March 29th - April 2nd

 

CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 6TH GRADE 3V3 TOURNAMENT

The Ringers (Wells Headley, Matt Tift, Wiley Chandler, Robbie McCorkle)!

 

CAMPUS SAFETY REMINDERS

For the safety of our students, faculty, staff, and administrative team members, please remember to put your mask on if you are outside of your vehicle on campus for any reason. Additionally, parents are still not allowed inside the buildings unless they have a scheduled meeting. Thank you for your understanding and support!

 

CARPOOL REMINDERS

Early checkouts should continue to occur by 2:15pm due to our staggered dismissal times this year. Please submit all changes using our Daily Carpool Changes form.

ASSESSMENTS CALENDAR

We have created a great way for students and parents to check for upcoming assessments.  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.

Different subjects will appear in different colors:

History is black, Science is green, ELA is blue, Spanish is red, and Math is pink.

Please bear in mind that Middle School Assessments may be added, removed, or changed at any time.  This Sheet will always be up to date, however - once a teacher assigns or adjusts an assessment, this Sheet will reflect that change.

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 the 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.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY!

We have had great success at securing volunteers to escort HRB PK - 2nd grade students during morning carpool!  Because of this, we will limit one day a week per student for now.  Reminder: duty hours are 7:45 - 8:10.  ½ hour of community service credit each day.  Please keep track of the weather and dress appropriately. Students should keep a log of their hours on the community service form. If you are interested, email Mr. Crawford and Mrs. Mannarino.

WALKERS FOR NEXT WEEK

Monday, March 29th: McKay & Amelia

Tuesday, March 30th: Andrew & Cullen

Wednesday, March 31st: Leighton & Helen

Thursday, April 1st: Ava & Ford

Friday, April 2nd: No School

This year in the LC Corner, I will be offering tips and strategies to support your work at school and at home. Please reach out to me anytime you need assistance or have any questions. tguggenheim@hancockdayschool.org

TIP #26: MONITOR AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR GRADES. 

If you care more than they do about their grades, why should they worry? Let them monitor their own grades, and if they don’t do well, don’t step in to advocate for assignment extensions or grade changes. Let them carry the burden and experience the connection between preparation, organization and grades.  Conversely, if they are perfectionists, they will learn they can survive and manage the disappointment of a low grade.

As parents, we work hard to help our children develop into compassionate and empathic individuals.  These qualities lead to a desire to help others and meaningful social connections.  The most powerful way to teach these virtues are by modeling them as parents.  

7 Do's and Don'ts to Help Your Family Build Empathy Skills

Allison Maher 

amaher@hancockdayschool.org       

ALGEBRA - MRS. SMOAK

Next week is a short week in which we will start to cover the real-life applications of exponents including scientific notation, exponential growth, and exponential decay. These subjects will be explored through labs and projects over the next 2 weeks. 

GEOMETRY - MR. LANFEAR

Next week in Geometry, we will begin Chapter 11, which is all about area and perimeter.  We will review finding the area of rectangles, squares, triangles, and parallelograms (11.1).  We will then learn how to find the area of trapezoids, kites, and rhombuses (11.2).  We will also learn about how the perimeters and areas of similar figures are related (11.3) as well as how to find circumference and area of circles and sectors (11.4).

ELA - MRS. BOYER

Students have received their Romeo & Juliet texts! Students received the NO FEAR Shakespeare Version of the text. This is an excellent resource, as it translates the Shakespearean language into modern language.   Students will act out scenes and receive discussion guides and PPT notes. It is imperative that students keep up with their reading, annotate, and participate in class discussions. 

This week students will learn about Iambic Pentameter and create their own Sonnets. :) 

Romeo & Juliet will bring us to the end of T3.Their exam will be the unit test for Romeo & Juliet, and an essay regarding the theme from all novels of the year. 

Students will have a review of Unit 7-9 because there will be a test on 3/30. 

*It is critically important that all 8th graders stick with the timelines I give them for reading and projects. Also, if students are spending more than 25-35 minutes on ELA homework, please send them to me in the morning. Students in the 8th grade really need to pay attention to their time management skills before moving forward to 9th grade.*

THERE WILL NOT BE A READING LOG FOR T3….BUT… students may complete vocabulary unit exercises for Unit 10-15 for extra classwork grades. 

Yom HaShoah Projects were submitted to the JEA this week! Parents and students may visit them during the month of April! They will be on display in reverence for Holocaust Remembrance month. Winners will be announced on April 8th. Here is the zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88967041569

Students who attend for at least thirty-forty-five minutes (you must take a picture of yourself on Zoom, a picture of the time when you came into the zoom and a picture of the time when you left), and write one paragraph about the experience will receive an extra credit quiz grade. You can submit your materials in GC.  

HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH - MRS. SALE

We will start the week off with learning the Preterite Tense.  It is one of the two past tenses in Spanish.  We will work with the preterite tense all week. 

PHYSICAL SCIENCE - MS. HOFFMAN

The eighth grade has continued their study of sound this week, focusing on learning about the Doppler Effect and comparing music with noise.  They also participated in a sound lab using tuning forks, sound tubes, making straw flutes and testing the differences in pitch in glass bottles containing various amounts of water. (See photos next week.)

Next week we will discuss echolocation and sonic booms and have a short quiz on Tuesday 3/30.  Then we will tie all our sound information together with the basic wave information we have previously learned with a culminating in-class project.  Students will be creating a wave/ sound booklet.  This individual project will count as a classwork and project grade and will also assist with with preparing for the Sound Unit Test scheduled for Thursday, 4/1/21.  Finally, don’t forget our March Science in Comic is due next Wednesday, 3/31/21.

US HISTORY - MRS. HORTON

This week in US History we will continue learning about the events leading up to and surrounding World War I in Chapter 21. The students are also researching interesting people, places, events and/or things specific to WWI. They will work with a partner to present what they learn to the class.

ADVANCED SPANISH - MRS. SALE

We will begin the week with the verb ESTAR and emotions/adjectives.  We will then continue with ESTAR and learn the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE tense.  Mid week, we will learn about Direct Object Pronouns. 

ADVANCED SPANISH - MR. ALEXANDER

We will begin the week with the verb ESTAR and emotions/adjectives. We will then continue with ESTAR and learn the PRESENT PROGRESSIVE tense.  Mid week, we will learn about Direct Object Pronouns. 

ALGEBRA 1 - MRS. SMOAK

Next week is a short week in which we will start to cover the real-life applications of exponents including scientific notation, exponential growth, and exponential decay. These subjects will be explored through labs and projects over the next 2 weeks. 

PRE-ALGEBRA - MR. LANFEAR

Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will complete the first part of Chapter 8 by finishing the stained glass activity on Monday, review on Tuesday, and having the Chapter 8.1-8.6 test on Wednesday.  We will then begin a project where students will use scale drawings to design their own playground!

ELA - MRS. BOYER

Students are currently working on their reading of Posted by John David Anderson. This week students are learning about aphorisms, and they will create their own. Also, parents be looking for an activity that includes YOU next week! :) 

The Reading Schedule/Discussion Question Schedule is posted on GC. 

pg 1-117 Due March 30th

pg 118-224 Due April 6th

pg 225-296 Due April 12th

pg 297-365 Due April 22nd

Discussion Questions Part 1 & 2 are due on 4/12 and Part 3 & 4 are due on 4/22. 

Posted Test on 4/30

Students may read AHEAD! But please no spoilers!

Vocabulary: We are beginning Unit 10 with a quiz on April 1st. 

ELA - MRS. SASSER

Students did a great job diving into our newest novel study, Posted by John David Anderson. This past week we analyzed our different characters and discussed key character traits. Next week, we will be examining the theme of bullying. Students will look at key events in the novel and discuss how bullying plays a huge factor in character actions. 

Students will have a quiz over their reading of pages 118-224 on Tuesday, 3/30. 

NO Reading Log in T3...BUT...there is an extra credit opportunity...to enter the Yom HaShoah Art & Writing Contest sponsored by Jewish Education Alliance (JEA) off of Abercorn in Savannah, Ga. Contact Mrs. Boyer for more information if you are interested. I will give you an extra 10 points added to any assignment of their choice. Due March 23rd. 

A reminder about any and all projects in ELA: projects in my class are designed to help students think critically and not just memorize information. Rather, I want them learning how to apply what they’ve learned. They are given detailed rubrics with checklists and a breakdown of my expectations. They should consult their rubric regularly while working on their project. The bulk of ELA projects are completed in class; they are given ample time and multiple class periods where they are strictly working on their project. Therefore, if students use their time wisely, they should have only minimal parts to complete at home. 

LIFE SCIENCE - MRS. DURANT

We had a wonderful week in Life Science as students studied the components of blood and learned about blood typing through an engaging lab where we used simulated blood from four individuals to determine their blood type. This concludes our study of the body systems. Next week, we will dissect a frog so students can get an overview of the organ systems that make up a complex organism. We will begin with external observations of the frog and conclude the week with internal observations. 

US HISTORY - MRS. HORTON

Students will be working in Chapter 7 learning about the Creation of the Constitution.

US HISTORY - MR. O’HAYER

This week in American History students will begin a New Unit: The New Republic. Our first chapter will evaluate how our new nation was launched. We will look at George Washinton’s drive to the White House and how the creation of Political Parties impacted the foundations of our Republic. We will have a test on Thursday April 1st.

