February 3rd - February 7th
T2 EXAMS
Just a reminder that our T2 exams will be on February 13th and 14th. These will be half days. There will be no Middle School extended either day. Please see the chart below for exam information.
Just a reminder that our T2 exams will be on February 13th and 14th. These will be half days. There will be no Middle School extended either day. Please see the chart below for exam information.
WASHINGTON, D.C. TRIP
The balance of $650.00 was due on Friday, January 31st. We will be having a pre-trip parent meeting on Wednesday, February 19th @ 6:00 pm. This session will be repeated on Thursday morning, February 20th @ 8:30 am. It is important to attend one of these two sessions to get trip updates.
SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY!
Many Savannah museums will be free and open to the public on Sunday, February 9th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Click HERE for more information and a list of sites offering this opportunity.
Many Savannah museums will be free and open to the public on Sunday, February 9th from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Click HERE for more information and a list of sites offering this opportunity.
ANTI-VAPING ON SOCIAL MEDIA
We continue to hear the horrors about the addictive practice of vaping. The article linked below details comments from teens that have been adversely affected by vaping and what they are doing to get the message out to their peers about the dangers. Click HERE for the article.
ASSESSMENTS CALENDAR
THIS LINK leads to a Google Sheet that will have the next 2 weeks of assessments. The link below will lead to the 6th grade assessments, but by using the tabs in the lower left corner (shown below), you can navigate to 7th grade and 8th grade assessments as well.
History/black, Science/green, ELA/blue, Spanish/red, and Math/pink.
Dates are subject to change; teachers will keep the calendar updated.
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE - SPRING PERFORMANCE
Each middle school student is required to complete ten hours of community service over the course of the school year. Please remember to list hours worked on a daily basis, do not log total sum of hours worked over an extended period of time. See below for a few upcoming service opportunities. Click HERE for a log form.
***8th Graders*** If you would like to be recognized with The President’s Volunteer Service Award at our Honor’s Assembly, all completed community service hours need to be submitted to Mrs. Mannarino no later than March 30, 2020. Awards need to be ordered on March 31, 2020 to guarantee arrival of medals for our assembly. Any community service hours submitted after March 30 will be entered into FACTS, but will not be included for a PVSA.
*** 7th Graders *** Nomination to National Junior Honor Society requires a commitment to service. To be nominated for membership in NJHS, it is expected that you completed the 10 hours required in the 6th grade and have some service hours logged for your 7th grade year. If you did not do your 6th grade hours you should be doing and logging them NOW!
HDS Extended Day Care needs volunteers to help out after school. We are currently limiting this opportunity to 8th graders, with a possibility of opening it up to 6th and 7th graders later on. If a student is interested in earning some community service hours, please contact Mrs. Mannarino.
The Old Savannah City Mission needs volunteers for various positions. The mission provides food, shelter, and clothing to the homeless. For more information, contact Connell Stiles at 912-232-1979 or stiles@oscm.org.
America’s Second Harvest needs volunteers to help prepare monthly bags of food for senior citizens in our community. Volunteers should arrive by 7:45 and must wear closed-toe shoes. Contact Bryce Seuntjens at bryce@helpendhunger.org for more information.
We continue to highlight empathy as our Virtue of the Month. Alfred Adler, a prominent figure in psychology, said “Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another.”
All of the middle school faculty are working hard to keep our 8th grade students motivated and working diligently as they wrap up their time at Hancock! High schools will look at grades all the way to the end of the school year so it is important that students continue to work diligently.
The 6th grade Kindness Club is working on some inspiration for middle school during exam week!
-Allison Maher, School Counselor
As always, middle school students that stay for extended should report to the appropriate classrooms to be signed-in immediately after school. We have mandatory homework time from 3:30 to 4:00 and 4:00 to 5:30 students may choose to go to Hancock Hall for board games, outside to play, or stay in a quiet classroom to complete homework. Student athletes staying at school until their practice/game are also required to report to extended for sign-in and work on homework. To be released for a practice/game, a parent or coach must sign the student/s out.
Algebra 1 - Mr. Cargile
Next week in Algebra 1 we have completed our study of Chapter 6, Solving and Graphing Linear Inequalities, which is the last new chapter we will learn this trimester. On Monday we will reflect on the Chapter 6 Test results with each student analyzing the outcome of their study. For the remainder of the week we will review concepts from Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in preparation for the exams on February 13th and 14th.
Geometry - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Geometry, we will complete Chapter 9 by having day of review on Monday and the Chapter 9 test on Tuesday. We will then review some topics from Algebra I and then begin our exam review.
Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Advanced Algebra, we will begin our study of angle relationships by learning about complementary, supplementary, and vertical angles (2.3-2.4). We will also learn about the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal (3.3-3.4). We will begin our exam review at the end of the week.
