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Tel (555) 555 -1234 Fax (555) 555 - 1234"The mission of Ralston Middle School is to develop safe, responsible,

and respectful learners today, leaders tomorrow."

8202 Lakeview StreetRalston, NE 68127

(402) 331-4701www.rms.ralstonschools.org

Mr. Jason Buckingham, PrincipalMr. Andy Parizek, Assistant Principal

& Activities Director

Para cualquier pregunta relacionada con su niño o actividades de la escuela, por favor llame a la Línea de Español al número 402-898-3557. La línea directa es atendida durante el día.

Antes y después de la escuela, los mensajes pueden ser dejados en el buzón. Se hará todo lo posible para responder a las llamadas entre 24 horas.

A reminder to all parents that you have the ability to check your student’s grades, attendance and homework completion online. From our web page, parents can click on the tab “Parent Access,” then click on R-Kids to access the login. You will need to have your child’s username and password to proceed. If you no longer have access to your child’s account information, please call us at 402-331-4701 so that we may provide you with that information.

As the weather turns colder, an important reminder to parents that we provide supervision for our students from dismissal to 3:40 daily. Students who are not with a teacher, in an activity or in Kids Count must leave the property after school is dismissed. If you are unable to pick up your child by 3:40, we would recommend that you enroll them in our after school program. Please contact Linda Hoffman at 402-331-4701 if you are interested in signing your child up for Kids Count.

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Team Lightning students continue to work hard in their studies, developing every day in gaining insight and wisdom as we work to become safe, responsible, and respectful students.

In Language Arts classes we finished reading The Lightning Thief. Students had a unit on Greek gods/goddesses and myths to help them with background knowledge before we started the novel. We are also working on essential reading skills like analyzing the author's strengths and weaknesses, inference, cause and effect, as well the minor elements of fiction. We will finish the unit before Thanksgiving with a culminating compare and contrast essay about the novel vs. the movie.

In Science class we are finishing up our unit on the human body and it's systems. When we return from Thanksgiving break students will finally get to dissect their frogs to further study the organ systems we've discussed in class. For the remaining weeks of this semester, we will dive into the world of heredity; learning about how cells divide and why we look the way we look.

This month in Math we will begin learning about decimals, fractions and percents and relating them with ratios and proportions. Each class will also do one or two projects

relating to ratios and proportions. Adv. Pre-Algebra and Pre-Algebra A will be doing a project that relates to the hand size of Michael Jordan; while Math and Pre-Algebra A will do a project that deals with the idea of capture and recapture. This should be a fun way for them to wrap up the semester!

Finally in Social Studies classes, we continue learning about ancient cultures and the development of new religions. The past few weeks, students have learned about ancient India and the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. We are really excited because 7th grade students have the opportunity to visit the Hindu Temple here in Omaha on Thursday, Dec. 5th. This is a unique first-time opportunity that our 7th graders are getting to experience.

Mrs. Sheets' Language Arts students are finishing up working cooperatively in their Lightning Thief book clubs. Next, we are looking forward to making stop motion videos about the Lightning Thief!

The World History classes are studying the ancient civilization of India! Kids are learning about two of the world's largest religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, as well as the achievements of the ancient Indians. Students are also spending time learning about the life of Mohandas Gandhi, and his use of nonviolence to create change in the world.

In Ms. Redemske's Math classes, students are learning about proportional thinking and using ratios to solve everyday problems. We even did an experiment to see if the Statue of

Liberty's nose is too long. (We found out that it is!) We will also be working on a project related to Michael Jordan's hand size and use proportions to make scale models of objects.

In science, we are beginning Unit 3 covering Reproduction and Heredity. We will be learning how all living things produce offspring and why some organisms look exactly like the original organism and why other organisms look like a combination of the parents' characteristics or might not even look like the parent at all. We also will be discovering the way that these characteristics (traits) are passed from parent to offspring. At the end of this unit, the goal is to do a project demonstrating students' knowledge of traits (characteristics) passed on from parent to offspring by building creatures.

