IMPORTANT DATES:

November 2016 11/13-11/17 Bullying Awareness Week

11/15 PTSA Board Meeting - 9:00am

11/13-1117 National School Psychology Week

11/20-11/24 Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

December 2016 12/5 6th & 7th Winter Band Concert

12/6 PTSA Teacher Holiday Dessert Party

12/14 Winter Choral Concert

12/19 8th Winter Band Concert

12/20 PTSA Board Meeting 9:00 AM

12/22 Teacher Planning

12/25-12/31 Holiday Break - NO SCHOOL

1/2-1/5 Holiday Break - NO SCHOOL

1/8 Students Return

1/11 Report Cards

1/15 MLK Day - NO SCHOOL

1/17 PTSA General Meeting 9:00AM

TBA GA Writing Assessment - 8th Grade

2/5-2/9 National School Counseling Week

2/7 PTSA Executive Board Meeting 9:00

2/7 Counselor Appreciation Day*

2/3 Booth Bulletin

Congratulations to E.T. Booth’s

Teacher of the Month:

PRINCIPAL - Ms. Dawn Weinbaum ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS - Mr. Scott Townsend, Ms. Kathie Monti, and Mr. Gordon Swordsma

Booth Bulletin

The

VOLUME XIV• ISSUE 2 • NOVEMBER 19, 2017

A NEW SLETTER FOR E.T. BOOTH MIDDLE SCHOOL

BOOTH BASH SUCCESS! Thank you to everyone who supported Booth Bash on Friday, October

13th. The event was a complete success! The kids had a blast dancing with the DJ, Playing Battleball with their teachers, quad jumping, bull riding spinning in

the gyroscope, and tons more! Thank you to all of our teachers, parents, and

Etowah students that came to volunteer—we couldn’t have done it without

you!! The Booth Bash raised $7500 that will 100% go towards funding the 2017

-18 PTSA budget. It provides teacher grants, guest motivational speakers for

the students, classroom supplies, School Beautifi-

cation, PASS Program, Reflections, Stu-

dent Enrichment, and much more. Thank you for supporting the PTSA and keeping The Booth

Bash going every year!!

Ice Cream Sales Ice Cream Sales are now on during lunch for the rest of the year. All ice cream in the cooler will be $1. Ice cream will be sold every day as long as there are volunteers to work it. If you are interested in selling ice cream from 11:15am-1:15pm please see the link below. You must have a volunteer form on file at Booth to sell ice cream. www.signupgenius.com/go/4090844a9ab2da02-icecream2/237724

Mr. Wilson was born and raised in Bacliff, Texas. He moved to Atlanta when he was a teenager and attended Kennesaw State University. He received his Bachelor of Sci-ence in secondary Social Science Education. We are honored to have him with us at ET Booth since 2006. That’s 12 year and counting! Mr. Wilson has been married for

12 years to Kay and they have two children; 4 and 8 years old. They also share their home with two rescued kittens. Mr. Wilson has an interest to integrate technology into his classroom and in-troduced a very innovate site called NewsELA. This technology allows him to customize the reading level to each individual stu-dent. This is instrumental in teaching a variety of learning level students! Mr. Wilson is an innovative fun teacher who gets his students involved in creative ways. He believes that in his profes-sion, you must be willing to learn as you are to teach, and his stu-dents teach a different lesson every day. As a parent himself, he believes parents can help prepare their children for learning by teaching them responsibility as early as possible, as well as, make sure they get a good nights rest and eat

M A N Z E L L A ’ S

W O R D S Comments from Mr. Michael Manzella,

Principal

A Note From the PTSA

Presidents PTSA had a very busy October! Thanks to everyone who

supported, volunteered, or participated in our big fund-

raiser, Booth Bash! The kids had an incredible time with

the quad jumper, photo booth, money grab machine, gyro-

scope, games, mechanical bull, battle ball with their

teachers, and more. Thanks to the efforts of those in-

volved, PTSA raised around $7500 to support the 2017-

18 budget. This money will assist with student enrich-

ment, school improvements, character building speakers,

teacher grants, and much more. Special thanks to our

Etowah Student Ambassadors that come help us every

year!!

Teacher Grants were submitted in September. We are

pleased to announce that the PTSA was able to supply our

teachers with lots of classroom supplies, classroom maga-

zines, science supplies, apps, assistance to our Friends

Club, and instrument accessories. We were able to grant

over $5000 to our teacher this fall. We could not have

done this without all your support.

PTSA was honored to recently assist with Career Day, the

Veterans Day Program, provide volunteers for Book fair

and Ice Cream Sales. We only had 13 Reflections submis-

sions this year and 7 of those entries placed at the count

level. We are so proud of them and you will see a list of

those winners on another page of the bulletin A fun week

for the students and staff was Red Ribbon Week during

the last week of October. Everyone had a great time par-

ticipating in the fun days that were scheduled by our com-

mittee chairs while they learned about making good

choices and being drug and alcohol free.

