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Col. John Wheeler Middle School
401 West Joliet Street Crown Point, IN 46307
(219) 663-2173 (219) 662-4378 (fax) Tim Vassar, Principal
Deb Zych, Assistant Principal
Kristin Bonez, Guidance Counselor
Kim Doolin, Home School Facilitator
Mark Croell, Athletic Director
Volume 5, Issue 2
The Colonel’s Chronicle Colonel John Wheeler Middle School
Calendar of Events
Oct. 4 PTA Meeting 6:30 p.m. Internet Safety Presentation Oct. 13 8th Grade Parent’s Mtg. 6:30 p.m.—Auditeria Oct. 17-21 Autumn Scholastic Book Fair (on-line sale 10/11-10/24) Oct. 20 Choir Concert 7:00 p.m. Oct.24-28 Red Ribbon Week Oct. 25 “Spooktacular” Band/ Orchestra Concert 7:00 p.m. Oct. 28-31 Fall Recess—No School Nov. 1 PTA Meeting 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6 Daylight Savings Time Set clocks back one hour Nov. 12 PTA Craft/Vendor Fair 9:00—3:00
Principal’s Perspective
October, 2011
We are now officially past the halfway point of the first academic quarter. I strongly encourage parents to maintain communications with your child’s team of teachers. Our school embraces the opportunity to work together with you in an effort to provide a successful experience during your child’s time at “The Colonel.”
Our fall athletic programs will conclude in the next few weeks. Winter sports begin later this month with boys’ basketball for grades 7-8 and wrestling for all three grades. Girls’ basketball does not begin until December. Physical examination forms must be completed prior to participation. Any questions regarding the athletic program should be directed to our Athletic Director, Mark Croell, at extension 13257.
School will not be in session on both Friday, October 28th and Monday, Octo-ber 31st due to Fall Break.
Next month, our 8th graders will take the ACT Explore examination. This will be administered here at school by both our teachers and CPHS staff. The results of this exam will be used as part of the class placements for freshmen year as well as a monitor of college and career readiness. Questions about this exam should be directed to our Guidance Counselor, Kristin Bonez, at extension 13102.
Enjoy the start of Fall – hopefully we will have an extended Indian Summer!
Tim Vassar
Principal
TEAM NEWS
Fall is here. It is hard to believe that summer is behind us and winter is quickly approaching. Continue to check your child’s agenda daily for assignments and upcoming tests. Our website can be accessed through the Wheeler homepage.
First period math will be applying rational numbers in Chapter 3. We will be studying decimal and fraction operations and applications. Periods 2 and 7 will be finishing up number theory and fractions in Chapter 4 and will begin Chapter 5, Number theory and Fractions. Before fall break, students will be taking a quarterly exam covering all areas of study this quarter. The quarterly test counts as 10% of a student’s total math grade.
For science this month, we will continue with our study of planetary science. We will be focusing on seasons, moon phases, and the Solar System. We will be learning how seasons are related to the amount of solar energy transferred to Earth, which is af-fected by latitude, the tilt of Earth's axis, revolution, and rotation. We will be taking our field trip to the Challenger Learning Center the first week of October. The students will participate in “Mission to Mars”.
In Social Studies, we continue to work on the various strategies for reading, summarizing, taking notes, and comprehension of non-fiction text with a concentration on Ancient Rome, Chapter 13. Students will complete an Ancient Rome webquest. Contin-ue checking the website for homework and informational updates. Please note that Social Studies homework is subject to change.
All language arts classes are working on narrative writing this quarter.
The following novels are being studied as well:
Helmuth – A Wrinkle in Time Howard and Croell – Tuck Everlasting
Amy Helmuth [email protected] Patti Croell [email protected] Anna Howard [email protected]
TEAM C.S.I.—SIXTH GRADE
LEARNSTRONG—SIXTH GRADE
We would like to take this opportunity to make you aware of the activities that will be taking place in our class-rooms throughout the month of October.
In math, Mrs. Govert will be working with fractions and decimals. While in social studies, we will complete our Ancient Greece unit and begin taking a look at Ancient Rome. In science, Mrs. Pearson will be utilizing this month to discuss the solar system. Finally, in Language Arts we will be starting the novels The Phantom Tollbooth (Pearson and Govert) or Bud, Not Buddy (Balind), and we will continue writing our narrative essays.
