Marlboro Middle School

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Marlboro Middle School
Location
355 County Route 520 Marlboro, NJ
Information
School district	Marlboro Public Schools
Principal	Patricia Nieliwocki
Enrollment	1,169 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty	87.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio	13.4[1]
Type	Public
Grades	6-8
Mascot	Hawk
Color(s)	Red, white, and blue
Established	1976
Information	732-972-2100
Homepage	School website

This page refers to Marlboro Middle School, not Marlboro Memorial Middle School (abbreviated MMMS), in the same school district.

Marlboro Middle School (commonly abbreviated MMS) is a middle school located in Marlboro Township, New Jersey, as part of the Marlboro Public Schools, and goes from sixth grade through eighth.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,169 students and 87.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.4.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Extracurricular Activities 3.1 Athletics 3.2 Clubs 4 Notable students 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History

The three-story Marlboro Middle School building opened to students in September 1976 to house all of the district’s seventh and eighth graders. It is located on a 47-acre campus on County Route 520. The campus was at first, a Black Angus farm. The land was donated by H&L farms to the Township. The complex is a 146,000 square foot brick building on three floors with three independent wings (The A Wing, B Wing, and D Wing). When the school was originally built, there were only two wings. The D Wing was added as an extension in 1998.

The school's mascot, the Marlboro Hawk, was selected just before the completion of MMS by a student survey of the seventh and eighth grade students at Central School. When Marlboro Middle School opened in 1976, the Hawk mascot came with them.^[2]

When researching the school's history, it was discovered that a time capsule had been placed in a location on school grounds with letters, messages, and items set in place by the first students of Marlboro Middle School. However, the location of the time capsule has since been lost and no one knows where the capsule is. The search for the capsule has long since been stopped.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Academics

Marlboro Middle School opens to students at 7:30 a.m. and students are dismissed at 2:17 p.m.^[3] The students are broken into "Teams." Each team consists of a group of students and a teacher for each core subject- Mathematics, English, Spanish language, Social studies, and science. The sixth grade teams have two English teachers, and lack a Spanish language instructor. Students that take Honors level Courses or study French language have other classes off-team. Some students are also cross-quadded, going to classes outside of their team because of scheduling difficulties. Related Arts classes, Physical Education/Health, and Sixth Grade Spanish are also outside of the team. All of the grades have three teams and since their average number of students is around 600, all the Teams are split into 125-150 Students. Together with Marlboro Memorial Middle School (which opened in March 2003), the two middle schools now house all of the district’s sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. There are also classes in French and Spanish. The school also features several related arts programs.

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

Marlboro Middle School offers many different after-school activities, from clubs to sports. Coordinating the extracurricular activities, including sports schedules and the late bus, is Mr. Jay, physical education/health teacher.

[edit] Athletics

• Boys’ Baseball, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

The baseball program is one of the interscholastic sports offered during the spring season. Tryouts for the team are held in March. Games are played after school on a competitive level against other schools in the area. Team selection is based on athletic ability, sportsmanship, and academic proficiency. There are two baseball teams, the boys' 6^th and 7^th grade team, and the 8^th grade team. A physical is required prior to trying out.

• Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

The basketball program is one of the interscholastic sports offered during the winter season. Tryouts for the teams are held in mid-November. Games are played after school on a competitive level against other schools in the area. Team selection is based on athletic ability, sportsmanship, and academic proficiency. There are two basketball teams for boys and two for girls. Both boys and girls have a 6^th and 7^th grade team, and an 8^th grade team. A physical is required prior to trying out.

• Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

Signups the boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are held in September, during our fall season. There is one team for 6^th/7^th/8^th grade boys, and one team for 6^th/7^th/8^th grade girls. This is a walk-on sport with an unlimited number of runners. Practices are held Monday through Friday, or at the coaches’ discretion. A physical is required prior to signing up.

• Boys’ and Girls’ Soccer, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

Tryouts begin for this fall sport the second week in September. Games are arranged with other teams in the respective Divisions of Monmouth County Intermediate School League Soccer League. There are currently two boys’ teams and two girls’ teams. We offer a boys’ 6th/7th grade team and a girls’ 6th/7th grade team as well as a boys 8th grade team and a girls 8th grade team. A physical is required prior to trying out.

