January 29th - February 2nd
8th Grade Washington, D.C. Trip Reminders
When purchasing 8th grade school lunches, do not sign up for the week of March 11th - March 15th.
We will have another DC meeting on Thursday, February 8th at 6:00pm in Hancock Hall. We will be talking specifics with baggage, behavior, dress-code, etc. Please complete this form prior to attending.
Attention 7th Grade Families
It is a long-standing Hancock Day School tradition of having the 7th grade class help host the reception at 8th grade graduation in May. It's an exciting time for Hancock to send off our graduates with support from our community! In the past, families have set up decorations/flowers, brought in finger foods and desserts (homemade or store-bought), and provided beverages. Those interested in volunteering for this event can click here to learn more information and sign up.
President's Volunteer Service Award (8th Grade)
If students in the 8th grade would like to receive a PVSA at this year’s Honors Assembly, all community service hours need to be completed and turned in to the middle school office no later than Monday, March 25.
Bronze Level: 50 - 74 hours
Silver Level: 75 - 99 hours
Gold Level: 100+ hours
8th Grade Graduation
Time to start preparing for graduation! Please take some time to complete the graduation form (link below). This information will be used on the programs and diplomas. After the ceremony, we will have a brief reception, where a slideshow will be displayed with the graduates. We request families to submit 5 pictures for the slideshow. The pictures can be anything you would like (baby, siblings, family, friends, etc). The pictures should be submitted electronically to mmannarino@hancockdayschool.org.
Graduation information and slideshow pictures are due Friday, May 3rd.
Junior Achievement of Georgia’s Upcoming Summer Camp
It’s going to be a fun week at their Discovery Center on the GSU Armstrong Campus. The camp is for 10-14 year old students, and it’s June 10-14th from 9AM-3PM.
Here is a link for more information about the camp - JA Summer Camp
And here’s a link to register - JA Summer Camp Registration (just click the “Get Tickets’ button)
Discount code for $40 off if individuals register before the end of January – the code is EarlyBird
Follow all the fun on our Middle School Instagram account!
Parents and students have an easy way to look at upcoming assessments and projects. 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.
HDS Basketball had a great night on Wednesday with wins by both 8th Girls and 8th Boys. The 8th grade girls moved to 5-1 overall with a win over SCPS (4-1 in conference). The 8th grade boys moved to 10-1 overall with a win over BSS (6-1 in conference). Great job Eagles!!
Reminder: HDS Baseball tryouts are February 4th. See coach Carucci for more details.
Bazemore Field, 1 Bud Brown Dr. Garden City, 31408
HDS Golf: 17 boys tried out for the Varsity boys team and 9 girls tried out for the Varsity girls team. More information to follow. Thank you Bacon Park for being one of our host parks.
The “First Tee” program is just getting started at HDS. This program is a youth development organization that enables kids to build the strength of character that empower them through a lifetime of new challenges. First Tee will start in the lower school integrating into the PE program and transitioning all the way into our golf teams.
HDS is looking for students to sing the National Anthem at our home Basketball and/or Soccer games. Please see Coach Bellairs if interested.
Parents and teachers, please come and volunteer at our home Basketball games. We are in need of help at the entry gate as well as the concessions. Students can earn community service hours in concessions. Here are the dates for the upcoming home games (see signupgenius for times):
1/27, 1/31, 2/1, 2/7, 2/10, 2/12, 2/14, 2/17
Please go to SignUpGenius.com to sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094CAFAB2BABF5C34-46393022-home
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. Click HERE for a log form or see Mrs. Mannarino in the office.
As Learning Coach, I work with students, parents, and teachers to offer support and strategies throughout the year. Please reach out to me if I can be of any assistance to you and your child/ren. I will share ideas and strategies often in this space. My email is tguggenheim@hancockdayschool.org. My phone extension is 327. I look forward to working with you! Tricia Guggenheim
19. Make your own study guide.
One great way to study is to make a list of the important information from a chapter and write it in your own words. Copy down any words that are written in bold or in italics. Look at chapter headings, section headings and review sections at the end of a chapter for other important information to add to your study guide. Merge this information with class notes.
With the start of 2024, our virtue of the month is commitment. This is a great time to renew procedures and routines that set up your student for success. One of the best ways to stay on track with commitments is to set reasonable and achievable goals. However, it is also just as important to be willing to assess and readjust goals as needed!
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns that you may have this year at amaher@hancockdayschool.org.
ALGEBRA 1 - Mrs. Taylor
Students will take Chapter 6 assessment Monday, January 29th. We will begin Chapter 7 Tuesday. This involves systems of equations. Some students have expressed their dislike for graphing and there is alot in this Chapter. I am available each morning at 730 for all students to get support. One to one will require an appointment and usually begins at 7:15.
