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NOTES FROM THE HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
REPORT CARDS
Signed report cards for your child’s records were due back earlier this week. If you have not returned yours, please make sure they are back by Monday. You may scan the report card and send it to Ms. Gordon if that is easier.
WASHINGTON TRIP
The 8th grade continues to work on final plans for their trip to Washington. The class will meet next Thursday and Friday to finalize its preparation. Final payment for the trip ($475 total) is due Wednesday, January 21st. Mrs. English is planning a parent’s meeting for early February once we have the itinerary confirmed by our tour operator. Tentative date is Tuesday, February 3rd, at 6:30.
ROYCE TUTORING CENTER
The Royce Tutoring Center offers tutoring and programs for students of all abilities. The Center will be offering a Study Skills Class beginning on Monday, February 9th and running for 8 Mondays through March 30th. More information is available at this link:
Study Skills Flyer
WOMEN ENGINEERS
The Society of Women Engineers annual Girls Engineer It Day will be Saturday, February 21st. If your daughter is math/science oriented I highly recommend your family participate. The events run from 1:00 – 5:30. If there is enough interest we will run a bus from HDS for our students. Early pre-registration is VERY IMPORTANT! Details about the event and online registration can be found at http://sceswe.org/geid. Please let Ms. Gordon (mgordon@hancockdayschool.org) know if you would like to ride the bus.
CAR POOL ETIQUETTE!
Over the past couple of weeks a lot of anxiety has been generated between cars from the gold zone mixing with cars from the white zone at the afternoon car pool. By paying close attention to a couple of details we can clear up this friction. First – Be attentive. NO TEXTING OR CELL PHONE USE! If you are here early and parked, fine. There are many drivers who are either on their cell phone or texting on their cell phone when the lines are in motion. Please, please, please, for the safety of our students, YOUR CHILDREN, put the cell phones away!! Second – white zone cars should not arrive before 3:10. This will put you inline well before the students start exiting the building at 3:15. If you get here early, please park in a regular parking space to wait and then enter the car pool line at 3:10. Please do not park in the turn around area outside Hancock Hall. Third – gold zone cars, please be in line prior to 3:10. That will ensure you move swiftly to you loading zone.
Signed report cards for your child’s records were due back earlier this week. If you have not returned yours, please make sure they are back by Monday. You may scan the report card and send it to Ms. Gordon if that is easier.
WASHINGTON TRIP
The 8th grade continues to work on final plans for their trip to Washington. The class will meet next Thursday and Friday to finalize its preparation. Final payment for the trip ($475 total) is due Wednesday, January 21st. Mrs. English is planning a parent’s meeting for early February once we have the itinerary confirmed by our tour operator. Tentative date is Tuesday, February 3rd, at 6:30.
ROYCE TUTORING CENTER
The Royce Tutoring Center offers tutoring and programs for students of all abilities. The Center will be offering a Study Skills Class beginning on Monday, February 9th and running for 8 Mondays through March 30th. More information is available at this link:
Study Skills Flyer
WOMEN ENGINEERS
The Society of Women Engineers annual Girls Engineer It Day will be Saturday, February 21st. If your daughter is math/science oriented I highly recommend your family participate. The events run from 1:00 – 5:30. If there is enough interest we will run a bus from HDS for our students. Early pre-registration is VERY IMPORTANT! Details about the event and online registration can be found at http://sceswe.org/geid. Please let Ms. Gordon (mgordon@hancockdayschool.org) know if you would like to ride the bus.
CAR POOL ETIQUETTE!
Over the past couple of weeks a lot of anxiety has been generated between cars from the gold zone mixing with cars from the white zone at the afternoon car pool. By paying close attention to a couple of details we can clear up this friction. First – Be attentive. NO TEXTING OR CELL PHONE USE! If you are here early and parked, fine. There are many drivers who are either on their cell phone or texting on their cell phone when the lines are in motion. Please, please, please, for the safety of our students, YOUR CHILDREN, put the cell phones away!! Second – white zone cars should not arrive before 3:10. This will put you inline well before the students start exiting the building at 3:15. If you get here early, please park in a regular parking space to wait and then enter the car pool line at 3:10. Please do not park in the turn around area outside Hancock Hall. Third – gold zone cars, please be in line prior to 3:10. That will ensure you move swiftly to you loading zone.
REPORT CARDS
Signed report cards for your child’s records were due back earlier this week. If you have not returned yours, please make sure they are back by Monday. You may scan the report card and send it to Ms. Gordon if that is easier.