All of our programs are so successful thanks to all of you

who have joined PTSA, supported Booth Bash, and given

volunteer time to our programs. We would especially like

to thank all of our committee chairs and executive board

members who go above and beyond giving their time and

efforts to ET Booth.

As we move into our holiday season, PTSA needs your

help in blessing our teachers with a small token of

our appreciation. We would like to supply each teacher

with gift of tissues, Lysol wipes, pencils, hand sanitizer

and paper towels. If you are think about it while you are

out shopping, we will be collecting these items starting

Monday, November 27-December 8 th . Mark your calen-

dars for December 20 th , as we will need help putting

these items together. We will send out a sign -up genius

as it gets closer.

Thanks in advance for all your help!

We hope everyone has a very great Holiday season!

Tara Forrester and Jenni Burris

PTSA Co-President

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How quickly time flies! It’s hard to believe that we

are already nearing the end of CCSD’s first semes-ter. We have had a great first semester so far, though

it certainly has not been without its challenges. I am thankful for the opportunities I’ve had to observe our students and staff hard at work. However, we’ve cer-

tainly made time for a little fun here and there! As we move into December, students will begin pre-

paring for midterm exams which will take place right before we are out for the holiday break. Scheduling

for these exams is in the works but should be similar to what has been done in the past. Attendance dur-ing these exam times is extremely important, so stu-

dents are encouraged to attend each day for the full day. Please remember that the last day of the semes-

ter for students is on Thursday, December 21st. Stu-dents do not have school on Friday, December 22nd. That’s a day for teachers only. Students will

return from break on Monday, January 8th. Attendance will continue to be very important moving

into second semester as students and teachers ap-proach end of grade testing in the spring. We try to

utilize instructional time as effectively as possible at school, but it is important for students to attend class each daily. Our number one school improve-

ment goal is to increase student growth. I look forward to seeing what the students and staff

of E.T. Booth have in store for the coming months. Before we know it, we’ll be talking about the

next school year! Please continue following us on Twitter, liking our Facebook page, and joining us on Remind so you can receive updates. Additionally, we

will keep sending regular communication via email blast. As always, please let us know if you have any

questions or if there is any information you are not receiving. We hope everyone enjoys the upcoming school breaks!

Mike Manzella - Principal

Congratulations E.T. Booth

Reflections Winners

Photography Paul Marshall 6th Grade

Kendall Lee 6th Grade Kyra Albertson 6th Grade

Ean Weber 7th Grade

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#BeKind Shirts

Get your #BeKind shirt and join

other students, staff, and

community members spreading

kindness! Simply go by Ms.

Loiselle’s room (131) any morning to

get your shirt. Shirts are $10! Help

raise awareness for people to be

kind to each other.

**November 13th starts National

Anti-Bullying Week.

It’s a great time

to wear your #BeKind T-shirts!!

Dance Chloe Branning 6th Grade

Film Production Evan Weber 7th Grade

Literature Olivia Lambert 7th Grade

Visual Arts Miranda Crespo 6th Grade

Kendall Lee 6th Grade Madeline May 6th Grade Anvita Rautray 6th Grade

Willow Gillespie 8th Grade

Enjoy the November Break!!

November 20st– 24th

ET Booth had a great Reflections Award Breakfast on Thursday Nov. 9th where students received ribbon awards and Reflection water Bottles.

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If your student has lost an item such as a backpack, clothing, string bag, or lunch box please have them come to the front office. We do not keep books, agendas, jewelry or glasses in lost and found, they are in a drawer in the office. All items must be picked up by November 18th. Any items not claimed will be donated to a local charity.

Box Tops and

Aluminum Can Tabs Please continue to send in your box tops and aluminum can tabs. Box tops is an easy way for the school to earn money on the items you are already buying.

Aluminum can pop tabs are donated to the Ronald McDonald House to help them offset their operating expenses. BOX TOPS and CAN TABS can be sent in a baggie with your child or dropped in the collection containers on the bookshelf in the front office. For questions on either of these programs, please email Angelica Diaz at tops—angelica.diaz2@yahoo.com

E.T. Booth PTSA

Spirit Wear

Get your Fall/Winter Hoodie at the School Store. The price of the hoodie is $25. These also make great Christmas gifts!

School Store Visit the School Store Monday mornings 8:00 - 9:00 am & Fridays 11:00—1:15pm! The store sells school supplies, fun items, locker items, and spirit wear Many Items Priced under $1.00

REMINDER: Our National Jun-ior Honor Society is having a Fall/Winter Clothing Drive running through Nov. 17th. Good Condi-

tion items can be donated in the boxes located in the team are-as. Winter Item Suggestions: Hats, coats, pants, socks.

