We are pleased to announce that the Grade 8 students will opening the Reinvention Art Show this Thursday in the Orange Couch Room.  Parents are invited to come view paintings created by students anytime between  January 8 and January 22.  Students chose a pre-20th century painting where they reinvented the painting and made the painting relevant to our current time period.

"The Re-invention Project pushed us to re-invent a famous art work produced before the year 1900. The Re-invention project was good for our brains because it forced us to be innovative in developing a concept for a painting. There are many ways to re-invent, but you have the choice what to revent and how to reinvent it." Michael K.

More information can be found on the Middle School Webpage.  A special thanks to Sepi Johnson, Jason Maddock, and Kristi Thornbury for organizing such a meaningful project for our students!

We hope the everybody had a relaxing holiday break!  The holiday season seemed to fly by and was as busy as ever for all.  If you were unable to attend the MS Music Concerts before the holiday break OR you would like to brag about them to your family members, please head to the new SAS YouTube Channel.  There are many songs to view and the kids would love to read your feedback.

For a sneak peak, we hope you enjoy the following performance by our Beginning Band featuring Dr. Alfredo Olivariosario!  Enjoy!

The Middle School Concert Series begins TONIGHT!  We are looking forward to a great turn out for the three events that we have planned for this week.  The kids appreciate your support and are very excited to share some of the projects they have been working on for the past several months.

Today, Mr. Claassen's 8th Grade Strings class gave us a special treat by giving us sneak-peak of what is to come on Wednesday evening.  We hope you enjoy the shows...

Monday - 6:30pm - General Music and Choir
Tuesday - 6:30pm - Bands
Wednesday - 6:30pm - Strings

Dr. Larkin was recently interviewed by Shanghai Daily newspaper!  Please click on the picture of the article below for an excellent read...

Congratulations to all of our 8th grade students for a fantastic NGO Conference today!

We were impressed with the amount of learning that took place throughout the entire project If you would like to learn more about the NGOs that students created, please visit the 8th Grade Science wiki at http://env-ngo08.wikispaces.com. Students created informative wiki pages and several used iMovie to enhance their presentations during the conference today.

Take a peek for an overview of the day!

Cross-posted on Ms. DeCardy's Blog..

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I was gone to the Apple Distinguished Educator's Institute last week and was curious about how the MS Podcast would progress without me there pushing the students along. There is nothing more rewarding to a teacher than having their students take the reins, take control and complete complex tasks on their own... without my input... without me nagging them to "get the job done". I think I may be teaching myself out of job!

Congratulations to Dylan and Josh for a job well done! They interviewed Dr. Rosen, set up the interview with Mr. Cole, made the podcasting equipment work, and successfully edited their first solo podcast.

Enjoy...

Click on the play button below.

or you may go to this link.

Photo: iSwim
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21619190@N06/2396507072

The middle school student's in Ms. DeCardy's elective class created their first student led Middle School podcast last week... below is the post from Pudong Nerve Central.

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Welcome to our first middle school student podcast of the 2008-2009 school year!

A special thanks to Madi and Mr. Thornbury for their interviews during the podcasting progress and a big thank you to our very own Ramis and Parker for piecing this all together. The elective program is alive and we're kicking!

Press the play button and enjoy....

or you may go to this link.

Image: iBITE 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14684343@N00/356761118

This has been cross-posted on our Counselor's Blog! Please contact Laura Cowan and Jason Caruana for more information!

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Hi Parents,

One of the topics we'll be working with on December 3 at our Counselor's Coffee will be internet and computer awareness and safety. As that date draws ever nearer, I'm going to post a couple of items here on our blog for your reference and information, and to help generate discussion of these topics.

The link below is to a Yahoo! Games article talking about computer games to be aware of and the need for parents to monitor the labels on games. In an environment where pirated games are readily available, educating yourself about these games is even more critically important.

Check back here for more information in the coming days.

Watchdog Group Praises Games Industry

Image: WALL-E Discovers the Internet
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10055157@N02/2517257933

Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of the MS Play, The Mouse that Roared!  Nearly 200 students attended after school on Friday and there was a full audience for a Saturday matinee performance.  The Thanksgiving lunch after the show was a special treat for all.  Thank you to Ms. Danka for organizing such a wonderful performance!

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Come support the Pudong Middle School students this Friday and Saturday!  Thanks to the amazing work done by our renowned drama teacher Ms. Danka, over 50 students from Pudong Middle School will be participating in the production of The Mouse that Roared!

Please order your tickets here:

Ticket Request Form Click Here!

Send money and the form in with your child to school this week to reserve your spot.  This is a great show for the entire family as it's a comedy that will keep you rolling in laughter.  The Pudong PTSA Middle School meeting had a sneek peak last Thursday - the kids were excited to show off their talents!

Maddie, Amanda, Kate, Roger and Jacob perform for the MS PTSA Meeting

Support our Kids!

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