Students and Parents: See you at Basic Training (6th grade orientation) later this summer!
 

Summer Reading: Students, READ all you can this summer! Books of your choice!

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Parent Conferences:
We hope to meet with as many parents as possible this year.  Research proves that children whose parents are involved in their education are much more successful than those who are not involved. 

The M-Unit teachers will be contacting parents to set up conferences.  Please feel free to contact us to set up a conference.  We can set up conferences Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday from 3:05 – 3:45.  

PX Bucks
PX Bucks are stamps your students receive from teachers for filling out their agenda and having them signed nightly, caught being good, doing the right thing in class, or various other reasons teachers feel warrant a reward. We will have several auctions during the year. Students bid on items using their stamps. 

Any donations of gift cards, bags of Hot Cheetos, pop, gel pens, or any other items you think 6^th graders would enjoy would be greatly appreciated.

Gum:
Gum is not allowed at Winburn.  We are beginning to see more students with gum.  The consequence for chewing gum is Lunch Detention.  If a student is caught multiple times in a day or three times in a week, he/she will receive a referral and SAFE time. We consider multiple gum infractions to be failure to follow directions.  Please help us in this matter by talking to your child about our gum chewing policy.

Math Tutoring:
Ms. Orr, math specialist, has begun offering morning tutoring.  \7:35- 8:35   ROOM 606
Parents and Students: Here is the current math tutoring schedule:
October 15
Monday, October 22
Wednesday, October 24
Thursday, October 25
Monday, October 29
Tuesday, October 30
Wednesday, October 31

Homework Expectations
Your child will have homework throughout the school year.  Our expectation is that homework will be completed at home and returned the next day during class.  Homework is an extension of learning and is an important component of your child’s learning. 

Many teachers on our team will have the student call home if he/she comes without homework complete.  You can keep up with your student’s homework through the agenda and the homework hotline (381-3969)

Agenda Expectations

  Agenda Expectations:
M-Unit Students are required to fill out their agenda for each class.  Their agendas should be brought home daily for parents/guardians to review and sign.  This is a wonderful tool for communicating what your child is learning in each class.  You may also write questions for teachers in your child’s agenda.

Awesome Job

What an awesome start to the new school year.  Middle school is such a change from elementary school.  Students have nine classes so we spent much of the first week teaching our new 6^th graders how to be Warriors. They have learned how to move around the building, to and from classes, to and from the lunchroom, and to exploratories.  We are amazed at how well this team follows directions and understands expectations.  Keep up the good work. 

Probably the hardest adjustment to middle school is the dreaded locker.  If your child is having problems or is frustrated with learning how to open a locker, please encourage him/her not to get frustrated.  Practice makes perfect.  Some students take a little longer to get it, but they all eventually become pros at opening their lockers.

M-Unit Teachers