Maine-Endwell Middle School

6th and 7th Graders! Join us this Friday for another school dance. It takes place in the gym from 7 - 9 PM. We'll have a photo booth, pizza, chips and drinks, a video game room, and more. Admission is $5 and snacks are $1

Come join us for our Spring into STEM event on March 6th from 5-7pm on SUNY Broome in the Applied Technologies Building. This event will be geared toward students (grades 6-9, but all are welcome to attend), their parents, and educators to: • Learn more about career pathways in the STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) • Encourage them to “keep their options open” by not opting out of challenging math and science courses in high school and beyond • Inspire them to learn higher-level thinking skills, and • Help them be successful in the workforce of the future Please see the attached flyer for details on how to register! Thank you. Melinda Russell Community Outreach Specialist Broome-Tioga BOCES 435 Glenwood Road Binghamton, NY 13905 melindarussell@btboces.org 607-763-3254 www.btboces.org

Girls Who Code at Binghamton University strives to introduce middle school and high school girls to a rising field-computer science. Students will learn coding skills, meet women from the tech industry, bond with other girls interested in STEM, and develop skills that they will use in their everyday lives. Applications for our Spring 2025 session are open! We are offering three classes in-person for free: * All programs are for middle and high school girls, new and returning - Beginner Python - Introduction to Java - Introduction to Web Development Classes will begin February 1st and run Saturdays until April 19th (excluding University breaks). Applications are due on January 13th (1 week!) Please see our flyer below for more information. Students can apply online at https://www.gwcatbinghamton.com/apply Questions? Email us at binggwc@gmail.com

Reminder: Next Tuesday, August 27th is our 6th Grade Walkthrough at the Middle School! We encourage all incoming middle schoolers and families to attend. Follow the link below for a message from our principal, along with important information for families: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:94c18544-e29b-4d72-b034-1c2be888e372

Registration is still open for our 6th Grade Summer Music Camp! Be sure to click the link below to sign up. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2I-rxKY3IZDSK72PBdgwGTi6j2gBZDUUUVkcWmCIyttkwAA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Incoming freshmen and sophomores: check out this summer youth program that SUNY Broome is offering! See flyer for details. You can also scan the QR code.

School Budget PASSES YES: 381 NO: 138 School Buses: PASSES YES: 404 NO: 114 Board of Education: Michael Chudacik: 432 Lynn Ross: 409 Melinda Spooner: 418 THANK YOU, VOTERS!

Get ready to shake it off and sing along! The high school is going to be hosting a Maine-Endwell K-12 students and families ERAS NIGHT on June 14th! We will be streaming the Eras Tour concert on the jumbotron, and people will be able to watch the concert from the turf. Additionally, there will be: • Food/ice cream trucks • Live performance from our music department to kick off the night • Friendship bracelets designed by the art department • Glow sticks/necklaces • Maine-Endwell merch for sale It should be a great time and a chance for our Maine-Endwell K-12 community to come together as we close out the 23-24 school year!

Attention students 16 and older: Don't miss out on this awesome opportunity! Apply now for the Visions internship for the 2024-2025 school year. Applicants must be 16 or older by July 1, 2024, and have a minimum of one free period to work next year. To apply click on: https://recruiting.ultipro.com/VIS1010VFCU/JobBoard/8aa6443c-bdeb-4ca6-a33d-6c538463a2c4/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=143b3c2a-a102-4d58-a6c4-ec6a74989258.

Mark your calendars for these important end-of-school year dates.

Registration is now open for the Summer Enrichment Program for all M-E students entering 6th grade in the fall.

This is a wonderful opportunity for incoming 6th graders to meet the MS music teachers, make new friends and get ready for the new school year!

ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN CRISIS: A team of dedicated staff from each building spent the day in a training titled “Assisting Individuals in Crisis” provided by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc. We are grateful for this opportunity!

For the second year in a row, M-E middle school enrichment students participated in the Kids Can Build Challenge. They teamed with CHOW and brought a giant-sized gumball machine to life using nonperishable food items. Students brought home the Structural Integrity First Place Award. After using software to design the shape, diameter and height of the structure to determine how many cans would be needed, students shopped at local grocery stores to find the cheapest cans with labels in the colors they needed, while still provided food items that are appealing to families in the southern tier. They used spaghetti, diced tomatoes and tomato paste for the base of the gumball machine, green beans and peas for the metalic coin slot and single serve cereal for the gumballs. The students even built a working lever that dispensed a gumball (cereal container) down a shoot. They were the only group that incorporated a moving part out of the 15 middle and high school teams that competed! Students finished their structure off my attaching LED lights and pool noodles to give it the rounded gumball globe shape. MEMS attended an awards ceremony at the Visions Auditorium to receive their award. Over 2,000 cans were donated to the CHOW pantry to help "POP out Hunger."

This coming Monday is MEHS' Prism concert! March 25th at 7:29pm. (Yes, that is the correct time!) You will want to get there early as it’s easily one of the most anticipated concerts of the year. This concert will feature all of the large ensembles of the music department, as well as solos and small ensembles. This concert runs continuously without applause until the combined finale with all band, orchestra and chorus students performing together.

This Thursday, 3/21, is World Down Syndrome Day. Each building is asking students and staff to wear Blue and Gold that day, the colors that represent WDSD. We are also doing a collection for GiGi's Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center, as many of our students attend programs at GiGi's. See flyer below for wish list items to support our friends and classmates at Gigi's Playhouse. Collections of items will be from 3/21-3/28 in the following places: Maine Memorial- Mrs. Patterson's Room Homer Brink- Mrs. Thorner's Room Middle School- Mrs. Erb's room High School- Mrs. Simek in the Counseling Office

Important Message from Maine-Endwell CSD: The district will have an early-release day on Monday, April 8. The early release is to address potential safety concerns related to the solar eclipse that will be visible in New York State during dismissal times. • The High School and Middle School will be dismissing at 11:30AM • Homer Brink and Maine Memorial will be dismissing at 12:30PM

STEM PATHWAYS EVENT: It's National Engineers Week, and SUNY Broome is marking the occasion by hosting a STEM Pathways Career Exploration Night! Middle school students, along with their parents and teachers, are invited to campus from 5 - 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22. The event will take place in the Applied Technologies Building on the SUNY Broome Community College campus!

UPK Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is now OPEN until March 12th. Here is the registration link: https://app.operoo.com/public_forms/2023579/new

UPK Information Night is tomorrow, 2/6! If you're interested in sending your little ones to UPK in the 2024-2025 school year, then stop on down to Maine Memorial auditorium from 5:30-6:30pm. Registration WILL BE OPEN during the meeting. See flyer for details on what you'll need to bring with you.