A reminder to:

Please send any pictures of school events to Ms. Murley. These could include sports events, music events, dance team, color guard, or anything school related activity that families have captured at an event for school. The pictures can be emailed to kmurley@nhj.k12.in.us.

In February students in 6th grade Social Studies with Mr. Stanifer are well underway with our Canada Unit. We have wrapped up our project over a Province or Territory of Canada. We will still be touring through our regions of Canada using our Canada map and taking notes on Geography, History, and the Economy of these regions. Thursday February 9th is the day of our Canada map quiz over all 10 provinces, 3 territories, and 10 major cities we have discussed over the last several weeks. Finally this Unit will be wrapped up with our Unit test on Friday 2/17. Then it will be on to the United States.

Much of February will be spent doing ratios and proportional relationships. There is a definite proportional relationship between the amount of time spent on practice of a math skill and mastery of the skill. There is also a proportional relationship between skills mastered in sixth grade and success in future math classes, especially algebra which is required to graduate from high school. The integer rules and the exponent rules are vital for much of the algebra curriculum. Many students say they do not have the time to practice said skills. It does not take a lot of time and effort. Today’s students have absolutely mastered how to use technology to their advantage and most of them did it without any help from an adult and in a small amount of time. A small amount of time can yield large results. Ask any Indianapolis Colts fan what can be accomplished by the opponent in a small amount of time. The bottom line is that a person has to want to be successful and focus on what it takes to make that happen. We are here at school to encourage and guide students in the direction that leads to success.

Students in Room 603 have been working hard learning about expressions and equations. We have not only learned about solving them, but we have also learned how to write them. We spend the beginning of the month learning about inequalities before taking a test. We will then move to ratios. Just a reminder that students should keep a neat and organized binder for math class. It should come to math class EVERY DAY. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Gleaners Mobile Food Pantry will distribute food on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the lower parking lot at ICHS. Everyone is welcome! We are always in need of volunteers as well. If you and/or your student, family, friends, sports, or church group would like to help, please contact Kate Taylor at 317-373-4134 or ktaylor@nhj.k12.in.us.