8th grade Weekly Warrior
February 19, 2019
Extra Curricular Sign Up
Sign up now for boy's soccer, bowling, swimming, boys' volleyball, board game club, and track and field! Go to this link for more information and to sign up: https://www.sd113a.org/extracurriculars/program-information
Shirley Kleehammer
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director
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8th grade end of the year activities
- April 1st, 6:30 pm- Washington DC Parent/Student Meeting(Mandatory)
- April 23-26th Washington DC Trip
- April 23-26th Holocaust Museum Field Trip and Iron Oaks Field Trip for 8th-grade students staying home
- May 10th Dinner Dance at Chuck's BBQ in Darien(students must come to school that day for at least 1/2 day)
- May 17th 8th-grade Breakfast & Great America.
- May 22nd 8th-grade Awards Assembly
- May 23rd Graduation
8th grade Participation Requirements
- Graduation- Excellent behavior during the last trimester- 2 failing grades is an automatic disqualification
- Great America/Breakfast- Excellent behavior during the last trimester
- Dinner Dance- Excellent behavior during the last trimester
- Washington DC- no grades lower than a "C" and excellent behavior
- 8th-grade field trips- excellent behavior
Dinner Dance Dress Expectations
- Students are expected to wear formal wear to the dance. Shirt and Tie/Dresses/Suits
- The handbook states, "Dress must be appropriate for the age level, sufficiently modest and in good taste. Each school will establish guidelines for appropriate dress".
OQMS guidelines are as follows: dress length should be at least to the student's thumbs with arms on the side, the material should not be see-through, dresses should NOT reveal an entire front belly of the student.
If you have questions about the dress code at the dance please contact Mr. Billingsley or Mrs. Kleehammer.
8th grade Parents, please read the attached document about Graduation names.
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Email: jbillingsley@sd113a.org
Website: http://www.sd113a.org/oldquarry
Phone: (630) 257-2286 4101
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