Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Trate

The 8th grade chorus members are wishing Mrs. Trate a happy 25th birthday.

MMS Band and Chorus Concert

Mrs. Trate, my daughter Jaime and I are having a great time at the concert. The students are giving a great performance.

Lunch

Lunch time is our favorite time.

Pizza Hut Trip

Today Mrs. Dunkle and I got to go to Pizza Hut with the top sellers from our Fall fund raiser. Here's one group having a great time.

Seventh Grade Girls BBall

The girls are taking on Shamokin tonight. The girls are working hard.

Do You Know Your Elements

Mr. Sciabica's class is building a full size Periodic Chart.

Sixth Grade Turkey Day

Check me out. I carved up my first turkey today at the Sixth Grade Colonial Day. What a great time everyone had. Sixth Grade, you did an awesome job organizing this great event. Sixth grade students, you guys were outstanding. Thank you to all the parents who brought in dishes and helped out. It was a great day.

New Video

We have a new video check it out!!

Famous American Project

Great job by the 6-Black students in their presentations. I bet they made Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs. Doebler proud.

Check Out the Art

Mrs. Krebs has a great display up of some of our students' art. The next time you are in the school head over to the main lobby to check it out. There's some great stuff in there. We have some real talent her at Milton.

Lost A Bet

Looks like someone lost a bet with Mr. Bower.

Hey It's Raining Again

Can you believe that it is once again raining. We haven't had a dry week since school started.

Red Ribbon Week is going well. Sorry I do not have any pictures from today. It was wear Red day.

Well flu season is hitting all of us. My daughter has been out with a fever since Friday night. Remember the best way to prevent the flu is the easiest...wash your hands!

I Lost on Jeopardy

No one asked to be my partner today for a Jeopardy review game in Miss Cercone's Math class.

Take a look at our champs.

Got to Almost all the Rooms

I was able to get to just about every classroom on Wednesday. There's lots to see going on at the school. It was great to see the interactions going on between teachers and students. Hopefully today, I can get to some of the rooms I did not get to see.

The Phillies

Congratulations to the Phillies for making the World Series. I know that we have some huge Phillies fans here at the school and they are ready for whoever wins between the Angels and Yankees.

Apologies to All

I can't believe that I haven't posted in over a week. This week I will try to make up for it. Have a happy, happy Monday!!!

Wear Your Hat Day

I hope everyone has their costumes ready and their dancing shoes ready for tonight's dance. It's going to be a great time. I hope to get a ton of great pictures.

Raising Money
We raised over $100 today for cancer research. Thank you to all the students who paid a dollar to wear a hat today, and thanks to students and staff for wearing yellow today. One more great big thank you to Mrs. Stauffer for organizing the hat day.
New Video

Check out a new video from this week.

National Walk at School Day

What a great event for all of us to get out and take a walk at the end of the day. Maybe we can work this into our daily schedule.

Don't forget to get to the football game tomorrow night. I'm pretty sure the game starts at 5:00 P.M. I've been taking a bunch of pictures for a new video to post on Friday, so make sure to check it out.

Pass Ball With Mr. Bruno

Today I got to see Mr. Bruno's 6 Orange class play pass ball. It is a great game that teaches one how to throw a football and also combines passing and moving skills of soccer and basketball. It looked like the kids were having a blast. Check it out.

Day at Hershey Park

Today we spent the day at Hershey Park. The kids had a blast. It's been about 15 years since I have been here.

To The Pumpkin Patch and Beyond

At the Pumpkin Patch

My daughter and I had a great day at the Pumpkin Patch on Friday. We got to walk around the farm and check out the different animals...mainly cows and goats. We also got to go for a tractor ride out to the fields where we got to pick our own pumpkin. Of course we had to get the biggest one we could find.

A Visit to Curtin Middle School

I want to thank my good friends Principal Pardoe and Assistant Principal Poole who allowed me to visit them at Curtin Middle School Friday afternoon. Above is a picture of them from when they played in the Williamsport Area HS Alumni Soccer Match. I got a great opportunity to see how their school has progressed over the past three years and came away with some great ideas for our school.

On Sunday, we're going to Hershey Park. I'll try to post some pictures while I'm there. Have a great weekend.

And The Week Begins

Did You Get the License Plate Number?

Security cameras at the school picked up this high speed racer today. If anyone knows who this person is, please contact me immediately...just kidding Officer Engleman. Today, Officer Engleman provided a great opportunity for some of our high school students to see how impaired your vision (and driving) becomes after drinking alcohol. He used specially designed goggles to produce the impaired vision. He even had a pair of goggles that represented night time driving.

PSTA Meeting

Tonight PSTA had their first meeting of the school year in the middle school library. It was great to see the level of involvement and dedication from the members of the organization.

Last Friday in September

It's unbelievable that we're almost to the end of September already. Everything has gone by in a blur.

Football

Want to give a shout out of congratulations to the football team for defeating Selingsgrove 22-6. Great job guys!

Science Lab
Mr. Patynski had his class in the lab today. I couldn't tell what they were examining under the microscope, but they were able to tell me.

Rappin in Math Class

Mrs. Hook had her students get creative to explain what they were doing in Math class. Here's one group's project...if you listen closely to the beginning you will catch one of my famous "Jokes of the Day." Great job guys!

How About a New Video!

It's been a while since I have put a video up. I was able to get some good pictures from this week plus some from previous weeks, so here ya go....

Another One Bites the Dust!

