Important Dates

3/10: Nordic Ski End of Season Celebration 2:45-4:45
3/10: Brass Players meet during Tutorial

3/11: Teal Team Parent/Student Camp Kieve Informational Meeting in the Cafeteria at 6:30 PM

3/11 & 3/12: Winter Carnival 12:15-2:30 (no periods 3&4)

3/18: Speech & Debate in room 026 from 2:45-4:45 (will meet every Thursday through April 15)

3/24: Due date for Maranacook Area Softball League Registration (for 12 thru 16 year old girls) - Info available in the office

4/2: Cabin Fever Advisee Day Out

Mon 4/5 Spring Sports Start

Yearbook Committee Meetings
will be held the following Fri's in room #123 from 2:45-4:30:
3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26

MARANACOOK FOOTBALL FISHING DERBY is cancelled
Football Ice Fishing Derby scheduled for Sat 3/13/10 is cancelled due to the ice conditions. We will try again next year. See you all on the football field in the fall.

Potluck and Bake Off Manchester Elementary School - Robin Rankin Memorial Fund Pot Luck Dinner & Bake Off Each year the Robin Rankin Memorial Fund Committee hosts this exciting event. It will be held on Friday, March 12th in the MES Gym from 5 - 6:30 p.m.. The dinner portion is an old fashioned Pot Luck (bring your favorite dish to share) no charge to dine, donations for the fund are accepted. The dessert portion of the event will be the entries for the bake-off. Bake off registration forms are available at Manchester Elementary School (categories include: bars, cookies, cakes and pies) prizes will be awarded to an adult and student winner in each category! The fee to enter the bake off is $5 and should be sent in with your registration form.

Robotics Summer Camp We are pleased to have Tom Bickford from the Lego Robotics League return to Maranacook Middle School to offer his Summer Robotics Camp. We will be offering two weeks of camp--Session 1 is a beginner level from August 2-6th and Session 2 is a beginner/advanced level from August 9-13th. The Robotics Camp uses the ever popular LEGO¨ MindStorms Kit to learn about Design and Building of engineering projects. To sign up online or download a brochure, go to http://www.mainerobotics.org/camps.html or contact Diane MacGregor at diane_macgregor@maranacook.org.

Student Led Conferences ItŐs time for Spring conferences which feature Advisor-based Student Led Conferences. Conferencing with advisors provides the time for every student to share their learning. Your child will lead you through a portfolio of work that has been diligently reviewed, evaluated and reflected upon with input from team teachers. Student led conferences spotlight the most important person in the process: the student. Please come to this conference prepared to listen, acknowledge his or her effort and growth, and ask questions of your child. If questions remain unanswered after the Advisor-based Student Led Conference, feel free to sign up after the conference to meet with your childŐs team/teachers at the available times identified below. Advisor-based Student Led Conferences will be scheduled through Pick a Time, the online program we used in the fall. When scheduling this conference, please sign up for a common time when you and your child plan to attend. Please use the link on our website to sign up at mcms.maranacook.org. Be sure to sign up under your childŐs ADVISOR. Your childŐs teachers will be available if you have questions after the student led conference. In order to meet with them, you will need to sign up at that time on the sign up sheet outside the teacher/team door. If you do not have internet access, please contact Kim Lucas at extension 402 to sign up for an Advisor-based Student Led conference. Conferences will be held on Tuesday March 16 and Monday March 22. The schedule for those nights is: Parent, student, and advisor: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Available time with classroom teachers: 4:05 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Parent, student, and advisor: 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Available time with classroom teachers: 6:20 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Maranacook Community Middle School advisors look forward to seeing you.

Speech & Debate
Speech & Debate starts on Thursday, March 18 - Interested students report to room 026 (downstairs) for more information and details. Speech & Debate will meet every Thursday from 2:45-4:45 in room 026 through April 15

MS Spring Sports Sign ups Any student interested in a spring sport, please tell your advisor to sign up. Spring sports offered are:
8th & 7th grade baseball (6th grade please sign up)
8th & 7th grade softball (6th grade please sign up)
Track & Field is open to boys and girls, all grades.

Upcoming Grade 5 Transition Events Parent School Visits (These visits are offered for those who would like to see the middle school "in action". Please contact Phyllis Cote at 685-3128 ext 401 ASAP to schedule a visit if you are interested.) Weds. March 24 8-11 am Thursday March 25 8-11 am Parent Team Survey (This is being mailed on March 8). DUE RETURNED TO MCMS NO LATER THAN FRIDAY MARCH 26). Grade Five Student Visits Mon. April 26 RES, WES, FES Tuesday April 27 MES, MTV

Help Maranacook Adult Education
Help Adult Education win a $50,000 grant for family Literacy by voting online
Go to Maranacook.maineadulted.org
Click on Vote (You need to register with Pepsi the first time)
Please vote for the Maranacook Bears (Beginning Early Archieves Reading Success)idea. The top ten in each money category on March 31st will be awarded the grant. PLEASE VOTE DAILY!! Thank you for your support
Deb Bomaster, Adult Education Director