• Boys’ and Girls’ Tennis, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

Boys’ and girls’ tennis is held during the spring season. There are two teams for all grades – one for boys, and one for girls. The highly-competitive tryouts are held in March with practices held Monday through Friday. There will be 12 girls and 12 boys selected. Selection is also based on academic proficiency, athletic ability and sportsmanship. A physical is required prior to trying out .

• Boys' and Girls’ Track, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

Boys’ and girls’ track is held during the spring season, with tryouts beginning in March. There is one team for 6th/7th/8th grade boys, and one team for 6th/7th/8th grade girls. This is a walk-on sport, with an unlimited number of participants accepted. Practices will be held Monday throug h Friday. Team selection is based on academic proficiency and sportsmanship. A physical is required prior to trying out.

• Cheerleading, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

This activity is open to all students who would enjoy cheering for Marlboro Middle School's home basketball games. Students practice three to five times per week until 4:15 p.m. pre-season, and at least two times each week during the season. Cheerleaders are required to be at all home games. Tryouts are held in early October. We offer one team for 6th/7th grade students and another team for 8th grade students. Twelve members per team are selected. A physical is required prior to trying out

• Intramural Volleyball, 6th, 7th, and 8th Grades

There will be unlimited sign ups for this program that will meet twice per week, starting in January , running into early March. It will meet after school from 2:30-4: 00. These groups will not compete against other schools; teams will be set up for intra-mural play only. This is not an interscholastic program. A physical is now required prior to participating in the program

• Wrestling, 6th, 7th and 8th Grades

This is a joint program that is shared between both middle schools – Marlboro Middle and Marlboro Memorial Middle. There will be one team between both schools. All grades are invited to participate, and physicals are required. Wrestling is a winter sport, which begins in November with practices 3-4 times a week, plus matches against other schools . Approximately 50-60 wrestlers will be selected from tryouts in the winter.

[edit] Clubs

• Builders Club (Previously known as Bridge Builders Club) This club is centered towards charity for the school and the community. This takes the form of public services and fund-raisers, among other things. It is open to all grade levels. The name was changed from the Bridge Builders Club to the Builders Club in the 2006-2007 school year. The club is now a component of the Kiwanis Club of Marlboro, and is currently advised by Mrs. Savage, Spanish teacher, and Ms. Seavers, science teacher.

• Computer Club This club permits students to explore the computer in an open and non-directed setting. Students can use a variety of programs to engage in desktop publishing, web page design, gaming, and computer programming. This club is open to all grade levels. This club is advised by Mrs. Moskowitz, computer teacher.

• Chess Club The Chess Club provides opportunities for students to learn and play chess with their peers. Students learn through peer coaching among other methods. It is open to students of all skill and grade levels. The chess club is advised by Ms. Donohue, science teacher.

• Conflict Managers The Conflict Managers are twenty four (numbers variable to number of applicants) eighth graders trained in conflict resolution and mediation techniques. They work with fellow students to positively resolve conflicts. Mediators are taught skills to help teach peers to problem-solve disputes in a scheduled mediation, and work to encourage tolerance and acceptance for one another. Mediations are very uncommon in the school. Generally, each member will get to perform one mediation during the year, if that. The group is taught 2 days per week as a pull-out from PE/Health. The Conflict Managers are advised by Ms. Smith and Mrs. Peterpaul, guidance counselors.

• Drama Club The Drama Club coordinates the annual school musical. Auditions are announced early in the school year. Students of all grade levels are encouraged to try out for a part as a singer or actor. Some musicals produced by the school have included Grease, Guys and Dolls, Cinderella, The Music Man, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, Little Shop of Horrors, Bye Bye Birdie, and Oliver. The school musical is currently directed by Mrs. Pollack, vocal music instructor and Mrs. Ross, social worker.

• Math Club The Math Club is geared towards promoting excellence in mathematics through local, state, and national competitions. Participants also improve their skills during after-school participation and Saturday contests. After school sessions are held once each week. The Math Club is open to seventh and eight graders who enjoy problem-solving challenges in a wide range of mathematics topics. Contests that the Math Club take part in include: the Continental Math League and the Sigma Math League. Teams of the most talented students are selected annually to participate in the CBA math competition in the fall, and Math Counts in the winter. When not participating in these contests, students do other challenges such as Countdown Rounds , Team Rounds, and Sprint Rounds. The math club is advised by Mrs. Wilson, head of the MMS's math department.