Team Ice is staying with cool with showing off their creativity in Pre-Algebra by making data posters. They surveyed 100 people and displayed different ways to show the data like bar graphs and circle graphs. Algebra classes are also creating cool projects about slope. They took pictures around the school and are calculating the slope of various objects to make a slope portfolio. In science the students are learning all about the periodic table of elements.

History classes are working to understand all about the Constitutional convention. Language Arts classes are reading Lord of the Flies and working on their descriptive writing skills. We are looking forward the more snow on Team ICE!

Team 8B is catching Fire...burning through 2nd quarter so quickly. History has been working on the Declaration of Independence. Science has finished up a project on the periodic table and adopted an element. Language Arts is working on writing skills and in math we have a data analysis project and Algebra is sliding through slope. The end of December brings an end of the semester and all students in Algebra will be taking a final. We want to give them the experience of what it will look like and be like to take a final before going into high school. Hope all have a safe and blessed holiday!!

Winter Choir ConcertMonday, Dec. 16th

7:00 p.m.

Winter BreakDecember 23rd

thruJanuary 3rd

School gets out on December

20th at 3:21. No after school activities or

Kids Count that night. All

Students must be off the school

grounds by 3:30.

Classes resume for second

semester on January 6th.

The Student Council was invited to join thousands of Middle School student to the first "Life Skills Pep Rally" in Lincoln on the 8th of November. The rally took place at the new Pinnacle Bank Arena. Featured speakers were Basketball coach Tim Miles, Baseball coach Darin Erstadt, Olympic Gold Medal winner Jordan Burroughs (wrestling), NCAA champion Discus thrower Chad Wright, and many others. Their message was for students to be the best they can be in all walks of life whether it be sports, school or friendships. At the end the speakers of the Acro Dunkers performed amazing stunts with basketballs. A free lunch was provided for all students and then we were allowed to watch the Nebraska UCLA women's basketball game. It was truly an enjoyable afternoon.

The RMS Student Council is adopting a Ralston Family for the holidays. Each advisement will be collecting money.

The top 2 groups collecting the most money will get treats from the Student Council.

If you would like to donate please money with your child or send it to the office in care of the Student Council.

Thank you for your support.

A group of our Lunch Bunch students and staff went to watch the movie "Catching Fire". They

had a wonderful time.

7A SOW

11/5 - Janelle M. for being incredibly focused on her work, showing persistence, and being kind to others11/11 - Brandon L. for his strong work ethic, and consistently being friendly and helpful to others11/18 - Kenzie H. for demonstrating leadership, maturity, and always having high quality work

7B SOW

11/5 - Dillon R. for having a pleasant attitude, being on task, and works hard to do his best!11/11 - Haley T. for being helpful to others; having a positive attitude; willing to challenge herself11/18 - Diego P. for being well-prepared, focused, and is able to balance academics and activities well

8A SOW

11/5 - Damien K. for great attitude and positive leadership11/11 - Sam M. for having a very creative Science project, and for teaching a fraction lesson in Math11/18 - Kim C. for classroom participation and excellent study habits

8B SOW

11/5 - Jordan U. will work with anyone..team player11/11 - Luci E. for being respectful and always gives her best 11/18 - Lance C. always does the right thing. So respectful and helpful

Specialists SOW

11/5 - 7th grader - Kenzi H. for being energetic and hardworking11/11 - 7th grader - Rachel K. for being polite and hardworking11/18 - 7th grader - Michael C. for being a hard worker and self-sufficient

Watch your emails for more information or contact Linda Hoffman in the office 402-331-4701

NEW Bingo Date:Thursday, March 20th

Please watch all the sales right now and collect bingo prizes. When you purchase them you

can send them to the office and we will store them until Bingo

Night. If you need any donation letters we have them available

for you. Thank you so much for all of your support.

We will be selling Village Inn Pie Cards. The sales will start the first part of November and run until Christmas break. More info will be out about those when we get it. They make nice gifts and are super

easy to use.

