

Barnes
& Noble Bookfair
Supporting
December
10-12
The staff at Daniels Middle
School Media Center and the administration have scheduled a Bookfair with Barnes
& Noble at Crabtree Valley Mall. It
is an opportunity for us to raise money through in-store sales by encouraging
our supporters to shop at B&N during December 10-12.
Our school will receive a percentage of the purchases made during the
Bookfair. The money
will be used to update areas of the reference section and to expand the
fiction collection. If you plan to
purchase books as gifts during the holidays, please consider B&N at Crabtree
during Dec. 10-12 only.
Vouchers that you may use for your purchases can be downloaded and
printed - see link below.
To insure that our school receives a portion of the proceeds, please do one of the following:
1. Print
a voucher and carry it with when you make a purchase.
2.
Or, you may present the voucher ID
# 10093268 to the cashier.
3.
PRIOR
to making a purchase, inform the cashier that you are shopping in support of Daniels MS.
Thank you for your support. Barnes & Noble Voucher
Fall Sports Video Available!
The Fall Sports Video is out! The video highlights the Central Conference Champion Girls' soccer team, the Lady Bluejacket Volleyball Team and the Daniels Football Team. The video is 10 minutes long and each sports video plays to fun lively music. Each DVD video can be yours for just $5.00. The $5.00 becomes a donation to the Video Production Class at Daniels. The videos are fun and great! Please email cstevens1@wcpss.net with your child's name or just send in $5 with your student to Mrs. Stevens. Get them while supplies last!
Student Council's Annual Clothing Drive
Hunger Banquet
With
the holiday season among us, it is hard to imagine that there are people in
our community who are less fortunate. Even “in the
As
a community service project, the sixth grade will be hosting a Hunger
Banquet on Wednesday, December 9th in the
The Daniels Girls' Soccer Team is the 2009 Central Conference Champion!
The Daniels Girls' Soccer Team has won the 2009
Central Conference Championship with an impressive 7-0 record.
Congratulations to these Lady BlueJackets and Coach Brent Sauls!
FREE Seasonal Flu Shots available to Wake County Students: Learn more
Congratulations to Ms. Pitts!
Rebecca Pitts and her 7th Grade Tiger Sharks were featured in the Mid-Towne Raleigh Section of the News and Observer on Wednesday, October 28th. The article was written by Janice Marchok, a mother of one of Ms. Pitt's students. Ms. Marchok had visited Ms. Pitt's science classes during their unit on Air Quality. Click on the link below to see the full text of Ms. Marchok's article in the N & O.
Today's Lesson Plants a Seed - by J. Marchok
Congratulations to the Daniels Model UN Security Council Members
Congratulations
to all 32 Model UN Security Council members who did an outstanding job of
representing Daniels at the Middle School Model UN Security Council Conference
at Appalachian State University in Boone yesterday. Even though not everyone
placed, teachers and parents alike would have been proud watching these
students debate issues that are very real in the world today.
Placing
first or Best Delegation representing the country of Uganda were Mihaly Lukacs
and Noah Somaratne. Second place or Superior Delegation representing the country
of China went to Alex Lewontin and Tanner Morgan. Third Place or Excellent
Delegation also representing the country of China went to Max Clingroth and
Arjun Arora. Placing fourth or Honorable Mention were Madison Sprinkle and
Victoria Pediaditakis representing United Kingdom, Harrison Lee representing
Russian Federation, Lilly Augspurger and Sierra Volstad representing Turkey and
Augusta Moran and Maya Sproelich representing Austria.
When
you see these students or for that matter any of the 32 students that went to
the conference, give them a thumbs up for a job well done!
Daniels
is one of two WCPSS Schools
Named as a Progress Energy SunSense Schools Finalist
Two Wake County Public School System schools
are finalists in the Progress Energy SunSenseSM Schools program.
