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Middle School
Messenger
District Online Calendar includes info for all athletics events
IMPORTANT DATES
At the CSPA Open House earlier this month, I recommended to parents that
they read the book Mindset by Dr. Carol Dweck. One of the most important
concepts we as a staff learned from the book was to give students specific
praise. If students learn to work hard, they will develop a growth mindset
even when they make mistakes. We can support students in their quest for
developing a growth mindset by the feedback and
praise we give them.
Here are a few examples of the way that we as
staff and parents should be praising students:
“I noticed how hard you worked on those factoring problems.” or “Your
thesis statement allowed you to develop an a strong case to support your
theory of social change.” rather than telling them that they are smart.
“I have enjoyed watching you work so hard at your math this year.”
rather than saying they always get good grades in math.
“I like the care and caution you used with the dishes when you were
loading the dishwasher.” instead of saying good job doing the dishes.
Susan Deaner, our District’s Consultant for the Academically Gifted says that
a strong work ethic, perseverance and the desire to learn more are
components of the Growth Mindset. She recently talked with a student who
had overheard his classmates say he was smart. She asked the student what
it meant to be smart and the student said, “For me it’s knowing a lot of stuff
and being able to solve your problems when you need to.” The conversation
continued like this:
Mrs. Deaner: What if I told you there’s something better than being smart?
Student: What would that be?
Mrs. Deaner: Working hard.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Friday, September 25, 9:15 AM - Beluga
Ball Meeting in Beluga Ball room at CSA
Friday, October 2, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
CSPA Blood Drive
Monday, October 5, 7:00 PM - CSPA
Parent Council Meeting
Monday, October 12, 7:00 PM - CSA
Parent Council Meeting at CSA
Tuesday, October 13 - Mid terms go home
Monday, October 19 , 9:00 - 11:00 AM -
School Picture Retake Day
Thursday, October 22 - Half day of
school/Evening Comprehensive Reviews
Friday, October 23 - Half day of
school/Evening Comprehensive Reviews
Saturday, October 24-Charyl’s Run2BFit
find more information about this event
in the main Tuesday Times
Mindset
In Principal
Steven M. Beyer
Attention Parents
As many of you have already noticed, our parking lot was completely redone
this summer. This redesign gave us a chance to make some changes. Please
note that all numbered parking spaces have been purchased by students for
student parking. Please park in the visitor spaces located at the front of both
the high school and middle school entrances and in any unnumbered
parking space when you enter the building. Thank you.
Seeking CSPA
Library Volunteers
Parent Volunteers We Need You!
The CSPA Library operates
on a volunteer basis. Usual
library shifts are Monday
through Friday, 9:00 AM -
12:30 PM OR 12:30 - 4:00
PM. Shifts can be shared and broken
into shorter time slots. If you are
interested and would like to know
more about a volunteer opportunity,
please stop in for a visit or contact:
Diane O’Nions at 810-225- 994 x450 /
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Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy
1032 Karl Greimel Drive Brighton, MI 48116
(810) 225-9943 www.csaschool.org
FAMILY ACCESS LINK
CSPA Middle School Website Home Page
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Steven M. Beyer, CSPA Principal [email protected]
Brenda Ogden, Dean of Students [email protected]
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Nancy Krettlin, MS Secretary [email protected]
MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS
Bryan Funke [email protected]
Dina Highfield [email protected]
Katie Kowalczyk [email protected]
Lisa Lulgjuraj [email protected]
Leah Maniace [email protected]
Katie Morrissey [email protected]
Michael Swain [email protected]
Brad Therrian [email protected]
Lauren Weller [email protected]
Amanda Woodruff [email protected]
Sarah Yauk [email protected]
Aaron Brown [email protected]
Donna Engstrom [email protected]
Elizabeth Holland [email protected]
Jessica Perry [email protected]
Student, exclaiming loudly: You have to work hard to get smart.
Mrs. Deaner: You’re already smart, why do you continue to work so hard?
Student: To keep learning, because later in life, the more knowledge you
have the better position you will be in to find a job. People want smart
people to work for them.
Mrs. Deaner: You believe you can learn anything, don’t you.
Student: If you put your mind to it and work hard you can do anything.
