S ligo Midd le S cho ol

1401 Den nis Avenue

S ilver S pri ng, Mary lan d 20 90 2

Mr. R . J . R h odes , P r inc i pal

Ms. M. F i nk bind er, A sst . P r inc i pal

Mr. C . J ack son,

S chool Adm i nis trato r

Contributing Writers

Celia Richardson

Mark Anderson

Advance U. S. History 8th Graders

Mark Anderson

Azmi Abdelrahman

Pamela Aluvale

Allyah Dortch

Ellie Henley

Brian Nguyen

Special Thanks to Editing Team : E llie

Henley, Mrs. Brenda Wilkins, Ms. Pat

Price and Ms. R. Jackson

Inside this issue:

AASAE Celebration 2

Honor Roll 2

Visible Men in Action 2

Love & Respect for

SMS

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Science Night Photo

Review

3

We Remember Ms.

Champagne

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Special Tribute to

Principal R. Rhodes

4

Volume 1, Issue 4 May 2013

Sligo Middle School!

I am Mark Anderson. This year I enjoyed

attending Sligo Middle School. My family will be moving from this area over the summer. I enjoyed sharing the morning

announcements throughout the school with my fellow PA Morning Announcers. Two of my greatest memories of Sligo are

the wealth of experiences that I receive as a part of the WSLI TV Production Team. Wherein, there are many things I will miss about Sligo, but the two most im-

portant are the very supportive staff/teachers and the great students. Sligo Teachers help you along the way. They teach us well so that we can be the best and live up to

Sligo’s motto—”We expect the best!”

How do You Say Good-bye to Sligo?

Sligo Celebrating Diversity!

Thursday, May 9th was the last day for this year’s

Homework Hotline Live. Throughout the year Sligo

students have taken advantage of this homework

help line! Weekly, students have reached out to

homework help, by calling 301-279-3234 or gone

to Ask H-H-L dot org. Principal Rhodes along with

students, parents and staff sends special thanks to

David M. Frey, Producer, Homework Hotline Live

MCPS-TV www.AskHHL.org or www.mcpstv.org. This

has been a great resource and a wonderful support

to MCPS students all over the Montgomery County.

Thanks again! You are the best.

It’s a boy, it’s a girl! Special congrat -

ulations are extended to the fami-

lies of Ms. Schneider, Ms. Palank

and Ms. Apgar on their new arrivals

to the family. At the time of this

edition, we salute Ms. Wone who will be having her

baby during the summer. Rising 9th Grader—

Atumn Bell said, “Congratulations to the new bun-

dles of joy.” During the absence of these special

ladies, Mr. Wyche, Mr. J. Finklea and Ms. D. Gowan

have kept the academics flowing in the minds of

each student assigned to these classes. Therefore,

we send a special thanks to our Guest Teachers

named above for your assistance and support.

The Sligo Stampede Team sends a Special Kudos and thanks to Assistant Principal Mrs. M. Finkbinder and School Administra-

tor C. Jackson for your awesome leadership of the school during the transition.

Sligo Middle School Parent’s Council salutes and

celebrates African American Students of Academic

Excellence. “Young World Leaders of Today and

Tomorrow”. Theme: “Continuing the Dream!”

Meron Legesse is the only 8th grade AASAE hon-

oree who has earned straight A’s .In both quarters

1 and 3 of this year, she earned a 4.0 GPA. Meron

also earned straight A’s during every quarter of 7th

grade and the last three quarters of 6th grade.

Sunaina Theodore-Charles earned straight A’s the

4th quarter of 6th grade, only. The three highest

average GPA’s of 8th grade AASAE honorees are:

Meron Legesse (3.95), Kalkidan Yesuf (3.62), and

Sunaina Theodore-Charl (3.57). In 7th grade, the

two highest GPA’s of AASAE honorees, belong to

Briana Thomas and Mahelet Mesfin, both of whom

have a 4.0 GPA for the first three quarters of this

year. In 6th grade, Ollie-Angel Nono (3.95) and

Christopher Yancey (3.76) have the highest GPA’s

of 6th grade AASAE honorees. Briana Thomas and

Mahelet Mesfin are the only 7th grade AASAE

honorees who have earned straight A’s all three

quarters. Below are names of 7th grade AASAE

honorees who have earned st raight A’s at some

point during the 2012 -2013 school year. Emnet

Yelbetal—straight A’s quarter 2, Zoe Richards—

straight A’s quarter 1 and, Ollie-Angel Nono—

straight A’s quarters 1 and 3. Please continue to

read on page two the list of 8th Grade Students

who made Straight A’s and the Honor Roll for

Marking Period 3. Wow! 8th Grade Stallions, we

are very proud of you. NAACP Parent Rep. Mrs.

