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MEGASKILLS #1
On April 3rd, 2012 Margate Middle School held their first Title 1 MegaSkills Workshop, “ What Stuff Achievements is Made of.”
With great success, and enthusiasm, 27 families attended, learning new skills to usher their children to success! In addition, we had the honor of introducing TD as community partner in providing parents with insightful information on “Credit and your Future.”
The workshop facilitated by 8th grade language arts teacher, Ms. De La O and 7th grade reading teachers, Ms. Deborah Robinson, is part of a series for the upcoming year.
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SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER OF THE YEAR
It is a pleasure to announce Mrs. Rubright as Broward County’s Secondary Mathematics Teacher of the Year. In her four years at Margate Middle she has proven herself as a valuable asset. Mrs. Rubright’s major contributions to mathematics education are multifaceted. Through systematic and explicit instruction with the use of technology, she is able to tailor instruction to meet the individual needs of her students. Mrs. Rubright’s love for Mathematics infused with real world applications consistently affects her students making them feel that the content is worthwhile. Her Masters degree in Special Education has provided her with a valuable background on learning disabilities and accommodations that are beneficial for all students varying in learning abilities.
Mrs. Rubright’s class microblog through Edmodo provides a safe environment which encourages peer-tutoring and an avenue in which students can seek homework help thus increasing their conceptual understanding. She has successfully created a classroom community that fosters acceptance of peers helping students feel safe to ask questions while improving their self-confidence and eagerness to learn.
One hundred percent of Mrs. Rubright’s GEM7 students passed the Algebra I End of Course exam in the top third of the State of Florida. We attribute her students’ success to FCAT pullouts during planning, Saturday school tutoring, interactive lessons, hands on projects, use of manipulatives and instant feedback. Active Expressions (handheld remotes which wirelessly submit answers to the promethean board) are used during everyday instruction providing an instant poll of each student’s strategic competence and procedural fluency.
It is a privilege to have Mrs. Rubright as Margate Middle’s Mathematics Academic Games Coach for the past four years, to coordinate team practices and oversee our students at the AMC8, BCCTM, and Math Counts competitions. Mrs. Rubright is also our Girls Track and Field Coach. Her dedication to Margate Middle School and mathematics education has not gone unnoticed. As co-coordinator of the Saint Jude Math-a-thon, she has encouraged her students to raise much needed funds for children who are battling cancer. Her students raised over a thousand dollars each year for the past two years and were featured in the Sun-Sentinel and several local forums.
BROWARD COUNTY SCIENCE FAIR
On February 10, 2012, nine Margate Middle students participated in the Broward County Science Fair. This is a district wide competition where students from Broward County schools present their science fair projects to a series of judges. Students were selected to participate based on their exceptional performance in the Margate Middle school science fair. Representing Margate Middle was: Tasnia Arshee, Hunter Fernon, Alexandra Giang, Sarah Hill, Kyle Horodecki, Demara Lynch, Isabela Santos, Samantha Schwartz and Emily Turner. All students did an excellent job presenting their projects. The following students received additional honors from the District: Tasnia Arshee 3rd place in Physics, Samantha Schwartz 3rd place in Botany and Hunter Fernon 4th place in Engineering. Congratulations to these talented student scientists!
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The Science Department would like to congratulate the winners of the2012 Science Fair. The winners are:
6th Grade
1st Place‐ Demara Lynch
2nd Place‐ Emily Turner & Samantha Schwartz
3rd Place‐ Kyle Horodecki
7th Grade
1st Place‐ Sierra Bilinski
2nd Place‐ Alejandra Carde
3rd Place‐ Julia Roberson
8th Grade
1st Place‐ Tasnia Arshee
2nd Place‐ Cierra Stafford
3rd Place‐ Calvin Chambliss
Congratulations to all of our winners and all who participated!
MATH-A-THON
Margate Middle School Students Raise Funds to Help Children Battling Cancer. Students at Margate Middle School participated in the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Math-A-Thon program. The students raised $1,900 to help children who are battling cancer and other deadly diseases. The 7th grade Hurricanes team at the school raised $1,041 of the total.
“We are so proud of our students for embracing Math- A-Thon and raising critical funds for St. Jude,” said Lesley Shell and Ruthann Rubright, coordinators of the event. “Every dollar raised will help support the St. Jude mission of finding cures and saving children in communities worldwide.”
Math-A-Thon allows students to build and practice essential math skills while they raise funds for kids battling cancer at St. Jude. Teachers serve asvolunteer coordinators and participating students solve math problems printed in an online “funbook.” Students ask family and friends for donationsin support of their participation. All donations are sent to St. Jude. No child is ever turned away at St. Jude’s because of the family’s inability to pay,so donations are vital. For more information on how to host your own Math-A-Thon event, call 1-800-FUNBOOK
(386-2665) or visit www.mathathon.org.
click here for Coral Springs Tribune article
click here for Margate News article
SEMINOLES TEAM GLIDES PROJECT
This year the 8th grade Seminoles team focused on developing real-world solutions for the future with their GLIDES project. For 5 weeks students worked diligently researching their topics, using technology to create powerpoints, timelines, websites and commercials. On top of all that students also built 3-D models of their future product and participated in debates related to their topic. After all their hard work, students showcased their ideas and celebrated a job well-done with parents and the community on October 26, 2011.
NATURESCAPE
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NATURESCAPE Dedication |
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| We have planted native Florida plants to conserve water. | Students explore native species. | Students release ladybugs. Nature’s natural pest control. |
ACCELERATED READER CELEBRATION
January 27th Starbucks hosted our 2nd Frappuccino Frenzy for our 49 top AR earners in the school. During 6th period these students created their own frappuccinos by adding any and all flavors they liked and then Starbucks blended them together. During 2nd quarter 6th grade earned 5,063 points, 7th grade earned 3,934 points, 8th grade earned 4,408 points giving us a grand total of over 13,000 points for just 2nd quarter and over 21,000 points to date for the entire school year!! Way to go Spartans! Click here forVideo
CLEAN-UP PROJECT
Saturday morning, January 15, 2011, NJHS and DFYIT club members woke up early to help clean up Margate Middle. They worked together in small groups pulling weeds, picking up garbage, shoveling dirt and rocks out of the bike rack, scrubbing all the poles along the parent pick up side, and trimming the palm trees along the front of the school. Even though the students worked incredibly hard all morning, you could hear them enjoying themselves as they laughed and sang while they worked.
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SPANISH ACADEMIC GAMES COMPETITION
Margate Middle participated in the Spanish Academic Games Competition 2010. We were awarded two first places, two second places, and a third place. Plus a well deserved team third place among all other middle schools. Congratulations to the entire team.
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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH 2011
One of the activities for Hispanic Heritage Month with a door-decorating contest. Pictured below are some of the decorated doors. The ice-cream party was celebrated by Mrs. Rothman’s class, winner of the contest.
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