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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.

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!

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 United States , 11.7 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means that one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger (http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/).”

As a community service project, the sixth grade will be hosting a Hunger Banquet on Wednesday, December 9^th in the Daniels cafeteria. In essence, the banquet consists of each person donating money or nonperishable food items to gain admittance (any items donated will be distributed to North Raleigh Ministries). Next, they will be given a ticket at the door. The person will exchange their ticket for a meal, but the tickets will be color-coded and correspond to a certain meal. For example, a blue ticket may be exchanged for rice and water; a green ticket for rice, salad and water; a red ticket for rice, meat, salad, milk, and dessert. The purpose is to illustrate the global and national hunger crisis wherein some people are going hungry, and others have access to an abundance of food. We would like to increase awareness by having as many people as possible in our school community participate in the Hunger Banquet. Students can bring canned goods in now. We are also in need helpers for the night of the event (i.e. setting up and cleaning up), and store-bought desserts for the the banquet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please e-mail Ms. Namatovu at: wnamatovu@wcpss.net .

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!

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.

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 SunSense^SM Schools program. Daniels Middle School and Holly Springs High School are among 12 schools across the Carolinas selected as finalists. This program will give students and teachers in 5 schools in the Carolinas a unique, hands-on opportunity to learn more about solar energy. The 5 winning schools will receive a solar photovoltaic system installed by Argand Solar on their campuses and students will be able to track the energy output with internet tracking equipment and learn more about the capabilities of solar PV technologies. Progress Energy has partnered with the Carolina Hurricanes Kids ’N Community Foundation to provide this opportunity for 5 lucky schools in the Carolinas.

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!

Click on the following link to see the Progress Energy News Release: News Release

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.

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:

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 5^thinforming parents of the details regarding SPAN access, and an electronic copy of that letter is posted here as well.

SPAN Registration Form - Hand Delivery Form (Photo ID Required)	Additional Info about SPAN
SPAN Registration Form - Notary Form (Can be mailed to Daniels MS - 2816 Oberlin Road; 27608)	SPAN Login Page