MGM 8th Grade Gator News
January 18, 2016
Welcome!
Be sure to read through for house news, upcoming assessments, and highlights!
News & Updates
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9th Grade Registration Night for RBHS
Dear 8th grade student and parents:
The Meadow Glen School Counseling Center is excited to invite you to MGM, January 25th, at 6:00 pm. The River Bluff High School administration and counselors will be here to meet with you and your student to select courses for next year. If Monday is not a good night, you can attend the same meeting at Lexington Middle School, January 26th, at 6:00 pm.
You will need to bring your student's charged iPad and have your student's PowerSchool log in.
Attached is the course selection form and a flyer about the two available meetings. This is a very special opportunity to have the awesome River Bluff team to help guide you through this process.
Your 8th grader will be prepped and informed about the high school courses, learn how to locate courses in the District Course Catalog, and have their questions answered Wednesday, next week. We want to take every opportunity to make sure you are well informed!
Laura Lee Stockdell
Director of School Counseling and Advisement
Job Shadowing Forms
Get your Gator Tales Yearbook!
Reserve your 2016 Gator Tales yearbook today! The price of $60 will only be good through January 29. Extra copies can not be guaranteed after this date. Order online or through the front office! Click HERE to order online.
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A Message from the Counseling Center
The School Counseling Center would like to invite you to see what your student has been doing with college and career readiness using Naviance.
You can access your student's results with StrengthsExplorer for 8th graders and SMART goals and Career Finder for 6th and 7th graders.
To access Naviance, log into your Power School account. Click on the arrow in the upper right hand corner of the screen and click on Family Connection.
Take some time and make it a family activity by having your student take you through the process!
Learning Commons News & Request for Help
We are excited to announce that the Grand Opening of the Learning Commons MakerSpace is January 13! This space will provide all MGM students a unique learning opportunity to build, create, play, do, collaborate, read, and "make" ideas come to life.
The Learning Commons is in need of the following items for our new MakerSpace. If you are cleaning out old toys or closets/pantries, we need the following:
-Legos
-Lego storage bins
-Tinker Toys
-Erector Sets
-old board games (missing pieces are ok!)
-X-Box games (E rating only)
-pipe cleaners
-puzzles
-Makey Makey kits
-Snap Circuit kits
-littleBits kits
-paint brushes
-sponge brushes
-origami paper
-scenic shower curtains (such as oceans, beaches, space)
-duct tape
-Modge Podge
-makers, crayons, colored pencils
-glue
-yarn/string
-wiggle eyes (all sizes)
-Play Dough
-Solo cups
-Marshmallows
-straws
Please send any donations to Ms. Kohout in the Learning Commons!
Girls on Track--Heart & Sole
Girls on Track is now called Heart & Sole. The program is still affiliated with Girls on the Run, and we want your Gator girls to get involved!
Upcoming Assessments
Check with your child's teacher if you have questions!
Pre-Algebra - Quiz Friday (1/22)
Algebra I - None
Algebra II - None
English I and ELA - Summative assessment on TKM Chapters 12-18 next week. Please make sure students have read through Chapter 18 by Monday January 25th.
Science - #spacematters final product due Friday 1/22- Holmes classes only.
Social Studies - National Government Museum Projects need to be brought in Thursday 1/21 to setup for the Museum Visits on Friday 1/22.
World Language French Immersion: None
World Language French Passport: None
World Language Novice A: None
World Language Novice B2: None
World Language Novice C1: None
World Language Novice C3: None
World Language Latin Novice A: None
World Language Latin 1: None
World Language Latin2: None