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STEM
Initiative Underway for Daniell Students
Solid Works
professional engineering software is now
being used by our students in their
technology courses taught by Mrs.
Forbes. This softward is part of our
STEM initiative (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics). With this
new software students can design parts,
assemblies, and mechanical drawings.
This is the same type of technology used
on products such as Orange County
Choppers designs, prosthetics, and even
NASA's Mars rover. Students also have
available in their technology courses 10
Lego EV3 Robot Kits and the Lego Robotic
software with simple click and drag
programming. Only seven schools in Cobb
have the honor of utilizing these
amazing state of the art technologies
this school year.
The technology
course reinforces critical math skills,
physics, science, and even benefits
language arts skills. For example,
students on Mr. Hawk’s robotics’ team
can now manufacture new parts for their
competitions. Ms. Forbes is also
working in conjunction with Mrs. Maddox,
Mr. Hawlk, and Mrs. Hebb to design
interdisciplinary lessons to be taught
in the academic classrooms.
For more
information, feel free to email J.J.
Daniell’s Technology teacher, Becky
Forbes, at
becky.forbes@cobbk12.org.
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Vision 2026 - A Community Conversation
About the Future of Your School District
and Your Schools
Did
you know current kindergarten students
will graduate in the year 2026! What
will our schools look like then? Will
schools have the same structure that
they do now? Will parents play a larger
role in their local schools? What about
class sizes, finances, and school
culture? All of these are considerations
as the Cobb County School District looks
at future options. Please join us for a
community conversation to talk about the
future of our schools and our school
district at one of four upcoming Vision
2026 public forums.
The
first forum will be held at Campbell
High School in Smyrna on November 18th,
followed by South Cobb High School on
November 21st, Kennesaw Mountain High
School on December 3rd, and Lassiter
High School on December 5th. All public
forums will begin at 6.30 p.m. and will
take place in the school theaters. We
hope to see you there! Your input is
critical to this process. For more
information, please visit the school
district web site at
www.cobbk12.org.
http://www.cobbk12.org/vision2026/
Daniell
Students Working with Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra
11 members of
the Daniell Band have been invited to
take part in the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra's Middle School Band Day on
November 2. These students will receive
coaching and instruction from members of
the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the
day will culminate with a concert of
music selections the students have
worked on throughout the day. Daniell
Band is proud to be a part of this
exciting new event.
Performing Arts Alive and Well for Daniell
Students
TheThe Grimm
Lives of the Inbetweens
by the Alliance Theater is coming to Daniell
students the week of October 14.
Daniell students will explore
the Grimm lives of middle schoolers! A
fairytale-middle school mash up of knights
on bicycles, princesses with braces, bullies
and jocks, and so much more. Building on the
interactive history of the middle school
series, this year’s installment collides
fairy tales with the experience of Real
Tweenagers. Using digital storytelling,
interactive theatre techniques, and quirky
renditions of classic tales, this show will
bring to life a contemporary middle school
experience. This show is
No Place for Hate
endorsed.
Our school's second Performing Arts Series
was just scheduled for January 21, 2014,
during Connections. It is part of the
Atlanta Opera Studio Tour called
En Mis Parabras.
A bilingual
(Spanish and English) opera, En Mis Palabras
is an opera that every student, no matter
his or her cultural background, can relate
to. Ana Maria struggles with the adolescent
dilemma of finding her own voice and
figuring out who she is, while her father
struggles with the adult dilemma of knowing
when and how much to let go so that this
young adult may safely develop that sense of
self. En Mis Palabras features four singers,
guitarist and pianist. Educational
prep materials correspond directly with
Common Core Georgia Performance Standards
for English Language Arts, Literacy in
History/Social Studies, Modern Languages,
Music and Theater.
Daniell Out Performs the State Middle School
Scores on the CCRPI
Daniell Middle School
scored an 85.2 on the new CCRPI. This beats
the state middle school performance of 81.4.
The results look very
different from previous years as schools are
now being measured under a new instrument
called the College and Career Readiness
Performance Index (CCRPI) as opposed to
adequate yearly progress (AYP). With CCRPI
each school gets one overall score which is
made up of many assessments.
Knowing that our
students have been taking the 2013 CRCT the
past two weeks, please be sure not to
confuse the results just released this week
with any of the tests which our students
have taken this school year.
Click here for more information.
Ramos
Selected for Center for Disease Control
Detective Camp
Michaelle Ramos
was selected from more than 200 middle
school applicants from across the country to attend the CDC Detective
Camp this summer. Her application consisted
of written
responses to several essay-type questions
and on the recommendation from Mr. Parker,
one of her Daniell MS teachers. She was one
of 18 children to attend the July session.
For three days she
had a behind-the-scenes look at the CDC
exploring different public health careers
and learning about infectious diseases. She
had the opportunity to work on a mock
outbreak investigation and present the
findings to the group. All campers visited
the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, which is
open to the public. The camp is for rising
7th and 8th graders and the application
process will open up again next Spring.
For more
information about this program visit the
following link.
http://www.cdc.gov/museum/camp/junior/index.htm
Daniell Middle School Test Scores Surpass
State, Metro RESA, and CCSD
Recently released 2013
results show 87 percent of Cobb County
eighth graders wrote at or above standards
on the state Eighth Grade Writing
Assessment, a one percent improvement over
2012 results. Cobb continues to have a
higher percentage of students writing at a
level that meets or exceeds expectations,
compared to the averages of neighboring
metro Atlanta school systems (86 percent)
and schools throughout the state (82
percent) (see Table I). The District’s scale
score dipped to 218, mirroring a
single-point decline in metro Atlanta (218)
and statewide (215) mean scores.
At nine schools, 90
percent or more students met or exceeded
standards on the writing test. Those schools
include Barber,
Daniell, Dickerson,
Dodgen, Durham, Hightower Trail, Mabry,
McCleskey and Simpson middle schools.
As one of four grade
level-specific writing tests administered
statewide, the Eighth Grade Writing
Assessment gauges middle school students'
writing performance, helping students,
teachers, and parents identify areas of
strength and weakness in written composition
before students enter high school. Student
essays are scored on a scale of 1 to 5,
assessing the qualities of effective
writing: ideas, organization, style, and
convention. The writing test taken during a
student’s 11th grade year (as part of the
Georgia High School Graduation Test) is an
important requirement for graduation.
Daniell
Receives ADL Recognition
Daniell has earned the
‘No Place For Hate’ designation from the
Anti-Defamation League.
Daniell was the first Cobb middle school in
2012 to be a No Place for Hate certified school!
The school is currently finishing activities to
achieve the ADL recognition for two years
running.
To aschieve this
recognition students and teachers completed
the five steps required to demonstrate the
school’s efforts in combatting bullying
behaviors and educating students on
diversity and acceptance.
The No Place for Hate
initiative provides educators and students
with the resources to ensure that anti-bias
and diversity education are an integral part
of the school curriculum.
No Place for Hate also
helps to create and sustain inclusive school
environments where all students feel valued
and have the opportunity to succeed by
promoting respect for individual difference
while challenging bigotry and prejudice.
For more information on the No
Place for Hate program at Daniell, contact
DaniellPTSA@hotmail.com. For help with talking to kids about
bullying, visit
www.ADL.org/CombatBullying and
CCSD's bullying
resources.