January 29, 2010:

Second semester nomination window begins on January 4, 2010 and ends January 29, 2010 for possible initial or second area AG identification. This is open to both parents and teachers.

Testing dates have been changed inorder to get all the paperwork out to parents and back to school in a timely manner.

Testing dates:

February 9, 11, 16, 18 & 23

Makeup testing dates:

February 25, March 2  & 4

Some great websites:

Math:

http://coolmath.com   

• Scroll down through the front page to see the complete listing of the coolmath network of sites

Social Studies:

http://www.nationalgeographic.com

• Click on Travel and Culture
• Under the Features section find "Take Worldwise Quiz"
• Scroll down and find a city that you need to know
• Take the quiz

Box-Tops / In Cartridge & Cell Phone Reycling / Campbell's Soup Label UPC Code Letter to Parents:

Dear Daniels Middle School Parents:

Daniels Middle School continues to collect Box Tops for Education, UPC codes from Campbell’s soup labels, and recycling ink cartridges. This year we are adding old cell phones to our recycling program.

Please read the important information below:

1)  We only accept box-tops that are trimmed and bagged in Ziploc bags of 50.  The student’s name and homeroom teacher needs to be written on the outside of the bag. Students earn one hour community service for each bag of 50 box-tops. Please check the expiration date on the box-tops before bagging them. Visit www.boxtops4education.com

for a complete list of products.

2) We no longer accept the soup labels, only the UPC codes off of the soup labels. Each teacher has 1-point or 5-point collection sheets for these UPC codes. You can’t staple them on the sheets. They have to be glued. We will only accept UPC codes that are on the collection sheets. Three 1-point collection sheets or one 5-point collection sheets will earn a student one hour community service. Visit www.labelsforeducation.com

3) Four small ink cartridges and two large ink cartridges will earn a student one hour community service. Please place the smaller ones in a Ziploc bag so that they won’t leak all over everything else.

4) We are accepting cell phones for the first time this year. One cell phone will equal to one hour community service.

Contest

We run a contest twice a year, and the homeroom with the most points wins a continental breakfast. The homeroom with the most number of points at the end of the year wins a pizza party.

We do earn cash twice a year for the box-tops, and cash for the ink cartridges. With the Campbell’s UPC codes, we are currently accumulating our points so that we can eventually get something from their catalog that the students at Daniels will be able to use in the classroom. The money earned from box-tops and ink cartridge recycling goes back into the school as well.

We are looking forward to another successful year of collecting here at Daniels with your help!

Carla Hassell

AG Resource Teacher

Co-Advisor NJHS

Co-Advisor Model UN Security Council