January 6th - January 10th

 

Welcome back!

Let’s take a look at what we have coming up in January!

Return to school - Monday, January 6, 2025

Mr. Cargile’s Birthday - Tuesday, January 7, 2025

No School - Monday, January 20, 2025

Attention 7th Grade Families

Each year, it’s a beloved tradition for 7th grade families to host the reception following the 8th grade graduation ceremony. This special event gives our 7th grade students and their families a chance to contribute to the school community in a meaningful way. Additionally, it’s a wonderful opportunity to show support for the 8th graders as they prepare to head off to high school and leave our “nest,” marking the exciting start of a new chapter in their lives. Click here to sign up!

Share Your Memories! 

Click the QR code below to upload your photos for our school yearbook. Share your memories from school events, sports, or special moments in the classroom! Help us capture the moments that matter most!

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.

 Dec 17th

 5th-grade girls take on Habersham at 5:30 pm

 5th-grade girls play faculty in an abbreviated game at 6:30 pm

 Pizza party after the game!

Dec 18th  

Team and ind. team basketball pictures from Noon to 1:15

Dec 19th

 **** Friday basketball open gym, a chance to get some shots up and let parents have some free time!  8 am -11 am Coach Bellairs will supervise. Students can arrive at any time but must be picked up by 11 am (5th-8th grades only

 Spal basketball Schedule is still not out 

 We will get it to you ASAP

Practices over break are encouraged but not mandatory because games will probably start the day we get back on January 6th.

 Spring sports sign-ups will start January 6-10th in the MS office

 Baseball

Soccer

Golf

Track

Tip #10 Start the New Year Off Right at School

1. “A new year means a fresh start. Make today the beginning of 

something amazing!”

2. “Each day is a chance to grow. Show up, do your best, and see 

how far you can go.”

3. “New year, new goals—let’s make this the best semester yet!”

4. “Success doesn’t come from what you do once in a while. It 

comes from what you do consistently.”

It’s never too late to reset your goals and your attitude. You’ve got this!

Our Virtue of the Month for November and December is community! Consider looking for an opportunity during this time for your family to volunteer together. The United Way of the Coastal Empire has opportunities and  Second Harvest allows volunteers ages 12 and up when accompanied by an adult.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns you may have this year. amaher@hancockdayschool.org

Each middle school student is required to complete ten hours of community service over the course of the school year.  Please remember to check this area of the blog for opportunities. Click HERE for a log form or see Mrs. Mannarino in the office.

Opportunity for 7th Grade Families

Each year, it’s a beloved tradition for 7th grade families to host the reception following the 8th grade graduation ceremony. This special event gives our 7th grade students and their families a chance to contribute to the school community in a meaningful way. Additionally, it’s a wonderful opportunity to show support for the 8th graders as they prepare to head off to high school and leave our “nest,” marking the exciting start of a new chapter in their lives. Click here to sign up!

Algebra I - Mr. Scordato

New year, fresh start! I hope everyone feels rested and recharged. The second half of the Algebra 1 curriculum is significantly more challenging. While I know students are up to the challenge, some may need to step up their game, as this is a high school level course that requires practice and perseverance. We next will be studying Systems of Linear Inequalities. 

Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear

When we come back from the break, we will review what we have learned so far in Chapter 4.  We will then continue by learning about triangles by learning about medians and the centroid (4.6) as well as triangle inequalities (4.7).  We will have a day of review and the Chapter 4 test on Friday.

Geometry - Mr. Lanfear

When we come back from the break, we will begin Chapter 7 by learning about the Pythagorean Theorem and Inequality (7.1-7.2), using similar right triangles (7.3), and special right triangles such as 45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles (7.4).  We will have a day of review and a quiz covering 7.1-7.4 on Thursday.  We will then begin our Trigonometry unit on Friday!

Physical Science - Ms. Harmon

When we get back from break, we will begin our lesson on Energy and Describing Motion.

ELA - Ms. Hall

Happy Holidays! When students return from Winter Break, we will be picking back up with our reading and analysis of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Students have finished reading through Act 3 and will resume in Act 4. They will be expected to continue developing their ability to analyze certain lines of Shakespearean literature, as well as exercise their critical thinking and character analysis skills. Once we’ve finished reading the full play, students will be expected to complete a character analysis project and take an assessment on the knowledge they’ve obtained.

US History - Mr. Saviskas

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! When we return from break, students are going to be starting our combined unit on Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. This will be a condensed unit covering a few decades of time in rapid succession. This unit should take about two weeks and I intend to have at least one project and a quiz before it is over. Enjoy the holiday season!

High School Spanish - Mr. De Cardenas

The week after we come back from Christmas break we will continue working with the undetermined preterit in Spanish. How to conjugate the irregular verbs and the various time adverbs and expressions we can use to make reference to the past. Therefore we will learn new verbs which are going to increase the students' talkative and grammatical skills. In addition to what i already mentioned we will also read another chapter of the book “La Isla Más Peligrosa¨ in order to acquire new vocabulary and to have the students practice their reading and pronunciation in Spanish language. We will as well update the board mapping project with all the new information we will research about the characters in this next episode. 

