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MUSTANG MESSENGER 

Parent Teacher Organization Newsletter 

Campus 

Middle 

School 

January 2012 

Vol. 70 www.campus.ccsd.k12.co.us Jane Miller, Principal 

Tom N’ Huck! 

What a fun success! 

The Cast! 

The Crew!

January 2 January 3 (A) 

3:05pm Academic Support 

3:10pm Yearbook Club 

3:10pm Art Club 

3:10pm Comic Book Club 

3:10pm Brain Bowl 

January 9 (A) 


3:10pm Creative Writing Club 

7:00pm Guitar Concert 

January 16 

MARTIN LUTHER KING 

DAY 

NO SCHOOL FOR 

STUDENTS/STAFF 

January 23 (B) 


7:00pm Chamber Orchestra 

Concert 

January 30 (A) 








4:30pm Girls Basketball 7th @ 

Campus, 8th @ West 

6:30pm PASS Meeting for 

Parents of Latino Students 





7:00 pm Accountability 

Committee Meeting 

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4:30pm Girls Basketball 8th 

@ Thunder Ridge 

7:00pm 8th Grade Parent 

Night @ CCHS 








Sky Vista, 8th @ Campus 

7:00pm 8th Grade Orchestra 

Feeder Concert @ CCHS 

January 2012 

January 4 (B) January 5(A) 


3:05pm Student Council 


4:30pm Girls Basketball 

7th @ Prairie, 8th @ 

Campus 

7:00pm Close Up Meeting 


6:30pm 6th Grade 

Beginning Band 6A Concert 


7:00pm 6th Grade Orchestra 

Concert 

January 12 (B) 

12:00pm PTO Board 

Meeting 


3:10pm Spelling Bee 


3:10pm NJHS 


@ Horizon, 8th @ Campus 


Beg. Band 6B Concert 


Beg. Band 7B Concert 


8:15am Kindness Breakfast 

12:00pm PTO General 

Meeting 




8th @ Laredo 

6:30pm AVID Parent Night 

Girls 

Basketball – 

First Practice 

6th Grade 

January 25 (B) January 26 (A) 



3:15pm CMS Talent Show 


8th @ Campus 

6:45pm CMS Talent Show 

February 1 (A) February 2 (B) 

3:05pm Student Council 


3:10pm NJHS 



@ Campus, 8th @ Falcon 

Creek 

January 6 (B) 






END OF SECOND 

QUARTER 







February 3 (A) 


3:10pm Chamber Orchestra

From the 

Principal’s Desk 

Like swimming, riding, writing, or playing golf, happiness can 

be learned. 

~Boris Sokoloff 

I am happiest when buried in a book—or two, or three! 

As 2012 approached, I had just fi nished reading several 

newly-published novels geared for young adolescents, a 

heart-tugging novella exploring humility and hope, and 

a plethora of journal articles revealing the multitude of 

avenues which might lead to the attainment of academic 

achievement and success. I was struck with one particular 

article that explored the notion of “average” as synonymous 

with happiness. 

The article began with success coach Michael Neill being 

told to “Have an average day.” Believing “average” to 

be “the enemy of success,” Neill sought understanding 

by seeking the views of social scientist Lyndon Duke. As 

adapted from “Utne” magazine, the article continues to 

read as follows: 

Duke believed that the obstacle to happiness was “the curse of 

exceptionality.” He felt: 

• Most of us could be considered failures, because if 

all of us were exceptional, “exceptional” would be the 

standard; we would then need a new height to reach. 

• Even the exceptional few aren’t always happy 

about it; they feel isolated. 

Duke wasn’t sure about the path to happiness. That is, until 

one day—at an especially low point of his life—he heard a 

neighbor singing while mowing the lawn and this realization 

hit him: All the little things—the simple pleasures—that make 

up an average day can profoundly affect our happiness if we 

recognize them. 

Could it be that simple? Duke conducted an unoffi cial experiment 

on a visit with his son. At the time, Duke’s son was 

struggling through his fi rst year of college. “I expect you to be 

a straight C student, young man,” Duke told the boy. Then he 

advised him to live an ordinary, average life. 

Duke’s son phoned home a month later with an apology. He had 

tried to do what had been expected of him, but instead he aced 

all of his exams! Just as Duke had anticipated, his advice had 

freed his son from the grips of anxiety and fear of failure, freed 

him from striving to be exceptional, and opened his mind to the 

“smaller” treasures of life. 

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The path to happiness likely includes another Duke belief as 

well: a life of meaning is attained through making small differences 

in the world. The accumulation of these differences, 

coupled with the recognition of the average “little things,” may 

just add up to happiness. 

Success coach Michael Neill concluded, “an average, 

happy person making a small positive difference every 

day, creates a kind of exceptionality that everyone can 

share.” Our students’ appreciation of learning, collaborative 

efforts, and thoughtful contributions to our Campus 

community illustrate such exceptionality. It is in this spirit 

that I wish each of you a “Happy” and “Success-fi lled” 

New Year! 

Inside The Mustang Messenger 

2 Calendar 

3 From the Principal’s Desk 

4 Team News 

7 AVID 

8 Honors Language Arts 

8 Elective News 

10 Clinic 

10 Tech Talk 

10 TCAP Dates 

11 Counseling 

13 National Junior Forensic League 

Tournament 

13 Robotics Tournament 

14 Honor Roll 

SPECIAL NOTICE 

Thanks to a generous grant from the PTO, Campus purchased 

the Raptor Visitor Management System and will 

begin using it January 3, 2012. When a visitor checks in 

at the Security Desk, their driver license will be scanned 

and compared against databases to screen for sex offenders 

and restricted visitors. Once a visitor is cleared, 

he or she will be given a badge with his or her name, 

photo and destination. Please make sure you bring your 

driver license or government issued photo ID when you 

are visiting the school and/or checking your child out.

TEAM NEWS 

TEAM 6-1 

TEAM 6-4 Continued 

Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful America, while our adventures with poetry are coming 

Winter Break with your families. We are back at work, to an end in Language Arts. 

heading towards the middle of the sixth grade year. We 

Special congratulations to Ty C., Ethan L. and Sid M. 

would like to congratulate our Team 6-1 Spelling Bee Win- for representing our team in the school Spelling Bee! 

ners: Meg Joyce, Anneka Johnson and Isabel Adkisson. In addition, we would like to recognize the following 

They did an amazing job! Congratulations! Parents, as students for being selected as our team’s first quarter 

we head into the second half of the school year, please be MVPs: David C., Sam F., Kylie H., Emily P., Olivia S. 

aware of changes in our late work policies. These changes and Stephen S.! We have many fabulous students on 

should be posted on COLE. Please continue to check Pow- Team 6-4. Who will your teachers and classmates select 

erSchool also, and thank you for supporting us in help- as second quarter’s MVPs? It certainly could be you. 

ing your child to get their work handed in on time, and Keep up the strong effort! 

keeping up with supplies. As always, we look forward to 

hearing from you at any time. Happy New Year! 

