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Dear Middle School Parents and Students:

Last week the Middle School Newsletter that was posted on the .net and the Constant Contact sites explained the faculty and staff who will be working with the Middle School students during the 2010-2011 school year. As the Dean of the Middle School, I am very excited and confident regarding the professionalism within the faculty and staff who will be working with our 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th graders. The people who have the opportunity to work with our students will do their best to increase knowledge, develop character, and to make all students feel that they are an important part of our school community.

In this week’s Newsletter the course assignments and selections regarding academic classes and enrichment classes will be explained. There are certain courses that are assigned to students of various grade levels and there are some selections that are chosen by the students. The following is a listing of the courses offered at each grade level:

The enrichment class for the 2010-2011 school year will be as follows:

A new enrichment class entitled Board Games has been added as an elective. The Journalism enrichment class has been eliminated; but, it will be incorporated within the Writing classes at all three grade levels. We will try and produce one publication of From the Eagle’s Eye each semester of the school year. We hope that our students and our parents are as excited about what we have to offer our Middle School students during the 2010-2011 school year as our faculty and staff.

Yours in education,

Warren Delmolino

July 20, 2010

Dear Middle School Parents and Students:

While our students have been on their summer vacation which began on Friday, June 4, some of our Middle School Students were involved in the one-week Baseball Camp which was held the week of June 14 through the 18th; some of our Middle School students attended the four-week  Academy Summer School program from June 21 through July 16th; some of our Middle School students have attended the Summer Day Camp here at the Academy, the last day of the Summer Day Camp being  Friday, July 30; and some of our Middle School students have taken the opportunity to attend the  Duke TIP Summer Studies program. I certainly hope that all of our Middle School students have been actively involved in participating in activities that increase their academic knowledge, have increased their skill knowledge of an activity, or just have given them some fun things to do. It is hard to believe that over 6 weeks have passed since students were dismissed on the last day of the 2009-2010 school  year.

 The 2010-2011 school year will begin within 5 weeks with the first day of school being Monday, August 23. The faculty and staff for the new school year will be as follows:

                  Mr. Adrian Ahern                       Drama Enrichment

                  Mrs. Claudia Amaya                  Middle School Spanish and Spanish I

                  Dr. Anne Browdy                       Geometry and Geometry (Honors)                 

                  Mr. Kyle Clapper                        8th Grade 20th Century American History

                  Mr. Warren Delmolino                7th Grade Math (6th Graders)

                  Mrs. Teresa Holton                    Choir Enrichment

                  Mrs. Betsy Johnson                   6th Grade Language Arts, 7th Grade Social Studies,

                                                                     and 7th Grade English

                  Ms. Erica Johnson                     Math 7, Pre-Algebra, and Algebra I

                  Mr. Jack Kuk                              Study Hall

                  Mrs. Ana Ortiz                            Study Hall

                  Mr. Matthew Parets                    7th Grade Computer Skills

                  Mr. Eric Pauli                              6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Science

                  Mr. Michael Potempa                 7th and 8th Grade Writing, 8th Grade English

                  Mrs. Norma Rey                         Middle School After-School Care Director

                  Mr. Victor Rivera                         6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Physical Education

                  Mrs. Bette Soares                      Middle School Administrative Assistant

                  Mrs. Lisa Spangler                     6th Grade Language Arts, 6th Grade Social Studies,
                                                                     Math 6, & Computers

                  Mrs. Sarah Urquhart                  Band and Orchestra Enrichment

                  Mrs. Kristy Tubbs                       Art Enrichment

 The Middle School students should feel very comfortable with the faculty and staff who will be working with them. Mr. Kyle Clapper is the only new faculty member who will be working with our Middle School division students and after interviewing with him at the end of the last school year, I know that he will be a very positive addition to our school community. The faculty and staff of the Middle School are very excited about the 2010-2011 school year. We have all the makings of an excellent school year ahead of us!

 Yours in education,

Warren Delmolino

Dean of the Middle School