October 31st November 4th, 2016 FALCON NEWS Katherine L. Albiani Middle School Weekly Family Update Challenges are what make life interesting and overcog them is what makes life meaningful -Joshua J. Marine School Loop If you haven t signed up for your own School Loop Account Please do so ASAP! go to: http://www.ams.schoolloop.com/ And click on the Register Now button! UPCOMING PARENT EVENTS: 11/4 AVID Field Trip to UOP 11/3-11/5, 11/9 & 11/12 Sister Act 11/11 No School Veterans Day 11/18 Be Your Best Orange Day 11/21-11/25 Fall Break 11/30 7th Grade Rally/ 8th Grade PSAT 12/1-12/12 Door Decorating Contest 12/5 12/9 Holiday Book Fair 12/8-12/9 Drama Club Winter Show 6:30 PM 12/15 & 12/16 Minimum Days 1219-1/3/17 Winter Break 1/3/17 Pre-service Day (No School for Students) School Site Council: Next meeting is January 10th, 2017 UPCOMING STUDENT EVENTS: October 2016 10/28-11/4 Red Ribbon Week (Details below) 11/10 Veterans Assembly 11/16 Student of the Month Lunch 11/18 Be Your Best Orange Day 11/30 7th Grade Rally/ 8th Grade PSAT 12/9 Food Frenzy 12/15 Ugly Sweater Day 12/16 PJ Day ELA Grade 7-12 Instructional Materials Preview Day Tuesday, November 1, 2016 3:00-6:00 PM Robert L. Trigg Education Center All parents, students, teachers, adistrators, and other community members are invited to preview the grades 7-12 ELA core instructional materials currently being piloted in classrooms throughout the Elk Grove Unified School District-. District representatives will be present to answer questions and Feedback forms will be available. SpringBoard (publisher: College Board) Collections (publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Red Ribbon Week October 28th November 4th Monday 10/31: Disguise Yourself from Drugs! Wear your favorite fun, non- violent costume (no masks or clown costumes please) Tuesday 11/1: Don t Get Tied Down by Smoking Tobacco! Wear Bows and Bow ties Wednesday 11/2: Boot out Drugs! Wear Boots or Dress Western Thursday 11/3: Too Smart for Drugs! Wear your College Gear Friday 11/4: Team up Against Drugs! Twin Day
8 TH GRADE BASKETBALL A HUGE round of applause for all Falcons who tried out for 8 th grade basketball! You are courageous for putting yourself out there and reaching for your dreams. If you didn t make it this time, do not let that discourage you from working hard, getting better, and continuing to go for it! CONGRATULATIONS to those selected to our 2016 Girls and Boys Basketball Teams! You are amazing and should be proud of your accomplishment! See you in the gym! PLAYER/PARENT MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 MK12 Please make every reasonable effort to attend. Girls 4:30-5:15pm Boys 5:20-6:05pm First games are this THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 at home in the KS gym versus Smedberg! Girls will play first at 4:15pm. Boys will play immediately following the girls game. $3 adults, $1 middle and high school students, KS students with ASB sticker and children younger than middle school age are FREE. Concessions sold for $1 each. Small bills GREATLY appreciated! Student-athletes - please arrive at the gym dressed and ready to take on Smedberg! Falcon Fans we hope to see you there to cheer on your fellow Falcons! Always remember to be loud, proud, and positive! You are all representatives of KS! WRESTLING Calling all girls and all boys from KS AND all girls and all boys in 3 rd grade and up from KS feeder elementary schools (Adreani, Baety, Cosumnes, Dillard, Pleasant Grove, Sierra Enterprise, and Sunrise), it s time for wresting season! There are no tryouts for wrestling. There are not cuts for wrestling. In order to condition, practice, and/or compete, you must have an athletic clearance packet on file in the athletic office (even if you are an elementary student.) Wrestling Conditioning begins November 7, from 4-6pm. Wrestling Practice begins November 28, from 4-6pm. Wrestler/Parent Meeting November 30. Please make every reasonable effort to attend. Tournaments are on Saturdays beginning in December and running through March for boys and through April for girls. For more information, please see the general wrestling flyers and girls wrestling flyer attached to this newsletter/email. CROSS COUNTRY and VOLLEYBALL UNIFORM RETURN If you have not yet turned in your uniform, please do so ASAP to avoid a fine. For those playing basketball and/or wrestling, you will not be issued another uniform form, until the one you already have is either paid for or returned. Please see Ms. Couchot if you have questions. See Attachments: Wrestling General Information & Wrestling Girl s Information Monthly Clerical Meeting: Thursday. November 3rd, 2016 Student Services Office will be closed 7:30 8:30
Do you have a family member who is currently serving in the military or who has served in our military? Katherine Albiani Middle School will be honoring all military members and families in a special assembly Date: Thursday, November 10, 2015 Time: 1st Assembly 9:48 a.m. 2nd Assembly a.m. Place: Katherine Albiani Middle School nasium 9140 Bradshaw Road, Elk Grove, Ca 95624 Help Albiani students celebrate the importance of patriotism by showing appreciation to our amazing veterans. Coffee and pastries on the Multi Purpose Stage before 1st Assembly at 9. Reception on our Multi Purpose Stage following our 2nd Assembly at NOON. If you are attending the assembly the bell schedule is on the next page. It includes which classes will be attending which of the two assemblies.
KS VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY November 10, 2016- (schedule 3) Period 1 9:00-9: After 1st Period & 10-ute break, all students go directly to their 2nd period class to be escorted by their teacher. Leave Back packs in classroom (Assembly) 9:48 - (class) - 7 th grade Lunch - 12:28 PM Period 1 65 65 9:00-9: After 1st Period & 10-ute break, all students go directly to their 2nd period class to be escorted by their teacher. Leave backpacks in classroom (class) 9:48 - (Assembly) - 30 Period 3 12:03 PM - 12:36 PM 65 65 Beaudin Brown Birchard Buccola Campbell Carlton Marchant Gustafson McLaughl Haight Mederios Hampton Ortega Hendryx Pereira Howard Prim Johnson Sidhu McEntee Souliere McTizic Stewart Metesser Trengove Morris Trice Rubiales Ueyama Schwartz Wagner Seto, D. Period 3 12: PM - 1:06 PM 8 th grade Lunch 12:36 PM - 1:06 PM 30 Period 4 1:11 PM - 1:44 PM Period 4 1:11 PM - 1:44 PM 2:22 Period 5 1:49 PM - 2:22 PM Period 5 1:49 PM - PM Period 6 2:27 PM - 3:00 PM Period 6 2:27 PM - 3:00 PM TEACH- ER Entrance TEACHER Entrance Aguilar Allen Grigsby Chu Hall Couchot Hills DuShane LaChapelle Evans Ladd- Band Gongwer Leon Gress Washington Seto, T. Wojan Swain Vaughn
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