Thank you,
Mr. Balind
Mrs. Govert
Mrs. Pearson
Ms. Tuskan
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TEAM DENALI MOUNTAIN TOP NEWS—SEVENTH GRADE
Parents, please remember to check your son/daughter’s agenda book as well as their academic standing on RDS! Thank you.
In Science, we are continuing with our Earth Science unit. We will be studying Rocks, Minerals, and Plate Tecton-ics.
For math, please be checking your student’s agenda book and/or my daily website calendar for assignments and information on upcoming events. The RDS portal is a great way to keep up on how your child is doing on daily as-signments and tests. The 1st round of Acuity testing will take place on October 4th and the 1st Quarter Cumula-tive exam will be on Oct. 20th.
In Social Studies, we will be covering the Arabian Peninsula and Central Asia. We will be examining the geogra-phy, history and culture of these areas. Please check my calendar on the Colonel Wheeler web site for a weekly schedule of assignments and homework. Updating the agenda book daily will help keep up with daily work.
Mrs. Bateman looks forward to returning at the end of October. She is excited to begin inquiry reading with your student.
In English Lab, we will be learning the function of a preposition in a sentence and how the use of prepositions en-hances writing. We will be learning characterization and understanding how characters are involved in the plot of a story.
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The Timbers are not becoming dormant for winter!
Tall Timber students are actively involved in many activities during the month of October. Probably most important in the students’ minds is getting ready to go to the Challenger Learning Center. In science they are preparing for the upcoming October trip and students will be going either on the 10th or the 17th of this month. They will also be going to study the phases of the moon. Social studies classes will be leaving behind the geography standards units and begin the study of the Ancient Greek civilization. Math students in the honors class will begin working with algebraic equations and integers. Regular math classes will study all four operations with decimals, prime factorization, and divisibility. Problem solving is always a focus of study in math classes and students will be preparing for the quarterly exam to be taken prior to the end of the grading period. Language arts classes will continue with their reading of novels, either Hatchet or A Wrinkle in Time. Narrative writing is the focus of this quarter and journal writing continues. We will also be doing a fall nature observation to promote descriptive writ-ing and continue with diagramming of sentence parts. Spelling and vocabulary lists of study come from the novel at hand or from Greek and Latin word roots and homophones. Grammar units include pronouns, adjectives and adverbs and daily oral language mini-lessons.
Also beginning in October, students from the high school come to our classrooms to talk about relational aggression, the term we of older generations know more likely as bullying. They will come once a month through the spring to spend time discussing, instructing, and role playing many activities with our students through a program known as C.A.S.S., which stands for Creating a Safe School. It quickly becomes one of the more popular activities of sixth grade!
Finally, we just finished taking the first round of Acuity tests. The results will help us to regroup our RTI classes and develop lessons to remediate any missing skills your children have in language arts and math or challenge them to think be-yond! We close the month with the end of the grading period, when students will need all twelve points for their AR points. Grade cards are online, so be prepared to check them the last week of October, and then enjoy the four-day weekend including Halloween!
TALL TIMBERS—SIXTH GRADE
TEAM KALAHARI—SEVENTH GRADE
Team:
We are already more than half-way through the first quarter and the school year is in full swing. Remember to make sure students are keeping their agenda books up-to-date to stay organized, as this is one of the keys to stu-dent success. Please feel free to visit our individual webpages on the Colonel Wheeler webpage, under Team/Teacher Sites, where, aside from class information, we also list our daily homework assignments. RDS is also a great way to keep an eye on your child’s progress. Please feel free to contact us at any time, as communica-tion is one of the most critical factors in student success. You can contact us at [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] with any questions.
Core Classes:
In Science, we are in a “Rockin’ Unit” covering Rocks and Minerals. Students will learn different types of rocks and minerals, work to identify different rocks based on their properties, and understand that the rock cycle is a process that takes place from past to present. This month in Math, we will wrap up our work with Chapter 2, and begin Chapter 3. Chapter 3 deals with addition, subtraction, division and multiplication of decimals and fractions. Dur-ing the first week of October we will also be taking Acuity tests, and during the third week we will take our quar-terly exam. This exam will be a large factor in students’ grades for the quarter. In Mr. Betz's Social Studies class the students will be learning the history and geography of Southwest and Central Asia.
