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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!

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.

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 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

NATURESCAPE Dedication
April, 2011
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.

 

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.

 

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.