Physical Science - Ms. Hoffman
This week the eighth graders finished their in-class Newton’s Law Project. For this assignment students demonstrated and explained Newton’s three Laws of Motion by creating one of the following: a poster, google slide presentation, short booklet, trading cards, or a short video/ movie. (see photos below) They then participated in a gallery walk displaying all the 8th grade projects. The students also participated in a balloon race lab demonstrating the use of all three of the laws. (see photos below) Next week in science we will focus on inquiry labs utilizing physics. There may also be a “pop” quiz on Newton’s Laws of Motion.
The following students received the highest marks at our HDS school science fair for their projects: Emiline Baxter, Sam Bueno, Brooke Coulter, Harris Glidewell, Ava Grace Harris, Sydney Hoye, Julianna Jones, Jack Owen Myers, Sam Robin, William Shearouse, Harper Silva, Mary Tippens Solana, Isabella Soldan, and Grace Stoever. Congratulations to all these students and we wish them good luck as they advance to the district level at Savannah State University to be held on Wednesday, 2/5//20.
English Language Arts - Mrs. Boyer
Students have completed Romeo & Juliet! I am so very proud! Students have also recited the prologue for a quiz grade.
Their Act IV & V Quiz will be on 2/7. However, P2 still needs to have an unannounced quiz, so be on the lookout! We are going to be working through two creative projects which will review, specifically Act IV & V, and then the play in its entirety.
Projects: Students will write their own Eulogy for Juliet and create a Stop-Motion film (in groups) of each act.
Extra (OPTIONAL) Project: I have posted an OPTIONAL assignment on the 8th Grade GC Classwork section. This will be an extra project grade for the Second Trimester and will be due on February 3rd.
Exams: Animal Farm and Romeo & Juliet will both be on the T2 Exam. Students will have at least two more quizzes and one more test before the end of this trimester.
Reading Log Projects are due February 5th!!!!!! This has been on my board and in GC since T2 began! :) Directions are in the Classwork section of GC.
History & Gov’t II - Mrs. Robinson
Next week in American History & Government II we will be working on the culture section of our Unit on the Roaring ’20s. Students will explore Jazz, inventions of the time and the Harlem Renaissance. We are coming to the end of the trimester! At the end of the week we will begin prep for our T2 Exam Activity which will be centered around our upcoming trip to D.C. Students will receive all the details of the project on Wed Feb 5th.
8th grade Spanish - Ms. Hill
*Parents* I have created A Class Dojo for my classes and will be using it as a motivational tool. Please be on the look out for a sign up code via email during the week.
Next week we will be wrapping up U5L2 Vocabulary and Grammar and starting our exam review after our U5L2 test on Wednesday.
TEST - Wednesday, February 5th
Exam review will begin on February 6th
We will be working on IXL and ClassZone assignments for online practice, in class as well as for homework/review.
*any review Kahoots or Quizlets will be posted in Google Classroom under their respective categories
Algebra 1 - Mr. Cargile
Next week in Algebra 1 we have completed our study of Chapter 6, Solving and Graphing Linear Inequalities, which is the last new chapter we will learn this trimester. On Monday we will reflect on the Chapter 6 Test results with each student analyzing the outcome of their study. For the remainder of the week we will review concepts from Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in preparation for the exams on February 13th and 14th.
Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will complete Chapter 7 by learning how to calculate simple and compound interest (7.7). We will have a day of review on Wednesday and the Chapter 7 test on Thursday. We will then begin our exam review on Friday.
History & Gov’t I - Mrs. Robinson
Next week, in American History & Government I, we will finish our study of America becoming a new nation. The students have been focusing on the three branches of government and learning how each piece works separately, and together. The Unit 6 test will be Feb 5th. We will also begin exam prep at the end of the week, students will receive their study guide for the exam on Thursday, Feb 6th and begin working on it.
7th grade Spanish - Ms. Hill
*Parents* I have created A Class Dojo for my classes and will be using it as a motivational tool. Please be on the look out for a sign up code via email during the week. Also, the best way for students to contact me with questions after school hours
Next week we will be wrapping up U4L2 Vocabulary and grammar and beginning exam review after our Test on Tuesday.
TEST - Tuesday, Feb 4th
We will be working on IXL and ClassZone assignments for online practice, in class as well as for homework/review
*any review Kahoots or Quizlets will be posted in Google Classroom under their respective categories
ELA - Mrs. Boyer
Literature: Students will be engaging in a Book Club theme revolving around Voices of the World. Students will have the choice between four novels: Refugee by Alan Gratz, The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz, Audacity by Melanie Crowder, and Just a Drop of Water by Kerry O’Malley Cerra.
Vocabulary: Students will be engaging with Unit 5; the quiz is 2/5. Students have their vocabulary workbooks; this workbook will be collected in May and used during their 8th grade year as well.
Writing: Students will be engaging in a research poster/writing project which will focus on their specific novel choice. More details to come!
Extra (OPTIONAL) Project: I have posted an OPTIONAL assignment on the 7th Grade GC Classwork section. This will be an extra project grade for the Second Trimester and will be due on February 3rd.