TEAM 6-2 

TEAM 7-1 

WOW! Back to school already! I hope that you 

all had a fabulous holiday season filled with family, 

With half of the sixth grade year under their belts, friends and fun times. With school back in session, 

our students have made amazing strides in handling the we are getting ready to begin a new Poetry unit. It is 

responsibilities of middle school. We are very proud of always fun to start the new year with a bang, and our 

them! Thank you to all of our parents and guardians for poetic study is going to do just that. We will be look- 

supporting your children in their efforts to be great stuing at how structure influences meaning in regard to 

dents and kind kids. Parents, please take a look at all of haikus, limericks and sonnets. Additionally, we will 

your child’s binders to ensure they are organized and be furthering our understanding of symbolism and 

still in tack. A huge stack of papers jammed into a single themes. These lessons will take us through the end of 

pocket is a warning sign to you! If your child has any ques- January, and allow us to move into studies on comparations 

about how their binders should be organized, please tive fiction and character perspective. As always, I can- 

ask him/her to see us for help. With half the year still to not emphasize with any amount of accuracy (because 

go please ask your son or daughter if they need any school even as an English major I do not have the words, not 

supplies restocked. We are finding many students are on account of any ineptitude, but rather because I do 

running low on some of the basics right now, like pencils. not think they exist) how proud I am to teach your sons 

Happy New Year! 

and daughters. They have been absolutely phenomenal 

TEAM 6-3 

and have worked so hard this semester. Again, I hope 

you enjoyed your holiday season, and if you ever have 

Happy New Year to all our parents and students! any questions, please do not hesitate to call 720.554.2834 

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Just a or write mdegitis5@cherrycreekschools.org. 

reminder, that the end of second quarter is Friday, January 

In Social Studies, students are finishing up 

13. Congratulations to our Team 6-3 Spelling Bee represen- our study of South Asia and moving on to East Asia 

tatives: Jacob Grinberg, Emilee Bentler and Adam Hoerger. where our first stop will be in the fascinating land of 

Great job and best of luck in the school-wide Spelling Bee China. We will start with the geography of the land 

later this month! 

and its connection to the culture that has developed 

We have noticed that a lot of our students’ binders over thousands of years. We will then be concentrating 

are falling apart and should probably be replaced. Also, on the ancient history of this part of the world. From 

students need to check to make sure they have pencils and the development of dynastic China to the modern day 

paper. If your child did not reorganize supplies over Win- communist country, we will look at the causes and 

ter Break, please ask them to soon! We are looking forward effects of the current government’s philosophy and 

to a great third quarter with your children! 

the effect it has on its people, as well as on the rest of 

TEAM 6-4 

Wow! Are we already halfway through sixth grade 

and is a new year upon us? We look forward to an engaging 

and successful 2012. Thank you for all of the support 

you continue to give at home with your child’s education! 

The excitement continues in our classrooms. In Math, 

please remember that Math Mates continue to be due on 

Wednesdays, and that all assignments are listed on your 

class syllabus. In Science, we continue to investigate the 

relationship between the moon, earth and sun in our Astronomy 

unit. Social Studies turns our attention to South 

the world. As a side note, please keep helping your 

student find good articles for their CNNs, as this can 

be challenging for them. By giving them background 

information on their chosen topic, their understanding 

will increase and assist them in producing a meaningful 

assignment. In our first week back after Winter Break, 

we will be conducting our team Geography Bee. Look 

for the winner from each class in next month’s Mustang 

Messenger. These four individuals will compete to be 

Team 7-1’s representative in our school-wide bee to be 

held on January 12. Good luck to all participants!


TEAM NEWS 


Our fieldtrip to the museum was a huge success! for writing skills. We will then move into our unit on cells. 

Thank you to all our chaperones for making our trip pos- Students will be involved in many hands-on activities, and 

sible, and such a fun learning experience. We really appreci- will be using microscopes throughout the unit. At the end 

ate you spending the day with us. In Science, we have been of the unit, students will complete a group project called 

studying the earth from the inside out! We will be studying the “Cell Campaign.” Students will elect a new “Head of 

about earthquakes and volcanoes. Students will be making the Cell.” The nucleus can no longer be head of the cell 

towers built out of spaghetti and we will see which ones due to term limitations. This is a great project that involves 

can withstand the P, S and L waves. We will continue with teamwork, creativity and speaking skills. 

our studies in Earth science and change our “focus” (an 

January in Language Arts and Advanced Lan- 

earthquake joke) to rocks and minerals during this month. guage Arts brings some changes. Ms. McCall has complet- 

TEAM 7-2 

We ring in the New Year by starting a new unit, 

Earth History. In this unit students learn about Earth’s 

timeline and more specifically, about the eons, eras and 

periods. We will carefully inspect each era and discuss the 

major biological and geological events taking place. 

Mrs. Stanton’s Math 7 classes continue their work 

with fractions, decimals and percents. Students reviewed 

simplifying fractions, fraction operations and estimating 

fractions. Students also worked diligently in converting between 

fractions, decimals and percents. Students examined 

how to express very large and small numbers in scientific 

notation and classify types of numbers. Up next…we 

will look at evaluating and writing algebraic expressions. 

Students will also practice solving one-step equations using 

various methods and models later this month! Mrs. Stanton’s 

PreAlgebra classes finished our work with decimals 

in Chapter Three. We shifted the focus of study to number 

theory, particularly factors, fractions and exponents. 

Students applied the divisibility rules in determining the 

factors and prime factors of a number. Students also spent 

time converting fractions, decimals and percents. Percent 

increase and decrease were addressed through a collaborative 

problem solving activity. Students ended the unit by 

reviewing exponents and rules that can be used to simplify 

complex expressions. Finally, students practiced writing 

numbers in scientific notation. We will continue our work 

with rational numbers in Chapter Five! 

In Language Arts, after completing our analysis of 

the novels we have been reading, we will change our focus 

to non-fiction. The new standards place more emphasis 

on developing strong arguments in writing and speaking, 

therefore we will focus on determining fact from fiction, 

understanding propaganda techniques, bias in the news, 

ed her student teaching and we said goodbye to her before 

Winter Break, so I will be back in front of the classes. We 

will be doing a joint project with Science, which involves 

research and writing skills. The paper and process will be 

a grade in both classes. We will be wrapping up Chinese 

Cinderella in Advanced Language Arts, and both classes 

will be starting the novel Beastly, by Alex Flinn. Our focus 

in all classes will be symbolism. We will continue with 

grammar in all classes, and begin a more in depth look at 

root words, prefixes and suffixes. 

In the next several weeks the focus for Math 7 will 

be operations with fractions. As you know, fractions often 

appear in our everyday lives, so it is important in seventh 

grade to spend time really understanding these properties. 

Having a deep understanding of fractions will also be 

extremely helpful in understanding various concepts in 

algebra which we will begin to explore later in March. In 

PreAlgebra, we are studying factors, properties of exponents 

and operations with fractions. This area of study is 

crucial for algebra, and understanding how to manipulate 

numbers, expressions and equations. After thoroughly going 

over this unit we will begin to explore ratios, proportions 

and percents. 

After wrapping up our unit on South Asia, we 

will investigate East Asia in Social Studies. Some of the 

many topics we will be studying include: the main beliefs 

of Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism, Genghis Khan, 

Mao Zedong and his rise to power, Japan’s rapid industrialization, 

the history of Tibet, and the major achievements 

of ancient Korea. Some of the relevant terms we will be 

using in this unit include: Mandate of Heaven, proletariat, 

totalitarian, propaganda, collective farms, commune, Tiananmen 

Square protests, Shinto, bushido, militarism and 

the Meiji restoration. 

and developing an argument that is well-supported with 

facts and logic. 

In Social Studies, our research project gets kids out 

of the house and classroom to experience the food of their 

selected country. Please be sure to ask your child about the 

Food For Thought part of our Southeast Asia research project. 

