Mavericks Team Update
April 12, 2017
Announcements
MAP test for 8th grade will be May 1-4. Why does the MAP test take 4 days for 8th graders?
In 8th grade, students take the MAP test over:
Mathematics (including a performance event)
ELA (including a performance event requiring students to write an essay)
Science (including a performance event)
This week's important dates (other event dates for the rest of the year are listed further down in this newsletter):
April 12: Swim meet @ Belton
April 13: Track @ Oak Park
April 14: Yearbook Order Forms and Money Due to the office
Mavericks FIELD TRIP Coming Soon!
Students MUST turn in the permission slip NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 28.
Due to scheduling, we cannot accept permission slips after this date. Students are also receiving permission slips in Science class today, and may retrieve permission slips from their Science teacher later if needed. A copy of the permission slip can also be found here.
What did we do in class today?
Math: Today students will find the distance of line segments by using the Pythagorean Theorem. Students were given a quiz study guide for their quick checkpoint tomorrow.
ELA: Today students are reviewing the concept of identifying and analyzing dramatic irony and point of view. Students are completing practice activities; if they did not complete the activity in class, they are to complete it at home as homework.
Social Studies: Students are working on Anchor Charts for the Causes of the War.
Yearbooks available for purchase
EDP
Upcoming Dates to Remember
April 12: Swim meet @ Belton
April 13: Track @ Oak Park
April 14: Yearbook Order Forms and Money Due to the office
April 19: Swimmers end of season celebration
April 20: Swim championships @ Gladstone
April 24: MAP testing begins for 6th and 7th grade only
April 25: Spring Band Concert (7 pm) in the Eastgate Auditorium (all three bands will combine in the end to play “Cake by the Ocean"!!)
April 28: Maverick Field Trip (to the College Basketball Experience) Permission Slips Due
****May 1-5: 8th Grade MAP Test (All students will test every day from the 1st to the 4th) Attendance is crucial!****
May 4: Talent Show! 6:30pm - 8:30pm @ Eastgate Auditorium
May 6: Band - Greater KC Solo & Small Ensemble Festival at Lincoln College Prep Academy
May 9: Spring Choir Concert 7pm - 8pm @ Eastgate Auditorium
May 11: NO EARLY RELEASE Students will be released at 3 pm
May 17: Mavericks Field Trip to the College Basketball Experience
May 17: Competitive Drama 4:30pm-8pm
May 18: Renaissance Worlds of Fun Field Trip 9:30 am - 5:15 pm (for students who made Renaissance for 3rd qtr)
May 18: NO EARLY RELEASE Students will be released at 3 pm
May 18: Last day for EDP
May 19: 8th Grade Dance 6pm - 8pm at Eastgate
May 23: Last day of school! Students released at 11:15pm!
Contact Information
(816) 321-4204
Jessica Nolin, Science
(816) 321-5829
Troy Sielaff, Social Studies
(816) 321-6137
Leslie Goodwin, English Language Arts
(816) 321-4691
Additional Resources and Links
E-Campus (Blackboard) Username - student lunch number, password- student's birthdate (MMDDYYY)
I-Ready The I-Ready program provides students with lessons and assessments to strengthen their knowledge Math and ELA concepts. The Math and ELA teachers use this program in class frequently, and will use the students' scores on the assessments that follow the lessons in their grade books. We strongly encourage students working on lessons at home if possible. The student username is the student's ID #@nkcschools.org (123456@nkcschools.org, for example) and the password is the student's birthdate (MMDDYYYY).
PowerSchool Be sure to sign up for a Parent Portal account! From this account you can view student's grades and attendance. Don't have a parent portal account? Contact the EGMS office to obtain one.
Scholastic Scholastic Reading Clubs allow parents and students to order book and other items at an affordable price. If you use Mrs. Goodwin's classroom code, N8ZDY , when you check out, you earn free books for the ELA classroom! Want to write a check? That's fine! Simply write the check to Scholastic and turn it into Mrs. Goodwin. Monthly paper catalogues are available in Mrs. Goodwin's room as well.
Eastgate Middle School Calendar
Eastgate Middle School Website