Daily Bulletin: Friday 10/17

October 17, 2014
  • Attention All winter athletes: Basketball players, Wrestlers and Cheerleaders if you plan on trying out for one of our school teams MAKE SURE you have signed up online and your physical is up to date and on file in the nurse’s office. If you have any questions please see Mr. Johnson. 
  • Math Challenge of the Week: If an orange has 20 fewer calories than a banana and 7 bananas have the same number of calories as 9 oranges, how many calories are in a banana? 
  • Are you interested in playing basketball at the YMCA? The assessment date at the Plaistow YMCA, for grades 7 & 8 is Sunday October 19 from 9-11. For more information, contact the Plaistow YMCA @ 382-0641 
  • 10/20:              PTSA meeting 6:30 pm Café
  • 10/24:              Picture retake day
  • 10/24:             6th Grade Halloween party 6:30 – 8 pm TRMS Cafeteria Admission is $5.
  • 10/25               Halloween Walk
  • 11/10               Early Release   12:00
  • 11/11               No School Veterans Day
  • 11/12-21         Book fair
  • 11/13              Student led Conferences
  • 10/25:          Halloween Walk
  • A kid friendly walk in the woods filled with ghoulish fun and Ghostly activities 4 – 6pm
  • A Erie walk in the sinister woods for any brave soul 8:30 to 9:30 pm
  • Both walks start at the Middle School baseball diamond $5 per person to support Mealy’s meals. 
  •       You can order magazines online all year long, all proceeds from this fundraiser go directly back to the student’s team to help defray the costs of field trips or other team activities. To order online go to  www.gaschoolstore.com and enter School ID 2654945 
  • DID YOU LOSE A PAIR OF GLASSES? WE HAVE 6 PAIRS IN THE FRONT OFFICE!
  • Costume Contest at the TRMS Library
  • Now through Halloween Day!
  • What – Anytime between now and Halloween Day, bring a costume to school that is based on a character from a book you have read. You will change into your costume in the library and make a short video.
  • In the video you will tell the name of the book and the character from that book you represent and why you chose to dress as that character. No face paint allowed.
  • Where – TRMS Library and Video Lab
  • When – During advisory any morning between now and Halloween Day.
  • How/Logistics of contest
  • Bring your costume and change into it in the library during advisory, to make a video
  • Change back into regular clothes before returning to your classes
  • The videos will be shown the following week during lunch in the cafeteria and kids will vote for their favorite costumes
  • The costume with the most votes from each grade will win a gift card to shop at the November library book fair for $20.00 each
  • Why – costume contest to promote reading & the video lab!