Now, we need the help of all Daniels staff members, students and community for Daniels to become one of the 5 winning schools!! We would like for students, teachers, administrators, and elected officials to go to www.progressCHER.com to take an 'Energy Challenge' survey. With the survey, Progress Energy will be able to 'gage' the interest and support that Daniels has from our staff, students and community for Green Energy. When you take the survey, you will have the opportunity to get a free customized home energy report with energy efficiency tips for your home which could potentially save your family hundreds of dollars. When you take the survey, you will need to select “Daniels Middle” from the drop down box. Once you are at the site linked above, you will need to register using your Progress Energy account number and zip code. If you do not have a computer at home, please ask your science teacher for a paper copy. Remember, the more participation Daniels has with this survey, the better chance we will have to 'win'. So, please go to the website today (www.progressCHER.com) to help us show support from the Daniels staff, students and families for this outstanding program! Help to get the “conservation conversation” started at home and at your school.
Also, because of the generous donations of Progress Energy “SunSense” and the Carolina Hurricanes, we are giving away over 70 Carolina Hurricane Tickets between now and the Hurricanes game next Wednesday, October 28. When you have completed your energy questionnaire, print out a copy and show it to your science teacher and your name will be submitted in a drawing. If you are unable to print at home, just submit a letter as to what you learned from your home survey and tell how your family plans on saving energy at home. Get the letter signed by your parents and give it to your science teacher. Two tickets will be awarded for each student winning the raffle. Other incentives will be provided, just ask your science teacher.
If you have any questions, please contact Dean Oey, the Daniels Solar Program Coordinator at doey@wcpss.net. Go Green, Go Daniels, and Go Hurricanes!
Additional information on the Progress Energy SunSense Schools Program is available at www.progress-energy.com/sunsense.
Click on the following link to see the Progress Energy News Release: News Release
Student Council Veteran's Day Drive
The Student Council will be starting the Veterans Day Drive on Monday, October 26. They hope that the drive will be allow them to send a number of items to our troops overseas. All Daniels students are asked to bring in items for the drive. Community service will be given for donations- one hour per five items. Additionally, students may make cards to send to the troops. Appropriate items include: Travel Size cosmetics (deodorant, baby powder, mouthwash, lotion), Bandaids, Gauze, First Aid Kits, Cap Stick, Board Games, Nerf footballs, Patriotic items, dry dog food, and dog toys. The troops have also asked for Holiday Related items, and small toys to give to the local children! Please feel free to email Ms. Andrews with any questions, or for a more detailed list of acceptable items, check out Give2troops.org!
Information about the new Writing
Instruction System
now being used in North Carolina Schools
North Carolina is no longer requiring a State Writing Test in Grades 4 and 7. A new Writing Instruction System is now being used with these grade levels for writing instruction and assessment. Please see the link following link for more information from the NC Department of Public Instruction for more information about this new system: Writing Instruction System
Bus Routes for the 2009-10 school
year have now been posted.
To see these routes, please click on the 'Bus Routes' link on the left.
Voluntary Student Accident Insurance Available
Parents may access information with a link to the Voluntary Student Accident Insurance website to see the available plans and the price of each. Please click on the link below to go to the 'Parent and Students Resource Center' on the WCPSS web page:
Parents and Students Resource Center
SPAN Access Available for Parents and Students
Daniels parents have access to the Student/Parent Access Network (SPAN) software program! SPAN allows students and parents access to data such as grades, demographics, attendance, schedules, discipline, and teacher recommendations from your home computer. Parents will need internet access and an active email account in order to establish a SPAN account. Parents will also be required by the County to verify current address and contact information upon applying for a SPAN account. In order to register for this service, a SPAN Account form must be completed. There are two ways to complete a SPAN Account form and open a SPAN account—one form can be completed and turned in at Daniels with photo identification; the other form can be completed at home, notarized, and sent to Daniels. Forms to establish a SPAN account are available in the Main Office, Student Services Offices, or you can find the forms posted below. A letter was sent home to all parents with Report Cards on Friday, December 5th informing parents of the details regarding SPAN access, and an electronic copy of that letter is posted here as well.
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SPAN
Registration Form - Hand Delivery Form |
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SPAN
Registration Form - Notary Form |
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