• Music Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students may chose to participate in musical ensembles such as Band, Orchestra, and Chorus. Seventh and eighth grade students can audition for and are selected to participate in the award winning Jazz Band and Show Choir. Jazz band performs music on a higher level than the regular bands, and Show choir not only features harder music and harmony, but also intense choreography. Sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students can also audition for the more advanced "String Ensemble". Students in the String Ensemble have at least 1 year of experience (private lessons) playing their instrument, and the music performed by the String Ensemble is much harder than that played by the regular orchestra. The bands are directed by Mr. John Manziano, the choruses by Mrs. Barbara Pollack, and the orchestra by Mrs. Katie Gussman.

• National History Day Club This club allows students to participate in the National History Day contest. Students create projects based on the national topic. The students have to choose from 5 types of entries set forth by NHD: Essay, Documentary, Exhibit, Performance, and Website. All but the paper, which must be writen alone, can be worked on individually or in groups. This is a long term project that was once completed only by seventh and eighth grade social studies honors students. However, with the new language arts honors course, the project is on hiatus from the Honors class, and the club is open to the entire student body. If the project scores well in the Regional Contest, held at Rider University, the project will be advance to the State Contest, held at William Patterson University,and then to the National competition, held at the University of Maryland. Prizes for winning in the National Contest include monetary rewards for first through third place in each category, medals, and special awards. In 2008, 15 students with 6 entries entered the regional contest. 14 of those students, with 5 entries, advanced to the state competition. 12 of those students, with 4 projects will compete at Nationals. This project is coordinated by Mrs. Gallo, honors social studies teacher.

• Newspaper The Hawker, the MMS school paper, is open to students from all three grade. It publishes roughly three times per year. The paper is currently advised by Mr. Maldonado, math teacher.

• Peer-to-Peer Seventh grade students self- nominate or are nominated for Peer Leadership. If they are chosen to be a peer leader, in their eighth grade year in Marlboro Middle School, they will visit seventh graders classrooms and inform them of the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. These Peer Leaders will also join with the Conflict Managers and teachers in school wide campaigns such as Gotcha cards and violence prevention week. Peer-to-Peer is advised by Dr. Asher Shultz, psychologist, and Mrs. Lindell, guidance counselor.

• REBEL2 During REBEL2, students participate in lively, fun activities that explore tobacco prevention. They are trained to provide a peer-to-peer presentation explaining about the dangers of tobacco. Their primary goal is an interactive presentation for the district's elementary schools. REBEL2 is open to students in all grade levels. REBEL2 is currently advised by Dr. Asher Shultz, psychologist, and Mr. Reagan, social studies teacher.

• Set Design Eighth grade students volunteer and are chosen to help develop stage sets for the annual school musical. The set design crew takes care of construction, painting, and scenery arrangement, among other things. Students may also assist backstage during the performances. This club is advised by Ms. Chaplinski, art teacher.

• Spring Drama The Spring Drama, which is completely separate from the winter musical, is a straight play, without song or dance. This production does not feature the majority of the leads from the winter musical, as most of those performers are members of the MMS Show Choir, and the rehearsal schedule for this play interferes with show choir's preparation for its competition trip . This play also features a substantially smaller cast, no more than 16. The first four dramas performed were Alice in Wonderland, A Thousand Cranes, The Wizard of Oz in the Wild West, and BigBad. The current directors of this production are Mrs. Scalici, English teacher and Mrs. Gartenberg, special education teacher.

• Student Council The Student Council plays an important role in communicating between the student body and the administration. This group contains elected representatives from the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Members plan dances and other school activities. A representative is chosen by his 1st period class to represent his class. Also, members of the sixth grade elect the sixth grade delegate, a student who represents the sixth grade. Members of the seventh grade elect two seventh grade co-chairs, the representatives for the seventh grade, and the eight grade students elect a President, Vice President, and a Secretary. Student Council is currently advised by Ms. Buchholtz, math teacher and Ms. Neill, special education teacher.

• Yearbook Students of all grade levels are encouraged to work in the yearbook. The only requirements are enthusiasm, ambition, and the desire to work. Activities done include obtaining most of the content that will be used in the yearbook, and laying out and organizing the yearbook. Students who like to draw and are artistic are especially encouraged to participate. The yearbook is advised by Ms. Molé and Ms. Lentini, special education teachers. ^[4]

[edit] Notable students

• Josh Flitter, actor.^[5]

The current principal of this school is Mrs.Neilwocki

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Marlboro Middle School web pages
• Marlboro Public Schools (K-8) official website
• Marlboro Public Schools's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Marlboro Public Schools

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