June 9, 2023
Dear Saxe Family,
What a week it was! Concerts, field trips, air quality alerts, elementary school visits, and still tons of quality learning experiences all rolled into one. This week in the Saxe Weekly, we take a look at Social Studies, Chorus, NCHS Interns, Photography Club, Odyssey of the Mind, Special Olympics, Brownstone field trip, the elementary school “welcome tour”, Saxe SRO(s), eSports, rocket launches, Lego League, podcasting, study groups, Fun Days, Scenes around Saxe, Dogs of Saxe, and so much more. Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!
Be Well,
Dave Gusitsch
Principal, Saxe Middle School
Upcoming Noteworthy Dates:
6/12 8th Grade Picnic
6/13 Yearbook Distribution for Grade 8
6/13 7th Grade Trip to Camp Kiwi
6/13 8th Grade Bash – 5:00pm
6/14 8th Grade Bagel Breakfast
6/14 Yearbook Distribution Grades 5 – 7
6/16 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony@NCHS – 9:45am
6/16 ½ Day Grades 5 – 7 – Welcome, Summer ‘23!
*Quotes that resonated with us this week:
“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.” – Ruth Benedict
“Safety isn’t expensive. It is priceless.” – Author Unknown
“Life is to be enjoyed, not endured. So follow your dreams, embrace change and live what you love.” –Aysel Gunar“The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” -Helen Keller
Social Studies
Grade 5 students are concluding their unit on the foundation of our government. These students in Mrs. Harrington’s class are analyzing a variety of situations our government faces to figure out the branch or branches that would handle it.
Chorus Concerts
Another spectacular week of concerts at Saxe! On June 7th, our 5/6 grade Chorus had their concert and June 8th was the 7/8 Chorus. If you weren’t able to attend them, we have included the video links below for your enjoyment!
Saxe Interns
Interns Kelly Marchiony and Oliver Tuff have been helping students in Miss Collins 6 Blue Science classes. They have gone with students to Waveny, worked on STEM challenges, helped proofread projects and taught students about rockets.
Photography Club Show
The Photography Club had their end of the year show on Friday. Throughout the Fall and Spring, students have been meeting every B and E day to learn about digital photography. In addition to taking photos, some days were spent learning about how to shoot photos, while others were spent learning how to edit them using Photoshop. Each member selected their best pieces from the year to have on display. Parents were invited and observed the work while asking questions to each of the photographers. It was a great turn out and major success. Congrats to all involved!
Odyssey of the Mind
Another Saxe ODM team creatively pushing their thinking to the utmost while making friends across the nations and languages. All three Saxe teams came home with much to be proud of. There were 740 other teams from 10 countries competing at Michigan State University! It was an absolute joy to see their hard work come together.
(Anaya Bhondele, Tanishi Kansal, Amelie Mitra, & Anushka Dave)
Special Olympics
Our very own Daniel Yang competed in the 25m freestyle and 50 backstroke at the Special Olympics last weekend! Way to go, Daniel!
Tweet Street
Below are photos and phrases that were included on our Saxe middle school Twitter page (@SaxeMS) this week. Enjoy!
Couldn’t have asked for a nicer day for the SaxeMS 8th grade trip to Brownstone.
“Welcome to Saxe” night was a smashing success! Thank you to our incredible tour guides, counselors, volunteers and 4th grade families for their participation and support! Welcome to SaxeMS. Class of 2027! #fifthgraderocks
Our current SaxeMS 5th-graders were so proud to welcome the future #SaxeHawks during the annual “Welcome Tour”! Thanks & congrats to all involved!
Great turnout for the SaxeMS incoming 5th-grade Welcome event! Our current 5th-graders were so proud to show off “their building” to the future #SaxeHawks! Thanks & congrats to all involved!
