MGM 8th Grade House News
February 15, 2019
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8th Grade Celebration of Learning this Thursday, February, 21
CONGRATULATIONS TO MGMS ROBOTICS TEAMS - Help them fundraise!
The MGM Robotics teams were on fire again this season, with all three teams advancing to state. The Gator Gears team earned 2nd place at state and will be traveling to the Arkansas Razorback International Robotics competition.
We are raising money to send the team to represent MGM in May at this international competition. Please consider making a donation through our GoFundMe page and passing this on to others in the Lexington community. Thank you for supporting our Robotics teams!
Miss MGMS Pageant
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.
Counseling News - IGP Meetings
Dear 8th grade Parents/Guardians:
In accordance with the Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA), beginning in 8th grade, students, with the help of parents and school counselors, will develop an electronic Individual Graduation Plan (eIGP). IGP conferences will begin March 4th and continue through April 12th. During the IGP conference, the school counselor will discuss your student’s career exploration results, current grades, high school graduation requirements, LCSD1 opportunities with the Centers for Advanced Study and Lexington Technology Center, and other valuable information. The purpose of the IGP conference is to make sure you and your student work together to develop a plan that will connect their course curriculum with their career interest(s).
The IGP conference in 8th grade will focus on career clusters of interest and the importance of choosing relevant coursework. Each year in high school, you and your student will review and revise their plan of study so that when it is time for graduation, your student is prepared for higher education and/or career opportunities.
Sign up for your IGP Conference
Dear MGM Parent/Guardian,
As we prepare for our 8th grade Individual Graduation Plan conferences, we are providing you the opportunity to sign up electronically for your child's conference. Please plan to be at MGM on the date and time you sign up.
Please click here to schedule your student’s IGP conference.
We also want to remind you to check with your student and make sure they are not attending a field study on the date and time you request.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
Your Gator Counselors
MGM Counseling Department - Follow us on Twitter: @mgmcounseling
MGM PTO NEWS
See upcoming PTO dates:
* Ongoing - keep saving your used ink and toner cartridges
Encore News
Week of Feb 18th
Nine Students will be participating in the Region Band Clinic Friday February 22 - Saturday February 23.
6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Semester Choirs- After School Rehearsal: Friday, Feb. 22; 3:45-5:30pm
MGM Choir Room
DRAMA: (ALL GRADES): All One Act plays have been cast and rehearsals have begun! Super excited to get work on putting these performances together for the end of March. Specific dates will be announced next week.
iCivics: 8th grade: Chick-fil-A Gator Apprentice kick-off on Monday, February 18th!
Last day to pre-order a yearbook is Feb. 22nd. Order yours before it's too late.
Early Bird Students
8TH GRADE UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
ENGLISH I:
We will be wrapping up our 2nd Independent Reading Module next week. students will have a Summative written reflection in class to conclude the module.
PRE-ALGEBRA: Quiz Monday on Solving systems using Substitution &
Elimination; Test Thursday on Solving Systems of Equations.ALGEBRA I: Ch. 7 Part 2 Test on Tuesday
GEOMETRY: Quadrilateral Formative on Wednesday
SCIENCE : Check individual Schoology Teacher pages for updates.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Quiz on Units 4-2 (Age of Exploration) and 4-3 (Original 13 Colonies) is Thursday February 21st
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