MGM 8th Grade House News
September 20, 2019
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BETA CLUB INDUCTION CEREMONY
JUST A REMINDER: Jr. Beta Club Induction Ceremony will be held Tuesday, September 24th at 6pm in the MGM Theatre. Students should report to the drama room NO LATER THAN 5:30pm to line up and be ready. Remind your Gator to dress nicely and leave their phones with you. We look forward to seeing you then.
6th Grade Community Faces Expedition Needs Your Help
MGM Counseling Department
2019-20 MGMS YEARBOOK
Order your yearbook now before the price of $55 goes away. This lowest price of the year also gives you great discounts on personalization. Go to www.jostensyearbooks.com or stop by the front office before its too late.
8TH GRADE UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS
ELA: See Schoology for updates
ENGLISH I : See Schoology for updates
PRE-ALGEBRA : Quiz on Tuesday, 9/24 on solving one-step equations, solving two-step equations and simplifying algebraic expressions. They will also have a quiz on Friday (9/27) on Solving Multi-Step Equations.
ALGEBRA I: Quiz on Friday (9/27) on 2.1-2.3
GEOMETRY: Foundation of Geometry Summative Monday
SOCIAL STUDIES: Unit 1-3 Jim Crow Era Quiz is Tuesday 9/24
From Slavery to Jim Crow Test (1-1/1-2/1-3) is Friday 9/27
SCIENCE: Motion One Pager Summative due Tuesday (Dyar, Bell, and Tesh) Wednesday (Holmes).
WORLD LANGUAGES: Click here for a link to all WL updates.
" Reminder to Early Bird students/parents that class begins at 7:25 everyday unless otherwise stated in an email from Ms.Hamner. Students who need to make up assessments in the morning with other teachers need to get approval from their Immersion teachers first. If they are not in class or receive too many unexcused tardies, they are considered absent. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the WL Department Chair (Jessica Stolebarger) at jstolebarger@lexington1.net "
ENCORE NEWS
Week of September 23rd
STEM
Hydraulics vs Pneumatics Summative Tuesday, September 24th (8th Grade)
Technical Manual with LEGO Structure Tuesday, September 24th (6th Grade)
PE
(6th, 7th, 8th) STUDENT ACTIVITY LOG SUBMITTED FROM SCHOOLOGY DUE EVERY FRIDAY!!
ART
Our theme in art this year Tell Your Story. With every project, students will be asked to incorporate some aspect of themselves into the work. Currently, 6th-8th grade students are working on Mandalas and Radial Symmetry. See Schoology for details.
Also, the Art Department is selling Bob Ross themed T-shirts as a fundraiser. Shirts are $15 and all orders are due by October 4. See attached picture for design.
House Happenings
A trip to the LTC was very engaging and informative. We are very excited about the upcoming year. Thank you for sharing you children with us!
Town Hall
Congratulations Citizen Scholars
Ms. Cooper's CREW hosts Town Hall
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
Counselor:
Davis Myers -dmyers@lexington1.net
House Leader
Ashley Holmes - aholmes@lexington1.net
Content Area Teachers:
ELA
Cameron Johns - cjohns@lexington1.net
Trudie Montgomery - tmontgomery@lexington1.net
Jamie Staudenraus - jstaudenraus@lexington1.net
Social Studies
Janet Dorneker - jdorneker@lexington1.net
Michael Moore - mhmoore@lexington1.net
Korin Rogerson - krogerson@lexington1.net
Science
Kendall Bell - kbell@lexington1.net
Kay Dyar - kdyar@lexington1.net
Ashley Holmes - aholmes@lexington1.net
Margaret Tesh - mtesh@lexington1.net
Math
Jennifer Cook - jcook@lexington1.net
Allee Mathis - amathis@lexington1.net
Katie Smith - ksmith@lexington1.net
Encore Teachers
Drama - Rachel Cooper - rlcooper@lexington1.net
Orchestra - Jo Hanna - jhanna@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- rbanderson@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 - Erin Hamner - ehamner@lexington1.net
French - Cheikh Fall - cfall@lexington1.net
French - Catherine Pontenes -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- Molina Munoz mmolinamunoz@lexington1.net
Spanish- Hilda Duarte Gomez hduartegomez@lexington1.net
Spanish- Filder Segura fsegura@lexington1.net