January 20th - January 24th
T2 EXAMS
Just a reminder that our T2 exams will be on February 13th and 14th. These will be half days. Please see the chart below for exam information.
SVA PLACEMENT TESTING
St. Vincent’s Academy has their placement testing next Saturday, January 25th. Click HERE for more information.
St. Vincent’s Academy has their placement testing next Saturday, January 25th. Click HERE for more information.
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.
MULAN AUDITIONS
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.
The 6th Grade Kindness Club made quite an impression an impression in December sending Holiday Cards to the troops and working on a Kindness Challenge. Watch for more positivity from this group to fill the halls of Hancock!
The Virtue of the Month is Empathy and we will be challenging students to understand issues from the perspective of someone else.
-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. Click HERE to view this month’s Extended Newsletter!
If you have extra school-appropriate magazines lying around at home, please donate to us by dropping off with Mrs. Mannarino in the Middle School office! This month we will be working on an empathy activity and will need pictures of people showing emotions. Thank you in advance for your help!
Algebra 1 - Mr. Cargile
Next week in Algebra 1 we will continue our study of Chapter 6, Solving and Graphing Linear Inequalities. We will continue to practice solving compound inequalities, absolute value inequalities. On Wednesday we will have a quiz covering compound inequalities and absolute value inequalities.
Geometry - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Geometry, we will complete Chapter 8 by having a day of review on Tuesday and the Chapter 8 test on Wednesday. We will then start Chapter by learning about translations and vectors (9.1) and properties of matrices, including how to add, subtract, and multiply them (9.2).
Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Advanced Algebra, we will complete Chapter 7.1-7.5 by learning about using proportions in similar triangles (7.5), having a day of review on Wednesday and the Chapter 7.1-7.5 quiz on Thursday. We will then begin our unit on right triangle trigonometry by learning what since, cosine, and tangent mean.
Physical Science - Ms. Hoffman
The eighth graders have done a great job this week using the engineering process to create an “Egg-cellent” race car to protect their “egg” (passenger) traveling down a ramp and hitting a barrier. The car was built with only poster board and tape and the wheel were wooden dowels, straws and lids the students brought from home. They were also allowed to bring in up to three items to cushion/ protect their “egg.” Who will survive? They will also observe and make calculations on the effects of momentum, inertia, speed, acceleration and various other forces. The actual race of the vehicles will be next week. (See below for some photos.)
Several science teachers from various schools in the community visited Hancock Wednesday evening to help judge and determine which exceptional science fair projects will advance to the regional science fair at Savannah State University in February. All project winners will be announced next week.
Next week we will also add to our study of force and motion by adding information on Newton’s Three Laws of Motion. Students will work to produce a project to illustrate and explain these principles. They will be able to choose from several options including a Google Slide presentation, poster, informational booklet or short film. This project will count as a test grade. Also, don’t forget that the January Science Choice Board assignment is due Friday, 1/31/20.
English Language Arts - Mrs. Boyer
We are in the midst of Act II & Act III of Romeo and Juliet!
Act II & Act III due 1/20
Act IV & Act V due 1/27
There will be two quizzes and one test over this play...and perhaps some unannounced Pop Quizzes.
Vocabulary: Students will be engaging with the Shakespearean vocabulary.
Projects: Students will be engaging with multiple hands-on activities throughout the Unit.
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.
History & Gov’t II - Mrs. Robinson
This week in American History & Government II we will conclude our Unit on World War I. The Unit Five test is scheduled for Jan 22nd. After this unit, we will start our Unit on the Roaring 20’s. Students will explore the changes the country went through in the roaring 20’s, why they happened, and what they led to. Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend!
8th grade Spanish - Ms. Hill
U5L1 - Foods and flavors (continued)
Test - 22 Jan
Vocabulary list and Grammar guides are in Google Classroom
Any review Kahoots or Quizlets will be posted in Google Classroom
Grammar -
Reviewing Stem-changing verbs
Forming affirmative and negative Usted/Ustedes commands
Irregular verbs in command form
-Car, -Gar, and -Zar Verbs that will undergo spelling changes in the command form
Using pronouns with commands
Using double object pronouns
We will also be working on IXL and ClassZone assignments for online practice, in class as well as for homework.
Algebra 1 - Mr. Cargile
Next week in Algebra 1 we will continue our study of Chapter 6, Solving and Graphing Linear Inequalities. We will continue to practice solving compound inequalities, absolute value inequalities. On Wednesday we will have a quiz covering compound inequalities and absolute value inequalities.
Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will complete Chapter 6 by using probability and odds in a fun activity on Tuesday, learning about the counting principle (6.8), and then having a quiz on 6.7-6.8 on Thursday. We will then begin Chapter 7 by learning how to convert percents to/from fractions and decimals.
History & Gov’t I - Mrs. Robinson
This week, in American History & Government I, we will continue our study of America becoming a new nation. Last week, we went over the creation of the Constitution and all of the negotiations and compromises that went into creating that document. This week, we will focus in on the Bill of Rights and explore what that addition to the Constitution meant to the nation. The Unit 6 Quiz will be Jan 23rd, and the test will be Feb 4th. Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend!
