Community Service Opportunity
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 ASSIGNMENTS
8th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon - week of March 27th
Next week in Algebra, we will begin working in Chapter 9 by adding, subtracting, and multiplying polynomials as well as finding special products of polynomials. On Thursday, we will review for a Chapter Quiz over 9.1-9.3 that will take place on Friday, March 31.
8th grade Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of March 27th
Next week we will continue learning about surface area and volume of solids. We will have a quiz covering surface area of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones (9.1-9.3) on Tuesday. Then we will begin learning about finding the volume of prisms and cylinders (9.4) and of pyramids and cones (9.5).
8th grade Geometry - Mr. Lanfear - week of March 27th
Next week we will complete Chapter 10 and our exploration of all things circle related. We will learn about angle relationships within circles (10.5) and properties of segments within circles (10.6). There will be a day of review and then the Chapter 10 test on Thursday.
8th grade Physical Science - Mrs. Huennekens - week of March 27th.
We have been busy at work learning all about Physical & Chemical Properties and changes. Ask your student about Sunset in a Bag and their homemade pH scale labs! They completed those labs on Thursday and Friday of this past week. Students will have the chapter test on Wednesday, March 29th.
8th grade English Language Arts - Mrs. O’Connor - week of March 27th
This week we have begun the process of writing a persuasive research paper. So far students have identified topics and started looking for credible sources. Next week students will continue to research and begin to organize their information. On Tuesday students will take a vocabulary quiz over unit 15 plus our three additional words.
8th grade History and Gov’t II - Mrs. English - week of March 27th
This week in American History we will continue our study of the Great depression in Chapter 23.1. Students will have a Quest (large quiz) on Thursday over 22.4, 23.1 and FDR’s New Deal. They also are continuing their filming for their silent film videos. We will wrap up the week with a film day on Friday where students will present their films to the class. Looking forward to a great week!
8th grade Spanish-Ms. Hughes-week of March 27th
Next week in Spanish class, the 8th grade will finish Chapter 4B. We will review on Monday and the chapter test will be on Tuesday, March 28th. On Wednesday students will begin Chapter 5A which discusses natural disasters, newsworthy events, weather extremes, and journalism. We will also continue to use the imperfect and preterite tenses when presenting information about states of being and past events.
7TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
7th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon - week of March 27th
Next week in Algebra, we will begin working in Chapter 9 by adding, subtracting, and multiplying polynomials as well as finding special products of polynomials. On Thursday, we will review for a Chapter Quiz over 9.1-9.3 that will take place on Friday, March 31.
7th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of March 27th
Next week we will continue our exploration of linear equations and functions. We will learn about finding the slope of a line (8.4), using slope-intercept form of a linear equation (8.5), parallel and perpendicular lines (8.5), and writing linear equations (8.6). There will be a Math Facts Quiz on Friday.
7th grade History and Gov’t I - Mrs. English - week of March 27th
This week in American History students will continue learning about government in the early republic. They will see how the first political parties were formed with Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. We will also learn specifics about the Electoral College and the establishment of judicial review. We will wrap up the week with a test on Friday over 8.1-, 9.1, Checks and Balances, and the Electoral College.
7th grade Spanish-Ms. Hughes week of March 27th
Next week in Spanish class, the 7th grade will continue working with the grammar and vocabulary from Chapter 9A. Students will be reviewing on Tuesday and the chapter test will be on Wednesday, March 29th. We will also have our Spanish film festival where students will show the short films they wrote, directed, and starred in over the last couple weeks. Students will end the week by starting Chapter 9B which discusses technology and forms of communication.
7th Grade ELA- Mrs. Hannah- week of March 27th
We have begun the research paper! Seventh grade is using the research they completed for their Native Americans project in history to write a research paper in ELA. Students have received a paper timeline that lists specific due dates, so please refer to that for more details. We are also finishing our study of pronouns, and seventh grade will have a test over pronouns on Friday.
7th grade Science - Mrs. Heyward - week of March 27th
We spent the week focusing our studies on the Circulatory System. We will continue discussing Circulation and Blood throughout next week. We will do an activity and lab next week 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. We will have a test on Friday, March 31st.
6TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
6th grade Accelerated Math 7 - Mrs. Reardon - week of March 27th
Next week in accelerated math 7, we will jump right into Chapter 9 by learning how to change percents into fractions, fractions into percents, decimals into percents, and percents into decimals. On Thursday, we will play a game called FRAPERDEC, where we will be converting between fractions, decimals, and percents. Friday, we are VERY excited to welcome 2 awesome guest speakers from Lynch Associates Architect firm to talk to the students more in depth about scale drawings and models. They will also be creating their very own scale drawing with the help of our experts!
6th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of March 27th
Next week we will continue our exploration of linear equations and functions. We will learn about finding the slope of a line (8.4), using slope-intercept form of a linear equation (8.5), parallel and perpendicular lines (8.5), and writing linear equations (8.6). There will be a Math Facts Quiz on Friday.
6th grade ELA - Mrs. Guggenheim - week of March 27th
Literature: We really enjoyed listening to everyone’s research presentation this past week. This week we are beginning 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.
Vocab: The quiz for List 11 is 3/28. 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 have begun our pronoun unit. The first quiz is scheduled for 3/31. There will be a test (TBS) to follow as we add a few more concepts after the 31st.
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 March 27th
After spending the end of the week making space probes, the students are ready to go further into space and study current and future space explorations! We have looked at really cool images from NASA and have a new appreciation for how many people work on a project in order to guarantee the success of the mission! There will be a quiz on section 1 on Wednesday, March 29th.
6th Grade Ancient Civ- Mrs. Hannah- week of March 27th
We have just finished studying the Persian Wars, and now we are beginning the emergence of democracy in Greece and the Greek Golden Age. Students should expect a quiz over chapter 8 and the Persian Wars toward the end of next week.
6th Grade Spanish- Ms. Sotomayor, week of March 27th
This week we dove into Chapter 3 of our “Piratas del Caribe” novel finishing up with a crazy cliffhanger! We are also continuing the discussion of food, healthy versus unhealthy food, and the influence of Latino flavors in American cuisine. Next week, we will present for a project grade a healthy snack or dessert with all natural ingredients (in Spanish, of course! ). Details will be found in Google Classroom. We will also begin to discuss “Por” vs. “Para” and how to use them.
MS Ensemble - Mrs. Cookson week of March 27th
This week we watched a classic Pixar animation, “For the Birds,” and practiced a little story analysis. We will continue to watch short films and analyze the story in preparation for our own storytelling fun. This will carry over into next week along with more improvisation games.
MS Art - Mrs. Cookson week of March 27th
Some grades are continuing long term projects and some are starting new adventures.
6th - Continuing with wet felting and beginning to format text for our books
7th - Worked on an exercise with architectural elements while playing a fun drawing game
8th - Had a good laugh with Draw’n Pass making collaborative drawings from one line instruction
Looking forward to all grades presenting their Artist Research subjects starting next week.