TEAM 7-4 

Currently, in Social Studies, we are studying 

Africa. Africa is a vast, complex and beautiful land with 

many things to celebrate and many issues that are globally 

concerning. I hope that students walk away with an 

understanding of what this continent is all about. We will 

TEAM 7-3 

talk about slavery, colonialism and apartheid in South 

In January, students in Science will finish an inter- Africa. While some topics dealing with this continent can 

disciplinary writing project about Charles Darwin. Mrs. Fox be sensitive and disheartening, there is also so much that is 

and I will be working collaboratively with students while intriguing and wonderful about this place. 

they write a Science essay. The essay will be graded in sci- 

In Science, we finished the Life Sciences unit 

ence for content, and it will also be graded in language arts before Winter Break, and we are starting the Earth History

TEAM NEWS 

TEAM 7-4 Continued TEAM 8-1 Continued 

unit. During this unit, students will be learning about 

Earth’s 4.6 billion year history through geologic timelines. 

We will learn how life and the planet’s geology 

have changed throughout time. We will also learn about 

ways that scientists have pieced together the puzzle 

of Earth’s history to develop a timeline. This includes 

examining the fossil record and using relative and absolute 

dating techniques to organize the information. As 

we begin our new unit, we are also starting our second 

formal lab report about bacteria. This is the connection 

between the Life Sciences and Earth History units. 

As always, students should continue to ask questions 

when needed, use their Action Agenda every day, and 

maintain an organized binder. 

Algebra students will be expanding their 

knowledge of linear equations by exploring the concept 

of systems of equations. Students will explore three different 

methods for solving these types of questions, and 

will begin to see relationships with what they learned 

in first semester. Math 7 students will continue to learn 

algebra concepts and explore strategies to solve twostep 

equations. Students will also learn how to solve 

percents and proportions in the same manner they 

solved equations. 

Language Arts students will be kicking off the 

new year with an emphasis on argumentative writing. 

We will also be exploring acceptance, prejudice and 

compassion in the literature we read. We will enhance 

our vocabulary study with a focus on prefixes and suffixes. 

We will finish our study of The Outsiders, where 

we are developing themes around identity, belonging, 

love and social class. Advance Language Arts students 

are concluding our study of symbolism in Whirligig. 

TEAM 8-1 

Wow! The year is just blazing by! In Algebra, 

students are learning about systems of equations, and 

will be tested on Chapter Seven when the third quarter 

begins. Also, a mid-term will be given at the beginning 

of January and will be included in the second 

quarter grade. In Advanced PreAlgebra, students will 

be studying linear equations and applying this to real 

life situations. In Math 8, students will be studying 

ratios, proportions and rates. I am looking forward to a 

wonderful third quarter. 

Happy New Year! Students finished up second 

quarter by finishing the novels The Adventures of Tom 

Sawyer and The House on Mango Street. Third quarter 

starts with a Poetry unit. Students will be reading both 

classic and modern poetry by poets like Shakespeare, 

Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson and 

many more. At the end of the unit, students will participate 

in a Poetry Café, which is a chance for students to 

share their own poetry and memorize a poem from the 

unit. After the Poetry unit, students will begin another 

novel. Students in period three will read Animal Farm, 

by George Orwell, and students in periods four, six and 

6 

seven will be reading Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. 

We will also be learning prepositions. Ask students to 

recite the prepositions for you! 

Science students had a fantastic time with our 

tie dye day! It was a nice way to finish our studies in 

chemistry. Thank you to those parents who were able to 

help out. We are transitioning to our unit on the human 

body by learning about genetics. We used a fantastic web 

site, http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/ to learn the basic of 

DNA, heredity and traits. Students also learned a little bit 

about their own traits in terms of dominant and recessive 

alleles (versions of genes), extracted their own DNA and 

patterns of inheritance. We used cells as our transition to 

the systems of the human body in terms of understanding 

levels of organization. Students self-designed an 

investigation inquiring about the movement of water 

across the membrane of a cell (using a chicken egg). This 

was an excellent opportunity to review skills of scientific 

inquiry! Encourage your child to check COLE regularly 

for homework and missed assignments. This is updated 

daily. Also, please check on what school supplies might 

be needed (glue sticks, pencils and paper). These supplies 

start to run low in the middle of third quarter. 

In Social Studies, the Patriots have won the Revolutionary 

War, and quickly realized that they need a stronger 

form of government. That brings us up to our studies 

of the Constitutional Convention. Some very smart men, 

led by folks that we will refer to as Jimmy, Georgie and 

Benjy will meet in Philly, hopefully eat tasty cheesesteak 

sandwiches, and try to put together a workable government. 

Stay tuned to see how they do! Also, I hope you 

had a wonderful, safe Winter Break! 

TEAM 8-2 

Happy New Year to all! We hope your holidays 

were wonderful and that you are off to a bright New Year! 

It is hard to believe that third quarter is almost here and 

high school counselor visits are on the horizon! 

This month, the Social Studies class will cover 

the 27 Amendments and do a humanities unit with Mrs. 

Cornella. We will look at slavery, its end with the Civil 

War, the rise of Jim Crow laws, segregation and the Civil 

Rights movement, starting with Brown vs Board of Education, 

et al. Part of this will coincide with their reading in 

Language Arts. 

Language Arts students are currently reading 

Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Patillo’s compelling memoir 

about the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 

1957. Be sure to ask your child about this amazing piece 

of literature. Please encourage your child to turn in all 

work on time as we work through the final semester of 

eighth grade. Thanks for your ongoing support! 

After using systems of equations to help solve the 

case of the missing family reunion order form, Algebra 

students will make Einstein proud with their extensive 

work with exponents. Advanced PreAlgebra students 

will learn how architects plan, networks manage polls,

TEAM NEWS 


TEAM 8-4 

and companies make money in the ratios, proportions 

‪In Language Arts, Advanced classes will be 

and percents unit. Math 8 students will get a taste of putting Tom Sawyer on trial for juvenile delinquency as 

multi-step equations and inequalities as they continue to a culminating activity for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 

build the skills they need to be prepared for Algebra. Students will apply to play roles as lawyers, judges and 

Welcome back, and I hope you all had a restful witnesses in this exciting trial. Our next novel will be 

break. Upon our return, students in Science are doing The Pearl, by John Steinbeck. Grade level Language Arts 

a short unit on genetics and DNA before beginning our students recently completed literary analysis essays 

Chemistry unit. For an introduction to the Chemistry after completing The Pearl, by John Steinbeck. They also 

unit, students will get to tie-dye a t-shirt! Our Chemistry focused on tracking the important themes of this novel. 

unit will cover the structure of matter and mixtures, and Our next unit will be on poetry. Students will be reading 

we will also study the Periodic Table of Elements. As the poetry by American poets, and will be writing a number 

year progresses, our material will become more difficult. of their own poems. All classes will also focus on gram- 

If you need help, please remember to see me on Tuesdays mar in preparation for CTAPs. 

and Thursdays at recess. 

In Social Studies, students will be wrapping up 

High school registration is also coming up in Feb- the Bill of Rights, and then begin the Legislative Branch 

ruary. If your child would like to go into Honors Physical unit. Students will learn about the function, organization 

Science, the CCHS requirements are that they have scored and powers of Congress. We will also be discussing both 

a 20 or above on the Science portion of the EXPLORE test, local and national legislation. Students will be writing 

that they will be in CP Geometry or higher next year, and and researching their own bill, which they will propose 

that they have shown hard work and dedication this year to the Senate and House (other students), and have to 

in science. I will look at your child’s data before signing defend their idea in a bill-to-law simulation. 

off for the Honors Science and if you have any questions 

In Science, we will be winding up the Chemistry 

or concerns, please email me. 

unit by finishing with the Periodic Table. They will be 

TEAM 8-3 

Welcome back to Language Arts! Students will 

study poetry before beginning George Orwell’s, Animal 

Farm. Advanced Language Arts students will read The 

House on Mango Street in conjunction with a Poetry unit. 

