MGM 8th Grade House News
November 30, 2018
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Take a Stand Expedition
1. Why take a stand?
2. How do I, others, and organizations take a stand?
Musical Theatre Production of Guys and Dolls Jr
Join MGM Musical Theatre 7th and 8th grade casts for a dice rolling good time this week as they present the musical "Guys and Dolls JR." See what Nathan, Adelaide, Sky and Sarah and the amazing cast are up to as they try travel from the heart of Times Square to Havana and back.
8th grade cast performs on Thursday and Friday night at 6:30pm and 7th grade roars to the stage on Saturday at 4pm and 6:30pm. Tickets are available at the door for $7 and kids under 5 are free.
See you there!
MGM Counseling Department - Follow us on Twitter: @mgmcounseling
MGM PTO NEWS
See upcoming PTO dates:
* Ongoing - keep saving your used ink and toner cartridges
Dec 5 - Collaborative Planning Day - Dismiss at 12:40
Dec 7 - Krispy Kreme car line sale 7am
Dec 7 - PTO Meeting 8am (following car line sale)
Dec 11 - Pelican's Snoballs & Box Tops Collection during lunches
Dec 12 - Pelican's Snoballs & Box Tops Collection during lunches
Dec 13 - Merchandise Sale during lunches
Dec 14- Merchandise sale during lunches
Dec 21- Half Day
Dec 24 - Jan 4 - Winter Break
Book Club December 11th 3:30-4:30
Relay for Life - Fill a Water Bottle
Can you imagine the impact we could have as a school if EVERY CREW could fill a water bottle for Relay for Life?
Bring your dimes to CREW and fill up a water bottle for Relay for Life.
Save the Date - 9th Grade Course Selection
Rising 9th Grade Course Selection Night @ MGM
Tuesday, January 15. 2019 @ 6:00 pm
Encore News
Don't forget your 2018-2019 yearbook! The price will go up soon. Please go to jostensyearbooks.com to order yours today.
Week of Dec 3rd
8th grade iCivics-summative on Elections, Monday 12/3
7th grade iCivics-summative on Elections, Friday 12/7
8TH GRADE UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
ENGLISH I: Check Schoology for updates
PRE-ALGEBRA: Slope-intercept form quiz on Tuesday
ALGEBRA I: 6.1-6.3 quiz on Friday
Case Study Due (Summative Grade)-Friday
GEOMETRY: Triangle Theorems Quiz on Monday
Triangle Mid-Chapter Assessment on Thursday
SCIENCE : Test Tuesday (Space Tools and Technology, Universe and Galaxies, StarsO
SOCIAL STUDIES: Research for Take A Stand Debate is due at the end of class on Tuesday 12/4 (Formative Grade)
Take A Stand Debates (Summative Grade) are Tuesday 12/11, Wednesday 12/12, and Thursday 12/13.
WORLD LANGUAGES: Please click on the link to view assessments.
Teacher Contact Information
Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions or concerns.
Administration:
Dr Bill Coon - bcoon@lexington1.net
Dr. Kyle Meetze - kmeetze@lexington1.net
Jamie Powell-jpowell@lexington1.net
Alisa Long- aklong@lexington1.net
House Leader
Ashley Holmes aholmes@lexington1.net
8th Grade Core Teachers
Please see the attached information for 8th grade core teachers. Each content area also provided tips for success in these classes.
Encore Teachers
Drama - Rachel Cooper - rlcooper@lexington1.net
Orchestra - Jennifer Mann - jmann@lexington1.net
Dance - Megan Viazanko- mviazanko@lexington1.net
Dance - Kara Corley - kccorley@lexington1.net
Band - Melanie Winn- mwinn@lexinton1.net
Art - June Collins - jcollins@lexington1.net
Art - Beth Maddox - bmaddox@lexington1.net
Chorus - Augie Gil- agil@lexington1.net
STEM - Cliff Roberts - cjroberts@lexington1.net
ICIVICS - Melody Shafer - mshafer@lexington1.net
Outdoor Ed - Phillip Thomas - pthomas@lexington1.net
Outdoor Ed - Stephen Harmon - srharmon@lexington1.net
Outdoor Ed- Abby Chisholm - achisholm@lexington1.net
PE - Candice Cobb - ccobb@lexington1.net
PE - Ben Anderson- rbanderson2@lexington1.net
Digital Design - Ryan Panter - rpanter@lexington1.net
Supplemental Math - Ann Bennett - abennett@lexington1.net
Academic Seminar LA - Susan Myrick - smyrick@lexington1.net
Math RTI - Trisha Hamilton - thamilton@lexington1.net
ELA RTI - Rayna Kleckley - rkleckley@lexington1.net
Academic Seminar LA - Jennifer Williams - jbwilliams@lexington1.net
World Language
Latin - Jessica Stolebarger - jstolebarger@lexington1.net
French - Dr. Todd Spaulding - tspaulding@lexington1.net
French - Erin Hamner - ehamner@lexington1.net
French - Cheikh Fall - cfall@lexington1.net
French - Catherine Pontens-Alemu - cpontens-alemu@lexington1.net
Chinese - Na Zhang - nzhang@lexington1.net
Chinese - Susan Wang - ywang@lexington1.net
Chinese-Natalie Lukity - nlukity@lexington1.net
Spanish - Samantha Simmons - ssimmons@lexington1.net
Spanish - Valentina Salomon msalomon@lexington1.net
Spanish - Hilda Duarte - hduartegomez@lexington1.net
Spanish - Filder Segura - fsegura@lexington1.net