ENCORE HAPPENINGS
Students get the opportunity to explore their passions.
The Encore Team
All students have started in the new semester and have been given either a syllabus or welcome letter by their teacher. This newsletter is a compilation of all the faculty that teach Encore Classes: Mr. Titus Gant (Band/Orchestra); Mr. Broadnax (Chorus); Mrs. Holland (Guided Reading); Mr. Garcia (ESL); Mrs. Miller (Graphics & Visual Arts); Mrs. O’Neal (Family & Consumer Sciences ); Mr. Leonard (Technology); Ms. Davis (Computer Skills & Business); and Ms. Bethea & Mr. Jeralds (Physical & Health Education).
Mock Interview
Balance and Contrast
Musical Talent
Visual Arts and Graphic Design- Mrs. Miller (Ingram)
Graphic Design Students are exploring Adobe Illustrator more and more everyday. Each grade level are starting off with the same process being that this is a new class for all students. Each class are learning the tools of Illustrator and how to apply them, recalling them when needed to critically solve design issues and expanding their designing process. Through the month of February sixth grade will be developing CD covers, seventh grade will be developing their own book cover design of their favor book. Eighth grade will be developing "wanted" posters and political posters in group; learning margins, layout, complex designs, visual imagery, etc.
Please be sure that your scholar brings their sketchbook to class daily!
The Music Studio - Mr. Broadnax
February is an exciting month for choral students! This month we will be expanding our skills in sight reading through various note recognition and rhythm exercise activities. Students have been working hard to learn new music as the performance season rapidly approaches. Students will be engaging weekly “Sound Checks” which are assessments that measure student mastery of concepts as well as lyric remembrance. Students will also begin exploring performance etiquette and prepare for a Performance Analysis Project.
After school rehearsals are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for All County participants from 3:30 pm-4:30 pm. The after school schedule for other ensembles will be disseminated soon. Spring Concert forms will be disseminated soon. If you are interested in becoming a part of the Music/Choral booster please visit my school's website https://www.gcsnc.com/Page/13781
Computer Skills & Entrepreneurship
As we embark on this new semester, please let your child know if you would like to be a guest speaker in our classroom. It is always great to hear another person's perspective on career paths or the tasks of starting your own business. Feel free to learn more about my class at https://www.gcsnc.com/Page/13812
Reading Impact/Guided Studies-Reading - Mrs. Holland
In Reading Impact/Guided Studies-Reading, we are definitely off to a great start this second semester! We have been learning through informational text the importance of recycling. This includes glass, paper, plastic, and aluminum. The students are learning that improper disposal of recyclable items can be harmful to our environment. In class, we discussed the various ways we can protect our Earth against overfilling landfills. If our landfills are overrun with trash and recyclable items, then this could cause negative contribution to the greenhouse gases polluting the environment. Recycling of paper, plastic, glass, and such other materials which is easily possible, helps in keeping the environment a little bit cleaner.
Students are using this information to strengthen and develop vocabulary and reading comprehension strategies. They are citing textual evidence, analyzing text, defining the meaning of vocabulary the way it is in the text, using reasoning to support the inferences from the text, and identifying key ideas in the text. Students have been answering questions using reading processes/strategies to make inferences before answering questions in their Reading Impact/Guided Studies Notebooks.
Making Inferences:
· Read the question and then write the question
· Find the information in the text that will help you write the answer.
· Think about what you already know about the information you are reading.
· Combine what the text says and what you already know to write the answer.
Learn more about both classes on the school's website https://www.gcsnc.com/Page/13911
Mrs. O'Neal and Mrs. Maye
Dr. Gorham & Madison C.
The Chorus
Fit Chicks in Physical Education with Coach Bethea
The Fitness Gram is an assessment used to determine one's fitness levels as they pertain to lung capacity, muscular strength, and flexibility. Our favorite is the PACER test. PACER stands for Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run. This fitness assessment determines's a student's endurance, both cardiovascular and muscular. Students must run on specific ques until they cannot run anymore. Huge Shout Out to the following Fit Chicks that scored the highest on the PACER test:
6th Grade
Brandia Bennett - 80 laps
Madison Crowder - 80 laps
Zion Sides - 62
7th Grade
Heather Ramos - 82 laps
Nichole Francis - 62 laps
8th Grade
Estrella Tomas - 64 laps
Amaya Padgett - 64 laps
Unequa Small - 61 laps
Great Job to these FIT CHICKS!! To learn and see more of our class, please visit my website at https://www.gcsnc.com/Page/13769