7th and 8th Grade Newsletter
March 23rd - April 3rd
Upcoming School Events and News
April 2nd - End of 3rd quarter
April 3rd - No school - Spring Break begins!If you would like your child's grandparents to receive an invitation for Grandparents' Day, please fill out the contact form at the link below:
Classroom News
Language Arts - Ms. Gee
8th grade students will complete papers entitled: Eulogy: Saying Farewell to Juliet. They will also continue working in the Director's Notebooks in preparation for scene dramatizations. Next week students will participate in a socratic seminar entitled "Shakespeare is a Feminist".
Ms. Hinkelman will work with both classes to help with blocking and stage direction for scene dramatizations.
Math - Mr. Chavel
Math II students are studying Area and Volume (Unit 9). Students will be quizzed on 11.1-11.3 on Friday. Monday, March 30th they will review the unit. The test for this unit will be Tuesday, March 31st. The last couple of days before spring break, students will begin review for the cumulative Geometry assessment. This assessment will be given after Spring Break.
Algebra II students are studying Conic Sections (Unit 9) and will finish this unit on Thursday. Friday, March 27th the students will be quizzed over 9.1-9.4 and will begin a project on conic sections which will be due by email April 3rd.
Math - Ms. Pieper
Foundations of Algebra students are studying geometry topics. There will be a quiz on Thursday, 3/26, on parallel lines cut by a transversal, angles of a polygon and area of polygons. Next week students will apply these concepts to the coordinate plane.
Social Studies - Mr. Havner
8th grade students are studying WWI, the jazz age, the Sacco-Vanzetti case and the Scopes trial. Current event due on 2/27.
Science - Mr. Golba
8th grade students are studying natural selection. They will have a quiz on 3/31. Also current events are due on 3/26.