This month in English, the students just finished our first essay and acuity testing. We will start our next short story unit, emphasizing comprehension and basic literary terms.
Lab Classes:
In Math lab, we are taking real life situations and bringing it to the classroom. The students have been learning how to be creative problem solvers and critical thinkers as we continue our unit on problem solving. They have been using various strategies to solve problems with the help of their group members. During the next unit we will be using a financial context to expand on the students' knowledge of integers.
In Language Arts lab, we will be learning the function of a preposition in a sentence and how the use of preposi-tions enhances writing. We will also be learning characterization and understanding how characters are involved in the plot of a story.
TEAM LEGENDS—EIGHTH GRADE
In English, the students of Team Legends will be studying poetry. They will read poems various types of poems such as odes, elegies and sonnets by a variety of authors including John Keats, Amy Lowell and William Shake-speare. The students will explore elements of poetry such as similes, metaphors, imagery and hyperbole.
In Science, the students will be working on Chemical reactions galore and a crime scene which will occur soon. This will be a great activity for the students to learn about detective work and to use problem-solving skills.
In Math, we will be working on Geometry (Areas and Volumes). The students will know the area and volume for-mulas of shapes like rectangles and squares. This is an attempt to explain all the basic area and volume formulas. We will start with the easy ones and build up to the more difficult formulas for the area and volume of two and three dimensional objects.
In Social Studies, we are exploring the 13 original colonies in class. The students are working on a group project that requires them to explore interesting facts about their colony and the people that lived there. This activity is called the “Colonel Marketing Kit.” They are also learning about the “First Thanksgiving” with the Wampanoag Indians and the English colonists. They will be doing an online scavenger hunt that requires them to learn about the Pilgrims and the many tribes of the 1600’s.
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Welcome to Alpha Dogs section of the Chronicle –
There are many exciting activities happening within our classes.
In math, we will be working with various geometric concepts including volume, surface area, and 3D constructions. We will also be discussing various 2D objects and their properties.
Within physical science, students are continuing to work with the periodic table and its elements. Students are investing how bonds are formed, physical and chemical properties, and how chemistry is applied in the lab.
During social studies class, we will be studying the 13 Original Colonies, and recognize the properties that lead to the beginning of the American Revolution. We will also be working on a group project called the Colony Press Kit. Throughout this activity, the students will research the Colonies in depth. The project is due on Oct. 5th.
English class is beginning a new project titled “All About Me From A to Z.” This project requires the students to research their family history and create several different papers based upon family and their perspective while growing up. Throughout this experience, expect your children to come to you researching their family backgrounds and sharing different stories that they have experienced growing up.
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TEAM TITANS—EIGHTH GRADE
In Pre-Algebra, students are using the order of operations to simplify numerical and algebraic expressions. They are also working with integers, properties of numbers, and the distributive property.
In Algebra, students are solving equations and inequalities. They will be introduced to absolute value equations and compound inequalities this month.
In English, we will be focusing on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and other suspenseful stories.
In Social Studies, we will be studying the Colonial Period. We will discuss why the English colonized in America. Then we will study the problems created by the English. Finally, we will fight the Revolutionary War.
In October, we will first dive into CSI and relate the chemistry of a crime scene investigation. The students will partici-pate in a hands-on “who-did-it?” Then we will further explore the world of Chemical reactions. Students will be using their knowledge of the elements and the periodic table to predict the outcome of an experiment.
TEAM ALPHA DOGS—EIGHTH GRADE
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DEPARTMENT NEWS
Welcome to Col. John Wheeler Middle School Athletics. We offer a number of sports for each grade level:
Fall: 7th and 8th Grade Football
7th & 8th Grade Girls’ Volleyball
6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Cross Country
Winter: 7th & 8th Grade Boys and Girls Basketball
6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Boys’ Wrestling
Spring: 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Track and Field
7th Grade Football (Last 2 weeks of May)
Please use the Athletic Doors (Back of School) located off Walnut Street for all dropping off and picking up student-athletes. Please use these doors to enter athletic events.
Grade Policy for the 2011-2012 school year has been updated. Eligibility will be determined at every progress report and report card. Any athlete failing more than 1 class will be ineligible until the next progress report or report card. The athlete must meet eligibility criteria to become eligible.
