BRIXNER JUNIOR HIGH NEWSLETTER

May 2010 Issue 6
BRIXNER JUNIOR HIGH NEWSLETTER
STUDENT COUNCIL ELECTION
RESULTS
After collecting student signatures, campaigning for a week and giving speeches,
the students have chosen their student
council for the 2010-11 school year.
President: Anthony Hanseth
Vice President: Aubrie Balkwell
Secretary: Molly Baldock
Treasurer: Kaleb Winebarger
Congratulations!
There will also be about 25 students
chosen to be student council representatives. These students will take Leadership as an elective next year and will
organize all of our student activities such
as assemblies, spirit week, the Extravaganza and the 8th-grade Celebration.
Ready, Aim, Release! Students in Mr. Morey’s enrichment
class, Health and Wellness, learned the fine art of Archery as
one of the activities. Left picture: Kaley Pinner
Right picture: Willy Howard
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May & June calendar of events
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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6 Mazama incoming 9th gr
Open House
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13 Incoming 7th 14
grade
OPEN HOUSE
7-8:00 PM
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Mazama 9th gr registration at Brixner
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Forecasting for 8th grade classes
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25 Pelican
Cinema
Field Trip
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Memorial Day
JUNE
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218th grade
Celebration
6:00-8:30 pm
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LAST DAY OF
SCHOOL
BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
Reading books can earn students prize money.
8th-grade students were divided into groups of 4
or 5 and each team needed to read 15 books.
Now the students are competing against other
teams to see who can answer questions about
the books. Each morning in advisory there are
book battles in classrooms around the building.
An advisory teacher reads the questions and
each team has an opportunity to
answer with the book title and the author.
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STATE ASSESSMENTS
We have finished the first round of state
assessments in reading, math and science.
Student who did not meet the benchmark
the first time, will have at least one more
opportunity to take the test. As an incentive we are rewarding those who pass two
tests with a movie at Pelican Cinemas. On
May 25 we will go to the theater to see
Shrek Forever After (PG). You can
expect to see a permission slip coming
home the week of May17. Please let the
school know if you do not want your
child to see the movie.
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EXTRAVAGANZA
Upper left: Bumper Bodies! Dustin
Carter and Cameron Geigle bounce
each other around.
Above: Candance Hatley, Larrysa
Buxman, Layla Chergosky, Amy
Wade and Hannah Snoozy are
enjoying hanging out together.
Left: Pigging out on Pizza! Jason
Brown, Julian Slowey and James
Shelton see how much pizza they
can eat.
Above: Rock ‘em Sock ‘em! Jesse Lewis
and Aaron Kirby try to knock each other
off the podiums.
Left: I can sing. A group of students led
by Josyln Crewse and Nick Morse showed
off their abilities by singing karaokee for
the others at the Extravaganza.
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Question & Answer
ORDER YOUR
YEARKBOOK
NOW!
$20.00
There are only a few left.
You can pay at the office.
You can also purchase yearbooks
from last year for $5.00.
Crazy Hats. Each day of spirit week was a
dress up day. Christopher Warren, Mrs. Sundet,
Cameron Geigle and Devon Wood show off their
spirit by wearing crazy hats on Tuesday of spirit
week. Monday was pajama day, Wednesday
was Blast from the Past, and Thursday was
school colors. There was also a spirit assembly
on Thursday.
Q: My 13-year-old has a page on a social networking
site. I checked it out and was surprised and sad to
read what she said. She talked about going to parties
where alcohol was served, and described getting
“wasted”. We have had a serious talk and we are taking steps to address this issue. But other kids I know
have similar comments on their pages. Should I be telling their parents? The school?
A: Social networking sites, such as MySpace and
Facebook are new way for teens to communicate.
Where teens in the 1950s met at the malt shop and
teens of later years met at the mall, today’ teens meet
each other online.
The sites provide a great way for young people to
share information about themselves. But, as with any
online conversation, what they say may not always be
the truth.
In addition, there can be consequences. Employers
and colleges regularly check out students’ web pages
to see what young people say about themselves. And
once that information is posted, it can live forever.
Even after your teen deletes the information form her
page, an older version may be stored on someone
else’s computer.
Should parents know what is said on their kids’ home
pages? Absolutely. Safety is always an issue when
posting things on line. But teens may also face legal
trouble because of what they have written or the pictures they have posted. Not long ago, a local police
department prosecuted students for underage drinking
that they had bragged about on a social networking
site.
The Parent Institute
Related Local News: Recently several junior high
students were fighting on a weekend. The fights were
recorded and posted on YouTube. These fights
caused many students to be cited by the police for various infractions. Unfortunately people throughout
Klamath Falls and the entire webworld were able to
watch these fights online. Is this what we want our
community to be known for?
Check out the Brixner
Junior high webpage at:
brixner@kcsd.k12.or.us
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