Spring Pictures
Remember that you must complete and return the sign up form in order for your child’s spring picture to be taken on April 6th. See the link below for a form.
Community Service Opportunities
Brown Bag for the Elderly at Second Harvest Food Bank
Students and their families may volunteer to help pack bags of food to be delivered to elderly persons in our community. Bags will be packed on Saturday, April 22nd at 2501 E. President Street. Arrive by 7:45 AM and wear closed-toe shoes.
The March of Dimes will host their annual run/walk on Saturday, April 29th at 10am. For more information, visit - https://www.marchforbabies.org/Fundraising/Team?teamId=1286807&teamEventId=2763357&
Engineering Camp
June 19th – 23rd
9:00am – 12:00pm
Rising 6th – Rising 8th Graders
Cost $125 + cost of materials (includes t-shirt)
Contact: Chris Cooper
ccooper@hancockdayschool.org
During this camp, our young engineers will be building their own electric cars. They will learn about the importance of pre planning and having a good plan. We will gather materials from Home Depot, and start to build our vehicles on Tuesday. Friday will be Race Day!
Experience Summer Programs at Royce Learning Center!
*Summer School for students entering 1st - 8th Grades
*Enrichment Camp for students entering 1st - 8th Grades
*Study Skills for students entering 6tth - 12th Grades
*One-on-one tutoring for students of all grade levels
Please stop by the office or email Mrs. Chandler for information and an application for these great opportunities at Royce!
8th Grade Families
Mrs. Chandler still needs pictures for the graduation slideshow. Please send your 5 favorite pictures of your child to achandler@hancockdayschool.org before the Easter break (4/13). Thank you so much, and if you have any questions, please email Mrs. Chandler.
8TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
8th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon - week of April 3
Next week in Algebra, we will continue working in chapter 9 by solving polynomial equations in factored form and factoring two specific types of trinomials. On Thursday, we will review for an open notes quiz that will take place on Friday, April 7. Please note that Mrs. Blake will substitute for me on Friday, April 7. If you have any questions for the open notes quiz, it is STRONGLY recommended that you come to my review session on Thursday afternoon from 3:10-3:40.
8th grade Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of April 3rd
Next week we will continue learning about volume by practice finding the volume of pyramids and cones (9.5). We will also learn how to calculate the surface area and volume of spheres (9.6). There will be a day of review on Wednesday and the Chapter 9 test on Thursday. We will then start reviewing some core Algebra concepts, starting with exponent rules.
8th grade Geometry - Mr. Lanfear - week of April 3rd
Next week we will begin Chapter 11 by learning how to calculate the areas of rectangles, squares, triangles, and parallelograms (11.1). We will also learn about area of trapezoids and rhombuses (11.2), finding the perimeter and area of similar figures (11.3), and finding the circumference and area of circles and their sectors (11.4). There will be a quiz on 11.1-11.5 on Friday.
8th grade Physical Science - Mrs. Huennekens - week of April 3rd.
Substances, Mixtures and Solubility! Oh my! Students are now applying what they already know about the states of matter and how all of these things work together! This is a fun chapter that most students enjoy. We will start off our week with a lab called Messing with Mixtures. Be sure to look for photos next blog post!
8th grade English Language Arts - Mrs. O’Connor - week of April 3rd
We are immersed in the research process as we prepare to write our formal, persuasive, research paper. Next week students should wrap up their research, create an outline, and prepare to begin drafting the paper. Throughout the process we are exploring concepts like embedding quotations in our writing and following MLA format.
8th grade History and Gov’t II - Mrs. English - week of April 3rd
This week in American History we will begin our unit on World War II. We will start by comparing and contrasting the United States to Germany and FDR’s rise to power to Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. Next we will take an introductory look at the unfathomable numbers associated with World War II including deaths, mobilized, and refugees. Building on this, I will introduce our cross-curricular class “memorial” to those that died in World War II. Please make sure you received an email about this. Students are responsible for bringing in the pushpins that we will use. They can be purchased here https://www.amazon.com/Zealor-Tacks-Assorted-Colors-Pieces/dp/B06VXP4S94/ref=sr_1_3?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1490795018&sr=1-3-spons&keywords=push+pins&psc=1 For more details see email.Looking forward to a great week!
8th grade Spanish-Ms. Hughes-week of April 3rd
Next week in Spanish class, the 8th grade will continue to work with the vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 5A. We will be discussing current events and natural disasters in Spanish. Students will also create a survival guide for specific events. The vocabulary quiz will be Wednesday, April 5th.
7TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
7th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon - week of April 3
Next week in Algebra, we will continue working in chapter 9 by solving polynomial equations in factored form and factoring two specific types of trinomials. On Thursday, we will review for an open notes quiz that will take place on Friday, April 7. Please note that Mrs. Blake will substitute for me on Friday, April 7. If you have any questions for the open notes quiz, it is STRONGLY recommended that you come to my review session on Thursday afternoon from 3:10-3:40.