ACCELERATED MATH - MR. CARGILE

Next week in Accelerated Math 7, we will begin Chapter 7,  Equations, Inequalities, and Functions. We will have a quiz on writing expressions and equations, simplifying expressions, and solving adding and subtracting equations on Wednesday. Later in the week we will solve multiplication and division equations.  

PRE-ALGEBRA - MR. LANFEAR

Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will complete the first part of Chapter 8 by finishing the stained glass activity on Monday, review on Tuesday, and having the Chapter 8.1-8.6 test on Wednesday.  We will then begin a project where students will use scale drawings to design their own playground!

EARTH SCIENCE - MS. HOFFMAN

The sixth grade started off this week in science with a microscope Dock Lab observing and drawing actual living examples of animals that live at the bottom of a floating dock. Students used basic field guides to help with identification and they found many interesting plants and animals including scud, shrimp, a crab, sea squirts, polyps, isopods and various seaweed species. (See photos below.)

Students also received information about our Cereal Box “Under the Sea” project.  Each student chose an ocean animal and began to gather information on their animal’s scientific name, habitat, adaptations, physical/ social description, human threats and other fun facts.  They are using this information, along with a related labeled picture/ drawing of their animal and a fun game/ puzzle they create, to decorate and display on an empty cereal box. (Students have a copy of the detailed rubric and it is also posted on Google Classroom.) This completed project will be due on Wednesday, April 7th and the rest of the work will be completed at home or during the students study halls.  There will be a project progress check next Tuesday, March 30th and students should have ALL their research notecards completed at that time.

We have also been learning about “ocean motion” this week, including general information on ocean tides and waves.  Next week we will focus on ocean currents, both surface and deep and have a quiz over waves, tides and currents on Wednesday, 3/31/21.  Our March Science in Comics is also due this day..  The Ocean Unit test is scheduled for Friday, April 9th.  

EARTH SCIENCE - MRS. DURANT

We had a wonderful week in Earth Science. The highlight of our week was a virtual field trip with the Aurora Fossil Museum in New Bern, NC. This is always an exciting opportunity for our students. Next week, students will have a mini fossil dig and research fossils provided to us by the museum. Students will also complete a brochure which will be used to review the information they have learned about Rocks, Minerals, and the Rock Cycle. The instructions for this project is in the google classroom. This is an in-class project however students may need to take it home to complete it if they aren’t able to complete it in the allotted time. The brochure is due Tuesday.  Their test on Rocks and Minerals will be on Tuesday, March 30. 

ELA - MRS. SASSER

Students did a great job this past week of diving into our novel study on The Outsiders. This week, students will examine and discuss chapters 1 and 2. They will have a quiz on Tuesday 3/30.

Vocabulary: We will be completing vocabulary based around our novel study. Students will be given a list of vocabulary words for chapters 1-6 and have a vocabulary quiz on 4/9. 

Reading Reminder: As with any novel study, students will have guided questions to complete for each section. These should be answered in complete, thorough sentences, as it will serve as their study guide for their quizzes and final test. It is essential that students keep up with the assigned reading if they want to be successful on our in class assignments. 

All reading assignments are posted on my classroom board and on Google Classroom daily. Students should check Google Classroom every single day. 

A reminder about any and all projects in ELA: projects in my class are designed to help students think critically and not just memorize information. Rather, I want them learning how to apply what they’ve learned. They are given detailed rubrics with checklists and a breakdown of my expectations. They should consult their rubric regularly while working on their project. The bulk of ELA projects are completed in class; they are given ample time and multiple class periods where they are strictly working on their project. Therefore, if students use their time wisely, they should have only minimal parts to complete at home. 

INTRO SPANISH - MR. ALEXANDER

¡Repaso! This week we will review some of the more difficult concepts we have covered this year.  We will do some writing and oral activities to practice what we have learned.  There will be a test on Thursday before the long weekend.  It will cover mostly chapter 4 which we have been working on for the past 3 weeks, but will also include the structures and vocabulary we review this week.

* Make sure to continue working on Duolingo and IXL everyday!

* IXL Unit 3 is due on April 30th

WORLD HISTORY - MR. O’HAYER 

This week in World History students begin the final few chapters in our study of the Industrial Revolution. First on the agenda will be “Looking for a New Economic Order” where students will examine the downfalls of the Industrial Revolution. Finally, we will close out our study of the IR by looking at “revolutions” that developed because of the impacts of the IR. We will have a test on Thursday, April 1st.

ART - MRS. COOKSON

“Education is knowing where to find what you want.” - Woodrow Wilson

Sketchbook prompt: 3 animals wearing clothes

8th: Will finish up the String Print challenge

7th: Will revisit our unfinished Wet Felt projects from last year 

6th: Will complete a Tessellation challenge