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What's Going On in the Interest Center- 2006-2007

Mr. Perkins

Mr. Perkins is the new enrichment teacher at MMS. He will be working with students primarily in Math and Science, while Mr. Trembly will work with students primarily in Reading. Language Arts, Social Studies, and Drama. You can reach Mr. Perkins at perkinsdn@mansfieldct.org

“The Wizard of Oz”

  “The Wizard of Oz” will be staged in November- Nov. 16, 17, 18, at 7:00 p.m., Nov. 19 at 2:00 p.m. As always there will two separate casts, Green will perform on Nov. 16, 18, and Blue on Nov. 17, 19. Click here for a rehearsal schedule (as of 10/04/06).

Click here for a current cast list (as of 10/04/06). If you see a mistake please let me know. A play is a HUGE undertaking at the middle school level. Parent help is very much needed. Please email Mr. Trembly at tremblywn@mansfieldct.org or call him at 429-9341 if you would like to help. Thanks to those who are already helping.

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History Day

History Day is a program for students in Grades Six, Seven and Eight. Working alone, with a partner, or in a small group, students do research, and do one of four types of projects: a research paper, a display, a media presentation or a performance. This year's topic is "Taking a Stand in History"

MMS Local History Day will be on a date yet to be determined, here at MMS.

District History Day will be here at MMS on Saturday, March 24, here at MMS.

Connecticut History Day will be held at the CT Historical Society in Hartford on Saturday, April 28.

National History Day, at the University of Maryland, will be June 10-14.

Reminder: Students who choose to enter History Day commit to participating in local, district, state and national history day (if selected). Please check dates carefully.

  Students who complete a History Day Project will present at MMS Local History Day, and will go on to present at District History Day, here at Mansfield Middle School.

  At the district event certain projects will be selected to go on to the CT History Day. At the statewide event certain projects will be selected to compete nationally, at the University of Maryland. Last year MMS sent four students to the national competition.

Students may work on History Day projects in class, in the Interest Center, in the library, in the computer labs, during class time, during X-Block, after school and at home.

To access the National History Day website click here. To acces the Connecticut History Day site please click here http://www.chs.org/hist_day/default.htm

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Differentiated Math Instruction at Mansfield Middle School

The link above will take you to information on differentiated Math instruction at MMS

Special Projects Based on Student Interest

All MMS students are invited to come to the Interest Center to work on special projects during X-Block. The project can be in any appropriate area of interest, and does not necessarily need to be school related, as long as it contains an academic component of some kind.

Students interested in doing special projects for academic credit need to develop a plan (the Enrichment Teachers will help), and have the plan approved by the subject teacher.

Upon approval it is sometimes possible for a certain amount of class time to be set aside for the student to work on the project, in the classroom or in the Interest Center, instead of doing certain regular classroom assignments.

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Other

The Interest Center is a place where any student can come for any academically related purpose. We host, coordinate, sponsor, or are some way involved with a great many activities. We teach individuals and small groups of students at all grade levels and in all subject areas. Other students come to the Interest Center to pursue interests that are not a part of our formal curriculum. All students are welcome in the Interest Center.

It is our hope that every student who spends four years at MMS will come to the Interest Center for at least one long-term project during his/her time here.

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tremblywn@mansfieldct.org