Athletic Physicals are mandatory for each athlete. Physical forms can be picked up in the main office. Physicals are good from May 1, 2011 until May 30, 2012. An athlete must have a physical every year. Athletes cannot tryout or par-ticipate until this form is turned in. Athletes must only have a physical once during each year.
All athletes must pay a transportation fee for each sport they participate in. The fee is $25 per season.
7th and 8th grade Boys Basketball Tryouts: Wednesday and Thursday, October 19th and 20th. 3-5 PM
6th, 7th and 8th grade Wrestling Practice: Wednesday, October 19th. 3-4:15PM, Thursday and Friday, 3-5.
All athletic schedules are posted on the following website: http://www.cps.k12.in.us/wheeler/site/default.asp
The Athletic Calendar is in the left hand column.
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT NEWS
GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT NEWS
October 21st is the end of the grading period. Report cards will be going home with students on
Wednesday October 26th.
Students who received a score of PASS+ on English/ Math ISTEP will be receiving information
regarding the Midwest Talent Search. This program allows students to take the ACT Explore,
ACT, or SAT tests.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEWS
Health Department
October has arrived!!! Please remember to practice good hygiene habits in order to avoid illness, especially as the winter months approach and we are all inside more.
Please remember that you can keep track of your student’s grade on RDS. If you ever have questions about their grades, please contact their health teacher. The end of the nine weeks is at the end of October. Now is the time to try and bring grades up, not a week before the end of the grading period.
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Autumn Book Fair It's about books! It's about your children! It's about fun! It's our Autumn Scholastic Book Fair - a special type of Book Fair for our entire school community, being held at Col. John Wheeler Middle School Media Center from October 17-21, 2011. More information regarding the Fair can be found at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/colonel.
Please take a moment to look at the book brochure every student will bring home for a preview of the types of books featured at the upcoming Fair. Brochures will be distributed to students October 13 and 14. Don’t forget that you can also shop the Scholastic Online Book Fair for Wheeler Middle School by going to this link: http://www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs/2875673. The Online Fair will be open from October 11-24, 2011.
As always, Scholastic Book Fairs offers quality products to your family and our community to help us encourage recrea-tional reading with our children. A portion of the sales benefits the Wheeler Media Center. Cash, check or credit/debit cards may be used to make purchases.
Young Hoosier Book Program The Young Hoosier Book Program has begun and we need your help to encourage your son/daughter to participate. The purpose of the Young Hoosier Book Award Program (YHBA) is to stimulate recreational reading among middle school students and to encourage cooperation among administrators, school media specialists, and teachers in providing reading experiences for Indiana school students. The goal for each interested student is to read at least 5 of 20 preselected books by April 27, 2012 so that the student may vote for his/her favorite book of the year. Each vote is counted at the state level with a book announced as the state winner in May. Voting days are April 30, May 1 and May 2, 2012. A list of the Young Hoosier Books for 2010-2011 may be accessed on the school's website at http://www.cps.k12.in.us/167020101145323603/site/default.asp. Students who complete the Young Hoosier Book Program will receive an award and those students who read all 20 of the Young Hoosier Books for this school year will receive an additional prize! Please encourage your son or daughter to take advantage of this great reading program!
AR Reading Contests The Media Center is sponsoring AR Reading Contests with prizes courtesy of Barnes and Noble. One student from each grade level who earns the most Accelerated Reader points by Friday, April 27, 2012 will be the winner.
Overdue Books Please help your son or daughter to remember to return their library materials in a timely manner. Each book or maga-zine has a date due card in the pocket. If the item needs to be renewed, the student must bring it to the Media Cen-ter. We do not renew materials over the telephone or by email. Overdue notices are distributed to students once a week through their teams and weekly emails are also sent to parents.
Teen Read Week The Young Adult Library Services Association and Wheeler Media Center will be celebrating Teen Read Week, October 17-21. As part of this event, we’re challenging you to create a visual version of your favorite book’s title for the 2011 Teen Read Week Photo Contest. Any student or group of students (3 maximum), ages 13-18 who has permission of a parent or guardian may enter. All photo entries must be an original work made between August 1, 2011 and October 31, 2011. There is no fee for submitting the entry. You may enter as many times as you like. An entry form must be sub-mitted to the Association by October 31, 2011. Guidelines, contest rules, and prize information may be picked up in the Media Center.
