What I noticed this year

• Exploration, discovery, empathy, grit, advocacy, self-direction
• Growth, both physically and socially
• Inspiring adults working with students EVERY day
• Eager and energetic students
• A whole lot of good will towards one another

This Summer

• There are no updates to Beach, unlike many of the other buildings in the district
• Fall sports emails will come out in August
• Student schedules will not be released until August
• The Beach office will close for the Summer on June 22nd. If you have anything in the building after this date you will not be able to get it until we re-open in August.

Next Year

• Be prepared for cell phones to NOT be allowed in classrooms for the coming school year. There are a lot of reasons for this, but none are greater than this:
  
  There is no need for them to be in class. We don’t use them instructionally, they’re a distraction to our purpose and goal, and we’ve gotten away from interacting with one another face-to-face. Thank you, in advance for supporting this!

8th Grade Celebration

We will be holding the 8th Grade Celebration on Tuesday June 13th from 5:00 – 8:00pm. This is just a dance. We will not be holding a family Farewell ceremony as we have in years passed.

Thumbs Up! Nick King Foundation Golf Outing

The Thumbs Up! Nick King Foundation has supported our 8th grade traveling to Washington D.C. for the last 2 years through scholarship. We are beyond grateful for making sure each and every 8th grader gets to go on the trip if they’ve earned and want to! In turn, please help us support the foundation by signing up for their annual golf outing!

7th Grade Immunizations

Michigan law requires that all seventh graders immunization status be assessed prior to the first day of the 2023-24 school year.   Parents/guardians must provide an immunization record that documents that the child has received all of the required immunizations or at least one dose of each required immunization and is not yet due for the next dose.

Please refer to the chart below to determine if your child is up-to date with their required vaccines. Schedule an appointment immediately if your child is in need of vaccines. 

Seventh Grade required Immunizations for Entry to all Michigan Public and Non-Public Schools.

   Vaccine *                                        Dose

Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis	4 doses D and T or 3 doses of Td if #1 given on or after 7 years of age. 1 dose of Tdap for children 11 through 18 years if 5 years since the last dose of tetanus/diphtheria containing vaccine
Polio	3 doses
Measles, Mumps, Rubella	2 doses on or after 12 months of age
Hepatitis B	3 doses
Meningococcal	1 dose for children 11-18 years of age
Varicella(chickenpox)	2 doses of Varicella vaccine at or after 12 months of age or current lab immunity or reliable history of disease.

-For more information, please refer to www.michigan.gov/immunize or your child’s health physician.

                -Hepatitis A, HPV and a yearly Influenza vaccine are additional vaccines recommended by the Advisory Committee

If your information is up-to-date with your healthcare provider, then you do not need to submit anything to Beach. If you are seeking a waiver to immunization, you will need to contact the Washtenaw County Health Department.

Chelsea Baseball Tryouts

It’s the last week of school! Can you believe it?! There are some housekeeping issues to take care of right off the bat, so please look at all section of this Week Ahead.

What I Noticed

• STEM Challenge students are racing their cars!
• Mr. Boos is testing out the new laser engraver that was gifted to us. Cool things on the horizon are coming!
• Passion Project TedTalks have begun in 8th grade ELA. The Passion Project Bazaar starts next week (more below.
• Career Development students are researching future occupations and gathering data for presentations.
• Band and Orchestra students finished out their school year concerts this week! Congratulations to those students!

Next Week

Monday: 6th and 7th grade iPad turn-in (more below), Passion Project Bazaar (see below)
Tuesday: 8th grade iPad turn-in
Wednesday: 7th Grade to Timbertown
Thursday: NO BACKPACKS, 7th Grade to River Rouge, 8th Grade Farewell, 8th Grade Celebration (more below)
Friday: NO BACKPACKS, 1/2 Day – Last Day of School

iPad/Keyboard Turn-in

– Students should keep their charger and cord. They are responsible for them until graduation.

– Please remove all stickers from the iPad except for the label with their device name, number and barcode.

– Please charge the device the night before turn in.

