2024.6.14 – Saxe Weekly – The Saxe weekly

June 14, 2024

Dear Saxe Family,

Well, that’s a wrap on the 2023-24 school year! On behalf of the Saxe community, we would like to thank each and every one of you on a terrific year. Congratulations go out to every member of our learning community for the growth and successes that made this year the special one that it was. We wish our 8th-graders the best as they move on to the next chapter in their educational journey and we look forward to welcoming everyone else back for the 2024-25 school year. Until then, I hope you are able to rest, relax, and spend time doing whatever it is that you enjoy most, with those you care the most about!

This week in the Saxe Weekly, we take a look at the Saxe Class of 2024, the latest 1 Second Everyday, the final Saxe News episode, Science, celebrating Saxe Alumni, the NCHS Grad Walk and graduation ceremony, joy and laughter, yearbooks, a musical celebration, Camp Kiwi, Walk/Ride to School Day, Shark Tank finale, our Saxe SRO, Podcast Palooza, Town Hall celebrations, Leadership, the last day of school, Dogs of Saxe, and so much more. Enjoy and have a wonderful SUMMER!

Be Well,

Dave Gusitsch

Principal, Saxe Middle School

Upcoming Noteworthy Dates:

6/16 – Happy Father’s Day!

Summer 2024 – Enjoy!

*Quotes that resonated with us this week:

“The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.” —Colin R. Davis

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”-Frederick Keonig

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” — Norman Vincent Peale

“Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get.” ― W.P. Kinsella

Saxe Jokes:

What fruit do twins love? Pears!

What is a balloon’s least favorite kind of music? Pop!

What’s the only island you can drive to? Rhode Island.

What did the whiteboard say at the end of the first school day? Phew! I’m wiped

Saxe 8th-Grade Promotion

Below is the link to view the 2024 Promotion Ceremony – enjoy!

Worth noting, our Orchestra and Choral students helped make the ceremony extra special with their amazing performances, respectively. “Congrats” and huge “thanks” go out to Ms. Dorfmann and Mr. Leckie and all of their students!

If you weren’t at the 8th Grade Promotion today, you missed the beautiful video put together by 8th grade parent, Jera Flood. The short version is linked below and a longer version with footage from the ceremony will be available next week!

(Note: there are many more Promotion pictures, below)…

One Second Everyday

Saxe Middle School 1-Second Everyday! “Life is made of seconds.” 2023-24 year in review! Enjoy! (pro tip: to enjoy the video at a slower pace, change your viewing option to .75 speed).

Saxe News

Below is the final episode of Saxe News for the 2023-24 school year… Thank you to our team of reporters, audio/video specialists, and Mr. Petrakopoulos for the series of episodes throughout the year – enjoy!

Science

This week, 8th graders on the Red Team “Escaped” Science. They worked together in order to solve a series of clues and were able to get out just in time!

Team Building

You can see the intensity in the epic battle of “Mason v. Morgan” as they face off in the Connect Four Championship. Every strategic move counts!

Strategic Minds and Steady Hands… This focus is the definition of teamwork!

Celebrating Saxe Alumni

It seems like yesterday that many of these students were walking the halls of Saxe Middle School. Now, they are the official NCHS Class of 2024 and we would like to congratulate each and every one of them! Whether they have not been back to Saxe until just this week, or have siblings who are still part of our school community, we salute the group of great grads… Enjoy some highlights from their celebrations, below!

One Last Walk Together

2024 NCHS Graduation Ceremony

Saxe in the News

Congratulations to Saxe 7th-grader, Chloe Dodd, on her recent boating accomplishments! Chloe will be representing the USA sailing at the Nieuwpoortweek Regatta in Nieuwpoort, Belgium after recently qualifying at the United States Optimist Dingy Association (USODA) Team Trials at San Francisco Yacht Club. Over four days of sailing, Chloe had to navigate wind over 20 knots and waves over 3 feet high in her boat (opti), by herself. In addition to the below sites and accomplishments, she also qualified for the national US Development Team. Congrats and best wishes, Chloe!

Sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge!

Twitter/X

Below are photos and phrases that were included on our Saxe Middle School page (@SaxeMS) this week. Enjoy!

Good morning, Saxe! As we get underway for our last day of the school year, we are also preparing to celebrate our Saxe Class of 2024! If you would like to tune in to the Promotion Ceremony, please join us using the following link: 8TH Grade Promotion – Enjoy & congrats!

Congrats to our Class of Saxe 2024! This is a special group & it was nice to celebrate them & their successes today. Good luck & best wishes to, All!

Mr. Gusitsch was able to share a moment with two of his former PTC Co-Presidents – congrats to the DeMuth and Prostor families!

Thanks to our Saxe PTC for helping celebrate our Class of 2024! (&, Campus Monitor Ed E for putting out a couple of dozen signs)!