Why Do the Bees Even Try?

Why do they even try? last week we had one bee go down in applesauce today our hero, smashed the bee with his own bare hands. Great job!!

Football, Football, Football

Get out to the game at Warrior Run. It starts at 5:00. It will be a good one. Our guys are ready to take it to them. Don't forget about our girls who do an awesome job cheering them on.

Look What I Did with My Lunch Today

We have some very talented people here at MMS.

There Go da Bears

Well, the off season gave me tremendous hope that this would be a Superbowl year for the Bears. If you saw the game last night, you know that's probably not going to happen. Let me give you a quick recap...Cutler dreadful (4 pics), Defense did well until the biggest blow of the night...Urlacher out! Here's a quick bit of trivia for you. Who was the last Chicago QB to throw 4 ints? Here's a clue--he was, like Cutler, supposed to be the next John Elway in Denver. That's right Brian Griese. How about the next time the Broncos come calling about a QB, the Bears front office hangs up the phone. In all seriousness, with Green Bay getting the win and Minnesota looking "Oh My Gosh" good, winning the NFC North will be near impossible. Will we ever see another round of the SuperBowl Shuffle?

Bees Beware

The bees don't stand a chance anymore in our cafeteria. Now we know to trap them with applesauce. Nice catch!!!

How's the Weather Out There?

Well, if you're somewhere in central or eastern PA, you're seeing lots of rain today. Speaking of weather, Miss Rozolis had her students studying how climate affects human civilization in history and today. The students did some weather reporting...looks like Joe Snedeker at WNEP may have some competition.

Jokes

As you know I like to shout out a joke of the day. Lately, there's been a competition between some of our teachers as to who can get me the best joke. Be ready next week for some zingers from Mr. Kaar and Mr. Edinger. Mrs. Doebler's joke had everyone roaring with laughter today...great job!!! If you have a joke, go ahead and leave it as a comment and you may hear it over the announcements.

Are You Ready for Some Football?

Football, Football, Football...it's that time of year. HS and College got started last week (go Lions and Gators), and tonight marks the start of the NFL (Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee) and our very own MMS Black Panthers who take on Danville at 5 P.M. Get out there and support our guys on the field and the young ladies who do a great job cheering them on!

School Board Meeting

On Tuesday night of this week we had a great board of directors meeting for our district. At this meeting, the Milton school celebrated teachers who had retired and those who had just been hired for this year. It was great to see everyone there...even though Mr. Slater didn't tell me to be there at 6:15 P.M. Afterwards Mrs. Trate put on a rockin' PowerPoint display. Here are some pictures from the evening.

Open House

What a great night we had at Open House. Thank you to all involved in setting the night up--parents, teachers, support staff, PTSA and countless others. I hope everyone had a great night.

Up Up and Away

Today was a really cool day for Mr. Jarrett's 6th grade classes. They got to lauch their rockets. Check out the pictures.



Football Scrimmage

The MS football team has a scrimmage tonight. Get out there and support the Black Panthers.



Don't forget to visit us during Open House tonight from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M.

Open House Tomorrow

Go Phillies


Mr. Turbitt and Mr. Reibsome sure were happy with the Phillies win last night. Hopefully Cole Hamels is ready to hit his peak for the playoff run.


Open House

Tomorrow night is Open House (Thursday Night from 6:30-8:00 P.M.). We like to see as many people as possible. Come meet the teachers and have a great time.

Monday Monday

You know what's great about Monday...it's a brand new start. No matter what happened last week, you have a new beginning. Today seemed to fly by me. I was happy to get out into a few of our sixth grade classrooms. Tomorrow my goal is to get into at least 5 classrooms. I'll try to get some pictures up of what's going on in those rooms.

I know I promised you another video. It took me a little longer than I expected...had a few monkey wrenches thrown into my plan on how to make it. We have some great people outside of the core classroom teachers...take a look.

Stormy Weather

Well the first week of school is over, and what a way to end the week with lots of rain. :(

It's been a crazy first week just getting everyone back and started. Mrs. Trate and I put in a new twist at lunch and the students did great. From now on, the students will go right into the cafeteria and into the lunch line. This seemed to get everyone served quicker today...we'll see how it works out.

I can't wait to get back on Monday and into the classrooms. Some of the best parts of my day are getting out and seeing what our teachers and students are doing.

I know I said there would be another video today, but I ran out of time...look for it on Monday. Have a great weekend!!!!

Let's Meet the 6, 7, 8 Black Team

Okay, yesterday you got to see the Orange Team in action. Today, lets get a look at the Black Team. We have two great teams of core teachers. Tomorrow, you will see the rest of the movers and shakers at MMS.

Meet the 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Orange Teams

There's no other way to say it...we have great people working here. In want to take the next couple of posts to show you some of them in action. Here's a look at the Orange Team for sixth, seventh and eighth grades...and a few extras. Enjoy!

And.....We're Back!!

First day of school and everyone's back with excitement.



It's going to be a great year!!!

Time to Get Oriented

How awesome was today? Today was Sixth Grade Orientation. Our 8th Grade WEB leaders did an outstanding job....well with leaders like Mrs. Trate, Mrs. Doebler, and Mr. Romanyshyn, how could they not do a great job?

It's hard to believe that, this is the last weekend of summer. Make sure you go out, have a great weekend, and be ready to have a great start on Monday.


It looks like Mr. Romanyshyn and Mrs. Doebler decided to have a little extra balloon fun.