All classes will continue to study grammar and vocabulary. 

Students will also continue to work on in-class 

essays. Let the fun begin! 

Social Studies students conducted a great mock 

Constitutional Convention in November, arguing just as 

the actual delegates did. We are now delving into the 

working on a project called The Periodic Table Family 

Album. We will also be tie-dying on January 12. All assignments, 

calendars, resources and announcements can 

be accessed at the class web site: http://web.me.com/ 

mskellyteach/Science/Home.html. 

In Math 8, we will continue studying linear 

functions. In Advanced PreAlgebra, we will study inequalities 

and linear functions. In Algebra, we will finish 

Chapter Seven and start Chapter Eight (exponents and 

exponential functions). 

Constitution that was written during that 1787 conven- 

AVID 

tion, starting with the powers of Congress. We will also 

be discussing the presidential primaries and caucuses 

as they occur, anticipating our study of the executive 

branch. 

In Science, we have been busy learning about 

concepts in chemistry. Students received new workbooks 

that they are allowed to write in. Feedback about these 

new books has been very positive, as students get the opportunity 

to check their understanding as they read the 

material. Students learned about trends in the Periodic 

Tutorials have been going well with our sixth, seventh 

and eighth graders. Students are bringing awesome 

questions and doing a fabulous job of helping their 

classmates during tutorials. In the AVID elective, we 

have been continuing to look at marking the text and 

critical reading, and are starting to work on test taking 

strategies. Students are continuing to take Cornell notes 

and organize their materials as the school year continues! 

Table by building their own model of one. We finished 

up the year with labs on density. When we get back from 

Winter Break, students will learn about classifications 

of matter, states of matter, and chemical and physical 

changes. 

Math 8 students will be studying ratios, rates 

and proportions, which they will apply to the concept of 

similarity. Geometry students will continue their study 

of the properties of quadrilaterals and parallel lines. After 

the conclusion of their chapter they will begin to look 

at planes and three-dimensional geometry. 

We hope to see everyone at our upcoming AVID Parent 

Night, January 19 at 6:30pm in the Cafeteria. The topics 

for the evening will include organization and 

test taking.

6 th Grade Honors Language Arts 

As we move into the second half of the year, the pace and complexity of our work will increase. In grammar, we will 

build upon last quarter’s work with subjects and predicates by differentiating kinds of clauses and the sentence structures 

they create. We will continue examining vocabulary through etymology in Classical Roots. 

Our third quarter novel is Theodore Taylor’s, The Bomb, the story of how the testing of the atomic bomb changed the 

lives of the Bikinians, who had little contact with the modern world before World War II. The literary concept we will 

will focus on is conflict, as we examine themes about the relationship between generations, the consequences of change, 

the love for one’s community, and respect for the environment. 


Seventh grade students are midway through their middle school experience and the honors classes – incredible, is it 

not? This quarter, we will begin studying verbs and their complements, a challenging and complex grammar unit. We 

will finish our third unit of Word Within the Word; the class has been doing so very well with these etymology and vocabulary 

lessons. 

The literature unit for third quarter is ambitious, we will be studying Nazi aggression and the Holocaust. Jerry Spinelli’s, 

Milkweed is the literary vehicle for the unit. It is a moving and complex novel, set in the Warsaw ghetto as experienced 

by a young orphan. The novel offers both complex lessons in how some seek to dehumanize those of different 

ethnic and religious backgrounds, as well as a complex structure and use of figurative language. Students will also 

select among several options and read independently a related book. Please encourage your children to discuss the 

events and literature with you. As incomprehensible and disturbing as the treatment millions received at the hands of 

the Nazis is for adults, it is even more so for adolescents. 


As we enter our final semester together, we are finishing some very sophisticated grammatical units, mastering verbals 

not simply by identifying them but by analyzing their functions in sentences and their contribution to a sophisticated 

writing style. We will continue with another lesson in Word Within the Word. 

Our third quarter novel is Mark Haddon’s, the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, the lower case title of which 

indicates the many unique qualities of the novel and its narrator. Through the novel, we are examining the literary concepts 

of narrative voice and reliability, perspective and humor. Thematically, we will be discussing empathy, the definition 

of truth, and the universality of human emotions, experiences and needs. 

ELECTIVE NEWS 

French 1A 

Bonjour! French 1A students enjoy composing dialogues about their everyday activities and friends. Chapters One and 

Two in the On Y Va! text book took us on an exciting journey to French restaurants. Students know how to order food 

in a restaurant, and how to advise a friend on what kind of food to order. Students had fun acting out restaurant scenes, 

and they will not be lost in a real life situation. They know how to conjugate er verbs and an irregular verb, etre. Students 

learn their vocabulary through games, and they love singing French songs. Every chapter in the textbook will be 

accompanied by a song thematically related to the material in the chapter. “ Le Chat Angora” and “Ma Mere M’envoie-t- 

au Marche” are our chapter songs. 

French 1B 

Bonjour! Students finished Chapter Ten in On Y Va! text book. They know how to make plans to do various activities in 

town. Students composed their own dialogues using learned vocabulary from the chapter. Chapters 11 and 12 will bring 

us to Paris. Students are going to watch several documentaries about the “City of Lights,” and its subway system. In 

Chapter 12, we will discuss various means of transportation, their advantages and disadvantages. 

French Introduction 

French Introduction finished a nine-week course of French. Students know how to introduce themselves. They can 

carry on a short conversation in French telling their age, where they live, and what they like to do. Students learned 

colors and how to use them as descriptive adjectives. Students learned the conjugation of er verbs. In the third quarter a 

new group of students will begin an exciting journey of speaking, reading, listening and singing in French. Bienvenue! 

Spanish 1A 

¡Prospero Año Nuevo! Gracias por tu trabajo excelente en la clase de español. In the next several weeks, you will be 

learning the numbers from 31 to 199, talking about what you need and want to do, discussing your class schedule, and 

learning to tell time in Spanish. You should continue to study the new vocabulary (and review the words we have already 

learned) on a daily basis. Take every opportunity to speak Spanish outside of class.

ELECTIVE NEWS Continued 

Theatre Arts 

Sixth grade students have explored props and costumes as actor’s tools, and now they focus on movement and gesture 

as expressive tools. First, they acted in silent movies they created. Then, they applied movement skills to a scripted 

scene and watched their characters come alive. Their quarter ends with an original piece. Seventh grade students 

explore the complex acting tools of rhythm and memorization. After improvisational practice with these skills, they 

present scenes that celebrate what they have learned. They also end with an original piece, which they present. Eighth 

grade students have a showcase performance during their class period in which parents and teachers are invited (January 

9, at 8:15 for Period 1, and January 11 at 9:05 for Period 2). Their creativity and concentration are amazing! It is 

standing room only for all of these talented performers! Vocabulary test for all grades January 10. 

Physical Education 

Did you know that exercise may help ward off disease? Research has shown that exercise can help prevent heart disease, 

stroke, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type two diabetes, arthritis, osteoporosis, loss of muscle mass and 

much more! So what are you waiting for? Get up and get moving! 

