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 8th Grade
Class Night Dance “Above
the City Lights”
Step by
step instructions to view Class Night pictures
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CLICK HERE
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 Middle
School registration is June 30 & August 25
Summer is the time when many
families move and need to register their child
for school. See the district
Are you new to our schools? page for phone
numbers and directions on how to do this. Elementary
and high school registration takes place all
summer, but middle school guidance counselors
are available to register and orient new 6th,
7th and 8th grade pupils only on June 30 and
August 25. Parents of new middle school
pupils should call 399-9141, ext. 4040, to make an
appointment for either of those two days. |
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BOX
TOPS FOR EDUCATION
- Thanks to
all of you who helped us collect $456 worth of Box
Tops.. Adding in our previous collection, we
collected $598 for the Student Activity Fund
this school year. The winning homerooms were
Ms. Wadsworth, Ms. Ronca and Ms. Berner. Ms.
Defilippo and Mr. North received an honorable
mention for their consistent collection through out
the year. Please
continue to save Box Tops over the summer. |
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 MONOPOLY
2009
The 25th Anniversary
and FINAL Games!
Sponsored By:
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake O’Rourke Middle School PTA
and Community Human Services
Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2009.
THANKS to EVERYONE... organizers, volunteers, game
participants, parents ... for all your hard work to
make this 25th Anniversary and Final Monopoly Game a
wonderful success! The games raised a
total of $19,096.18.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Monopoly Game Winners
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GAME # |
TEAM
SPONSOR |
MONOPOLY
MONEY: start/finish |
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Team # 3,
Glenville Dental |
$9,381/$21,170 |
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Team # 9,
Emerich Sales & Service |
$16,325/$24,004 |
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3 |
Team # 15,
Scotia-Glenville Family Medicine |
$6,831/$14,321 |
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Team # 23,
Sigma Chi Fraternity |
$13,835/$15,957 |
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Team # 27
Drs. Wilson & Buchakjian, DDS |
$8,163/$19,309 |
For Fund Raising results by team - Click
Here
Winners of the 25th Anniversary
Monopoly quilts were Debbie Lolik and Bronwyn
Thompson.
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The O'Rourke Middle School Drama Club
"Bugsy Malone"
Presented March 6 & 7, 2009
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Pictures ~
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Revised Summer
School Grading Policy
Effective
immediately, the O'Rourke Middle School Building Council
and Cabinet have enacted a new summer school grading
policy with the intent of aligning our practices with
those of the High School, while applying more academic
rigor and relevance for our students.
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Students who are required to attend summer school
based on our summer school placement criteria (see
"Promotion Policy" on page 23 of the
Student Handbook)
enacted in September 2005 will be evaluated for progress
during summer school utilizing the following grading
calculation:
Final Grade Calculation for Summer School Students:
2/5 = Summer School Average
2/5 = Two Highest Quarterly Averages from the School
Year
1/5 = Summer School Final Assessment
Please note: Advancement is contingent on
compliance with summer school attendance and behavioral
requirements and is at the discretion of the building
principal.
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LOOKING AHEAD
The Transportation Department has issued its
2009-2010
Transportation Request Form.
This form is used for requests of change of pick
up or dismissal points other than the home address.
All Transportation Request Forms must be completed
and returned to the main office of the school the
student attends by July 17 or 2009 (Exception:
by July 3, 2009 for kindergarten student), in order
to allow the transportation department adequate time
to process all requests. Board
Policy States: Only one additional location can be
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Safety measure:
Middle & Elementary School pupils must attend sports
events with an adult The first
home football game "under the lights" this season is
Friday, Sept. 12. Burnt
Hills-Ballston Lake parents are reminded that 8th grade
and younger pupils who wish to attend evening
varsity interscholastic sports contests must be
accompanied by an
adult. This proactive policy change was made in the fall
of 2006 due to
the number of youngsters being left unsupervised
at games and several incidents of fighting, belligerence
and other inappropriate behavior.
Read more |
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 Parents
are reminded to follow the morning drop-off
procedures
that have been established to ensure the
safety of all our students and staff.
 All student drop-offs must occur at the music entrance no earlier than 7:15 AM
and up until 7:45 AM*
Student drop-off must be from the right lane only and in front of the music
door. Please do not drop students off in any other place in the parking lot and not from the left
lane.
The left lane is for through traffic and parking access only. No drop-offs
should occur from the left lane.
As always, your patience and courtesy is appreciated.
* After 7:45 AM students are considered tardy
and need to enter through the main entrance and
report to the attendance office to sign in. |
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Link to the 8th Grade English
Vocabulary List.
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Playing
a Sport??
A Health Clearance (Yellow Sheet )is required.
A Health
Clearance Form
(yellow sheet)
is required for students to tryout for any sport.
The Health Clearance form needs to be obtained from
the school nurse within 30 days prior to the
start of the sports season once all needed paperwork
is on file in the nurse's office. Complete
information can be found on the
Middle School
Nurse's page. |
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The
O'Rourke Middle School Drama Club
POnce
Upon A Mattress
Presented
March 14 and 15, 2008
PPictures
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Student
Information Update Forms
were sent home in the
beginning of August.
Did you send yours in??
We
rely on these forms to be sure our student
information is up to date and to give us emergency
contacts in the event that the parents/
guardians cannot be reached. If you did not
return the Student Information Update form, please
do so as soon as possible. If you have lost
this form, you may get a replacement at the Middle
School Main office.
Procedures for getting out of
school early: If it becomes necessary
for a student to leave school early
> Bring a signed note from your
parent/guardian to the attendance office before
morning homeroom period. If you are walking to
a local doctor's office the note must state that you
are walking.
> Leave class at the excused
time and wait in the Main Office. A
parent/guardian must come into the Main Office to
meet and sign out the student. If the student
is not being picked up by a parent/guardian the
signed note from the parent/guardian must state who
is picking up the student or the person must be
designated as an emergency contact on the emergency
information sheet handed in at the beginning of the
school year.
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