MEDIA CENTER NEWS
CAFETERIA
Crown Point Community Schools has earned national recognition for our schools because they meet high standards in school nutrition. Please know that we support school lunches that are brought from home but remember to help us by packing healthy items for our students. Fast food items don’t always meet the criteria set by USDA and the Healthier US School Challenge Award and are not welcomed in our cafeterias. The Crown Point Community School Corporation encourages you to support our efforts to create a healthy school nutrition environment.
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PTA
Internet Safety Presentation – You can never know too much about protecting your child(ren) from the many dangers of the internet! Our guest speaker is George Tachtiris, Director of Technology/Media for the Crown Point Schools. The presentation is on Tuesday, October 4th at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of Colonel Wheeler, located within the main doors. He will be covering:
Inappropriate Contact –Teach kids how to recognize and protect themselves against contact with cyber-bullies, hackers, phishers, and predators. People aren't always who they say they are. Teach kids to keep away from Internet strangers: the Internet is a place to enhance existing relationships, not a place to meet new people.
Inappropriate Content- This includes both content that is viewed and content that is uploaded by kids. Help kids un-derstand that the Internet is forever: Everything they post online is tracked and stored and will follow them to future job interviews and college entrance interviews.
Inappropriate Conduct – Because the web environment can feel anonymous, some youth become dis-inhibited. Teach kids that the Internet is a public forum. Anonymity is a myth. Help them be the good person online that they are when they're off line. He will also offer some tips and resources for parents. The presentation is for parents/guardians/grandparents only – no children.
8th Grade Parents - Please join us on October 13th at 6:30 p.m. as the Colonel Wheeler PTA hosts the administration from Crown Point High School as they share important information and dates about the 8th grade to 9th grade transition process. Information on the scheduling process, ACT Explore testing, and orientation will be shared. We will meet in Colonel Wheeler’s Auditeria.
Holiday Shopping – Get a jump-start to your holiday shopping! We will be hosting our 3rd Craft and Vendor Fair on November 12th from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Colonel Wheeler. We have a few spots still available for crafters and vendors if you are interested in joining us! Email [email protected] for more information.
Stadium Chairs and Rhinestone Bulldog T-Shirts – Does your bottom get sore sitting on hard bleachers? We have a solution! We are selling customizable Bulldog Stadium Chairs that are of such high quality they will last for years and years! Check out the picture on the Colonel Wheeler website. Chairs can be purchased through the main office for $39.95 – they make great gifts! We also are selling Rhinestone Bulldog and Bulldog Mom t-shirts for $22 in red and black. Email us at [email protected] for more information.
PTA Meetings – Join us and help give input to our many plans throughout the school year! We promise we won’t as-sign you to anything you don’t want to be a part of! Mr. Vassar joins us each month to share school happenings and answer parent questions. We’d love to see you there! Our meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. (October 4th and November 1st are the next two dates) in the Community Room.
Reflections – We are proud to once again participate in the National Reflections Arts Program! This program recogniz-es the wonderful artistic talents of children and we’ve had many students win awards at the state and national levels! This year’s theme is “Diversity Is….” Students will be able to sign up during lunch presentations for the various catego-ries and more information can provided by emailing [email protected].
Attention all 6th graders: Please remember to get your physicals turned in to the nurse. These are state require-ments for all 6th graders. If you have not already seen a doctor for your physical, please do so as soon as possible. The physical cards can be obtained on the website, in the main office, or here in the clinic.
CLINIC NOTES
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PE NEWS
Hello everyone! The boys’ and girls’ PE classes are off to a good start this semester and have been enjoying the great weather so far this late summer/early fall. The girl’s class will be participating in softball and volleyball dur-ing the month of October, while also completing their seven week fitness test. The boys will be participating in their baseball and volleyball, while also completing their seven week fitness test. We hope to see further improve-ment in each student’s scores, based on their initial tests!
By now, you should have seen your son or daughter’s fitness calendar for the month of September. While the exercises on their calendar are OPTIONAL, we encourage you to have your son or daughter complete these ex-ercises and return the calendar to their assigned teacher at the end of each month for the remainder of the semes-ter.
As always, never hesitate to contact us!
Mr. Forehand (13125) Mrs. Tedhams (13127) Mr. Byrd ([email protected])
Mrs. Stopher (13233)
ART DEPARTMENT
6th Graders will end their ACM rotation this month as they continue to design their own bulldog, create a dream catcher inspired by Native Americans, and create a flying helicopter inspired by DaVinci himself.