– Ensure all files, videos, and photos are backed up to their iCloud, Google Drive and or Google Photos. Many devices will be wiped over the summer.

– All summer school attendees will turn their device in as well.

8th Grade Farewell/Celebration

This is one of the best evenings of the year at Beach Middle School. We get to celebrate our 8th graders that have worked so hard in their time in our building and have earned the ability to move on to CHS. Here are some details for the night:

8th Grade Farewell

Where: CHS Commons
When: June 8th – The doors will open at 5:15 for families to come in and take photos. The actual ceremony begins at 6:00pm
What to Wear: We ask that students dress to impress. This is our final event at Beach, and we know they’re going to want to look sharp!
Who: Bring the whole family, if you want!

We will have two professional photographers at this event that will take pictures of your 8th grader and/or your entire family! Pictures will be for sale through this company for your family to enjoy

8th Grade Celebration

Where: Beach Middle School
When: June 8th, immediately after the Farewell. The event will go from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
What’s Going On: We will be providing a dinner (taco bar) for students, as well as a Kona Ice Truck (students have fundraised for this, no $ necessary). Students will be dancing in the cafeteria and playing in the gym.
Who: Beach Middle School students only. No outside visitors from other buildings or schools.

No Backpacks

Students will not be allowed to bring backpacks into school on June 8th or 9th. Small swim bags or grocery bags with food will be allowed. Staff members will be at the entrance to spot check bags.

The reason is because middle schoolers tend to get excited about the end of the year and make some silly (string) decisions with what they decide to bring in on the last two days.

Thank you for understanding!

Passion Project Bazaar

Students have been engaged in research projects of their choosing both in and out of class for the last three months. What is a skill they would like to learn? What is something they would like to create? The Passion Project begins with both “big” and “little” questions and provides opportunities to do real-world research on something that, if given the time, they have always wanted to explore. Along the way, students keep journals of their progress, learn about source citation, complete an annotated bibliography, and end with a TEDTalk of their journey and what they have accomplished! Some students choose to present in class. Others are ready to give their TEDTalks multiple times during the Passion Project Bazaar on Monday, June 5th from 3-5pm at the Beach NASCAR track! The public is invited to see their work and ask questions! 

Summer Rec

Hello, Beach Families! Next week we’re into June, which means your students will be wrapping up assignments and projects, participating in fun events around Beach and the Chelsea Community, and gearing up for their matriculation to the next grade. Fun times at Beach!

What I Notice

• Band, Orchestra, and Choir are putting the final touches on their last performances of the school year! We can’t wait to see what’s in store!
• Technology students are designing, fabricating, and testing their air-powered cars.
• 6th grade science students are hypothesizing about what adaptations a squirrel would need to make in order to survive in various climates
• 7th grade science students are investigating weather data in order to identify Southeastern Michigan weather norms.

Next Week

Monday: NO SCHOOL – Band is marching in the Memorial Day parade
Tuesday: Washtenaw Area Council for Children presentation (make-up)
Wednesday: 5th and 6th Grade Orchestra Concert
Thursday: 5th and 6th Grade Band Concert
Friday: Beach Crew

Looking Ahead at the Calendar

June 5th – Passion Project Bazaar
June 8th – 7th Grade Field Trip to River Rouge Plant
June 8th – 8th Grade Farewell and Celebration (more below)
June 9th – LAST DAY of School – 1/2 Day

8th Grade Farewell and Celebration

This is one of the best evenings of the year at Beach Middle School. We get to celebrate our 8th graders that have worked so hard in their time in our building and have earned the ability to move on to CHS. Here are some details for the night:

8th Grade Farewell

Where: CHS Commons
When: June 8th – The doors will open at 5:15 for families to come in and take photos. The actual ceremony begins at 6:00pm
What to Wear: We ask that students dress to impress. This is our final event at Beach, and we know they’re going to want to look sharp!
Who: Bring the whole family, if you want!