6 th Grade 

All the sixth grade classes have had the chance to be in the weight room for a weight lifting unit. Students are now 

finishing up volleyball and basketball units with their classes. 

7 th and 8 th Grade 

We have finished fitness testing and are getting ready to start our Badminton unit. During the unit, students have 

worked on communication and various skills in order to be successful during tournament play with their teammates 

and classmates. 

7 th and 8 th Grade Weight Training 

We finished fitness testing and are focused on proper technique for twenty-five lifts. We are learning which muscles 

those lifts isolate and where the muscle is located. Get ready to create a more individualized workout. 

Orchestra 

Thanks to our many talented musicians for the community performances in December. Our gift of music made many 

people happy. Sixth and seventh graders performed at Tagawa Garden Center, a seventh grade string quartet played for 

the Superintendent’s Tea honoring teachers, and the Chamber Orchestra played for the residents at Caley Ridge Assisted 

Living. 

The wonderful opportunities continue in January. On January 18, the seventh and eighth graders will tour some of our 

local elementary schools during the day, and that night the sixth graders take the stage here at school. January 23 brings 

our first Chamber Orchestra and seventh and eighth grade Ensembles concert in the commons area. On January 31, the 

eighth grade Orchestra is combining with West Middle School and Cherry Creek High School Orchestras for a concert at 

the high school. All orchestras will travel to West Middle School on February 23 for the annual “Stringathon” concert. 

This amazing event has over 400 middle school musicians all playing at once! We definitely have music in our lives. 

Guitar 

Seventh grade Guitar is a quarter-long introduction to playing the guitar. Eighth grade Intermediate Guitar is a continuation 

of the beginning class. We have learned much, and just finished our original compositions. Parents should set the 

evening aside for a concert of these original compositions and other songs on January 9 at 7:00pm. Keep music in your 

life! 

Cherry Creek Republican Women’s Essay Contest 

Congratulations to the winners of the Cherry Creek Republican Women’s Essay Contest, Deanna Alter and 

Seung Min (Helen) Lee. The contest asked seventh grade students to write an essay responding to the question, 

“Why do so many people around the world want to immigrate to, and become citizens of, the United 

States of America?” 

Deanna, whose writing received the first place award for Campus, and Helen, who received second place for 

Campus, read their essays, and received Barnes and Noble gift certificates at an evening celebration for the 

top five entrants on December 5. After the reading, Helen was chosen to represent the essay writers and read 

her essay at a luncheon hosted by the Cherry Creek Republican Women on December 13.

CLINIC 

Is it the flu or just a cold? Cold symptoms typically start as a sore throat followed by nasal symptoms, runny nose, congestion 

and a cough in the following days. Flu symptoms are usually more severe than cold symptoms and often come 

on suddenly and include fever, muscle aches and soreness, headache and sometimes congestion and cough. Students 

with cold symptoms may come to school. Frequent hand washing, avoiding touching of the nose and mouth, and social 

distancing will help prevent the spread of a cold virus. Any student with a fever greater than 100 degrees should remain 

at home until they feel better or until they are fever-free for 24 hours without Tylenol or ibuprofen. 

TECH TALK 

Tech News You Can Use 

Student Computers at School 

Sometimes a student wants to use a personal computer at school. In order to access our wireless network, a personal 

computer must be running either Apple OS X version 10.5 or above or Windows XP, Vista or 7 full versions. Starter 

or home versions of an operating system are not compatible with our network. Personal computers running noncompatible 

versions may be able to access the Internet, but will not be able to access CCSD system resources such as 

servers or printers. Please call if you have questions. 

From askbobrankin.com Internet Guru 

Bing vs Google 

“I hear a lot about Bing, the search engine from Microsoft. I’ve been a Google user since forever, and I’ve tried Bing a few 

times, but didn’t find it compelling. What factors would show me if Bing truly provides a better search experience?” 

Read more: http://askbobrankin.com/bing_versus_google.html 

Who Owns That Website? 

You may need to know who owns or operates a Web site. Most people do not realize that domain registration information 

is easily searched by using free publicly available databases. Here is how to get the name and contact info for 

(almost) any website... 

Read more: http://askbobrankin.com/who_owns_that_website.html 

Have you updated your browser recently? 

The security of your web browser is one of the most important things you can do to keep safe and virus-free online. But 

incredibly, more than eight percent of the world is still using Internet Explorer 6, the browser that shipped with Windows 

XP more than ten years ago. The same often applies to Mac users who are still using an older version of Netscape, 

Safari (run those system updates!) or Firefox (from Mozilla.com). 

Read more: http://askbobrankin.com/time_to_upgrade_your_browser.html#ixzz1ft6pcdvO 

Happy Computing, 

Sue Zoeller, 720.554.2736, szoeller@cherrycreekschools.org 

TCAP Dates 

The scheduled dates for TCAP (Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, formerly CSAP) 

for this school year will be March 6, 7 and 8 for 6th and 7th grade students. 

For our 8th grade students, the dates will be March 6, 7, 8 and 9. 

It is very important that your student is in school on these days and that they get a 

good night’s rest each night prior to testing, and a good breakfast each morning. 

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COUNSELING 

From Registrar 

CMS Quarter Two ends January 14! Look for Report Cards to come home January 24! 

School of Choice applications are now being accepted until February 1, 2012. This is a transfer request for CCSD residents 

to attend a different Cherry Creek School than their resident assignment. These applications are available at all 

CCSD schools, as well as both Admissions offices. Please be aware that there is no guarantee of acceptance for all applicants. 

It is first come, first serve on a space available basis. District Admissions has asked us to date-stamp each application 

we receive, so please apply early. 

From Counseling 

CCHS Events for Eighth Graders 

January 18 GT Information Night for High Ability Students 7:00 Library 

January 24 Parent Information Night, Tour/Meeting 5:30 Tour Fine Arts Theatre 

7:00 Meeting Fine Arts Theatre 

January 31 Registration Materials Distributed at CMS 1:00 – 3:00 Classrooms 

February 15 Electronic Pre-Registration at CMS 9:55 – 3:05 Lab 

CMS Pre-Registration for 2011-2012 

It is time for sixth and seventh graders to prepare for this year’s Electronic Pre-Registration! Students will have the opportunity 

to enter their own elective requests on the computer, just as the eighth graders do for CCHS. As in the past, the 

elective options will be explained to students, and registration cards distributed for the students and parents to decide 

together on the best elective choices for the student. The student will bring this signed registration card on pre-registration 

day, and with guidance from the Counseling office, enter their choices in PowerSchool. We have been very excited to see 

the students take responsibility for their elective requests! 

The Counselors will meet with students the week of February 6 to distribute registration information. 

Date students must bring parent-approved and signed registration cards to school: 

February 22 - Seventh grade students enter approved elective choices in the computer lab 

February 23 - Sixth grade students enter approved elective choices in the computer lab 

Please be sure to discuss the options with your child before the assigned computer lab day. Please be aware that this is 

pre-registration – we will do our best to assign the requested courses, but there is no guarantee that students will get the 

courses requested. If you have any questions, please call the Counseling office at 720.554.2705. 

Fifth Grade Parent Night 

An information session for parents of fifth graders from our feeder schools will be held on Thursday, February 9 at 6:30 

pm. Please mark your calendars. 

College in Colorado 

All CMS students have been introduced to CollegeInColorado.org, so be sure to ask your child to show you the website. 

If the informative pamphlet did not make it home, stop by the Counseling office to pick up a copy. Eighth grade parents 

should help your child register for the College Opportunity Fund, which provides money from the state should he/she 

end up at a Colorado University. 