7th Graders have begun their Japanese or Chinese painting. Students chose the culture of their choice and researched visuals and information to come up with an interesting composition that incorporated these ideas. One of our 7th grade classes has a great opportunity to learn from a classmate who is from China. He has been an excellent help and is very excited to teach his classmates about his native country.
Our 8th graders finished up their clay project and are now working on plaster sculptures inspired by Pop Art. These sculptures will be three dimensional and formed by various sculpting techniques such as casting and creating armature. They will take the form of common, ordinary, every day objects that offer a slice of American life.
We have three 8th grade students who did an outstanding job on their T-Shirt prints we did at the beginning of the quar-ter. Darrian Dalton, Alyssa Bennett, and Jacob R. Johnson now have their shirts on display at Mike’s Sporting Goods, Crown Point. Please stop by and see these great designs!
Ms. T’s 8th grade class has a great opportunity this month as their records will be on display. Students were inspired by various artists and techniques and used these ideas on painted vinyl records. These artworks will be shown at the Crown Town Grill on the square during the month of October. Stop by and enjoy some food and student artwork!!!
You can also see student artworks on display at the Crown Point Community School’s Central Office during the month of October. Please stop by and see your child’s creativity in person!!!
ART CLUB
Students are working hard on Veteran’s day souvenirs this month as part of a community outreach project. More infor-mation on this will follow. They are also in the process of designing this year’s Art Club membership T-Shirt.
Online Yearbook Sale The 2011 – 2012 Colonel Wheeler Yearbooks are currently available for sale online at a special reduced price of only $22. This is a $3 savings. To order your book, please go online to:
www.jostensyearbooks.com
Select our School under “Find My School’s Store” and you will be able to purchase your yearbook in minutes.
DANCE BOOSTERS!!
HELP SUPPORT COLONEL WHEELER DANCE BOOSTERS:
COLONEL WHEELER DANCE TEAM 2011 SHOP
Orders must be placed between 08/01/11 and 10/22/11
1. Go to www.BSNsports.com and click My Team Shop banner
2. Enter team access code bulldo3Y3
Main Office At the end of our last school year, someone left behind a camera in our gymnasium. We still have this camera here in the main office. If you think you may have left your camera at one of our events held in the gymnasium last year, please contact our main office at #663-2173, ext. 13000 to claim your camera.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Technology Use and Permission in Our School If you have not granted use of the Internet by your child please consider these important points: Computer literacy is an essential skill in the modern world, where technological skills are increasingly more vital to succeeding in the 21st Century. We have the ability to enhance your child's education through the use of technol-ogy, including the Internet. Access to the Internet is required to participate in essential components of our curricu-lum, such as:
Accelerated Reader Everyday Math Activities Grolier Online Encyclopedia Online Book Searches via Destiny The Indiana Department of Education requires technology instruction, including the responsible use of the In-
ternet.
Please remember the Crown Point Community School Corporation has these safeguards in place:
Supervised use of the Internet and technology Content filters block inappropriate websites Computer-based work is age-level and skill-level appropriate An Internet Safety curriculum addresses the responsible use of technology.
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TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY
Is there a remarkable someone (school employee, student, etc.) you know who has a special talent or goes above and beyond to make their school or community a better place, and you would like the community to know about this person? Please nominate them for a special feature, “Getting to Know,” in the Times newspaper at [email protected].
Join the fun Saturday, October 22nd from 3:00 to 7:00 pm at the Crown Point Pumpkin Festival. Carve a pumpkin and bring it with a candle to the Square to encircle the Courthouse. Take it home after the event. Pumpkin games with prizes for everyone, music, a costume parade, line dancing, a Solon Robinson re-enactor and hayrides begin at the Courthouse. Indian lore and handicrafts to make and take home will be featured at the Wellington Clark Homestead on Court Street. Volunteers will read spooky ghost stories at the Sheriff’s House from 3:00 to 6:00 pm. The entire event is free. Sponsored by the Lake Courthouse Foundation, Sheriff’s House Foundation and the Old Homestead Preservation Society, we are promoting the city’s rich history with a festival of entertainment for all ages. For more information, call Karen at 663-7678 or Marty at 663-0660.
E-mails: [email protected] [email protected] or www.cppumpkinfest.com
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