***NEW E.T BOOTH SPIRIT WEAR***

Short Sleeve Shirts $13 Long Sleeve Shirts $18

Hoodies $25

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Falcon's Basketball

Clinic Donations Needed!

The following items are needed in the clinic:

Bottled Waters- Small Bottles Peppermints Paper Cups Additional Items Maxi Pads- Various types Ginger Ale- Small Cans Juice Boxes- Various Flavors Peanut butter Crackers Cheese on Cheese Crackers 3 ounce cups Tampons- Vari-ous sizes Saltine Crackers Ace Bandages- Facial Tissues

Our Fantastic technology teacher and her group of skilled students will live stream our Friday home basketball games 12/1 and 12/8. Utilizing the ESE Network, you can view these events at http://esenetworks.com/live-events.aspx?id=14423

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There are multiple ways to get plugged in to all the school and PTSA happenings at E.T. Booth! Using a combination of the available communications below will ensure you are always “in the know.”

By Grade Level There are “Grade Level Liaisons” for each grade. Their job is to forward you county, school-wide, as well as grade specific infor-mation with the click of a mouse. If you have not received an email from your Liaison, please contact them and they will be glad to add you to their grade level database. 8th Grade

Beth Berwald - bethberwald@gmail.com

7th Grade

Nikki Cintron - nikkicintron55@gmail.com

6th Grade -

Michelle Dodd- doddm@bellsouth.net

School-Wide Distribution

“Booth Blast” Enews Sign up via a PTSA membership form or Email Cass at etboothenews@news@gmail.com to receive our weekly PTSA E-letter right to your inbox. “Booth Bulletin” Newsletter Watch for this informative newsletter to come via email and posted to the school website. Email Marlo Poper with materials for the Bul-letin at marlopoper1010@gmail.com PTSA Online Info Find the PTSA tab on the ET Booth Website: http://cherokeek12.net/etboothms/ School Website http://cherokeek12.net/etboothms/ Find staff and administration emails, teacher webpages, the counseling department, and other information for students and parents.

Our next hospitality event is coming up and we need your help!

The PTSA will be hosting holiday desserts and drinks for our Booth faculty on December 6th. Please be on the lookout for a Sign Up Genius coming soon to help us treat our teachers and staff! Thank you! The Hospitality Team

Christy & Heather

Media Center Memos Parents, We just wanted to thank all of the vol-unteers who were able to help out at our fall Book Fair! We appreciate all

your help from set up to tear down and everything in between. This Book Fair was a great success as a re-sult of our wonderful volunteers, parents and our students and we appreciate you all. Our grand total was $10,397.00! Mrs. Graves is super excited and has already been able to purchase new books and items for the Media Center. Hope to see you all in

the spring for our next Book Fair!

Thanks again,

Heather Migneco & Heather Truesdale

Yearbooks are now on sale. The information for purchasing one can be found on ET Booth’s homepage. The link to LifeTouch is ybpay.lifetouch.com and the school’s ID code is 11377518.

Cost is $45. Order Now!!!

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E. T. Booth’s 2017 Veterans Day program was viewed by over 260 guests from the basketball court. Moreo-ver, Mrs. Daniele Deneka’s Falcon TV crew with Etowah High School TV production members made it possible for over 900 viewers to watch the program at 33 locations around the world, including Germany, Afghanistan, and Mexico, through the ESE Network live stream. While the 7th and 8th Grade Bands played entry music, the Etowah High School Air Force Junior ROTC Saber Team formed a Saber Arch under which all guests passed. The program began with the Junior ROTC Color Guard presented the Colors. Keeping with the tradition of being a program for our students by our students, Kara Drew and Sanjana Su-rapaneni led the program as this year’s Emcees. Narrators Kelsey Cleveland, Dakota Chen, Leighton Whatley, and Riley Warren presented the history of Veterans Day. This year’s feature presentation, America’s Famous Movies and Music based on Military History, was composed and presented by narrators Morgan Busbee, Yasmine Qutob, and Lauren Noyes. Most notably, the presenta-tion included the band and chorus performing together as well as individually. Our guest Speaker, Captain Mark Retzloff (US Navy Retired), inspired our students with examples demon-strating that dedicated scholastic effort builds successful careers. In addition, he pointed out that many suc-cessful personalities, to include singers and actors, served in our military forces. Many thanks go to the Booth PTSA, our Media Specialist Amanda Graves, parents, and teachers who facilitat-ed this student production.

Special Thank You

To these local businesses for supporting our community, school and Veterans by

donating for our program.

Chick Fil A Floral Designs by H.C Panera

Publix Srouts

Starbucks (Hwy 92)