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| | "Back to School Night" | | | | | Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:29 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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Dear Blake Middle School Families,
You are all cordially invited to join us at Blake Middle School's "Back to School Night" on Tuesday evening, September 25, from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM. This evening will provide you with an opportunity to meet with your child's teachers and to learn more about our fun, exciting, and challenging Blake Middle School program.
You will receive an individual schedule upon your arrival that evening, but a general schedule is provided below:
6:30 PM-6:45 PM Griffin Room Greetings Rodney LaBrecque & Charlie D'Avanzo
6:45 PM-7:15 PM Griffin Room
Music Tommy Verdell
Health Erika Whipple
PE Jeff Vartabedian & Tommy Verdell
Art Jamie Palmer
7:15 PM-7:30 PM
Room 1 8 Humanities Sarah Barnes-Vallandingham
Room 2 8 Humanities Sherri Krassin
Room 4 7 Math Jill Dangleis
Room 5 6 Science Jim Lagomarsino
7:30 PM-7:45 PM
Room 1 8 Spanish Brian Lautenschleger
Room 2 8 Mandarin Frederick Gao
Room 3 6 Humanities Robin Farrington-Cook
Room 4 8 Latin Chris Ayers
Room 5 7 Science Jim Lagomarsino
7:45 PM-8:00 PM
Room 1 7 Humanities Sarah Barnes-Vallandingham
Room 2 7 Humanities Sherri Krassin
Room 3 8 Algebra 1 Kate Rakowski
Room 4 Math 8 Jill Dangleis
Room 5 6 World Language Danica Messerli
8:00 PM-8:15 PM
Griffin Room 7 French Mary Bacon
Room 1 7 Spanish Brian Lautenschleger
Room 2 7 Mandarin Frederick Gao
Room 3 7 Latin Chris Ayers
Room 4 6 Math Jill Dangleis
Room 5 8 Science Jim Lagomarsino
8:15 PM-8:30 PM Griffin Room Questions & Answers Charlie D'Avanzo
We look forward to seeing you then.
Sincerely,
Charlie D'Avanzo
Director, Blake Middle School
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| 6th Grade Art Project |
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| Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:23 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Ms. Palmer and her 6th grade art class have completed their Mandala Project [Image:images.jpg][Image:images-1.jpg] Here is the web site address and directions to find each student's mandala! http://www.mandalaproject.org/Mandalas/index_new |
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| 6th Grade Humanites and Upper School International Students Collaborate |
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| Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:44 PM -0500 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Ms. Farrington-Cook's 6th grade humanities class is currently enjoying connecting with Mr. Swanson's, Ms. Kindblom's, and Ms. Messerli's Upper School International Student Classes. Our Upper School students come down to our Griffin Room and present |
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| 6th Grade Humanites prepares for a field trip |
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| Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:12 PM -0500 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Here are some photos of our 6th grade humanities class preparing for a trip they will take to Panda South in East Longmeadow on January 25. They will enjoy a traditional Chinese lunch that day and to better enjoy the delicious delicacies offered in |
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| 6th Grade Humanities |
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| Monday, May 5, 2008 9:12 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| 6th Grade Humanities Explores the Past! The central theme for our 6th grade studies is "Knowing One's Past". Here, our 6th grade students explore their own personal past by completing and displaying a project that required them to create |
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| 6th Grade Masks!! |
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| Sunday, June 1, 2008 10:12 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Our 6th grade Art Class created some lovely masks to connect with their humanities unit on the ancient Aztec and Mayan cultures. [Image:P1010001.jpg] [Image:P1010003.jpg] |
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| 6th Grade Muscians!! |
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| Monday, February 18, 2008 1:02 PM -0500 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Look at these wonderfully talented musicians!! They play so beautifully, they make the angels weep!! You will have the opportunity to hear them and many other Blake Middle School students play and sing at our BMS Spring Concert. Detailed informat |
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| 6th Graders to Mount Holyoke |
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| Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:51 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| I have turned my BLOGGING responsibilities over to our 6th graders. They wrote the description of their field trip to Mount Holyoke below: The pictures are courtesy of Mrs. Farrington-Cook. The 6th Grade Humanities traveled to Mount Holyoke Art Mu |
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| 6th grade field trip |
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| Friday, October 26, 2007 12:35 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| [Image:images-3.jpg]Our Class of 2014 will travel to the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum and the Ancient Treasures Gallery in Springfield, Massachusetts on Friday, November 9. The central theme of our 6th grade curriculum is "Knowing One |