We will have two professional photographers at this event that will take pictures of your 8th grader and/or your entire family! Pictures will be for sale through this company for your family to enjoy

8th Grade Celebration

Where: Beach Middle School
When: June 8th, immediately after the Farewell. The event will go from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
What’s Going On: We will be providing a dinner (taco bar) for students, as well as a Kona Ice Truck (students have fundraised for this, no $ necessary). Students will be dancing in the cafeteria and playing in the gym.
Who: Beach Middle School students only. No outside visitors from other buildings or schools.

Athletic Boosters Golf Outing

What I Noticed

• All Beach athletics are coming to a close this coming week. It’s been a fantastic year for sports at Beach, and I want to thank all of our dedicated coaches for making it a memorable experience
• Tech students are finishing up their final projects with Mr. Boos.
• 6th grade global studies students are mapping North America!
• 6th grade science students are learning about biotic and abiotic factors.

Next Week

Monday: Athletic Director visits Beach!, Track @ Lincoln – SEC Championship
Tuesday: Homework Club, Lacrosse @ Dexter
Wednesday: Homework Club, BMS Band and Orchestra Concerts
Thursday: WEB Spring Play Day, Homework Club, Choir Concert
Friday: Moving Up Day (more below), Beach Crew

Moving Up Day (8th Grade Only)

IMPORTANT: All 8th graders will report to Chelsea High School NOT Beach. 8th graders will return to Beach at 11:00, and be back in time for lunch. Please help your student remember this!

7th Grade Field Trip

Hello, 7th grade parents!This year, we are taking the 7th graders on two trips to celebrate the end of the year! The combined cost will be $20.00. Thank you in advance for making this happen; we think the kids are going to love both of the trips we have planned!

Click here to pay for the field trips!If you’d like to sponsor a scholarship for this field trip, please do so using this payment portal!

Wednesday, June 7th- Timbertown- Students will get to run, play volleyball and yard games, have some fun with Gaga Ball, and relax!- We will be walking to and from Timbertown. Please help your child to wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Sunscreen in the morning if necessary.– We will have a cheese or pepperoni pizza lunch from Cottage Inn. If pizza is an allergy of any kind, please send a packed lunch with your child for this day. 

Thursday, June 8th- Ford Rouge Complex- Students will get to see the innovation, creative thinking, collaboration, and grit that goes into vehicle assembly right here in Michigan!- We will return to school for lunch around 12:30-1 pm. ALL students must pack lunch today! 

No hot lunch will be offered. Students will have the option to have a bagged school lunch charged to their account. We will take note and have the cafeteria prepare these for your child. 

If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Skrypec at rskrypec@chelsea.k12.mi.us or Matt Ceo at mceo@chelsea.k12.mi.us.

Athletic Boosters Golf Outing

What I Noticed

• The final NWEA test of the year! Wa-Hoo!!
• Teachers were appreciated all week (mostly through food), but the most meaningful displays of appreciation came in the form of acts of gratitude from our students. What a great week!

Next Week

Monday: Track vs. Pinckney
Tuesday: Homework Club, Lacrosse @ Saline
Wednesday: Peer-2-Peer Field Trip, Homework Club, Track @ Saline
Thursday: Homework Club, 8th Grade Student Council Elections
Friday: 8 Blue Greenfield Village Field Trip, Beach Crew
Saturday: Tennis vs. Haslett

Important Message from Tech

Hello,
  As we rapidly approach the end of the year, lots of things are happening behind the scenes in the tech world. In order to make sure everyone is ready, and hopefully make things go smoother here are a few reminders.