Monday, Dec. 2nd@ 6:30 in cafeteria

Tuesday, Dec. 3rdDon & Millies

84th & Q4:00-9:00 pm

Please send any leftover or extra candy you have to school or if you want to purchase extra candy. We

use it or prizes here at RMS.

The PTO will provide Holiday snacks in the lounge for the

staff on Wednesday, Dec. 18th. If you would like to make some treats please

contact Linda Hoffman in the office.

Anabel CastellanosCanopic Jar

Clay, Acrylic Paint

Students studied the Ancient Egyptian's method of preserving materials for use in the afterlife. Then they used the coil building technique to

create a contemporary version of the containers used in preservation.

Thank you for supporting the Ralston Rams Middle School Boys Basketball teams:

Mon., Dec. 2nd 4:00 Res. BBB "A" Tourney @ RMS Tues., Dec. 3rd 4:00 Res. BBB "A" Tourney @ RMSThurs., Dec. 5th 4:00 Res. BBB "A" Tourney @ RMS

Thurs., Dec. 5th 4:00 Var. BBB Tourney @ Millard Central MSFri., Dec. 6th 4:00 Var. BBB Tourney @ Millard Central MS

Sat., Dec. 7th 8:00 Var. BBB Tourney @ Millard Central Mon., Dec. 9th 4:00 Var. BBB @ Millard Central

Tues., Dec. 10th @ 4:00 Var. BBB @ Millard Central MS

Girls Basketball

Girls Basketball tryouts will start on Dec. 9th from 3:30-5:00 with practices to follow. A meeting will be held the first week of

December. Watch the announcements for the date and time.

Wrestling

Wrestling will start on Monday, Jan 6th, from 3:30-5:00 each night. Watch the announcements for further updates and meeting

information.

Ralston Middle School and Ralston High Schoolnow have Twitter Accounts

Follow the middle school @RalstonMSand the high school @Ralston HS

The RMS Geometry class attended and competed at Discover Engineering Day at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln on November 13th. Throughout the day, students learned about various fields in engineering and competed in events in those engineering fields. The group of Ally R, Connor S, Jake H, Kyle L, and Spencer G won the robot design competition.

From L to R: Megan W., Kyle L., Cassidy L., Jordan U., Connor S., Peyton K.

Ralston Middle School students competed at the Central High School MathContest on Thursday, November 14th. They placed in the top 50% of teams from around the Omaha & Lincoln metro areas. They did a great job! :)

BOLD newsletter

BOLD students are excited about the Defy Gravity field trip thatis quickly approaching. Students will head to Defy Gravity onFriday, Dec. 13th and spend an hour jumping on their indoor trampolines and enjoying fun and laughter with friends.

As December approaches, BOLD students will soon be focusing their energy on a service project. They are hoping to start a collection of items needed by the local Humane Society.

By working together for a common cause and spending time laughing with friends, we continue to focus on finding ways tocelebrate life without the use of drugs.

Nine of our students went with Campus Life to watch a Creighton Men's Basketball game on Saturday, November 23rd. After the game was over they all went to Family Fun Center and played games. What a fun time for everyone.

Only $11.00 per cardPies included: Cherry, Coconut Cream, Country Apple, French Silk, Lemon Meringue, Lemon Supreme, Pumpkin, Strawberry Rhubarb &

Triple Berry($2.00 more for any of the other pies. Pay that extra at Village Inn.)

Cards Expire on 12/31/15

Cards are available in the Ralston Middle School Office

Linda Hoffman at (402) 331-4701or email below:

linda_hoffman@ralstonschools.org

Circle your package.

Must purchase Personalization to put your name on the cover.

Must purchase Personalization to add icons.

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ORDER BY 1/31/2014Order by January 31st to receive a $2 discount and have the opportunity to put your name on the cover! Price goes up February 1st. Return completedforms to the office, or order online.

YEARBOOK $20.00

Yearbook with PersonalizationPERSONALIZE IT PACKAGE $25.00

Yearbook with Personalization plus Color Autograph Section and 8 Multicolored Signing MarkersSIGNATURE PACKAGE $33.00

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