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| 7th Grade Humanities performs!! |
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| Friday, May 23, 2008 11:34 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Ms. Krassin's 7th grade humanities class performed a play that they wrote called "Today for Tomorrow - Timeless Rights". The play was a vehicle for the students to present the different historical events and themes they studied and discuss |
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| 7th Grade Science Studies Anatomy |
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| Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:28 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| A companion investigation to the 7th grade science investigation of building a better bone and the study of prosthetics is this activity where our students learn about the bones of the arm by dissecting a chicken wing. Coincidentally, what did our D |
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| 7th Grade does some bone building |
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| Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:27 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Our 7th grade science students are completing their unit on Studying Humans Scientifically by investigating the science and engineering involved with creating prosthetic devices. Here we have our students using different materials to build artificia |
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| 7th Gradeers Present The News!! |
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| Monday, May 12, 2008 2:49 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Mrs. Barnes-Vallandingham's 7th grade humanities class presented the news on famous women in history on Friday. Here are some photos from their respective newscasts!! [Image:1AndrewAlex.jpg] Alex and Andrew providing us with the latest news on Ameli |
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| 7th Science Faces Challenges and Solves Problems |
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| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:53 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Our 7th grade science students faced the challenge of trying to accomplish simple tasks when handicapped by having only one functional arm. The different tasks they were asked to accomplish with one arm in a sling were gift wrapping a package, placi |
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| 7th grade humanities |
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| Monday, September 17, 2007 9:22 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Over the next few weeks we'll try to feature a different class each day to help connect you with the exciting academic events that take place daily in our classrooms. Here Colin, Kahari, and Jacob along with Riley and Christine are working in Ms. Kr |
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| 7th grade visits Hatikvah Center |
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| Thursday, December 6, 2007 8:43 AM -0500 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Ms. Krassin and Ms. Barnes-Vallandingham traveled with their classes to The Hatikvah Center in Springfield, MA yesterday. This educational facility also serves as a living memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. The Center's permanent exhibit is |
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| 8th Grade Humanities Coffee House |
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| Monday, March 10, 2008 12:54 PM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Ms. Krassin's 8th grade humanities class culminated their study of poetry with a coffee house where students shared the poetry anthologies they had created and read some poems, many of them original, to an appreciative and impressed audience. Here a |
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| 8th Grade Humanities Field Trip -11/14 |
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| Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:03 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| [Image:images.jpg]Our 8th grade Humanities Classes will travel to Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday, November 14 to walk the Freedom Trail! The trail begins at The Boston Commons Visitor Center and will end at Faneuil Hall. [Image:images-1.jpg] Th |
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| 8th Grade Humanities enjoys Cafe Lebanon |
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| Sunday, June 1, 2008 10:16 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Mrs. B-V's 8th grade humanities class completed a unit studying the Middle East by going on a lunch time field trip to Cafe Lebanon in East Longmeadow. Our students sampled and enjoyed lots of yummy Middle Eastern fare to experience, first hand, the |
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| 8th Grade goes to Beantown!!! |
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| Friday, April 18, 2008 10:45 AM -0400 | By: Blake Middle School |
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| Ms. Krassin's and Ms. Barnes-Vallandingham's 8th grade humanities classes traveled to Boston on Thursday to enjoy a beautiful day in Red Sox Country!!! While we didn't see any Red Sox player (they were in New York beating the Yankees!!). We did see |
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