Continuing the Discussion At Home… 

Anti Bullying 

Tattling versus Telling – Tattling is reporting something small to get someone in trouble. Telling is getting an adult involved 

to help get someone out of trouble. 

Red Ribbon Week is Coming Up – March 19 - 23 

Geography Bee 

On Thursday, January 12, one winner from each team 

will be competing in our school-wide Geography Bee. 

They will be competing for the opportunity to go on to 

the State competition. 

Good luck to all participants! 

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Readiness Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) 

in Cherry Creek Schools 2011-2012 

As a result of funds received in 2005 from the Emergency Response and Crisis Management (ERCM) grant 

from the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools, all leadership and school safety/crisis teams in the Cherry 

Creek Schools have been receiving ERCM training. We have developed updated and effective emergency 

response plans and procedures that align with state and federal Homeland Security Emergency Management 

and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). 

Since 2005, Cherry Creek Schools has improved communications with our community agencies, trained key 

staff to provide for the emotional impact of a crisis on students and staff, and developed sustainable training 

materials and crisis response kits for our schools. In 2011 the ERCM process has changed to Readiness 

Emergency Management for Schools (REMS). We are committed to continuing this effort with REMS training. 

We would also like to take this opportunity to inform parents about new changes to the Cherry Creek School 

District’s website that now give parents needed information about school safety and related issues. The website 

explains the district’s efforts to provide for both the physical and psychological safety of our children and 

gives parents links to excellent online resources. This section of the district website continues to be under 

construction and materials will be updated as needed. You can view the information by going to www.cherrycreekschools.org 

and selecting the Safety & Security Quick Links. 

Topics and information include: 

What to Do in the Event of an Emergency 

Information about the CCSD Comprehensive Safe Schools Plan 

Care Line Information (Revised 2011) 

Other Resources, Links and/or Handouts: 

Bullying/Harassment 

Crisis Resources 

Internet Safety 

Parenting 

Personal Safety (neighborhood, strangers, etc.) 

Violence Prevention 

For more information about your school’s crisis planning, please contact your school’s principal. For further 

information about REMS planning in the schools, please contact Randy Councell, Director, Office of Safety 

and Security, 720.554.4489 or Ronald Lee, Psy.D., Mental Health Coordinator, Safe Schools Design Team, 

720.554.4252. 

PBS Story Makers Contest 

Congratulations to Kylie Hunter of Team 6-4! 

Her story “Hero Girl,” about a “tween” girl who is facing the pressure to fit in on a 

superficial level, but decides that what is on the inside is more important, 

was a runner up in the PBS Story Makers contest in which over 900 students entered! 

Well done, Kylie! 

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National Junior Forensics League Tournament 

Eighth grade Oral Interpretation students were able to showcase what they have learned about the performance of 

monologue in the Fourth National Junior Forensics League tournament in Greeley. Their strong showing at the competition 

indicates they have mastered the art of monologue! 

In the category of Dramatic Monologue, Hanna Fernley placed fourth as a resilient teen-aged cancer patient. Jordan 

Dillard placed third as a heart transplant recipient who tries to understand the feelings of the heart donor. Dayna Sloane 

won first place, performing segments of a poetic novel in which a girl shares memories of her parents’ marriage and 

divorce. 

Seven students performed in the Humorous Monologue division. Sam Bai showed the perspective of a driver whose 

drinking habits, too many colas, creates a misunderstanding with a traffic cop. Kylee Sibilia became a British history 

teacher whose students think her passionate lecture about World War I deserves none of their attention. Ann Pogrebitsky’s 

character decided that her SAT should be a one-woman cheerleading performance rather than the traditional 

written assessment of reading, writing, and math skills. Adam Resnick’s performance as the owner of a cat who is the 

reincarnation of Einstein won him a sixth place award. Shantel Bartolome placed fourth as a teen whose exposure to 

the channel-flipping habits of her grandfather destroys her own attention span. Leanne Sigman’s interpretation of a 

Dave Barry column satirizing the ideal family vacation, a trip to Disney World, resulted in a third place finish. Matthew 

LaRouche placed first with his interpretation of two Dave Barry columns showing the absurdity of a middle-aged man 

engaging in sports for which he is ill-suited. 

Congratulations to all our talented performers who prepared so rigorously for competition! 

Congratulations to the 2011 Campus Robotics Team, the “Bot Dogs,” for their successes 

at the Golden Qualifier Tournament. 

Team “Apples and Oranges” took second place for the highest award, the Champion’s Award. 

For the second year in a row, team “Food Fighters” won first place for Mechanical Design. 

The “Green” team won first place for Gracious Professionals. 

Mr. Burnett was awarded Outstanding Coach. 

Congratulations too, to “Smurfs 2.0” who will be joining “Apples and Oranges” at the 

State Tournament next month. 

Way to go GoJos! 

