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Hoboken Middle School participated in the Hour
of Code today. Students engaged in activities to
learn how to code. It was a great learning experi-
ence, and the students really enjoyed themselves.
We are excited to announce that Hoboken Mid-
dle School will be holding its first annual spelling
bee! Students will participate in classroom bees,
sending a representative to the middle school
spelling bee. The winner of that spelling bee will
go on to participate in the Hudson County
Spelling Bee. We will keep you posted on up-
coming dates.
There are just a few short weeks until winter
break and students and teachers are getting excit-
ed. It is extremely important for the students to
stay focused, completing night writes and math
homework. Your assistance in reminding the stu-
dents about the value of this work is greatly ap-
preciated.
As always, if you have any suggestions or ques-
tions please feel free to reach out to me. Enjoy
the weekend. ——-Tara Donnelly
Coordinator’s Message
H O B O K E N M I D D L E S C H O O L
H O B O K E N , N E W J E R S E Y
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P R I N C I P A L : R O B I N P I C C A P I E T R A
P R O G R A M C O O R D I N A T O R : T A R A D O N N E L L Y
December 16th—
Middle School Town
Hall Meeting pd. 9
December 23— 1:00
pm Dismissal for Stu-
dents and Staff
December 26 to Janu-
ary 2—Winter
Break
January 3—classes re-
sume
Upcoming Events
INSIDE
THIS
ISSUE:
Coordinator’s
Message
Science News
History Mixes
with
Literature
Urban
Planning in
Algebra
Hour of Code
Middle School
Staff
Directory
Growth Mindset Image of the Week
P A G E 2
History through Literature
Earlier this week, , students
in Mr. Joffe's science class
were using the SMART
board in order to sharpen
their skills with the Periodic
Table of Elements and calcu-
lating protons, electrons,
and neutrons.
This week, Ms. Falcone’s period
2/5 class started reading the play,
The Diary of Anne Frank by
Frances Goodrich and Albert
Hackett. To prepare for this sto-
ry, students researched back-
ground information on Anne Frank
and the World War II
era. Students have read the first
three scenes of Act 1 of the play in
class, while at home they have
been reading assigned excerpts
from the stories “The Island on
Bird Street” by Uri Orlev and
“Behind the Secret Window” by Nelly S. Toll. At the end of the
week, students will be focused on
comparing the Holocaust stories in
a well-developed essay during
Writing Workshop.
Students are also choosing
from among a number of fiction
and non-fiction books for their in-
dependent reading this marking pe-
riod. Some of the books they con-
sidered are listed below. They are
all great reads and we hope parents
will consider reading along with
your students.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (John
Boyne) The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) Briar Rose (Jane Yolen) Maus (Art Spiegelman) Milkweed (Jerry Spinelli) The Upstairs Room (Johanna Reiss) We Are Witnesses: Five Diaries of
Teenagers Who Died in the Holo-
caust (Jacob Boas) In My Hands: Memories of a Holo-
caust Rescuer (Irene Gut Opdyke) Hiding to Survive: Stories of Jewish
Children Rescued from the Holocaust
(Maxine B. Rosenberg)
It’s Element-ary
P A G E 3
Algebra Leads to City Planning
In Ms. Richard’s algebra class, students just finished up a mini-unit on parallel lines cut by transver-
sals. This week students completed a project where they designed their own city using parallel
lines cut by transversals including specific criteria. They all did such a great job!
P A G E 4
This week we observed
Computer Science
Week by participating
in the Hour of Code.
Students used an
interactive online
tutorial to learn the
basics of coding.
Coding builds great
problem-solving skills
and can lead to a great
career.
From Code.Org:
“Hour of Code is a one
hour tutorial designed
for all ages in over 45
languages.”
“There are currently
517,393 open
computing jobs
nationwide.
Last year, only 42,969
computer science
students graduated into
the workforce.”
Hour of Code
Hour of Code P A G E 5
Contact Us
P A G E 6 V O L U M E I , I S S U E 1 2
Staff Name Position/Subjects Email Address
Tara Donnelly Program Coordinator [email protected]
Don Cooley Guidance Counselor [email protected]
John Casella Math [email protected]
Steve D’Bernado History [email protected]
Andrea DellaFave English Language Arts [email protected]
Jaclyn Dickerson English Language Arts [email protected]
Stephanie Falcone English Language Arts [email protected]
Lauren Geleailen English Language Arts [email protected]
Jackie Gennarelli Math [email protected]
Michael Joffe Science [email protected]
Derya Kurt Project Lead The Way [email protected]
Sean Maurizi Science [email protected]
Monica Richard Math [email protected]
Louis Taglieri History [email protected]
Bridget Minogue English Language Arts [email protected]
Frank Rizzo English Language Arts, Science, History [email protected]
Eric Van Gyzen Project Lead The Way [email protected]
Robert Zak Math , History, Science [email protected]
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