Maine-Endwell Middle School

This is a wonderful opportunity for incoming 6th graders to meet the MS music teachers, make new friends and get ready for the new school year!

ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS: A team of dedicated staff from each building spent the day in a training titled “Assisting Individuals in Crisis” provided by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. We are grateful for this opportunity!

For the second year in a row, M-E middle school enrichment students participated in the Kids Can Build Challenge. They teamed with CHOW and brought a giant-sized gumball machine to life using nonperishable food items. Students brought home the Structural Integrity First Place Award. After using software to design the shape, diameter and height of the structure to determine how many cans would be needed, students shopped at local grocery stores to find the cheapest cans with labels in the colors they needed, while still provided food items that are appealing to families in the southern tier. They used spaghetti, diced tomatoes and tomato paste for the base of the gumball machine, green beans and peas for the metalic coin slot and single serve cereal for the gumballs. The students even built a working lever that dispensed a gumball (cereal container) down a shoot. They were the only group that incorporated a moving part out of the 15 middle and high school teams that competed! Students finished their structure off my attaching LED lights and pool noodles to give it the rounded gumball globe shape. MEMS attended an awards ceremony at the Visions Auditorium to receive their award. Over 2,000 cans were donated to the CHOW pantry to help "POP out Hunger."

This coming Monday is MEHS' Prism concert! March 25th at 7:29pm. (Yes, that is the correct time!) You will want to get there early as it’s easily one of the most anticipated concerts of the year. This concert will feature all of the large ensembles of the music department, as well as solos and small ensembles. This concert runs continuously without applause until the combined finale with all band, orchestra and chorus students performing together.

This Thursday, 3/21, is World Down Syndrome Day. Each building is asking students and staff to wear Blue and Gold that day, the colors that represent WDSD. We are also doing a collection for GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center, as many of our students attend programs at GiGi's. See flyer below for wish list items to support our friends and classmates at Gigi's Playhouse. Collections of items will be from 3/21-3/28 in the following places: Maine Memorial- Mrs. Patterson's Room Homer Brink- Mrs. Thorner's Room Middle School- Mrs. Erb's room High School- Mrs. Simek in the Counseling Office

Important Message from Maine-Endwell CSD: The district will have an early-release day on Monday, April 8. The early release is to address potential safety concerns related to the solar eclipse that will be visible in New York State during dismissal times. • The High School and Middle School will be dismissing at 11:30AM • Homer Brink and Maine Memorial will be dismissing at 12:30PM

STEM PATHWAYS EVENT: It's National Engineers Week, and SUNY Broome is marking the occasion by hosting a STEM Pathways Career Exploration Night! Middle school students, along with their parents and teachers, are invited to campus from 5 - 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22. The event will take place in the Applied Technologies Building on the SUNY Broome Community College campus!

UPK Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now OPEN until March 12th. Here is the registration link: https://app.operoo.com/public_forms/2023579/new

UPK Information Night is tomorrow, 2/6! If you're interested in sending your little ones to UPK in the 2024-2025 school year, then stop on down to Maine Memorial auditorium from 5:30-6:30pm. Registration WILL BE OPEN during the meeting. See flyer for details on what you'll need to bring with you.

CLASS OF 27' FUNDRAISER: Skip a night of cooking and support the Class of 2027! The freshman class is hosting a fundraiser at the Chipotle in Johnson City across from Wegmans on Monday, February 5th from 4 - 8 pm. Please mention you are there for the M-E Class of 2027. If ordering online, please enter promo code EL6FCV7 at checkout!

The M-E Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony is taking place in between the Boys JV & Varsity Basketball games on Friday, January 26th. The approximate start time of the ceremony is 6:30pm.

ATTENTION: All after school activities, practices, and contests are canceled for Tuesday, January 23rd | For the Middle School and High School, all activity period buses will be canceled | Middle School and High School students need to ride their normal PM bus routes home.

STRESS RELIEF: The Mindful M-E Club brought in the District's Therapy Dogs today to help students, faculty, and staff de-stress before Regents and Midterm Exams!

If you're interested in sending your little ones to UPK in the 2024-2025 school year, see flyer for details on our M-E UPK Information Night.

Please join us in welcoming DeEtte Bready to Maine-Endwell as our Community Schools Advisor! She brings a wealth of experience to the district, which includes cultivating student success and providing emotional and behavioral support to students. To learn more about Ms. Bready click on https://5il.co/2ch4b

The cold never bothered us anyway, right? So come on out to the Middle School Spartan Theatre Company's production of Frozen, Jr! Friday, January 26 & Saturday, January 27 at 7pm. Tickets are $5 at the door.

Ski Club is cancelled on Thursday, 1/11 due to conditions. This week will be re-scheduled to 2/15. Contact Ms. Spierling with any questions.

Calling all bookworms and music lovers! Come on out to the Barnes & Noble Bookfair this Wednesday (12/20) - Friday (12/22) to hear guest readers and enjoy music from our talented musicians. There will also be free daily raffle baskets and free gift wrapping! We hope to see you there!

Bring all of your bottles and cans from the holidays to the next bottle drive on January 14th. Your donations will go toward the HS After Prom Party 2024!

Give the gift of reading this holiday season and support M-E Dollars for Scholars! Shop in store, hear guest readers and enjoy music from our talented musicians. We hope to see you there!