1. If you have had your case replaced with the new black one, make sure you have turned in your keyboard from the blue case. (If you previously signed it out)

2. If you lost your keyboard, check the stacks by the tech office.

3. If you checked out a keyboard, and are not using it, feel free to check it back in.

4. If your new black case is missing buttons, or cracked, you will have to pay for a replacement. *$25 with insurance, $99 without insurance*

5. Remove all the stickers you put on, that you weren’t supposed to put on!

6. If your screen protector is badly cracked (catches your nail), stop by the tech office to get it replaced. ****Screen Protectors are FREE****

7. Make sure you are signed into your Apple, Google Photos, and Google Drive accounts so everything backs up correctly.

CEF Fundraising Challenge

Chelsea Soccer Club

If you want a blurb to go with it, you can use this:  Chelsea Soccer Club currently has over 200 players competing in grades K-12. The club provides technical training, competitive games, and player development with fully licensed coaches. Team placement for the 2023-24 season will take place on Saturday, June 10 and summer camp for all ages will be held July 31-August 4. Visit chelseasoccerclub.org for more information and to register. 

CAC Summer Programs

Robotics Registration

What I Noticed

• NWEA ELA testing was this week. Our grade-levels are trying different formats of scheduling in order to find a best fit for students.
• Student council races were held the previous week, and our new representatives.
• Our 8th grade students followed up their DC trip with another field trip to the Zekelman Holocaust Center in West Bloomfield. This is a follow up to the Diary of Anne Frank reading. Always a stirring experience!
• Peer-2-Peer Trivia at lunch was a huge hit on Thursday!

Next Week

It’s Teacher Appreciate Week! I encourage you all to reach out to your student’s teacher to drop a nice note of gratitude for all the work they’ve done to move us forward!

Monday: Drama Rehearsal, Track @ Ypsi
Tuesday: 8 Blue to Holocaust Center, Drama Rehearsal, Homework Club, Lacrosse @ Lincoln
Wednesday: NWEA – Math (all grades), Drama Rehearsal, Homework Club, 5th Grade Parent Meeting, Tennis vs. Saline
Thursday: In-school Drama performance, Drama Rehearsal, Homework Club, Track @ Dexter,
Friday: 8 Gold to Greenfield Village, Drama Performance (5:30 start), Lacrosse vs. Dexter
Saturday: Tennis @ Mason, Drama Performance (5:30 start)

Drama Performance

Parent Series – Substance Abuse

CAC Summer Brochure

We’ve made it past testing season (mostly), Washington D.C., and scheduling! 6 weeks to go, but there is still plenty to get done before we wrap up the 2022 – 2023 school year!

What I Noticed

• 8th graders in Washington D.C. were fantastic! They carried themselves as well as our community would expect, showed reverence and respect at all of our stops and with all of the adults, kept up with the break-neck pace! A huge “thank you” goes out to our CSD employee chaperones, and specifically Nick Schumann for leading our group!
• 8th grade students that did not attend the trip had an exciting week of visiting areas around Chelsea, including Central Office, the Senior Center, and some of our best eating establishments! Thanks to our community partners for hosting and supporting!
• 7th grade global studies students have been playing a game from ancient Mesopotamia.
• Orchestra students have been working on the pentatonic scale as they work on improvisation.
• 6th grade technology students have been creating prototypes for launchers and testing them out.

Next Week

Monday: NWEA ELA, drama rehearsals, Track @ Dexter
Tuesday: NWEA ELA, Drama rehearsals, Homework Club, Lacrosse vs. Lincoln
Wednesday: 8 Gold traveling to Holocaust Museum, Homework Club, Tennis vs. Lumen Christi
Thursday: Drama rehearsals, Homework Club, Track vs. Tecumseh, Lacrosse vs. Saline
Friday: Beach Crew
Saturday: Drama Rehearsals, Tennis @ Sturgis

It will be a relatively quiet week at Beach with a majority of the 8th grade in Washington D.C. It’s always fun to watch our 6th graders take a maturity step in this week with their new freedoms!

What I Noticed

• Students in the Drama EXPLORE class are practicing monologs!
• 7th grade science students are constructing a model of how air is heated by the sun, making connections to energy transfer
• MSTEP this week for all students! We’re almost through our testing season.
• Teachers using their professional development time to dive into data from our Winter NWEA testing.
• 8th graders getting ready for a big week in Washington D.C.!

