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William C. McGinnis Middle School Winter Newsletter January 2020

Welcome to a new year and decade - 2020

HUSKY NEWS

Happy New Year! 2020 has started off with just the right momentum. McGinnis students and staff are excited for this new year and decade. There are many exciting events that have and will be taking place here at McGinnis.

SWAG - "seven ways to achieve greatness"

We continue to focus on SWAG which is a part of our House model. The current SWAG term is FIERCE!

FIERCE- Every great achievement began in the mind of one person. They dared to dream and believe that it was possible. Don’t let negative thinking discourage you. Be a FIERCE student. Your dream needs to be big. It needs to be something that is seemingly beyond your capabilities, but it also must be believable. Now go get it, go make it happen. Work to make your dreams a reality.

7th Grade students, Christopher Castillo and Allison Marroquin, being FIERCE as our Writers of the Unit winners!

December was a month of good cheer and joy!

Throughout the month of December, you could see holiday spirit was in the air creating a feeling of warmth and cheer!

Door decorating contest went on during the holidays. Miss H. Irizarry's and Miss Bunomo's homerooms were the winners of the door decorating contest.

holiday cheer throughout the halls of mcginnis

Media Center Doors Decorated by: Katherine Baez, Kristal Roman, Alina Valdez, Allison Dominquez, and Mayelin Rodriguez

Mrs. Freay and Mrs. Oliveira-Rua certainly took time to show the holiday spirit throughout the halls by their classroom and Mr. Oliver Diaz's office (Parent Liaison), rooms 131 and 132

spreading holiday cheer!

Miss Parlamis. Mr. Vazquez, and Mr. Sanders greeted staff, students and parents throughout the building with their ugly outfits and sweaters!

Principal, Mr. Loniewski and 6th grade staff members greeted visitors with holiday cheer at the main lobby of the school!

Even the Grinch (a.k.a. Miss Reyes - 6th Grade Bilingual Math teacher) went around spreading some holiday cheer!

holiday art contest

Principal, Mr. Loniewski and art teacher, Mrs. Ostermann, congratulate winners of the holiday art contest!

Time to keep warm!

House Events

Students and staff particiapted in various activites and spirit days.

Students and staff dressed as twins for Twin Day!

Race to the finish line!

amazing race

The Mastiffs hosted the annual "Amazing Race"

Students were in high competition mode!

The capacity to learn is a gift!

Staff collaborating together

Staff members have been working together and collaborating to create belief statements that represents their school; a warm, inviting, loving and conducive place for learning.

Just like this Husky, take time to enjoy the wintery scenery of January!

Bulldogs

Bulldogs were awarded a game day for having the most principal points for the month of December!

6th Grade students "Bulldogs" enjoyed a fun afternoon of games for winning the monthly principal points!

The path you choose, can lead to success!

AVID Events

avid at mcginnis

AVID students participated in a mock trial during ancient Greek times in Mr. Vazquez's Social Studies class. Miss Parlamis was a Greek woman accused of a crime and there was a public hearing with a jury and students had to determine if she was guilty or innocent. Miss Parlamis (Greek herself) explained the woman's Greek outfit/costume she was wearing as part of the cultural aspect of the lesson.

The students in Mr. Vazquez's class had a great time learning and participating in the mock trial and being able to see first hand what a democratic government consist of. They loved all of the cultural information they gained from Miss Parlamis' explanation.

avid holiday night

AVID students participated in the annual AVID family holiday night!

Students and their siblings had a great time at AVID family night!

scavenger hunt

7th grade students participated in a scavenger hunt in search of Greek philosophers and their achievements.

Students had fun searching for clues and making discoveries during the scavenger hunt!

"Kindness is like snow, it beautifies everything it covers." (Kahlil Gibran)

2020 has arrived!

Upcoming events are as follows:

February 12 Early Dismissal for students at 12:40pm due to parent/teacher conferences from 12:50-2:30pm.

February 13 Early Dismissal for students at 12:40pm due to parent/teacher conferences from 6:00-8:00pm.

February 14 Valentine's Day Dance 5:00-8:00pm.

February 17 - No School in observance of Presidents' Day

February 20 Early Dismissal for students at 12:40pm due to staff development

We hope you have enjoyed our newsletter!

If you want to know someone's mind, listen to their words, if you want to know someone's heart, watch their actions!

Remember, keep warm and be on the look out for more exciting events!

Appreciate

Credits:

Created with images by Ian Schneider - "Snow trees on trail" • Pigoff PhotographY - "For the fullres photo, please contact me at pigoff@gmail.com" • Mira Kemppainen - "When I was visiting the home village Sodankylä everything was covered with ice." • Element5 Digital - "untitled image" • Mekht - "untitled image" • Toa Heftiba - "Cozy Christmas coffee" • Priscilla Du Preez - "First of all, I wish you could smell what I was smelling from the front of the dogsled- dog flatulence. Dog sledding was one of the coolest and most Canadian experiences I’ve ever done, and that’s coming from a Canadian! It was cold yet exhilarating, and about -40C with the windchill (and flatulence)." • Alora Griffiths - "untitled image" • Riley Sullivan - "untitled image" • Jericho Cervantes - "untitled image" • Bob Canning - "Christmas morning winter wonderland in Island Park Idaho." • Oxana Lyashenko - "untitled image"