Accelerated Academy Enjoys an International Feast

The 6th grade accelerated academy classes shared an international feast on Thursday, December 22. Students in Yeshion House in Mrs. LeVasseur and Mrs. Gluz's classes brought food they prepared with recipes from Puerto Rico, Korea, Albania, Italy, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Macedonia, Ireland, Iraq, Jamaica, Ecuador, Uraguay, and Cape Verde.

In addition, students brought in objects from Portugal, Iraq, India, Ecuador, Bangladesh, and Scotland and shared different aspects of their heritage with their classmates.

Mrs. LeVasseur said the classes had ots to learn, and lots to eat for an overall great day.

Thanks to Accelerated Academy reading, language arts, and social studies teacher Mrs. LeVasseur for these photos.

2011 Holiday Concert Photos

Under the direction of music teacher Louis Pontecorvo, the band and drum line performed at the holiday concert in the Crosby auditorium on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Theater arts teacher Sue Smyth directed her students in sample performances of the school's upcoming performance of "Seussical."

Thanks to special education teacher Mr. Standish for these photos.

Drum Line Performs at Macy's Waterbury

Under the direction of music teacher Louis Pontecorvo, Wallace Middle School's Drum Line performed at Macy's on Friday, Dec. 2, where Santa from the Thanksgiving Day parade in New York was visiting. Thanks to Mr. Pontecorvo and our students for their dedication and for representing Wallace so well.

Wallace Middle School Students Reflect on the October Intervention

From October 18 through October 20, Wallace Middle School teachers taught intervention lessons to students with specific academic needs and enrichment lessons to students who grasped concepts taught so far this year and were ready to apply them with hands-on lessons. Teachers' data on these interventions reflect growth among students in every group. Students reflect on those interventions in the above video. The slide show above depicts students involved in the various groups over the three days of 90-minute lessons.

Thanks to teachers Mr. Irrera, Ms. Capobianco, Ms. Nowacki, Ms. Pysh, Ms. Febles, Ms. Stango, and Mr. Likorama for contributing photos to the slide show.

Wallace Middle School's November Students of the Month

Wallace Middle School has a student-of-the-month program. Each month, one student per grade per house is selected based on the following criteria:

Positive - Is respectful

Attitudes - Accepts responsibility

Working - Completes a high percentage of class work and/or homework

Safely - Follows school rules


November Students of the Month

Yeshion House

6th Grade – Alexis Lee

7th Grade – Mavel Ortiz-Reyes

8th Grade – Dhimitri Stojko

Hammond House

6th Grade – Mabel Santos

7th Grade – Selena Soto

8th Grade – Jossalynn Harris

Huckins House

6th Grade – Madeline Pena

7th Grade – Egla Hasmillari

8th Grade – Sian Abrams

Foreign Language

1- Joshua Somma
2- Brianna Baker

Bilingual

1- Starly Garcia

Students Decorate Hallway for Winter

From November 30, 2011

Before homeroom, students from Yeshion and Huckins houses decorated a third-floor bulletin board with paper snowflakes and a snowman. Students completed the work before classes and at home to help make the hallway look cheerful.

Wallace Pride Flies High November 23 Pep Rally

Wallace Middle School celebrated the achievements of its students at its pep rally on November 23. Principal Don Rapuano said he wanted students to go home for Thanksgiving feeling good about themselves and their school. He began the rally by recognizing the school's generosity in collecting more than 4,000 cans in a little over two weeks.

Students who were involved in fall sports and other extracurricular activities--CPEP, the Origami Club, Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball--were recognized. The boys' cross-country team and the co-ed soccer team received awards for their undefeated seasons.

Also, those students who received straight 5s on their CMTs were called forward and recognized with certificates of achievement.

The school's dance club presented a Latin American dance they had choreographed and practiced after school. The dance was followed by a student-teacher volleyball game. The girls won, but the teachers kept them on their toes until the very end.

Under the direction of music teacher Louis Pontecorvo, the band provided music throughout the rally, and the drum line entertained the school with a drum competition.

Thanks to parent liaison Gretchen Flaherty and eighth-grade Hammond House language arts teacher Patty Capobianco for contributing photos to this slide show.