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Notes from the

Principal… CYRIL D. LOCKE MIDDLE SCHOOL


110 Allen Road
April May 2009 Billerica, MA 01821
VOL 1 ISSUE 5
PHONE: 978.528.8650
FAX: 978.528.8659
www.billerica.k12.ma.us/locke
Newsletter Tracy D. Sands
MCAS…. Tony Garas
Principal
As always, please reinforce Assistant Principal
As our end-of-year field trips and healthy habits to best prepare tgaras@billerica.k12.ma.us
celebrations approach, please your child for MCAS beginning
make sure your child remembers May 11 and for every day of Inside this Issue Dates
that we still have 2-months of school. Please remind your child May 7 Walk to Concord
school to go! May 11 MCAS 6th Grade
to: Breakfast Math I
As usual, students get spring 1. Eat breakfast every day. Calendar May 12 MCAS 6th Grade
Math II
fever this time of year, and
eighth graders get “high school
Cranky Teenagers May 13 MCAS 7th Grade
Math I
fever” after choosing courses and Definite Dozen May 14 MCAS 7th Grade
attending orientation. MCAS Math II
May 15 MCAS 6th/7th Make-
We all work very hard to be Parent Advisory Up
2. Make healthy eating May 18 MCAS 8th Grade
patient with students during this
choices.
Council Math I
time of year. Please continue to
support the school and ensure PTO Meeting May 19 MCAS 8th Grade
Math II
that your child is on time each Puberty May 20 MCAS 7th Grade Soc
day and only misses school when
it is absolutely necessary.
School Council Studies
May 21 MCAS 8th Grade
Students’ Needs Science
In addition, please encourage 3. Get adequate rest. May 22 MCAS Make-Ups
Suggestions
your child to complete homework
after a quick snack in the
afternoon before the “texting
party” or other screen time takes
over.
4. Stay hydrated.

What does my middle school student need?


Schools that:
Locke Middle School • Provide an environment to help
• Understand and remember
what it is like to be an
School Council them feel safe adolescent
• Incorporate developmentally
Me etings 2 nd Thursday at 7:00 p m appropriate practices
Contact Position Email Address • Promote proactive contributions
Tracy Sands Co-Chair tsands@billerica.k12.ma.us to society
Principal • Develop social and emotional as
Cindy Snedeker Co-Chair snedpc@hotmail.com well as intrapersonal and
8th Grade Parent interpersonal intelligence
Mickey Ouellette Community mickoue@aol.com
Member
Brienne Casey Faculty Member bcasey@billerica.k12.ma.us
6th Science Teachers & Administrators
Tony Garas Faculty Member tgaras@billerica.k12.ma.us who:
Asst. Principal • Listen
Josie McCafferty Faculty Member jmccafferty@billerica.k12.ma.u
• Respect students and their
Health Teacher s
opinions
Kevin Sharkey Faculty Member ksharkey@billerica.k12.ma.us
• Care about students as
Guidance
people and are interested
Victoria DiPierro Parent Member dipierro1@comcast.net Parents who:
in their lives
• Listen
Karen Frawley Parent Member frawley5@comcast.net • Understand and remember
• Model respect
what it is like to be an
• Make themselves available to
Karen Gregory Parent Member karendowcette@aim.com adolescent
their children
• Are mentors and role
Gina Maniscalco Parent Member ginman5@comcast.net models, not just
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instructors
Did you know...

“Puberty fundamentally disrupts” development and has “a profound We welcome


your input!
impact upon the cognitive, social, and emotional lives of teens.”
Armstrong, T. (2006). The best schools: How human development research should
inform educational
practice. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development. Suggestions
We need you!
Concerns
Can you help for…
Ideas…

One hour? Billerica Parent Advisory


One day? Council
One Week? www.bpacsp.org
Sue Hopkins, Chairperson suehop@comcast.net
Email Denise DePierro, Vice Chairperson ddepierro07@gmail.com
Priscilla Aufiero, Secretary paufiero1@aol.com
thelockeparents@comcas Michelle DeParasis, Treasurer cunhel@comcast.net
t.net Gina Maniscalco, Public Relations ginman5@comcast.net
Carol Rose, Webmaster carol-rose@comcast.net
Donna Gadbois, Contact Person dmgadbois@comcast.net

WHY IS MY TEENAGER CRANKY AND LETHARGIC?

Definite Dozen for


Success
Adolescents aged 13 to 22 need 9 to 10 hours of sleep each night. The
To stay (at Tennessee) you have hormonal changes conspire against them especially when they are sleep
to be: deprived. When puberty hits, the body's production of sleep-inducing melatonin
• Responsible is delayed, making an early bedtime biologically impossible for most teens. At
• Respectable
• Loyal
the same time, the report notes, external forces such as after-school sports and
• Honest jobs and early school start times put the squeeze on a full night's sleep.
To Perform (at Tennessee) you
have to: Brown University (2005). Adolescents who are cranky, lethargic, and forgetful may have chronic
• Work Hard sleep deprivation. Retrieved April 10,
• Play Smart 2009, from Brown University web site: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=10712.
• Put the Team Before
Yourself
• Have a Winning Attitude
To Be Successful (at Tennessee) School Cafeteria
you have to: Breakfast Served Daily
• Be Coachable
• Accept Your Role PTO MEETING
2ND THURSDAY -- 5:30 PM
• Handle Success and Failure
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Tracy D. Sands 2009
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