Reading Log Projects are due February 5th!!!!!! This has been on my board and in GC since T2 began! :) Directions are in the Classwork section of GC.
Life Science - Mrs. DuRant
Next week in Life Science, we will begin to work on our second trimester activity project. They should be able to complete all aspects of the research and project in class. Students have now studied the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. Their project will focus on the interrelationship of these three organ systems. They will also research prosthetic limbs, making a model of a prosthetic hand and be able to explain how their model represents the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. They will conclude their project by researching a career related to one of these three body systems or prosthetics. Last week, we had an amazing field trip to the UGA Marine Science Center. We had the wonderful opportunity to hear from experts in their respective fields teach us about fish, oysters, and plankton. Below are photos from that field trip.
Accelerated Math 7 - Mr. Cargile
Next week in Accelerated Math 7 we have completed our study of Chapter 6, Integers, which is the last new chapter we will learn this trimester. On Monday we will reflect on the Chapter 6 Test results with each student analyzing the outcome of their study. For the remainder of the week we will review concepts from Chapters 4, 5, and 6 in preparation for the exams on February 13th and 14th.
Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will complete Chapter 7 by learning how to calculate simple and compound interest (7.7). We will have a day of review on Wednesday and the Chapter 7 test on Thursday. We will then begin our trimester summative assessment project on Friday.
ELA - Mrs. Sasser
This week, students will have their final test on The Outsiders on Tuesday 2/4. We will review in class on Monday and I will have a morning review session from 7:15-8:00 on Tuesday morning. Students should review their annotations, guided questions, and old quizzes to prepare for the test. Wednesday through Friday, students will work on an in class group project for the novel. This project will help kids gain a deeper understanding of the characters and their character traits, actions, and motivations. This will further help prepare students for the character analysis essay they will complete after exams.
Students will not have Greek/Latin vocabulary words this week. We will instead be working with vocabulary from our novel. They will return to their Greek/Latin vocabulary after exams.
Our grammar unit on pronoun types and sentence parts will continue to be practiced through our daily DGP. Students should be reviewing their grammar concepts from class by using IXL.
Reading Log Projects are due February 5th! The assignment guidelines have been in Google Classroom since the start of the trimester.
Earth Science - Mrs. Hoffman
Last week students participated in a lab where they made a simulated earthquake-proof wall and demonstrated how a seismometer works. (See photos below.) This week we discussed and learned about the awesome power of volcanoes and the students had a test on both earthquakes and volcanoes. Both earthquakes and volcanoes will also be the topic of our end of the trimester in-class exam project. We will begin this with a mapping activity to illustrate their primary locations and the correlation between the two. Then students will randomly choose a particular volcano to research, create and present to their class a poster displaying all their information. The final component of the project will be completing handouts on earthquakes and volcanoes, utilizing knowledge they have used during our science class. All projects are due Monday, 2/10/20 and they will also begin class presentations on this day.
Earth Science - Mrs. DuRant
Next week in Earth Science, we will wrap up our unit on earthquakes. Students will continue to explore the causes and consequences of earthquakes in various regions of the world. We will watch video clips of earthquakes as well as monitor earthquakes that are currently occurring around the world through www.earthquaketrack.com . We will then begin our unit on volcanoes. After an introduction to volcanoes, students will begin their second trimester activity by doing an in depth exploration of volcanoes including research and a project. They will use their knowledge of plate tectonics, earthquakes and volcanoes to complete this in class research project.
Ancient Civ - Mr. O’Hayer
This past week we finished up our “Teaching the Lesson” projects. The students did a great job researching and preparing engaging lessons. I was especially impressed with the technology that was created and used to enhance the lessons. Great job! This week we will finish up our gods and goddesses “Baseball Card” project. Now that the Lessons have been presented from Lesson 2 we will dive back into Lessons 3 and 4. The plan is to have our chapter 8 Lesson 3 and 4 test on Wednesday the 5th. This will be our last test of the trimester. Thursday we will take time to wrap up the Baseball Card project. We will present these on Friday the 7th. Looking ahead, we will start reviewing for our Trimester Exam on the 10th. Our AC exam is scheduled for Friday the 14th at 10:30. More details will be announced next week. Exam study guides will go out the 5th. We will have lots of review time and I will post all my outlines in GC.
Spanish - Mr. Alexander
This week, we will be extending our time with clothing and our new verbs. The quiz is pushed to Wednesday in order to give more time with the new material and to allow for sufficient review time for the exam. Thursday we will begin preparing for the exam which will cover everything we have done up to and including our clothing unit.
**Please remind your child(ren) that the weekly participation grade now counts off 5pts per infraction - distracting behaviour, non-participation, etc. Each student was given a copy of the syllabus as well as the list of new rules and procedures and told to keep them in their binders.**
Art - Mrs. Cookson
“For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.” - Georges Rouault
8th: Will finish up post production on stop motion animation
7th: Will continue working on posters, either analog or digital
6th: Will keep moving forward on wet felting
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