Next Week

Monday: Tennis vs. Milan
Tuesday: 8th graders leave for Washington D.C. (4:00am), Drama Rehearsals, Homework Club
Wednesday: Tennis vs. Lumen Christi, Homework Club
Thursday: Drama Rehearsals, Homework Club
Friday: End of Marking Period 5
Saturday: Lacrosse @ Bedford

District Goals

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Mldooz0et0tf4Y-RG6P2pyok_t7dGga/view

CEF Live Auction

The items are live! Please take a moment to browse the options and make a bid!

https://www.chelseaeducationfoundation.org/2023onlineauction?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=fc04dbe1-6fe8-40f7-a2b2-6485ff191e17

Testing Schedule

• NWEA ELA – May 2-3 All Grades
• NWEA Math May 10-11 All Grades

Washington D.C. Reminders

8th grade parents, the call time for your 8th grader is 4:00am. Please have them come to the cafeteria with everything they’re bringing on the trip! The buses will roll out at 5:00am sharp.

We will not be waiting for late students. The timing of our trip is extremely important!

What I noticed

• 8th graders in science are learning about physics and how an object will moved based on applied forces.
• Testing, testing, an more testing! PSAT8 is complete, and the first wave of MSTEP tests have been administered.
• Our kiddos have really enjoyed the sunshine this week, and we can see a change in mood and overall happiness! So thankful that our schedule and building allow for our students to get outside!

Next Week

Monday: Drama Rehearsals
Tuesday: MSTEP SS/Sci, Drama Rehearsal, Homework Club, Tennis vs. Parma, Lacrosse vs. Monroe
Wednesday: 1/2 Day for Students, Drama Rehearsal
Thursday: MSTEP Math, Washington D.C. Student Meeting during school, Ele’s Place, Drama Rehearsal, Homework Club
Friday: Nothing 🙂
Saturday: Tennis vs. Parma, Lacrosse @ Belleville

Testing Calendar

• MSTEP Sci/SS – 8th Grade Only – April 18th (make-ups on 20th) – 1st – 3rd Hours
• MSTEP Math – 6th/7th Grade Only – April 20th (make-ups on 21st) – 1st – 3rd Hours
• NWEA ELA – May 2-3 All Grades
• NWEA Math May 10-11 All Grades

Parent Series – Healthy Sleep Habits

CEF Auction

What I noticed

• 6th grade ELA in Mrs. Knupp’s class is working on the difference between simile and metaphor, and hyperbole and personification. Students then found text examples and created their own!
• 8th grade ELA students are working on Problem/Solution essays, finding sources, and annotating.
• We celebrated National Assistant Principal’s Week. We are so thankful to have Ms. Franco in our AP role. We appreciate her fairness, thoroughness, and care for our students!

Next Week

Monday: Nothing 🙂
Tuesday: Homework Club, Drama Rehearsals
Wednesday: PSAT8 (more below), Homework Club, Drama Rehearsals, Tennis vs. Harper Springs
Thursday: MSTEP – ELA 6th and 7th, Ele’s Group, Homework Club, Drama Rehearsals
Friday: Scheduling Forms are Due for 6th and 7th grade

PSAT8

Just a couple of notes

• Please make sure your student has a good night’s sleep leading up to Wednesday
• A good breakfast will give your student the necessary energy to complete the test (2 hours and 35 minutes). There are breaks worked into the test, but food is not allowed at any point.
• The test will begin right after the first bell and announcements, so please make sure your student gets to school on time.

Testing Schedule

• PSAT8 Test – 8th Grade Only – April 12th, 1st – 3rd hour
• MSTEP ELA – 6th/7th Grade Only – April 13th (make-ups on 14th) – 1st – 3rd 
• MSTEP Sci/SS – 8th Grade Only – April 18th (make-ups on 20th) – 1st – 3rd
• MSTEP Math – 6th/7th Grade Only – April 20th (make-ups on 21st) – 1st – 3rd
• NWEA ELA – May 2-3 All Grades
• NWEA Math May 10-11 All Grades

Cedar Lake Outdoor Camp

CAC Spring and Summer Announcement