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6th Grade 3.5 

Ali Abbas 

Jessie Adams 

Amadia Al Amin 

Allison Aron 

Mary Ascherman 

Chloe Ashworth 

Meghan Atwell 

Julia Bailey 

Leela Barnes 

Adam Barrett 

Mark Bekerman 

Lilly Bernardis 

Michael Bess 

Zachary Biederman 

Julia Bierylo 

Sophia Bird 

Sarah Bordiuk 

Christian Borza Stapen 

Ian Bosman 

Ethan Bullard 

Alyea Caldwell 

David Camhi 

Erin Campbell 

Payton Canon 

Jessica Cantor 

Ryan Dael Caruso 

Richard Collins 

Sebastian Peter Colsman 

Kimberly Connelly 

Colin Corwin 

Katherine Crise 

Maxwell Curcio 

Kevin Danfelser 

Andrew Dent 

Rutuja Dhumal 

Katherine Dillon 

Riley Dixon 

Addisyn Dodd 

Shu Dong 

Anita Douglas 

Nicholas Edwards 

Ty Engelke 

Jack Evenson 

Sierra Yvonne Figueroa 

First Quarter Honor Roll 

Matthew Fisher 

Isabel Fleischli 

Kenna Flower 

Daniel Gano 

Emily Garcia 

Ethan Geller 

Jackson Geraci 

Kevin Geraci 

Stephanie Gladu 

Emma Gollob 

Jaqueline Gonzalez 

Eric Gottschall 

Duncan Gottschall 

Drew Granger 

Carlie Greeley 

Natnael Haile 

Alexander Harrington 

Brett Hazlett 

Jacqueline Henry 

Parker Hilvitz 

Lucas James Hoffman 

Kensington Holman 

Jacob Houser 

Yunfei Huang 

Clare Hudson 

Kathryn Huun 

Hyun Soo Jang 

Evelyn Jenkins 

Jimin Jeon 

Byoungju Jin 

Anneka Johnson 

Hayden Jones 

Sydney Kalt 

Hoyt Karr 

Lian Kelmann 

Yonghyeon Kim 

Joonwoo Kim 

Charles Korell 

Filip Kovar 

Ashetyn Labay 

Ethan Lan 

Jack Lay 

Jack Leach 

Sang Lee 

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Hojoon Lee 

Anna Lehr 

Aubrea Leikam 

Ryan Long 

Van Lucas 

Olivia Lueck 

Melissa Marshall 

Christopher Martin 

Lauren Mastin 

Skyler Matteson 

Hanna May 

Victoria Mccann 

Jordan Mccurdy 

Sydney Mech 

Jannae Mehaffey 

Christian Mellon 

Hannah Meumann 

Brayden Minney 

Nicholas Mirabella 

Oliver Molberg 

Siddharth Nair 

Robyn Naze 

Claire Nelson 

Andy Nguyen 

Savannah Opp 

Emily Owen 

Tyler Paddor 

Jae Woo Park 

Reed Peterson 

Luke Pezdirtz 

Molly Powell 

Joshua Pyeon 

Iran Quintana Barrera 

Leo Rahn 

Casey Randall 

Allison Reed 

Gabriel Reuter 

Megan Rielly 

Leslie Rios 

Britt Rogers 

Draven Ryan 

Julia Salame 

Benjamin Sampson 

Parker Schelwat

Aiden Schlosky 

Samantha Schmitt 

Tyler Schultz 

Talia Schwartz 

Eric Shearer 

Ivan Shelkovich 

Leon Shen 

Isaac Shin 

Hannah Sievers 

Eli Silverman 

Matthew Simpson 

Anshika Singh 

Melina Sipek 

Keaton Smith 

Mikhail Solok 

Dailey Solomon 

Misella Stiebrina 

Carter Still 

Robert Sullan 

Leah Sullivan 

Samantha Szachara 

Alexander Tatman 

Alyssa Tatum 

Joshua Taylor 

Rebekah Taylor 

Sumon Tewelde 

Ryan Toohill 

Daisy Van 

Brigitta Venette 

Faith Weekley 

Grant Whittelsey 

Rhian Williams 

Sierra Williams 

Drisana Willner 

Julie Zahner 

Kevin Zapanta 

Jason Zimmerman 

Eli Zimmerman 

6th Grade 4.0 

Isabel Elise Adkisson 

Sheila Alizadeh 

Isabel Anema 

Betty Bai 

Georgia Batson 

Salar Bavandpour 

Lauren Becker 

Sydney Beckett 

Emilee Bentler 

Caitlin Blakeley 

Kayla Boxer 

Taylor Braun 

Brett Brenner 

Lily Brooks 

Braeden Campbell 

Mehar Chadha 

Lincoln Chambers 

Tim Lam Chan 

Maya Christo 

Teylor Cline 

Timothy Cooper 

Nicola Cooper 

Faith Cunningham 

Hannah Pei Cussen 

Cara Del Rosso 

Rebecca Demaree 

Daniel Deng 

Margaret Dougherty 

Bennett Edelschein 

Joseph Enriquez 

Anthony Espinoza 

Lindsey Evans 

Elizabeth Fehr 

Mackenzie Fisher 

Abigail Fisher 

Sam Flora 

Trent Fowler 

Daniel Franklin 

Samuel Freed 

Henry Friedman 

Zachary Galinkin 

Larissa Gamble 

Tagleet Geltser 

Caleb Gerken 

Maxmillian Gomez 

Joseph Grillo 

Ashley Hand 

Ruby Jonnie Hanks 

Maxwell Henden 

Alexander Herman 

Adam Hoerger 

Kathryn Carol Hoffman 

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Hailey Hogue 

Kathryn Holder 

Kylie Hunter 

Leah Huzjak 

Colette Jackson 

Brandon Jacobs 

Dai An Jiang 

Megan Joyce 

Kavya Kannan 

Sabina Khanna 

Nayoung Kim 

Daniel Kim 

Audrey Koenig 

Sandra Kohl 

Swathi Kompella 

Shelby Kreiling 

Lara Kremer 

Gautham Krishnan 

Tanvi Kumar 

Grace Lao 

Hamilton Lee 

Taylor Mancini 

Anna Mccollum 

Seth Mellon 

Sarah Meumann 

Michelle Moon 

Molly Moran 

John Morrison 

Joey Murray 

Abigail Musler 

Omid Nasabzadeh 

Rachael Nieberg 

Page Niichel 

Megan O Connor 

Roxanne Pallotto 

Seyeon Park 

Keun Park 

Pritika Parmar 

Molly Parris 

Emily Powis 

Abilash Prabhakaran 

Hannah Presken 

Max Pumilia 

Mia Raben 

Manasi Raol 

Joseph Reiff

Juli Richardson 

Blake Rippe 

Emmaleth Ryan 

Lauryn Sall 

Pearl Schwartz 

Jared Scott 

Olivia Seamone 

Dana Sheldon 

Ji Shin 

Hali Sibilia 

Stephen Sigman 

James Singer 

Aditya Sinha 

Zachary Smith 

Delaney Smith 

Chloe Smith 

Rachel Sochinski 

Tamara Sriram 

Katrina Starbird 

Amanda Stewart 

Emily Strande 

Charles Synnott 

Kaia Telford 

Davin Underhill 

Benjamin Underwood 

Madeline Webb 

Alden Wedel 

Jackson Will 

Julia Woolley 

Nina Yee 

Emily Zeng 

Nathan Zhao 

7th Grade 3.5 

Elezabet Alem 

Sydney Andersen 

Elijah Anderson 

Jennifer Arellano Linares 

Gweneth Asher 

Lindsey Babcock 

Nicholas Baez 

Reilly Barnes 

Dexter Beasley 

Jeremy Belinski 

Jacob Blake Bencivenni 

Lars Berg 

Philip Berg 

Endlkachew Beyene 

Natalie Block 

Khaliunaa Bolormaa 

Sophie Bonilla 

Bailey Brooks 

Garrett Brown 

Baisia Emerald Brown 

Colin Burdine 

Dallin Butler 

Jake Butler 

Kaelyn Campbell 

Isabelle Campbell 

Katherine Carter 

Rayna Chacon 

Jilla Lucidity Chamanbahar 

Mitra Chamanbahar 

Kate Chapman 

Woo Choi 

Joshua Chua 

Madeleine Colehower 

Michael Costa 

Claudia Cramer 

Brody Cummins 

Hannah Cunningham 

Caroline Danos 

Fisher Darling 

Jacob Dellacqua 

Komal Dhruv 

Alec Doniger 

Jeremy Doniger 

Conor Egan 

Jackson Egan 

Mickaela Ekdahl 

Lauryn Engel 

Jacob Engelken 

Charles Fowler 

Ojaswee Ghosh Moulick 

Caroline Gilly 

Henry Gordon 

Jack Gripenstraw 

Gulnoor Grover 