 

Algebra I - Mr. Scordato

New year, fresh start! I hope everyone feels rested and recharged. The second half of the Algebra 1 curriculum is significantly more challenging. While I know students are up to the challenge, some may need to step up their game, as this is a high school level course that requires practice and perseverance. We next will be studying Systems of Linear Inequalities. 

Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear

When we come back from the break, we will review what we have covered so far in Chapter 5.  Then, we will continue with Chapter 5 by learning how to solve equations with fractions and decimals (5.6-5.7).  There will be a day of review on Friday to prepare for the Chapter 5 test the following Monday.

Life Science - Ms. Harmon

When we come back from break, we will begin our lessons on the Cell cycle and cell division.

Life Science - Mrs. Swanner

I hope that everyone had a great holiday! When we return, we will begin studying meiosis.

ELA - Ms. Ferkol

Welcome back, everyone! I hope you’ve all enjoyed a lovely and restful break with your loved ones! Upon returning to class, students will continue working on their Plan A Vacation project. Students will work on creating a slideshow presentation using the information they researched prior to break which they will present to the class for a project grade! I am looking forward to seeing all of the amazing trips these groups will be “taking”!

ELA - Ms. Hall

Happy Holidays! When students return from Winter Break, we’ll be picking back up with our Plan a Vacation Project. Students will use their previously researched information to construct a powerpoint displaying the knowledge they’ve gathered about the setting of their book clubs novel. They will be expected to practice their citation mastery, as well as develop their presentation skills. All of this will culminate in class presentations, in which students will be able to showcase their hard work.

American History - Mr. O’Hayer

When we return from Holiday Break we will begin preparing for our trip to Junior Achievement’s Finance Park. This course deals with many components of understanding finance and how money “works.” Topics will include: Income, Savings, Investments, and Risk, Debit vs cash, Budgets, and entrepreneurship. Students will have assignments that will count as grades. We will conclude the unit with a trip to JA’s Finance Park later in Jan.

American History - Mr. Saviskas

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! When we return from the break we will begin preparing for our trip to Junior Achievement’s Finance Park. This is a course that will teach students financial literacy, income, budgeting, investments and basic entrepreneurship. This course will be added to the grade book, so it is encouraged that students learn and participate in lessons and activities. We will end the unit with a trip to JA’s Finance Park towards the end of January.

Advanced Spanish - Mr. Jones

When we return, we will continue in our textbook alongside more story based learning activities focusing on the grammatical and communication skills associated with the coming up in Unit 4. Happy holidays y’all!

X + 1 = Fluency

Advanced Spanish - Mr. De Cardenas 

Upon returning from the holiday break, we will continue working with the prepositions para and porque interactive games. Then, we will continue in Unit 3 using geography and weather as topics of study for vocabulary and cultural exposure to new content. We are working toward the function tener que + infinitivo to express what we have/don’t have to do. Enjoy time with family and friends everyone, gobble gobble!

X + 1 = Fluency

Accelerated Math - Mr. Scordato

Happy New Year! We will take a trip on a plane this week - the coordinate plane. This will include all four quadrants and extend their knowledge of graphing to include positive and negative numbers. It’s been a great first half of the school year, and I suspect the second half will be even better. 

Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear

When we come back from the break, we will review what we have covered so far in Chapter 5.  Then, we will continue with Chapter 5 by learning how to solve equations with fractions and decimals (5.6-5.7).  There will be a day of review on Friday to prepare for the Chapter 5 test the following Monday.

Earth Science - Mrs. Swanner

I hope that everyone had a great holiday! When we return, we will begin studying Earth’s structure.

ELA - Ms. Ferkol

Welcome back, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful break with your families and loved ones! During our first week back, we will jump back into reading our realistic fiction novels while analyzing character traits and identifying them in context. We will also review some additional grammatical structures that will benefit students as we move through the rest of this year and into their next writing assignments!

World History - Mr. O’Hayer

Next week in World History students will move on to Europe during the 17th century. There they will find the Age of Enlightenment. We will study the great Thinkers of the period: Hobbs, Locke, Bacon, DesCartes, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu and others. Students will see how the Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle influenced these great thinkers and how the Age of Reason influenced Revolutions across the globe. 

Spanish Fundamentals - Mr. Jones

When we return, we will continue in our textbook alongside more story based learning activities focusing on the grammatical and communication skills associated with the coming up in Unit 4. Happy holidays y’all!

Happy New Year! 

Students have demonstrated knowledge of the elements of design. Knowing how to use these elements in two-dimensional works of art will be helpful as the students move into three-dimensional projects. Sixth grade will design shoes, seventh grade will design tree houses and eighth grade will design contemporary kinetic sculpture! Excited for this unit to bring a new dimension to student skill set.