7th grade Spanish - Ms. Hill
U4L1 (continued) - To go shopping
Test - 22 Jan
Grammar:
Review and practice e → ie stem-changing verbs
Review and practice o → ue stem-changing verbs and e → i stem-changing verbs
Using direct object pronouns
We will also be working on IXL and ClassZone assignments for online practice in class as well as for homework.
Lists, review material, and kahoots will be posted in Google Classroom
ELA - Mrs. Boyer
Literature: Students will be engaging in a Book Club theme revolving around Voices of the World. We will start this after a three week grammar and vocabulary unit.
Vocabulary: Students will be engaging with Unit 5; the quiz is TBA. Students have their vocabulary workbooks; this workbook will be collected in May and used during their 8th grade year as well.
Grammar: Students are in the middle of their Phrases Unit! Last week we learned and practiced Verbal Phrases (Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives) and this week we are learning and practicing Adjective, Adverb and Prepositional Phrases. Please send your child in for morning help if needed. Also, I always post extra resources in GC such as practice sheets, IXL links, Youtube videos, etc. Grammar is a difficult concept to grasp which means your child needs to identify their learning style and use that to succeed in regards to these concepts. I have found that my 7th grade students need focused units instead of having days assigned to grammar, vocab, literature, etc. Therefore, we will be spending two-three weeks on teaching vocab unit 5 and phrases before we begin another novel. However, I will ask that the students begin reading their Choice novel near the end of the focused grammar and vocab weeks. There will be a test on 1/24.
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.
Life Science - Mrs. DuRant
Next week in Life Science, we will continue to study the nervous system. Students will participate in an engaging lab where they evaluate how the response rate of the nervous system differs between auditory, visual, and tactile stimuli. Quiz on the nervous system will be Thursday. We have a field trip planned for Friday to the UGA Marine Education Center on Skidaway Island. Students will be participating in a fish and oyster dissection. Thank you to all parents who have volunteered to help transport students to our field trip.
Accelerated Math 7 - Mr. Cargile
Next week in Accelerated Math 7 we will continue our study of Chapter 6, Integers. We will have a quiz on Tuesday covering ordering integers, adding integers, and subtracting integers. We will also learn to multiply and divide integers, and we will learn about rational numbers.
Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will complete Chapter 6 by using probability and odds in a fun activity on Tuesday, learning about the counting principle (6.8), and then having a quiz on 6.7-6.8 on Thursday. We will then begin Chapter 7 by learning how to convert percents to/from fractions and decimals.
ELA - Mrs. Sasser
This week, students will reach the halfway point of our novel The Outsiders. We will read chapters 5-7 this week, working on identifying character traits and major conflicts. Students will also be reading non-fiction articles related to bullying and the impact of social groups, relating these articles to the themes in our novel. They will have a reading comprehension quiz on Wednesday. As always, students are welcome to come in any morning or during study hall with any questions they have.
Students will not have Greek/Latin vocabulary words this week. We will instead be working with vocabulary from our novel.
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.
Earth Science - Mrs. Hoffman
The students have finished their rock and mineral trifold using information we have been learning about minerals, the three major groups of rocks (sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous) and the rock cycle. We also had a “pop” quiz on this information and looked at some cool fossils learning about the different types (i.e. molds, casts, petrified and trace). I also gave each student a fossilized shark tooth to take home.
At the end of the week we briefly began discussing earthquakes, our next topic in geology. Our study of earthquakes will include some of the different types, causes, safety and damage they can impose. Upcoming lab activities including making a simulated earthquake-proof wall and seismometer. Later in the month we will turn our focus to volcanoes and the students will have a test on both earthquakes and volcanoes on Friday, 1/31/20. (This was listed previously as a quiz, but will be a test.) Our January Science in Comics assignment is also due this day.
Earth Science - Mrs. DuRant
Next week in Earth Science, students will conclude their study of continental drift theory, plate tectonics and seafloor spreading. Our unit test will be on Friday, January 24. We will then begin our exploration of earthquakes and volcanoes. Students will have in class projects/labs related to this unit. Their second trimester activity will be focused on volcanoes. This month instead of completing a Science in Comics writing assignment, students will be researching the earthquakes in Puerto Rico and we will be discussing the effects of theses earthquakes in that region.
Ancient Civ - Mr. O’Hayer
We have a busy time coming up in AC. We have two projects going on at the same time. The first project is a small group project where the students will prepare a Lesson and teach the class. They will be assigned a page from the Chapter and work together to create an engaging presentation. The other small project will involve researching Greek gods and creating “baseball cards” that highlight the important and “fun” facts about 5 particular gods. We will look to have a test next week.
Spanish - Mr. Alexander
This week we will review the months and days of the week, as well as learn some new phrases related to the date and day of the week. We will discuss cultural celebrations in various Spanish speaking countries, the Aztec calendar and symbols, as well as climate and weather conditions.
*We will have our first book test on Friday the 24th. The test will cover the activities, phrases and vocabulary from our in-class work from the “Para Empezar” chapter of the textbook*
**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
“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” - Pablo Picasso
8th: Will wrap up set construction and have a demo on filming
7th: Will finish glazing Hobbit Houses
6th: Will begin layering the background for the felt project
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