Sarah Hait 

Jacob Harding 

Sydney Harskjold 

Yuuki Hashimoto 

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Robert Hayutin 

Samuel Hoffman 

Greta Holdheide 

Alec James 

Dooyoung Jeong 

Elizabeth Jones 

Shota Kajiya 

Tracy Kammerer 

Ryan Karki 

Elizabeth Katsnelson 

Patrick Kelly 

Peytin Kenney 

Jinhyeok Kim 

Jeong Kim 

Seo Yeon Ko 

Hannah Kramer 

Miranda Krenek 

Bomie Kwon 

Katherine Lane 

Julianna Langskov 

Samuel Larsen 

Jennifer Lee 

Ja Young Lee 

Gabriell Lee Clarey 

Rebecca Lubatty 

Matthew Lubatty 

Aimee Mannino 

Savero 

Amirudin Manoppo 

Ben Masi 

Akihisa Matsumoto 

Mitchell McCluney 

Jalen Meeks 

Rebecca Mello 

Alicia Merlo 

Alyssa Mintz 

Sarah Mooney 

Raybecca Morton 

Allison Murphy 

Nirali Murthy 

Nicole Naper 

Pamela Negel 

Ayrton Nichols 

Gabrielle Nimmo 

Asher Nolting 

Kelsey O Hara

Katriel Overton 

Natalya Oveysi 

Douglas Owen 

John Padilla 

Reed Paterson 

Christian Pena 

Kayley Planchon 

Maxwell Potter 

Hallie Priday 

Steven Priddy 

Chase Quist 

Zachary Raak 

Christian Robb 

Kiana Roberts 

Celine Rojel 

Charles Ryan 

Sarina Sanchez 

Tyler Schaffer 

Cody Schultz 

Brian Sellers 

David Senter 

Talia Shafer 

Margarita Shleyfer 

Hannah Shwayder 

Brooke Sidon 

Claire Silver 

John Simonton 

Kerra Smith 

Jackson Smith 

Haley Snowden 

Justin Snyder 

Sienna Solis 

Joshua Spielman 

Alexander Spitzer 

Haylee Stahalik 

Grace Stahl 

Georgia Stavropoulos 

Ethan Steffen 

Joseph Stewart 

Gabrielle Thomas 

Alec Thompson 

Cole Thomson 

Franklin Tran 

Aijana Underwood 

Austin Valdetero 

Nihar Vallem 

Hannah Varble 

Nichole Vetromila 

Ashley Wallace 

Katelin Wallace 

Andrew Walters 

Evan Welch 

Aidan Werner 

Shane Wilson 

Jessica Winn 

Zachary Wolk 

Allyson Woolley 

Cliff Xu 

Andrew Yang 

Benjamin Yee 

Adysn Yeo 

7th Grade 4.0 

Monzer Alatrach 

Brenna Allison 

Deanna Alter 

James Arnold 

William Ascherman 

Lily Bagher 

Megan Bartlett 

Kyra Batchelder 

Chilton Beasley 

Claire Becker 

Adam Benavram 

Daniel Bighash 

Emma Black 

Valerie Blake 

Mackenzie Budman 

Jessica Bushell 

Allison Campbell 

Joshua Chapman 

Shray Chauhan 

Channing Chi 

Gabrielle Christensen 

Kathleen Clough 

Matthew Clough 

Asher Cohen 

Adam Cole 

Victoria Connor 

Brooks Crawford 

Tyler Croke 

Julia Czyzowicz 

Erica De La Garza 

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Ciara De Venecia 

Ardita 

Dervishi 

Anderson 

Harsh Deshpande 

Taruni Donti 

Brooklyn Drecksel 

Lucas Engelken 

Tate Eppard 

Ila Farhang 

Katherine Feldman 

Samantha Fischer 

Kathryn Fish 

Ruby Flatt 

Audrey Franklin 

Julia Frostholm 

Emily Gatchis 

Ryan Gensler 

Samantha Ginsberg 

Joseph Ginsburg 

Katelyn Givan 

Samuel Goldstein 

Nicole Good 

Andrew Peter Gorovoy 

Elizabeth Graham 

Emma Graul 

Michael Gremban 

Katherine Guerra 

Margaret Halvorson 

Lauren Hannaway 

Vikram Hegde 

Kara Henry 

Emily Hill 

Jackson Hittner 

William Hughes 

Hee Hur 

Brady Jacob 

Hee Ju Jin 

Allison Jones 

Rimzhim Kashikar 

Anne Kern 

Joice Kim 

Michelle Sun Kim 

Dominic King 

Juliana Kugelmas 

Davis Landry 

Madeline Laoprasert

Seung Lee 

Kyra Lindley 

John Lueck 

Carter Lynch 

Andrew Ma 

Lilli Maples 

Santino Marchiol 

Faith Martinez 

Madison Lee Mcconnell 

Addison Mcdaniel 

Adrienne Mcdowell 

Caitlin Mcpherson 

Sydney Mead 

Simon Mezger 

Harrison Miller 

Nathan Miller 

Hannah Mimmack 

Christian Minotti 

Kaitlyn Morton 

Valerie Munoz 

Grant Myhre 

Allison Nemecek 

Kendra Neumann 

Andrew Ngo Van Duc 

Austin Nisonoff 

Sean Nixon 

Cameron Oberfeld 

Chase Padilla 

Isaac Pak 

Amalia Parnes 

Grae Patterson 

Avery Paxton 

Julie Phillips 

Jordyn Pinnock 

Gabrielle Plotkin 

Jakob Rheins 

Landon Risendal 

Mackenzie Romig 

Morgan Rosas 

Courtney Sandos 

Daisy Schultz 

Grace Shepard 

Kristine Siegfried 

Jackson 

William Smith 

David Souder 

Harrison Spiers 

Kathryn Stern 

Ryan Stewart 

Brittany Stewart 

Meghan Stille 

Benjamin Stone 

Dawson Stout 

Aimee Sun 

Nyle Sykes 

Spencer Szachara 

Garrett Thurlow 

Michelle Tselolikhina 

Victoria Vargas 

Colton Vick 

Lydia Walker 

Abbey Wegner 

Ruben Weijers 

Katherine Whittelsey 

Oliver Witta 

Eileen Xia 

Wendy Yan 

Gaojie Yang 

Daniele Yedidya 

Sang Eun Yeo 

Andrew Ying 

Joshua Yoon 

Casey Yun 

Katherine Zabelski 

Jackson Zeng 

Jenny Zheng 

8th Grade 3.5 

Benson Adams 

James Adams 

Samantha An 

Gage Anderson 

Olayinka Ariyibi 

Jasmine Bagher 

Zuhair Barqawi 

Sabrina Barry 

Sara Bavandpour 

Michael Bealer 

Adam Bell 

Fuming Ben 

Melanie Benson 

Nicole Blum 

Andrey Bradford 

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Ryan Brown 

Nikolai Bryant 

Skyler Budman 

Taylor Bundeson 

Alec Camhi 

Gabrielle Cantor 

Lincaizhuo Chen 

Andrew Cole 

Cory Cousino 

John Cremer 

Mark Cremer 

Katherine Cunningham 

Danielle Dampier 

Lauren Davine 

Briana Davine 

Maya Day 

Sarah Demaree 

Cary Dent 

Bijoy Devarajan 

Brooke Dibiase 

Mark Dillard 

Jordan Dillard 

Benjamin Dillon 

Dillon Dockter 

Matthew Donaldson 

Andre Dugas 

Maxwell Duggan 

Samuel Escobar 

Yekta Eskandari 

Hanna Fernley 

Zachary Fountain 

Ruyee Frank 

Nemeces Fyffe 

Clayton Gill 

Eva Goldblat 

Christopher Gollob 

Conner Greenhalgh 

Marie Grogan 

Emily Groves 

Jack Hagen 

Allison Harris 

Benjamin Harrison 

Anna Hauschild 

James Herold 

Samuel Hesch 

Courtney Hicks

Jax Hindmarch 

Emma Hingst 

Lewis Holliday 

Samantha Hu 

Mark Hua 

Braeden Hudiburgh 

James Hwang 

Woojae Jang 

Sophia Jellum 

Haley Jenerette 

Elsa Jerde 

Elizabeth Johnsen 

Benton Jones 

Seth Juris 

Kyriaki Kalasountas 

Kaushik Kannan 

Jillian Kaufman 

Emily Keel 

Connor Killoran 

Jun Kim 

Lynn Kim 

Yong Kim 

Sarah Kim 

Sungmin Kim 

Ariel Klebanov 

Joseph Kleeman 

Paige Koenig 

Kashyap Koul 

Matthew Larouche 

Samuel Lawton 

Benjamin Layng 

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