ADVANCED ALGEBRA - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Advanced Algebra, we will complete Chapter 7 by having a day of review on Monday and the Chapter 7 quiz on Tuesday. We will then start our unit on right triangle Trigonometry! We will learn how to use SOHCAHTOA to find the lengths of sides of right triangles and find missing angles.
GEOMETRY - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Geometry, we will continue Chapter 8 by learning about properties of trapezoids and kites (8.5) and how to identify quadrilaterals (8.6). We will have a quiz covering 8.1-8.4 on Tuesday and a day of review on Friday to prepare for the Chapter 8 test the following week.
ELA - Mrs. Boyer
This next week we are diving into our Holocaust Studies unit where students will be entering our local Jewish Educational Alliance’s Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance) Art & Writing Contest.
Dear Parents,
During the next several weeks your child will be completing their Yom HaShoah Contest Project. This project is a large part of each student’s overall grade for the third trimester and failure to complete it may result in a failing grade in English Literature for T3.
Besides weekly homework grades as outlined in the dates below, there will be four additional grades assessed for the project based on each individual part required. These are the submission brainstorm, the contest submission piece, formal report/class presentation, and the Reflection Note/Travel Journal. Each of these will count for the following grade: formal report = test grade, the contest submission piece = test, reflection journal - project grade, and the presentation = classwork grade.
Supplies needed for this project will include a report cover and any specific art materials needed to complete your child’s experiment. Students needing any assistance with these materials should see Mrs. Boyer.
There will be multiple days in class for working on these assignments; however, the majority of the work for the contest submission piece should be completed at home. Students are also encouraged to come in and work on their projects during morning tutorial times.
Contest Pieces will be due the week AFTER SPRING BREAK!
Please sign the cover sheet of the form to acknowledge the receipt of information about the project and its importance in your child’s ELA class. This form is due tomorrow, 1/30. If you have any questions about the project, please do not hesitate to email me at oboyer@hancockdayschool.org. I will be glad to offer any assistance I can to ensure your child is successful in their project.
Throughout this unit, It is critical that your child work on their time management skills. Students will be able to choose their own text: I never saw another butterfly:children's drawings and poems from Terezin concentration camp, 1942-44, Night by Elie Weisel, The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak, The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, or When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr.
Students will be embarking on a journey of reflection and education, both literally and figuratively. This summer I traveled to Germany and Poland where I stepped foot in the hallowed grounds of three concentration camps: Suchsenhausen, Ravensbruck, and Auschwitz. I will be sharing my experience with my students so that they too…will never forget.
Written Response Quiz 2/9
PHYSICAL SCIENCE - Ms. Hallman
Next week, we are beginning a study of Newtonian motion! It will be a very exciting week as we will be learning these laws of motion by experiencing them “in real life.” Monday-Wednesday will be content that will include hands on times to see these concepts in action. Thursday we will be doing archery! Please wait for an email with further details about this. Friday, there will be a quiz.
US HISTORY - Mr. Saviskas
Hello everyone! Due to an unforeseen absence on my part Friday’s test is being moved to Tuesday. It is over the Gilded Age we did last week and chapter 1 of their textbook. After the test we will be changing gears and working on a Political Parties project! Students will be learning about and creating their own political parties including a party platform and election strategy. This will help students get an idea of how Gilded Age politics transformed into what we see today.
HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH - Mr. De Cardenas
Next week we will have five days to practice how to describe people physically and emotionally, which is the content we have been seeing for the last 2 weeks. With this we will make sure the students totally master how to use all the grammatical instruments they need to say more than a simple sentence in a conversation. They will be able to talk linking different ideas using the Conjunctions of the Spanish Language. Besides, we will expand our vocabulary, by practicing the adjectives we can use in Spanish to describe physical and personal traits and to name the parts of the human body as well as their pronunciation, writing and meaning. We will have a couple of lessons to revisit and practice this and other topics to make sure the kids totally master it and keep up improving their communicative and especially talkative skills. We will have a Spanish test on February 1st too.
ADVANCED SPANISH - Mr. De Cardenas
Next week we will have five days to practice how to describe people physically and emotionally, which is the content we have been seeing for the last 2 weeks. With this we will make sure the students totally master how to use all the grammatical instruments they need to say more than a simple sentence in a conversation. They will be able to talk linking different ideas using the Conjunctions of the Spanish Language. Besides, we will expand our vocabulary, by practicing the adjectives we can use in Spanish to describe physical and personal traits and to name the parts of the human body as well as their pronunciation, writing and meaning. We will have a couple of lessons to revisit and practice this and other topics to make sure the kids totally master it and keep up improving their communicative and especially talkative skills. We will have a Spanish test on February 1st too.