Price told this writer that there is 47% of the eligi-

ble students qualified and there is a 7% increase

each year.

Sligo Stampede Page 2

Sligo has the best!. The best Teachers and the very best Staff are

employed at Sligo Middle School. Thanks for being the support

that we need. One student declared that the Teaching Staff of

SMS is the best in the County. Our teachers take time to teach us

not only the academics, but the ways of life. Thanks for every-

thing that you do for us. We appreciate you. We salute you!

Teaching is a gift. Dr. Richard Moss stated, “the greatest gift you

can give another is the purity of your attention. Thanks!

Editorial Note: From the files of MusicalCoffee on November 12:

“We've all had that one teacher, or more, that left their mark with

us. Whether they went above and beyond to make sure you knew

what you were doing or just provided a listening ear when you

needed it, you'll never forget them. Often times, the people that

influence and affect our lives the most never know it. We take

them for granted and assume our appreciation is known. Some of

us even find it unnecessary. After all, they are teachers, it's their

job--right? Most of us are too busy resenting their existence while

slaving over that 10 page paper or challenging care plan. It's

hard to fully appreciate the value of a great teacher until you've

had some duds. There are those who couldn't care less about the

student, but found the perk of having summers off too good to

pass up. It's a shame, and our children, as well as adults for those

continuing their educat ion later on, are the ones who suffer.

So thank you. Not just Mr. C, but every teacher who has made a

difference in a child's, student's, or adu lt's life. For guiding them as

they find their way, for showing them their hidden abilities, for

helping them succeed and reach their dreams. Thank you.

I would love to name several teachers, but I don’t want to

miss a name of any of our great teachers and staff.

The following 8th Graders received straight A’s and are on the Honor Roll for the Marking Period 3. Straight A’s Student List: Janetta Brundage, Ivan Canales, Chloe Cheing, Meron Legesse, Lena Sisking, Phillipos Sourvinos and Jennifer Vargas. Marking Period 3 Honor Roll consist of Temiololu Adfisan, Yonatan Alvarado-Granillo, Kidus Bahiru, Janetta Brundage, Stacey Cabrera, Marianny Calderon, Ivan Canales, Daniel Chapdelaine, Jackeline Chavez, Jany Chen, Chloe Chieng, Linda Chu, Samuel Cohen, Make Delacruz-Garcia, Flor Diaz, Allayah Dortch, Daniel Figueroa, Sophie Futrovskyu, Augustin Gonza-lez, Suyapa Gonazalex, Derek Gould, Kristina Han, Jennifer Hernan-dez, Leonardo Hernandez, Preston Kendall, Meron Legesse, Svetlana Mack, Aira Jeanette Malit, Breonna Mayfield, Peter Melinchok, Diego Molina Rios, Mur Muluteta, Lucia Pasenelli, Dany Rodriguez, Samuel Salas, Gabriela Sanchez, Lena Siskiond, Kimberly Smith, Phillipos Sourvinos, Dimitros Sourvinos, Matthew Taylor, Srena Tenhoff, Sunaina Theoddore-Charles, Taliile Tollossa, Tanzira Uddin, Jennifer Vargas,

Benjamin Watkins, Aremu Wymes, and Kalkidan Yesuf.

Our mission at Visible Men is to elevate African Ameri-can boys and men to new heights of achievement, ful-fillment, happiness and citizenship. Thank-you Mr. K. Frempong for your time and attention toward the young men of Sligo. Your assistance and support will make the difference now and in their future. Mr. Frempong, the young men are saying this about you. “You, the Man!” Take time to view the following you tube presentations. http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=xTkuoP1em94&feature=share&list=UUn9Pp43uPy1v30LJMu9DlqA

and http:// www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Ly3RUDLzWN4&feature=share&list=UUn9Pp43uPy1v30LJMu9DlqA

8th Grade Honor Roll for Marking Period 3

7th Grade Straight A’s for

Marking Period 3: Mr. Samkanich

announces the following 7th Grade

Straight A’s for the Third Quarter.

These students are Mushin Ali, Isabella

Benning, Helen Buck, Kimberly Dang,

Kurina Fort, Sushanth Gupta, Tiffany Lee, Tess Mayfield, Ian McCor-

mick, Mahelet Mesfin, Emma Polito, Julia Raytselis, Gabrielle Sherba,

Briana Thomas, Jennifer Witt, and Frank Zimmer. 7th Graders, keep

up the good work. Excellent!

