Mavericks Team Update
December 3, 2016
Announcements/Reminders
If you wish to order from Scholastic, if you order by December 12th it is guaranteed to arrive before break. The website is here: Scholastic classroom code, N8ZDY
December 8th will be the last day that EDP will have any 'fun' clubs (any club other than Homework Help).
December 15th will be the last day of EDP this quarter.
December 15th there will be NO EARLY RELEASE. Students will be released at 3:00 pm.
Upcoming Spirit week:
December 19th: Career Day
December 20th: Ugly Sweater Day
December 21st: Eagle Spirit Day, Mavericks Team Attendance Incentive Day
What Did We Do in Class Today? Was Homework Assigned?
SCIENCE: Today students will review for our district benchmark test (covering all that we've talked about so far this year, as well as 6th and 7th grade concepts) using Kahoot on the iPads. The district benchmark will be taken over two days, Wednesday and Thursday, and will be entered as a grade.
ELA(Mrs. Goodwin and Ms. Nielsen): Today students are reading an article of choice and analyzing the text structure of the article and its effect on the main idea of the article. We are also preparing for our informative project to be presented December 19th and December 20th.
ELA (Mrs. Brown): Today is IEP goal testing and iReady Lessons on the computer.
MATH (Mrs. Boyd and Mr. Powell-Deppe): Today students will review concepts on Unit 4 for our assessment tomorrow. The material will cover striaght angles, interior angles of triangles, exterior angles of triangles, and angles created when parallel lines are cut by transversals. ANNOUNCEMENT: Students were given a bonus sheet Dinky King that is due tomorrow. Unit 4 test is tomorrow. Students were also given a grade sheet to sign for bonus.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Complete work on Anchor Charts. Icivics. We will be working on the Constitution from now until Dec. 20
NO Early Release; last day for EDP
Thursday, Dec 15, 2016, 08:00 AM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Half Day
Wednesday, Dec 21, 2016, 08:00 AM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
2nd quarter ends
Wednesday, Dec 21, 2016, 03:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Winter Break- No School
Thursday, Dec 22, 2016, 08:00 AM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Band & choir dates to remember
Winter Choir Concert and Silent Auction
Winter Choir Concert (6th, 7th, 8th grades)
5:30 Silent Auction Begins
7:00 Concert Begins
7:40 Intermission for final bids
8:00 Concert Ends
Thursday, Dec 8, 2016, 05:30 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Sports dates to remember
Girls Basketball vs. Center, Boys Basketball vs. Center
Tuesday, Dec 13, 2016, 04:00 PM
Center Middle School, East 103rd Street, KCMO, MO, United States
Girls Basketball vs. Pioneer Ridge, Boys Basketball vs. Pioneer Ridge
Thursday, Dec 15, 2016, 04:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Girls Basketball vs. Maple Park, Boys Basketball vs. Maple Park
Thursday, Jan 5, 2017, 04:00 PM
Maple Park Middle School, North Bennington Avenue, KCMO, MO, United States
Girls Basketball vs. Northgate, Boys Basketball vs. Northgate
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2017, 03:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Girls Basketball vs. University Academy, Boys Girls Basketball vs. University Academy
Thursday, Jan 12, 2017, 04:00 PM
University Academy, Holmes Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Girls Basketball vs. New Mark, Boys Girls Basketball vs. University Academy
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2017, 04:00 PM
Eastgate Middle School, Northeast Parvin Road, KCMO, MO, United States
Girls Basketball vs. Antioch, Boys Girls Basketball vs. University Academy
Thursday, Jan 19, 2017, 04:00 PM
Antioch Middle School, Northeast 65th Street, KCMO, MO, United States
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