Weekly Junior High Update
March 1, 2019
Minotaur Maze of Color ~ Thursday, March 7th
This Thursday, 3/7, scholars will be coming together as a school community to have some fun and celebrate all their hard work thus far this year!
Scholars will attend all their classes on Thursday via a shortened schedule. Classes will end at 12:20 on Thursday. At 12:20, scholars will participate in a longer lunch period where they can play games and hang out with friends. At 2:30, the Minotaur Maze of Color will start. Participating scholars will be released to run/walk the maze, while scholar that chose not to participate will cheer their friends on from the stands.
Scholars may wear their either their Maze of Color shirts or a TOPA t-shirt to school on Thursday along with athletic running shorts or pants. Shorts and pants must be school appropriate and all scholars are required to wear lace up tennis shoes.
The school day will end at our normal time, 3:49. Buses will be running on their normal schedule. If you do plan on checking your scholar out early, please wait until the end of classes at 12:20.
For any questions, please contact Darah Levander at jhevents@topamail.com or Mary Daniels at mdaniels@topamail.com.
An email will also be coming out Monday with additional Color Run and dress code details.
6th Grade Leadership
In 6th grade IB Leadership classes, scholars are being introduced to the Design Cycle. The Design Cycle is a tool scholars can use when tasked with a problem or challenge. Scholars are shown how to use the Design Cycle to investigate, plan, design, create, and evaluate their plan to achieve the best possible solution.
Design Cycle
Scholars were tasked with using the Design Cycle to best solve the “House of Cards” challenge. They were given 10 index cards and 18 inches of masking tape, and had to produce a house of cards that their group decided to build after reviewing all of the group members’ drawings and determining which one was the best designed and most-likely to be able to stand on its own after the it was built.
Theater 1 Performances
Scholars in Theater 1 work on perfecting their skits for next week’s performances. Scholars contribute to the skits through all aspects of performance work via the performing in the skits, but also working the sound and lights or helping with the staging, costumes, scenery. We hope to see you at their performances next week!
Math Tutoring
We are excited to be able to provide math tutoring for our scholars again, and this time we have made some additional adjustments to improve our tutoring program! Mrs. Gilbert will be providing math tutoring for 7th grade scholars after school, and we have officially hired additional help from two of our top performing high school scholars to tutor 6th and 8th grade scholars.
Tutoring will be available beginning on Monday, March 4th. Tutoring will be provided Monday - Thursday from 4:00-5:00 on the junior high campus. Scholars will be picked up in the back of the school at 5:00 after tutoring.
Please click on the link below to sign your scholar up for tutoring.
https://goo.gl/forms/U90SQiI5UlwTeA8M2
We look forward to being able to provide our scholars with this additional support!
Testing Schedule
That week, we will begin our testing sessions. Scholar attendance is crucial during this time. Please look over the schedule and try to ensure that your scholar is present on the days they are testing. Of course, if your child is sick, running a fever, or throwing up on a testing day, please keep them home. They will make up the session they missed on our make-up days.
PSAT (8th Graders only): Wednesday, March 20th
AIMS Science (8th Graders Only): Wednesday, March 27th
Week of April 1 - 4: Writing
- 6th Grade: Monday, 4/1
- 7th Grade: Tuesday, 4/2
- 8th Grade: Wednesday, 4/3
Week of April 8-11: Reading
- 6th Grade: Monday, 4/8
- 7th Grade: Tuesday, 4/9
- 8th Grade: Wednesday, 4/10
Week of April 15-18: Math
- 6th Grade: Monday, 4/15
- 7th Grade: Tuesday, 4/16
- 8th Grade: Wednesday, 4/17
OIAIS Junior High
Email: attendancejrhigh@topamail.com
Website: odyprep.com
Location: 1495 South Verrado Way, Buckeye, AZ, USA
Phone: 623-777-1740
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OIAISJuniorHighCampus/