Month: October 2021

“Good Morning, today is Friday, October 15, 2021

*Character Education Theme of the Month: Attitude

*Quote of the Week: “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you” -Walt Whitman

• Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day- What do sugar skulls, marigolds and monarch butterflies have in common? Just like pumpkins, witches and black cats are quintessential symbols of Halloween, these objects are associated with a different holiday: Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Día de los Muertos originated in ancient Mesoamerica where the Aztec, Maya and Toltec, had specific times when they commemorated their loved ones who had passed away. After the arrival of the Spanish, this ritual of commemorating the dead was intertwined with two Spanish holidays: All Saints Day (Nov. 1) and All Soul’s Day
• Happy Bosses Day to our Principal Dr.Hampton 🙂
• Students, if you have borrowed “My Hero Academia or My Hero Vigilantes books from the library, please return them today. 
• We will have our very first Pajama Day on October 22nd. Bring $2 and wear your favorite pajamas. 

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”.

                                           Have a Fantastic Friday

10/14/2021

“Good Morning, today is Thursday, October 14, 2021 . 

*Character Education Theme of the Month: Attitude

*Quote of the Week: “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you” -Walt Whitman

• Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day- Add a little color to your conversation with funny Spanish phrases and idioms! When you can use a well-known phrase like these, you sound much more natural in your everyday speech.

• Ponte las pilas – Literal translation: “Put in your batteries” but it’s like telling someone to “look alive”, “snap out of it”, or “wake up”. You say it to a person who’s daydreaming.
• Buena onda – Literal translation: “Good wave” but This means good vibes. You can also use it to describe someone who has a positive outlook and attitude.
• Hablando del rey de Roma – Literal translation: “Speaking of the king of Rome”. It has the same meaning as “speak of the devil” in English. You say this whenever you were just talking about someone, and then they appear.

• Students please remember to bring your Chromebooks to school everyday, charged and ready for learning. 
• MAKE-UP PICTURE DAY IS TODAY!
• Report cards will go home this Friday! 
• We will have our very first Pajama Day on October 22nd. Bring $2 and wear your favorite pajamas. 

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”.

                                           Have a THANKFUL THURSDAY!!

“Good Morning, today is Tuesday, October 12, 2021 . 

• McGrew- Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day- Frida the Rescue Dog is a Golden Labrador Retriever in the Mexican Navy. She was deployed in the event of natural disasters to help the rescue efforts. Frida has helped save the lives of people buried under the rubble of buildings that collapsed in the 2010 Haiti earthquake, victims of a landslide in Guatemala in 2012, after the explosion of the Pemex Tower in Mexico City in 2013, the 2016 Ecuador earthquake and the 2017 Puebla earthquake in Mexico. Reports have suggested that she has located more than 52 people.
• Students please remember to bring your Chromebooks to school everyday, charged and ready for learning. 
• GIRLS SOCCER TRY OUTS ARE TODAY!

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”.

Have a THANKFUL TUESDAY!!

10/7/2021

“Good Morning, today is Thursday, October 7, 2021 .

*Character Education Theme of the Month: Attitude

*Quote of the Week: If you say you can or can’t, you are right either way. -Henry Ford

• Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day- Mexican inventor Jose Hernandez-Rebollar invented the Acceleglove, a glove that can translate sign language into speech. According to the Smithsonian,”by using sensors attached to the glove and the arm, this prototype device can currently translate the alphabet and over 300 words in American Sign Language (ASL) into both English and Spanish.

• Students please remember to bring your Chromebooks to school everyday, charged and ready for learning. 
• No School Tomorrow or Monday!
• Girl Soccer tryouts are Tuesday and Wednesday. DragonFly most be done for you to be able to try out!

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”.

Have a Thankful Thursday and a Great Weekend!!

“Good Morning, today is Wednesday, October 6, 2021 .

*Character Education Theme of the Month: Ambition 

• Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day- Although they are often used interchangeably, the terms Hispanic and Latino mean different things. The terms Hispanic and Latino have become synonymous with one another, but although all Latinos are Hispanic, not all Hispanics are Latino. The term Hispanic refers to any person from a Spanish-speaking country, whereas the term Latino only includes those who are from Latin America. Latin America is generally understood to consist of the entire continent of South America in addition to Mexico, Central America, and the islands of the Caribbean whose inhabitants speak a Romance language.

• Students please remember to bring your Chromebooks to school everyday, charged and ready for learning.
• If you are interested in trying out for soccer, please sign up in PE. Tryouts for girls will be on 12 and 13. Tryouts for boys will be the 14 and 15. If you have any questions please ask Ms.Martinez or Ms.Derocher. DRAGONFLY MUST BE DONE BEFORE TRYOUTS.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”.

Have a Wonderful Wednesday!!

“Good Morning, today is Tuesday, October 5, 2021 .

*Character Education Theme of the Month: Ambition 

• Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day- Hispanic Americans have been a part of the U.S. military ever since the Revolutionary War. Over 1.2 million U.S. veterans are of Hispanic descent, per the Minority Veterans Report by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Hispanic Americans have fought in literally every war the U.S. has participated in since its inception.

• Students please remember to bring your Chromebooks to school everyday, charged and ready for learning.
• We will have a wrestling meeting Today, Oct 5th in Coach Taylor’s class at 5:30. Any 7th or 8th grader that is thinking about wrestling this year needs to come to the meeting or see Coach Taylor.
• If you are interested in trying out for soccer, please sign up in PE. Tryouts for girls will be on 12 and 13. Tryouts for boys will be the 14 and 15. If you have any questions please ask Ms.Martinez or Ms.Derocher. DRAGONFLY MUST BE DONE BEFORE TRYOUTS.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”.

Have a thankful Tuesday!!

“Good Morning, today is Monday, October 4, 2021 .

*Character Education Theme of the Month: Ambition 

• Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day- How does a computer know if you are a human or not? Thanks to the CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). The system was invented by a Guatemalan professor Luis von Ahn, who is also considered the inventor of crowdsourcing. He co-founded Duolingo as well.
  
• Students please remember to bring your Chromebooks to school everyday, charged and ready for learning.
• We will have a wrestling meeting next Tuesday, Oct 5th in Coach Taylor’s class at 5:30. Any 7th or 8th grader that is thinking about wrestling this year needs to come to the meeting or see Coach Taylor. We are trying to have a girl’s team also. 
• If you are interested in trying out for soccer, please sign up in PE. Tryouts for girls will be on 12 and 13. Tryouts for boys will be the 14 and 15. If you have any questions please ask Ms.Martinez or Ms.Derocher. DRAGONFLY MUST BE DONE BEFORE TRYOUTS.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”.

Have a Marvelous Monday!!

10/1/2021

“Good Morning, today is Friday, October 1 , 2021 .

*Character Education Theme of the Month: Ambition 

• McGrew- Hispanic Heritage Fact of the Day-One of the most reliable systems to measure the intensity of the seismic tremors was invented by Chilean Arturo Arias in 1969. Nowadays, his contribution helps to determine risks and is used by engineers to measure the damage that an earthquake causes to buildings.
  
• Students please remember to bring your Chromebooks to school everyday, charged and ready for learning.
• We will have a wrestling meeting next Tuesday, Oct 5th in Coach Taylor’s class at 5:30. Any 7th or 8th grader that is thinking about wrestling this year needs to come to the meeting or see Coach Taylor. We are trying to have a girl’s team also. 

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”. Have a Fantastic Friday!!