Ms. Granite & the #SaxeHawk get ready to welcome all the “Southpaws” over to SaxeMS this week! It was great seeing all of our future students experience the building while it is in session for the first time… #Saxe2027
Today we had our final visit with South 4th graders! It was another GREAT day answering questions, giving tours, and playing games with our fifth grade buddies! SaxeMS #fifthgraderocks
Another great day welcoming East 4th graders to SaxeMS! We had a great time playing games, taking another tour of the building and asking/answering questions #fifthgraderocks
We loved welcoming our 4th graders from West! It was a busy visit with tours, games, getting to know Saxe Kahoots and even a visit from the Saxe Hawk! SaxeMS #fifthgraderocks
The #SaxeEsports singles tourney was back in action this week!
More rocket launches (check out the link!) at SaxeMS this week! Thanks to our NCHS_CT senior interns for helping out with these neat #SaxeSTEM experiences!
Hoping we can get SaxeMS students involved with this. Very exciting! NCPSDL #SaxeInnovates #DesignLab FIRST LEGO League
In #MASTERPIECE, children ages 4-16 will imagine and innovate new ways to create and communicate art across the globe through #STEM. The season will launch on August 1, 2023 – save the date! https://hubs.ly/Q01MrcD30
Grade 7 Social Studies podcast recordings were taking place all around SaxeMS this week! Can’t wait to hear the final products! 🎙️
We even got some outdoor podcast recordings around SaxeMSthis week! 🎙️ #SaxeOutdoors
G6 #SaxeMath prepping for their final assessment with a well-attended review session – good luck to all! 🧮
The #SaxeLibrary is such a nice, collaborative work environment. Here is a group of 6th-grade Social Studies students “working around the world” 🌏
Lots of fun activities (Click the link to watch!) at the G5 #SaxeFunDay – the weather could not have been better, too. Thanks to all of our parent volunteers & staff members who made this such a resounding success for our students!
Lots of fun (Click the link to watch!) activities at the G6 #SaxeFunDay – the weather could not have been better, too. Thanks to all of our parent volunteers & staff members who made this such a resounding success for our students!
“Hungry(Click the link to watch!) hungry hippo” was a hit at the G6 #SaxeFunDay!
Some terrific (Click the link to watch!) finishes in the “Double Trouble” race during SaxeMS G6 Fun Day! #SaxeFunDay
Great shot (CLICK THE LINK TO SEE) of the SaxeMS5th-grade Fun Day today!#SaxeFunDay
Some friendly competition (click the link to see) on the bungee lanes at SaxeMS today! #SaxeFunDay
A lot of excitement (Click on the link to watch!) during the closure of the SaxeMS G6 Fun Day! #SaxeYMCA #SaxeFunDay
Thanks to Remzi for getting our SaxeMS 8th-grade “Congrats” banner up to celebrate our class of #Saxe2023!
We are going to miss this crew so much! “You’re off to great places!”
This crew knows how to party at SaxeMS! Thanks to all who made this great celebration possible! 🍕
SaxeMS 8Red has their students setting goals & dreaming big! #SaxeHawks 
Packed house for the #SaxeChorus Spring Concert!
Grade 5 #SaxeChorus “rocks (click the link to watch) on” with a great version of “Best Day of My Life”…
Great performance by the 6th-grade #SaxeChorus… The cups (click the link to see) MAKE it – nice work!
Congrats (click the link to listen!) to the 7th & 8th-grade #SaxeChorus on a terrific spring concert!
#SaxeChorus for their spring concert with a little history!
The SaxeMS digital photography club has many of their artistic pieces on display for all to enjoy – very nice! #SaxeClubs
Our #SaxeSRO was “trialing” a new mode of transportation at SaxeMS this week – impressive piece of equipment!
Some views of the memorable “daylong sunset” around SaxeMS today… 🌅
The week ended up being very nice!
Dogs of Saxe
Just hanging out, watching their humans head into school…
Have a great week, see you next Friday!
Thank you to all of our Saxe Weekly contributors! Each weekly edition is an example of collaboration in action.
Saxe Resources (live links)
Website: https://www.ncps-k12.org/saxe
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