Mustangs` Musings - METS Charter School

M.E.T.S. Charter School
Volume 2, Issue 28
Mustangs’
Musings DARE TO BE EXTRAORDINARY
May 8, 2015
Now Accepting
Resumes for Board
Standing Committee
Members....Finance/
Facilities, Education
and Human Resources
Committee openings.
lead@metscharterschool.org
Hey M.E.T.S. Charter
School, have you
hopped on the reading
train? Don't forget to
PARCC Testing Make-Up and Half Day
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Classes will dismiss at 12:45 P.M. to
accommodate for Make-Up PARCC
testing. Students who will need to stay
to make-up sections of the PARCC test
will be notified by Tuesday, May 12.
Lunch will be served to all students.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 4:30—8:00 P.M.
Immediate Middle School Openings!
We are hosting an open house for prospective students to get
a better understanding of who we are and what M.E.T.S. has
to offer. We are currently accepting applications for grades 612 for the current school year and the upcoming school year.
Please let your friends and family know.
read and log your books
with your English
teachers. The students
who read at least 25
books between now and
June 15th will receive
entry tickets into a raffle
for a Kindle Fire HD, and
the class that logs at
least 10 books for each
student between now
and May 30th will
receive entries into a
raffle for a trip to
Hershey Park. What are
you waiting for? Hop on
the reading train and
start logging those books
today! May the most avid
readers win!
Hey parents!
Yearbooks are on sale
now! Don't miss the
opportunity to look back
on your child's school
year and cherish the
memories with them.
Middle school yearbooks
are $34.25 and high
school yearbooks are
$36.25. These prices are
included in graduation
dues for grades 8 and 12.
Congratulations
to Brianna
Fiandaca on
her acceptance to
NJCU and Jojenet
Encarnacion on her
acceptances to NJCU
and
and Rutgersa
Camden!
Congratulations to
Seniors Dreiana
Halley & Sabrina
Cruz who took first
place and first
DARE TO BE EXTRAORDINARY
runner up at the
Jersey Citywide
Debutante Cotillion
held on April 25 at
Casino in the Park!
8th Grade Upcoming Dates to Keep in Mind

Friday, May 15th—Spring Formal: 7-11 P.M., $40.00, Bayonne Knights of Columbus

Wednesday, May 20th—Ring Ceremony: 6:30 P.M., M.E.T.S. Charter School

Monday, June 15th—Graduation and Field Trip Fees Due: $60.00/ $45.00

Thursday, June 25th—Eighth Grade Field Trip: Six Flags Great Adventure, $45.00 (due
Monday, June 15th)

Friday, June 26th—Eighth Grade Graduation: 9:30 A.M.
12th Grade Upcoming Dates to Keep in Mind

Monday, June 15th—Graduation Fees Due: $60.00

Wednesday, May 20th—Ring Ceremony: 8:00 P.M., M.E.T.S. Charter School

Thursday, May 28th—Senior Prom: 6:30-11:30 P.M., Waterside Restaurant and Catering

Wednesday, June 24th—Senior Class Field Trip: $45.00, Trip to the Beach (due Monday,
June 15th)

Friday, June 26th—Senior Class Graduation: 12:30 P.M.
Junior Class Trip: Tuesday, June 23rd—The Field Trip was chosen by
the Junior Class to have instead of a Junior Prom. They will be going to the beach. The
trip will cost $45.00 per student which is due by Monday, June 15.
It’s Finally Here! Senior Prom tickets are now on sale for $90.00 a piece. Prom
will be on Thursday, May 28th at Waterside Restaurant and Catering located at
7800 River Road, North Bergen, New Jersey. Cocktail hour begins at 6:30 P.M.
The Reception will be from 7:30 P.M. to 11:30 P.M.
Mighty Mustangs Athletics
Don’t miss these upcoming games!
Saturday, May 9th Softball vs. Bergen Tech @ Bergen Academies 10:00 A.M.
Tuesday, May 12th Volleyball @ North Star Academy 4:00 P.M.
What’s Happening at M.E.T.S.?
May 2015
Sun
Mon
3
Tue
Wed
4 PARCC
5 PARCC
 11:00 AM Start
 11:00 AM Start Gr.  11:00 AM Start Gr.  11:00 AM Start Gr.
Gr. 6-8
Gr. 9-12
Gr. 6-8
9-12
6 PARCC
Thu
Gr. 9-11
6-8, 12
7 PARCC
Gr. 9-11
Fri
1
Sat
2 SAT—
Grade 11
8 All students 9
arrive by
8:00am
6-8, 12
Chem. & Psych.
AP Exams
Open House
4:30-8:00pm
Title I Committee Mtg
4:30 pm
10
11 Physics and 12 Political
Biology AP Exams
Science AP Exam
Mothers’
Day
13
17
20 Ring
18
19
Ceremony:
14 Carnival 15 4th MP
Night for
middle school
students 68:30pm
21
22 1/2 Day 23
Spring Show
7pm
Spring Show
7pm
 MS 6:30-8pm
 HS 8-9:30pm
M.E.T.S. Board of
Trustees Meeting
7pm
24
25
Memorial
Day: School
Closed
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Spring
Formal—
Grades 8, 9, and
10: 7-11pm
Classes: InService
Training
26 NJ Biology 27 NJ Biology 28 Senior 29
Exam
Exam
NJ ASK—8th
Grade Science
16
Progress Reports
Prom 6:3011:30pm
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Open House 4:308:00pm
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What’s Happening at M.E.T.S.?
June 2015
Sun
Mon
1
Tue
2
Wed
3
Thu
4 National
Fri
5
Sat
6 SAT—
Honor Society
and National
Junior Honor
Society
Induction
Grade 11
7
8 Schoolwide 9
10 Open
11
12
13
14
15 Final
17
18
19
20
21
22 Final
25 8th Grade 26
27
Title I
Committee
Meeting 4:30pm
Exams—Half
Day Classes,
No Lunch
Served
16
House 4:30—
8:00pm
23 Half Day 24 Half Day
Exams Make- Classes, No
Classes, No
Up—Half
Lunch Served Lunch Served
Day Classes, Junior Class Trip Senior Class Trip
No Lunch
Served
Open House
Field Trip
Graduation:
8th—9:30am
12th—12:30pm
4:30—8:00pm
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