Congrats to the NCHS Class of 2024 on their graduation today! What a wonderful day & beautiful celebration… It was great to see so many of our former Saxe students proudly “walk the stage”. Best wishes to all in your next adventures!

This is a snapshot (Click the link to watch!) of how special the NCHS Grad Walk is to our school community… From everyone at Saxe, “Congrats & Best Wishes to the NCHS Class of 2024”!

A few shots of the NCHS Grad Walk (Click to watch!) at Saxe… This is hands down one of our staff’s favorite “whole school community” events. Such a great celebration & fun to see the NCHS Class of 2024 walk the halls of Saxe one last time – congrats & best wishes to all!

Ms. Orlando was spreading joy all around Saxe to celebrate the last day of the 2023-24 school year – it was like a mobile party everywhere she went!

Saxe 8th-graders heading out to their Promotion Rehearsal while lunch is set up & ready for them to enjoy, soon! It has been a great week of celebrating the Class of Saxe 2024!

What do approximately 330 Saxe students & staff look like as they prepare for the Saxe 2024 Promotion Ceremony? Practice is coming along nicely (Click to watch!) – almost ready for the real deal on Friday!

Perfect night. Perfect crowd. I would say fun was had by all at the Saxe 8th-grade Bash… Thanks to our students, parents, & staff for a wonderful (Click the link!)time all around!

Something for everyone at the Saxe 8th-grade Celebration Bash! Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible for our students! #Saxe2024

The Saxe Hawk was out & about today – Getting ready to celebrate the Class of Saxe 2024!

8th-graders got their Saxe 2023-24 Yearbooks on Monday… Thanks to all involved, from ideas to final product to distribution – they turned out great!

8th-graders got their Saxe 2023-24 Yearbooks on Monday… Thanks to all involved, from ideas to final product to distribution – they turned out great!

Saxe students took advantage of the nice weather to do a little yearbook signing, outdoors!

Great way to kick off the day/week at Saxe- the 8th-grade Bagel Breakfast! Thank you to all of our parent volunteers who helped make this such a fun event for our students!

The Saxe 8th-grade picnic was another fun event to celebrate our Class of Saxe 2024 – we have been so lucky with this nice week of weather!

What a nice ceremony to celebrate one of our students going from Saxe to NCHS – best wishes, Lihan!

It has been wonderful seeing Lihan grow over the last several years & hearing his classmates speak about him & wish him well was pure joy! Congrats & best wishes, Lihan!

It’s a beautiful day for our Saxe 7th graders to be heading to Camp Kiwi for the day – enjoy!

7th grade end of year trip at Camp Kiwi (Click to watch!) is off to a great start. Something for everyone and the weather is perfect.

Lots of smiles at camp kiwi

It’s pretty much a perfect morning for the Walk/Ride to School Day at Saxe! Great to see “more than typical” walkers/riders with the earlier Upper Division arrival!

The Saxe Lower Division Walk/Ride to School Day had great participation, too… Great way to start the day!

It was pretty much a perfect morning for the Walk/Ride to School Day at Saxe! #DogsOfSaxe are always welcome, too!

Saxe Shark Tank is back for the final round of the school year… Congrats to all finalists & participants -nice work!

One of the best parts of Saxe Shark Tank is the student reflection/feedback session… “Practice your presentation”, “every day is a work day”, “Work as a team”, “never give up”, & so many more! Nice work & congrats to all involved!

Some of our Saxe students helped celebrate our #SaxeSRO in style with an unbelievably creative Art project – nice work (&, funny)!

Saxe6 Green participated in “Podcast-palooza” today! It was great to see the team gather & rally for this collaborative assignment!

6Blue participated in a team Kahoot to see who knew the most about their teachers & our Saxe staff. There were a ton of fun & interesting facts!

Thank you to our grade 7 leadership team for creating a fun activity to learn more about the differences between 5th and 6th grade!

Samuel has to be one of our most environmentally conscious students at Saxe… And now, following a recent Art project with the cricut machine, he is sporting a new shirt to show it!

Classes were enjoying time together all the way until the end of the last day of the school year at Saxe… Looks like fun was had by all!

Thanks to Ms. DiMeglio for bringing this bundle of delicious joy to Saxe today to celebrate our last day of the school year… Wow!

Great message in the Saxe Library!

This is one of the cooler (Click to watch!) traditions(Click to see!)to close out the year at Saxe… Have a great (Check it out!)summer, All!

Just a reminder that the courts at Saxe will be undergoing a renovation, beginning on June 17th. We look forward to seeing the newly redesigned Hawk’s Court opening up for generations of Saxe students (&, town folk) to use & enjoy for many years to come!

Dogs Of Saxe

A couple of friendly faces to start the day at Saxe!

Have a great summer, and see you in August!

Thank you to all of our Saxe Weekly contributors! Each weekly edition is an example of collaboration in action. A special thanks to Melissa DiMeglio for the continuous stream of positive, optimistic quotes!

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