Maine-Endwell Middle School

Don't miss out on the LAST Odyssey of the Mind fundraiser, to help send Homer Brink's OM team to Michigan for the WORLD FINALS! Get lunch or dinner at Tully's on May 18th and 10% of your order amount will be donated to the HB team. Take out orders are included!! You must provide the printed coupon when picking up your order or dining in. See flyer for details. Thank you for your support!

Registration for the Summer Enrichment Program for students entering 6th grade opens tomorrow, Thursday May 11th. This fun program helps students become comfortable at the Middle School while participating in STEAM activities, physical fitness and more! See flyer for details on dates/time and how to register.

Get breakfast and help the HB Odyssey of the Mind team get to the World Finals at Michigan State; this coming Wednesday, 5/3, at Best Bagels in Town!

The Homer Brink PTA Art Auction is happening now! The bidding is open until this Friday, April 28th at 10:00pm. All items have been donated by classes at Homer Brink, as well as students at the middle school and community members. To view the items and place a bid go to https://sites.google.com/btboces.org/2023m-eptasilentauction/home

Students in Mr. Harden and Mrs. Conrad's 8th grade math classes teamed up for an Enrichment Breakout Challenge. Small groups worked together to solve a series of puzzles to unlock a box containing prizes. Questions ranged from 3-dimensional volume formulas to completing a crossword and unscrambling letters. Students had to find an egg containing a combination to one of 5 boxes. They then had to try the combination on each box to find the one that unlocked to reveal their prize. The activity was used in combination with a review packet for their upcoming volume assessment.

Maine-Endwell Middle School students are the winners of the 2023 "Best Use of Label" award in the Kids CAN Build Challenge! Students attended an award ceremony last night that highlighted their use of details such as creating bees out of spice jars and flowers made out of dried fruit and trail mixes!

Help us celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st! View poster to see how you can help bring awareness to this important day.

REMINDER FROM SPARTY:

Today is the day! Community Forum in the Middle School auditorium. Doors open at 5:45pm-program starts at 6pm-7:30pm. Panel discussion on the serious problem of Fentanyl in our community. Light refreshments provided.

The Class of 2026 has partnered with Worldwide Sports to create some fresh, new Spring Spartan gear! The sale runs from 2/27-3/12, so grab your Spring Spartan apparel for Easter gifts, Spring Break, or give your closet some upgrades for the warmer weather! We have everything from t-shirts, crew necks, sweatshirts, rain jackets, as well as shorts, joggers, socks, and some awesome new hats like bucket and trucker hats!! A part of each sale will go towards supporting the Freshman class and their upcoming school activities! Sales can be shipped, picked up at WWS or picked up at your selected school! Please email me (kgilmore@me.stier.org) if you have any questions! https://meclassof2026store.itemorder.com/shop/home/ Thank you for your support of the Freshman Class!

Please use the link or QR code to purchase tickets for the Boys Basketball Sectional Semifinal game against Johnson City. The game will be held on Friday, 2/24 at 6:00 pm at Johnson City High School. Tickets are $6.25, children 10 and under are free. https://gofan.co/app/events/912930?schoolId=NYSPHSAAIV

It's almost time! Mark your calendars for this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24th & 25th at 7pm for "Annie" at the middle school. See flyer for details.

M-E After Prom Party 2023 Bottle Drive this Sunday, 2/19. Bring all of your cans and bottles from your Super Bowl parties! See flyer for details.

Spring sports season is right around the corner! Check out the graphic for spring sports sign up information for middle and high school.

Any tickets purchased are valid for this new date.

"Escape room, but with math." 8th grade students had to mathematically work their way out of an "escape room" this week, using operations with integers. Once they cracked the code, they opened the locked box to see what was inside. (It was stickers).

7th grade students in Mr. Both & Ms. Rich's social studies classes held a "Colonial Job Fair" today. The purpose of this project is for the kids to learn more about the common jobs/trades found in the 13 colonies. Jobs included, potter, miller & water cart driver.

Today is Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead. It's a traditional Mexican holiday, where it's believed that the souls of the dead return to visit their living family members. Many people celebrate by visiting graves of deceased loved ones & setting up altars with their favorite foods, drink & photos. Today, Shannan Meilunas' 8th grade classes worked on creating their own altars. They each picked what items they wanted to display on the altars. The finished altars will be on display in the classroom.

At the middle school today, there was a Halloween STEM Challenge station set up in the science room. Students had to work together to create catapults to launch candy. Some materials used included rubber bands, popsicle sticks and paper cups.

Middle School Open house is tonight 6-8pm. Your child will bring home his/her schedule today to follow this evening.