Report Cards coming home with students tomorrow!  Please be sure to review.  

Our last Olweus 'kickoff' meeting with our grade 8 students.  Well done by all.  If parents/guardians want more information, please check out the links to the podcasts explaining the program.  

Special thanks to some of our students who participated in the podcasts!

Some unfortunately news--our anticipated guests from China had a last minute change in flight plans, and will not be able to join us for a tour of MRMS tomorrow... Hopefully a new opportunity will arise in the near future!

The next HS/MS Friends meeting is Monday, 2/4/13 at 1pm in the MRMS multipurpose room.

Dr. Harvey, the District Superintendent, will be attending and speaking about the upcoming budget, his entry plan findings, and his plans for where to go from here.  This will be a very informational meeting so we encourage all who can to attend.

Reminder to our 8th grade students---permission forms for the tubing trip are due by this Friday.  Please turn them in to your homeroom teachers...

Seventh Graders had their Olweus School-Climate meeting and workshop today---we welcome parents to ask how it went!

Information about the program on our podcasts--located on the website as well...

Olweus Anti-Bullying/School Climate comes to Miles River and the HWRSD.

Special thanks to Ms. Reynolds, Ms. Clark, Mr. Deknatel, Ms. Partridge, Ms. Koch, Mr. Memmolo, Ms. Frost, and Mr. Fecke for the great sixth grade 'kickoff' event.

I would encourage our MRMS parents and guardians to look at the Olweus podcasts available right on the homepage to become familiar with all of the components of our program!

Nice work all!  

MRMS families, 

In a ConnectED email message on Friday, I had indicated that the forum to meet with the finalist for the HS principal's position were going to be held during the day today and tomorrow (10-11; 1-2) here at MRMS. 

This was not accurate. The open forum for parents/guardians will be tonight and tomorrow night, (1/28 and 1/29) @ 5:30 p.m. in the High School music room. Today's sessions are to provide faculty and students the opportunity to meet with the candidates. 

I apologize for the confusion on the matter. If you did plan on attending one of the sessions during the day today and cannot make the evening session, we would be happy to accommodate you! 

International Students to visit Miles River!

We are please to announce that 25 students from 3 different middle schools in Shanghai, China will join us for a tour and classes on February 1st.  Special thanks to Dr. Harvey for his efforts in making this visit come to fruition.

Pictures of the event to follow...

MRMS Parents

Please stop by to meet and visit with the finalists for the H-W High School Principalship

Location: Miles River Multipurpose Room

Dates: Monday 1/28 (candidate 1), Tuesday 1/29 (candidate 2)

Times: 10-11 and 1-2 on each day!

Copy and paste this link from the H-W Patch regarding the candidate's backgrounds!

http://www.wickedlocal.com/hamilton/news/x1665861092/Two-principal-finalists-named#axzz2HhcPmLjN

Ski Bradford---cancelled for today, Wednesday, January 23rd!

GREAT FIRST OVERVIEW OF 'TECH TOOLS'

Thanks to all of the parents/guardians who came out to view our 'Tech Tools' at MRMS here on January 22nd...

Thanks to our teachers for their efforts---true pioneers as we pilot, learn, and grow from use of the web and its resources to engage students and foster learning in the 21st Century

We will look to plan another evening in the spring, as well as provide information to our incoming families about these new possibilities as we coordinate our transition programs!

Thanks again to all!  We appreciate your support!!

Information from Center of Disease Control--flu

We are all aware of the various strains of the flu that are moving around!  Please find some information for parents/guardians from the Center of Disease Control!

Everyday Preventive Actions

That Can Help Fight Germs, Like Flu

What are everyday preventive actions?

CDC recommends a three-step approach to fighting the flu.

How does the flu spread?

Flu viruses are thought to spread mainly from person to person through the coughing, sneezing, or talking of someone with the flu. Flu viruses also may spread when people touch something with

flu virus on it and then touch their mouth, eyes, or nose. Many other viruses spread these ways too.

People infected with flu may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5-7 days after becoming sick. That means you may be able to spread the flu to someone else before you know you are sick as well as while you are sick. Young children, those who are severely ill, and those who have severely weakened immune systems may be able to infect others for longer than 5-7 days.

Everyday preventive actions are steps that people can take to help slow the spread of germs that cause respiratory illness, like flu. These include the following personal and community actions:

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. This will block the spread of droplets from your mouth or nose that could contain germs.

• Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.

• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. Germs spread this way.

• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

• If you or your child gets sick with a respiratory illness, like flu, limit contact with others as much as

possible to help prevent spreading illness. 

• Stay home (or keep your child home) for at least 24 hours after fever is gone except to seek medical care or for other necessities. Fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.

• If an outbreak of flu or another illness occurs, follow public health advice. This may include

information about how to increase distance

between people and other measures.

Miles River Families,

Next Tuesday evening, January 22nd from 6-7p.m., we are invite our MRMS parents and guardians to come and get a glimpse of how the latest technologies have provided us new instructional tools to serve your sons and daughters!

A group of MRMS teachers will demonstrate how they use these new instructional tools in their classrooms and provide explanation about their potential uses at home!

Topics and sessions on: Edmodo, Wordplay, Quizlet, and Educreations will be offered. If you're not sure what these are, this is the informational night for you!

Should you have any questions, please contact me (j.driscoll@hwschools.net) or Ms. Kevan Sano (K.Sano@hwschools.net)!

Please RSVP to Ms. Martha Curran at: m.curran@hwschools.net and indicate you will attend the 'tech tools' evening. 

Thank you and we hope to see you there!

Another great show!

Congrats to Ms. Marcie McKenzie, Ms. Abby Frost, and the entire cast and crew of the MRMS production of 'Honk'.  Final show is tonight at 7 p.m. at Ferrini Auditorium!

Look forward to seeing everyone at the MRMS musical "Honk"--tonight at 7p.m. in the Ferrini Auditorium.. Went last evening, and it was OUTSTANDING!  BRAVO!