the night before
the day of the test.
♦ Eat a well-balanced breakfast.
♦ Get to school on time the day of the test.
♦ Have a positive attitude.
♦ Read the directions carefully.
♦ Answer the easiest questions first.
♦ Relax and stay focused.
♦ Sit comfortably.
♦ Don’t rush!