This was a conversation with a student who has a growth mindset. He knows
that through hard work, effort and reflecting on previous mistake, he can grow
smarter and do anything. Isn’t this what we all want for our students? We
want them to understand that if they work hard, keep a positive attitude and
reflect on previous mistakes, they can become smarter and wiser and grow up
to be happy and productive adults.
Consider reading Dr. Dweck’s book Mindset this school year. A review of the
book can be found here. All the secondary school advisory teachers have a
copy of this book and they would be happy to lend it to you to read.
As a school community let’s help our students grow. Let’s use specific praise
and teach our students that their intellectual ability can be developed and that
growth occurs when they work hard, make mistakes, reflect on their mistakes
and correct them for the future. Let’s give our students the gift of a growth
mindset this year.
On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a
preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which set a date for
the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United
States and recast the Civil War as a fight against slavery.
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Lincoln maintained that
the war was about restoring the Union and not about slavery. He avoided
issuing an anti-slavery proclamation immediately, despite his and other’s
belief that slavery was morally repugnant but rather issued his emancipation
proclamation following the Union win at the Battle of Antietam.
CSPA Picture Retake Day
Picture Retake Day for CSPA High School and Middle School
students is Monday, October 19. Order your retake pictures now
at MyLifetouch.com using the Picture Day IDs LM515727Y1 or
download the retake order form here. Students must wear school uniforms.
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In the Classrooms Middle School Website (link to each classroom page is on the class heading)
SCIENCE
This week, students continue to work on their layered
curriculum. We are finishing up Layer C which is the
foundational knowledge students need to be
successful in Layers B and A. Layer C is due this
Thursday, September 24.
SOCIAL STUDIES
This week, students continue to learn about the
discovery and making of the United States of America.
Yesterday, they learned about the three original
colonies and will finish this week learning about the
French and Indian War. Students continue to write
their chapter books, “The Story of Us.”
LITERATURE
Last week, we read the O. Henry short story The Gift
of the Magi. We learned about literary theme and
constructed our first in-class essay on the topic. This
week we are focusing on revisions after learning
revision strategies early in the week. We will wrap our
week up with a lesson on literary symbolism.
MATH (First Block) WITH MR. FUNKE
Students were introduced to numbers as a whole
yesterday. Today, they worked with cardinal, nominal
and ordinal numbers. Tomorrow, they will work with
benchmark numbers. Students will end the week
exploring larger numbers. They will take a concept on
Thursday or Friday depending on their level of
understanding.
MATH (Second Block) WITH MR. FUNKE
Yesterday, students were introduced to the different
types of numbers that theywill be working with this
year. Today, they worked with ordinal, cardinal and
nominal numbers. Students will spend the balance of
the week working with factors and factor trees. They
will take a concept check on Friday.
MATH WITH MS. LULGJURAJ
This week, students are finishing Investigation 1. On
Thursday, they their Connecting Your Knowledge
packet which we will review together on Friday. Next
week, students will begin Investigation 2.
MATH (First Block) WITH MRS. MANIACE
Yesterday, we finished our first connections packet
and spent the rest of the day reviewing our first week
of math. Today, we started our second Investigations
packet, Linear Models and Equations. Students will be
recognizing and modeling linear and nonlinear
relationships in two-variable data.
MATH (Second Block) WITH MRS. MANIACE
Yesterday, we worked on our fourth lesson in the first
investigations packet. Students will continue working on
their first investigation until Thursday, at which time .
they will receive their Connecting Your Knowledge
Packet and have time for review on Friday. Next Monday,
they will begin their second investigations packet.
MATH WITH MS. WELLER
Yesterday, we finished our first connections packet
and spent time mastering the concepts we learned
last week. Today we started our secondInvestigations
packet, Linear Models and Equations. Students will be
recognizing and modeling linear and nonlinear
relationships in two-variable data. They will take
concept checks on Thursday and Friday of this week.
MATH (First Block) WITH MRS. YAUK
This week, students will take their first lesson quiz over
patterns of change. They will identify and describe how
patterns of change that are linear, nonlinear, and based
on chance look in tables, graphs, and algebraic rules.
Later this week, we will move on to change based on
percentages, such as population growth.
MATH (Second Block) WITH MRS. YAUK
This week, we begin our second lesson, in which
students will work with manipulating equations with
two or more variables. They will use graphs to study
solutions for linear equations with two variables.