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There is fun and learning at Sligo. This past school year, Sligo

prepares for Maryland State Assessments by Student Gov-

ernment Association sponsored Spirit Week— “Hat Day” .

Ms. Palank, Ms Palumbo and SGA sponsored this program

for student motivation purposes. Learning is fun!

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Mark Anderson (7th Grader) polled the following students with

the question, “ What would you say to 8th Graders who are leav-

ing Sligo?” The following students gave these comments: Brian

N. stated, “Good luck! Stay in school”. Qiana T, stated, “We’ll

miss you.” Joseph K said, “Hope you do well!” Russell P stated,

“You’ll do great in High School”. Dylan H said, “ Be wise/good

luck in HS.” Yousef A was excited while stating, “Good bye!

Learn a lot”.

Sligo Administrative Secretary R. Jackson and the Sligo

Secretarial staff sends special thanks to all of SMS Student

Office Assistants for all the support to the school. The

student assistance are Autumn Bell, Janetta Brundage,

Jennifer Vargas, Lucy Pasenelli, Ivan Canales, Fatima

Velasco, Linda Chu, Allayah Dortch, Kristina Han, Marian-

ny Caledron, Suyapa Gonzalez, Michele AldeFatima Ve-

lasco and Danny Chapdeline.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/sligoms/

WSLI—the Communicator for Sligo MS is on the Airways!

Celia Richardson, a rising 8th Grader says, “it’s so

strange to think that you will not be here next year.

My Sligo experiences has been wonderful. I love

Sligo. It’s a great school. So, thanks for being a

part of us. You are a great principal and I wish you

the best at your well deserve promotion. Congratu-

lations! I’m sure all the staff and students here will

miss you a lot. We’ll never forget you. Please try

not to forget us. I really feel bad for the upcoming

6th graders who will never get to have you as

their principal. Wishing you well!”

Mr. Rhodes, I owe you an apology. At the beginning

of sixth grade, I told you that I was making a wallet

out of “Doritos bags” so that I would have an excuse

to take the Doritos bags out of the cafeteria. I still

haven’t finished the bag or even started on it. Please

forgive me. Secondly, I feel badly for the incoming

Sixth Graders because they will never get to see how

awesome you are. Goodbye Mr. Rhodes! You’ll be

greatly missed. Ellie Henley, a rising 8th Grader.

Mark Anderson, a rising 7th

Grader: Thank-you Mr. Rhodes.

You beat the best. You made

Sligo the absolute best.”

Rising 8th Grader Azmi Abdelrahman

says, Principal Rhodes, you sure are

an awesome Principal. I hope you

have as much fun in Michigan as you

had at Sligo. We have had a blast

with you. Thank you.”

Rising 9th Grader Allayah Dortch says, “ Mr. Rhodes, I

would like to thank you for being a very reasonable,

understanding and fair principal. It’s been a pleasure

having you as our Principal. I appreciate all of the

extra activities you’ve placed on our schedule even

though the curriculum is quite difficult, yet it has pre-

pared us for high school. Thank-you.”

Brian Nguyen says, “Dear Mr. Rhodes,

you are one of the best Principals that I

have ever had. I enjoyed the TV Produc-

tion Interviews and even the small talks

we had. I hope that the new school in

Michigan treats you with high respect,

just like we do at Sligo.”

Pamela Aluvale says, “Dear Mr.

Rhodes, We, as Sligo Stallions wish

you well when you go to Michigan.

You are the most awesome principal I

have ever had. I hope you have the

greatest time in Michigan; the same

way you’ve had in MCPS. We are

positive that you will be a good part

of the Michigan Charter School sys-

tem. We wish you well as we have

great memories of you.”

Katia Rivas says, Dear Mr. Rhodes, thank you for

being a great principal and for showing us that

we have a great future ahead of us! Congratula-

tions for getting a new job. We will miss you

forever, my favorite principal.”

Xiomara Guerrero says, “Thank you being my

principal. I think you were a good role model for

us. My last three year experiences, I’ve been

taught a lot. Well, I wish you the best in Michigan

Charter School.”

Veronica Rose says, “I am new at Sligo but, I

heard great things about you. I hope that you

have a good time in the new system. Good-bye

Mr. Rhodes.”

Daniel Barnes says, “I don’t know why you are

leaving SMS. You are a good principal. You are

kind, nice, you got me out of trouble and above

all you are a good principal.”

Mr. Rhodes, you are the best! We will forever miss

you. Thanks for sharing time with us. Thanks Mr. Rhodes for everything

that you did for us!