Mrs. Brown (Mr. Jones)
We will continue to expand our conversational abilities by introducing new questions and vocabulary pertaining to family, possessive pronouns, and origin. Students will soon use recent and current material for the project in which they will select a famous individual of their choosing from their assigned Spanish speaking country to create a biographical presentation.
ALGEBRA 1 - Mrs. Taylor
Students will take Chapter 6 assessment Monday, January 29th. We will begin Chapter 7 Tuesday. This involves systems of equations. Some students have expressed their dislike for graphing and there is alot in this Chapter. I am available each morning at 730 for all students to get support. One to one will require an appointment and usually begins at 7:15.
PRE-ALGEBRA - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will begin Chapter 7 by learning how to convert percents and fractions and decimals (7.1, 7.3) and how to solve percent problems using proportions (7.2) and the percent equation (7.4). We will also learn how to find percent of change (7.5). There will be a quiz covering 7.1-7.4 on Thursday.
ELA - Ms. Ferkol and Mrs. Boyer
We are about to begin our culminating project for the Voices of the World Book Club Unit! This project results in the creation of a “theme” park that is named after and representative of one of their book club novel’s major themes. This project will be due on February 12th for a TEST grade; however, there will be checkpoints throughout our work time to make sure students stay on track and have every opportunity to be successful with this project! This week, students will work toward the goal of creating an abstract draft and blueprint of their parks. Students should keep in mind that this week’s work will be submitted as their first checkpoint and be graded as a project!
At this point, ALL students have chosen their nonfiction books and should have started their reading. As they read, they should be completing THREE of the six optional activities posted in Google Classroom. After they read, they should write a 5 paragraph essay explaining the importance of their chosen book and why others should read it. Both portions of this project will be due Thursday, February 15!
Please stay on top of the assessment calendar and Google Classroom assignments.
LIFE SCIENCE - Ms. Hallman and Ms. Insignares
We have enjoyed a change of pace as we begin to learn about the muscular and skeletal system. Their booklets that they began Thursday and worked on Thursday and Friday will be due Monday for a quiz grade. Next week, we will be reviewing for a quiz on Monday, taking a quiz on Tuesday, and beginning the digestive system (!) Wednesday-Friday.
AMERICAN HISTORY - Mr. Saviskas
Greetings everyone! Due to an expected absence on my part Friday’s test is being moved to next week. It will be over chapter 1 & 2 of our government notes. Both of these chapters were short so the test will be short as well. After our test we are digging deep into the Constitution and the structure of our government! A fun and important week is ahead!
AMERICAN HISTORY - Mr. O’Hayer
Next week in American History students will continue their study of how our system of government was created. We will dive into the Origins of the American Government and also we will begin our unit on the Constitution. Students will continue researching the history of Political Parties in the United States which will lead us into the bigger project of Creating a Political Party project.
ACCELERATED MATH - Mrs. Taylor
Students are doing great learning algebra. They will quiz over Sections 7.1-7.4 Tuesday, January 30th. They will continue this chapter to cover 2-step and multi-step equations as well as solving inequalities.
PRE-ALGEBRA - Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Pre-Algebra, we will begin Chapter 7 by learning how to convert percents and fractions and decimals (7.1, 7.3) and how to solve percent problems using proportions (7.2) and the percent equation (7.4). We will also learn how to find percent of change (7.5). There will be a quiz covering 7.1-7.4 on Thursday.
EARTH SCIENCE - Ms. Insignares
Next week we will begin learning about Earth’s layers, including its temperature, density, thickness, and composition. We will also have a fun activity on climate change! No assessments next week.
ELA - Ms. Ferkol
I can’t believe what an incredible job your students have done throughout the Dystopian Unit! They really demonstrated incredible levels of interest and hard work to produce some truly amazing products of learning! With this sad end, however, comes an exciting new beginning: Character Relationship Book Clubs! This unit will utilize realistic fiction as a means for us to dive deeper into literary device work and solidify our skills with both identifying them and writing with them. This week we will warm up to our books and walk through the format of this style of book club meeting. I can’t wait to see what great work these students will do with this unit!
INTRO SPANISH - Ms. Brown (Mr. Jones)
We will continue to expand our conversational abilities by introducing new questions and vocabulary pertaining to family, possessive pronouns, and origin. Students will soon use recent and current material for the project in which they will select a famous individual of their choosing from their assigned Spanish speaking country to create a biographical presentation. This plan follows closely alongside the advanced Spanish agenda so as to prepare the students conversationally for the curriculum to come.
WORLD HISTORY - Mr. O’Hayer
Next week in World History We will continue our study of The Enlightenment. Students will study and examine John Locke and how the Enlightenment took hold in France. We will also begin our next project: Teach A Lesson. Students will be assigned a section of the Unit and will actually get up in front of the class and teach the lesson. I have done this project for years and the kids love it.
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