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| Dissecting frogs in Mrs. Blake's 7th grade science class |
Pennies for Patients
We are please to announce that Hancock raised $3016.17 for Pennies for Patients! Many thanks to the third grade for orchestrating the fundraising and helping us succeed for this great cause! Go Hancock!
Don’t miss the opportunity to bid on your favorite Hancock
Items.
Following Items are CLOSED
Vet for the Day
Reserved Seating &
Parking for Kindergarten Graduation
Reserved Seating &
Parking for 8th Grade Graduation
November and April Birthday Marquee
Bid often and help support
Hancock Day School!
Online Auction will close on
Saturday, April 19th at midnight.
Do
not forget to check out this year's Fund a Need items. All donations to the
Fund a Need are tax deductible.
Any questions, please contact
Felicia McManamy at fmcmanamy@hancockdayschool.org
Study Skills Course for College-Bound Middle School Students Preparing for High School and your BEST academic year!
When: Monday, June 9th through Thursday, June 12th, 2014
Where: St. Vincent's Academy, Room 3C
Instructor: Mrs. Jody Riddle, High School Counselor
For more information on these sessions, email Bekah Edie at redie@hancockdayschool.org
CONGRATULATIONS TO CARLISLE McCULLOUGH
Since 1928, the annual Optimist International
Oratorical Contest has been held. Around 200,000 students under the age of 18
participate across the US and 30 other countries. Carlisle McCullough won the
Savannah competition on March 1, 2014. She traveled to Warner Robins this
past weekend to compete against students from 4 zones in Georgia. Carlisle
delivered a flawless speech and finished second in the competition. Next
Wednesday, Carlisle has been asked to give her speech here in Savannah at the
Fire Officer of the Year Award Ceremony! Congratulations Carlisle!
COMMUNITY SERVICE AT TYBEE ISLAND
This year instead of simply raising money for
a cause, the student government chose to complete a hands on community service
project. On Friday morning, April 25th, we will be working with the Savannah Tree
Foundation on Tybee Island cleaning and planting around the Tybee
Lighthouse. There is much excitement
being generated by this project. Over
the next week student government is putting together transportation details and
getting appropriate permission forms distributed and collected. Watch for a form and more project details
in next week’s blog.
8th GRADE TRIP
The 8th grade is headed to the
Mountain Trail Outdoor School in Hendersonville, NC for a week of environmental
education and team building experiences. The trip will include a visit to the Biltmore Estate and the Calhoon
Museum and Planetarium. This trip marks
the final “transition” trip for our 8th grade students. Next year we will be headed to Washington,
D.C.! Details on that trip will be
released after Easter break.
EASTER BREAK BEGINS ON GOOD FRIDAY!
Next week is a 4 day week to permit students
to have a long weekend over Easter. No
school Friday, April 18th and Monday, April 21st. Enjoy your celebration of this joyous
holiday!
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| 8th grade art |
6TH GRADE NEWS
6th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
The sixth grade has continued to work on our research
projects this week. Next week we will be revising our work, wrapping up
our bibliographies, and putting the finishing touches on this assignment. The final draft is due on Thursday, April 17th.
Math 6 with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Math 6 we will continue in Chapter 10 using
proportions with similar polygons, as well as looking at transformations and
symmetry of polygons. On Wednesday, we
will review lessons 10.4 – 10.7 and they will take a chapter quiz over those sections
on Thursday, April 17.
6th Earth Science with Mr. Crawford
We are going
to take what we learned about minerals and apply it to rocks. Next week we will concentrate on how rocks
are formed and introduce the three basic types of rocks. Monday in class we will hear the reports that
were completed over the weekend on minerals.
Homework – orange book p 90-93; questions p93 1-3. Tuesday we will watch an introduction video
on the Rock Cycle and complete an interactive virtual lab. Homework – Rock Cycle worksheet. Wednesday will be mostly lecture covering the
material on pages 90-93. Home – study
for Rock Cycle quiz. Thursday we will
have a rock cycle quiz.
6th Earth Science with Mrs. Blake
This week the sixth graders began their chapter on stars and
galaxies. Next week they will continue
to study the difference between absolute and apparent magnitude. It is important that they understand how
these quantities relate to each other. After that the class will take a more in depth look at our star, the
sun.
6th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 6th grade will be
working on a project where they will research and present a famous
Spanish-speaking individual. Ms. Roberts will be their substitute as I will be
in Asheville for the 8th grade trip. I have already distributed the
rubric and requirements for the project.
6th History with Mrs. English
I will be on the 8th grade trip, but 6th grade will be working on their Ancient China projects.
7TH GRADE NEWS
7th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
The seventh graders are finishing up their research outlines
and composing rough drafts in the week ahead. We will be learning about
parenthetical citations and continuing to practice using MLA format. The
final draft of this paper will be due on Friday, April 25th.
Pre-Algebra with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Pre-Algebra we will continue in Chapter 10
investigating the area of parallelograms and trapezoids, as well as looking at
circumference and area of a circle. On
Wednesday, we will review lessons 10.1 – 10.4 and they will take a chapter quiz
over those sections on Thursday, April 17.
7th-8th Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week Mr. Lanfear will be gone on the 8th
grade trip, so Mrs. Blake will be covering his Algebra class. They will
be exploring scientific notation further.
7th Grade Life Science with Mrs. Blake
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| Dissecting frogs |
The seventh grade class spent this week on their frog
dissection. I was quite pleased with
their work. Next week they will finish
their first chapter on human body systems by looking at the integumentary
system. At that point they will have a
test which will include three systems and frog anatomy.
7th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 7th grade will be
working on a project where they will research and present a famous
Spanish-speaking individual. Ms. Roberts will be their substitute as I will be
in Asheville for the 8th grade trip. I have already distributed the
rubric and requirements for the project.
7th American History with Mrs. English
I will be on the 8th grade trip, but the 7th graders will be working on their Presidents Project.