7th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of April 3rd
Next week we will continue learning about linear equations. We will do a fun activity on Monday and Tuesday, have a day of review on Wednesday and a test on sections 8.1 - 8.6. We will then begin learning about function notation (8.7)
7th grade History and Gov’t I - Mrs. English - week of April 3rd
This week in American History students will learn about Thomas Jefferson’s presidency pertaining to the Louisiana Purchase and how his decisions to cut the size of the federal government and military led to conflicts abroad. Homework and readings will come from Chapter 9.2-4. No tests or quizzes for me next week, but looking ahead we will have a test on Ch. 9 on April 12th (Wednesday before Easter Break).
7th grade Spanish-Ms. Hughes week of April 3rd
Next week in Spanish class, the 7th grade will begin Chapter 9B. This chapter focuses on technology and communication in the Spanish-speaking world. Students will learn the difference between the verbs saber and conocer , review some stem-changing verbs, and discuss the importance of cibercafes for travelers. The vocabulary quiz will be Friday, April 7th.
7th Grade ELA- Mrs. Hannah- week of April 3rd
Seventh grade has a test over pronouns on Tuesday 4 April. Review materials are listed in Google Classroom and we will review Monday in class as well. The rough draft of the research paper is due Wednesday 5 April. We will continue the paper next week by adding introductions and conclusions. The final draft will be due Tuesday 11 April.
7th grade Science - Mrs. Heyward - week of April 3rd
We spent the week completing our studies on the Circulatory System. We played Circulation Hot Potato and performed a sheep heart dissection to ensure there is a complete understanding of the role of the circulatory system in the body, how the blood flows, and what the structures of the heart do. Our test will be Tuesday, April 4. We will move on to Respiration and Excretion..
6TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
6th grade Accelerated Math 7 - Mrs. Reardon - week of April 3
Next week in accelerated math 7, we will review sections one through three on Monday and then take a quiz over those 3 sections on Tuesday, April 4. On Wednesday and Thursday, we will pick back up in chapter 9 by talking about the percent equation and circle graphs. On Friday, students will survey their classmates so that they have a set of data to create their own circle graphs in Google Sheets on the chromebooks.
6th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of April 3rd
Next week we will continue learning about linear equations. We will do a fun activity on Monday and Tuesday, have a day of review on Wednesday and a test on sections 8.1 - 8.6. We will then begin learning about function notation (8.7)
6th grade ELA - Mrs. Guggenheim - week of April 3rd.
Literature: This week we began our study of The Diary of Anne Frank, the play version. There will be periodic open-book quizzes over the scenes read culminating in a unit test at the end of the play as well as an ongoing journal that is a project grade.
Vocab: List 12 Greek/Latin words will be distributed 4/3. The quiz for List 12 is 4/11. Please note that I am adding seven words from our upcoming novel study The Diary of Anne Frank. Students will be expected to be able to fill in the blank of a sentence, write the definition, or use the word in a sentence.
Grammar: We will finish our pronoun unit. The test is scheduled for 4/12.
Reading Log: We are well into the trimester in regards to the reading log, but I have not received many reading minutes from students. Reading 30 minutes a week outside of class assignments will help them reach their goal of 360 minutes for the trimester. It is counted as a project grade.
Please don’t forget to have your child complete his or her 10 hours of community service as soon as possible and bring in the signed community service form. Not only is community service an important part of ‘The Hancock Way’, it is necessary for consideration of membership into the National Junior Honor Society and is detailed in high school applications.
6th grade Earth Science - Mrs. Huennekens- week of April 3rd
We will finish our year with all things space! We are wrapping up Exploring Space and will have our Chapter 22 test on Tuesday, April 4th. We will then move on to study the Sun, Earth and Moon.
6th Grade Ancient Civ- Mrs. Hannah- week of April 3rd
This week we will delve into Greek theatre by acting out an adapted version of Sophocles’ Antigone. We will also learn about the fall of Athens and the Peloponnesian War. Seventh grade is loving the study of Greece!
6th Grade Spanish- Ms. Sotomayor, week of April 3rd
This week we have focused on our new grammar concept “Por” vs “Para”. The students will have a quiz on this next Thursday. We have also continued to explore “comida saludable”, or, healthy food, through research as we compose presentations on yummy recipes. Next week, the students will present these projects. You can find expectations listed in Google Classroom. We will also continue reading through our novel “Piratas Del Caribe”.
MS Ensemble - Mrs. Cookson week of April 3rd
This week we continued with our story analysis and watched “The Chubb Chubbs.” Then outside in this beautiful weather for some game modification to continue to build listening skills and encourage working in a group.
MS Art - Mrs. Cookson week of April 3rd
This week students started presenting on their Artist Research Challenges. There have been some interesting artists presented so far, and we are looking forward to learning more. Projects keep rolling along in art:
6th - Wet felting and books; these are long term projects that require the students to remain focused over a period of time.
7th - We learned about architectural elements and drew our very own toppling towers dictated by a game of chance.
8th - We got to put the final glaze onto our ceramic tiles, and can’t wait to see them come out of the kiln.