WASHINGTON TRIP
The 8th grade continues to work on final plans for their trip to Washington. The class will meet next Thursday and Friday to finalize its preparation. Final payment for the trip ($475 total) is due Wednesday, January 21st. Mrs. English is planning a parent’s meeting for early February once we have the itinerary confirmed by our tour operator. Tentative date is Tuesday, February 3rd, at 6:30.
ROYCE TUTORING CENTER
The Royce Tutoring Center offers tutoring and programs for students of all abilities. The Center will be offering a Study Skills Class beginning on Monday, February 9th and running for 8 Mondays through March 30th.
WOMEN ENGINEERS
The Society of Women Engineers annual Girls Engineer It Day will be Saturday, February 21st. If your daughter is math/science oriented I highly recommend your family participate. The events run from 1:00 – 5:30. If there is enough interest we will run a bus from HDS for our students. Early pre-registration is VERY IMPORTANT! Details about the event and online registration can be found at http://sceswe.org/geid. Please let Ms. Gordon (mgordon@hancockdayschool.org) know if you would like to ride the bus.
CAR POOL ETIQUETTE!
Over the past couple of weeks a lot of anxiety has been generated between cars from the gold zone mixing with cars from the white zone at the afternoon car pool. By paying close attention to a couple of details we can clear up this friction. First – Be attentive. NO TEXTING OR CELL PHONE USE! If you are here early and parked, fine. There are many drivers who are either on their cell phone or texting on their cell phone when the lines are in motion. Please, please, please, for the safety of our students, YOUR CHILDREN, put the cell phones away!! Second – white zone cars should not arrive before 3:10. This will put you inline well before the students start exiting the building at 3:15. If you get here early, please park in a regular parking space to wait and then enter the car pool line at 3:10. Please do not park in the turn around area outside Hancock Hall. Third – gold zone cars, please be in line prior to 3:10. That will ensure you move swiftly to you loading zone.
Signed report cards for your child’s records were due back earlier this week. If you have not returned yours, please make sure they are back by Monday. You may scan the report card and send it to Ms. Gordon if that is easier.
WASHINGTON TRIP
The 8th grade continues to work on final plans for their trip to Washington. The class will meet next Thursday and Friday to finalize its preparation. Final payment for the trip ($475 total) is due Wednesday, January 21st. Mrs. English is planning a parent’s meeting for early February once we have the itinerary confirmed by our tour operator. Tentative date is Tuesday, February 3rd, at 6:30.
ROYCE TUTORING CENTER
The Royce Tutoring Center offers tutoring and programs for students of all abilities. The Center will be offering a Study Skills Class beginning on Monday, February 9th and running for 8 Mondays through March 30th.
WOMEN ENGINEERS
The Society of Women Engineers annual Girls Engineer It Day will be Saturday, February 21st. If your daughter is math/science oriented I highly recommend your family participate. The events run from 1:00 – 5:30. If there is enough interest we will run a bus from HDS for our students. Early pre-registration is VERY IMPORTANT! Details about the event and online registration can be found at http://sceswe.org/geid. Please let Ms. Gordon (mgordon@hancockdayschool.org) know if you would like to ride the bus.
CAR POOL ETIQUETTE!
Over the past couple of weeks a lot of anxiety has been generated between cars from the gold zone mixing with cars from the white zone at the afternoon car pool. By paying close attention to a couple of details we can clear up this friction. First – Be attentive. NO TEXTING OR CELL PHONE USE! If you are here early and parked, fine. There are many drivers who are either on their cell phone or texting on their cell phone when the lines are in motion. Please, please, please, for the safety of our students, YOUR CHILDREN, put the cell phones away!! Second – white zone cars should not arrive before 3:10. This will put you inline well before the students start exiting the building at 3:15. If you get here early, please park in a regular parking space to wait and then enter the car pool line at 3:10. Please do not park in the turn around area outside Hancock Hall. Third – gold zone cars, please be in line prior to 3:10. That will ensure you move swiftly to you loading zone.
6TH GRADE NEWS
6th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
Next week the sixth graders will continue to read and study The
Outsiders. Students will take a short quiz on Tuesday over chapters
4-7, and they should review their notes and chapter questions in preparation
for this assignment. We will also spend time learning more about the
novel’s setting as we research some popular 1960’s movies, songs, and cultural
figures. Additionally, we will continue to practice identifying simple, compound,
and complex sentences in our GUM books.
6th Math with Mrs. Reardon
6th-7th Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Math 6, we will continue in Chapter 6 by learning
about rational numbers, the distributive property, and the coordinate
plane. On Friday, we will put to use our
knowledge of the coordinate plane by playing battleship. Students should expect a Chapter 6 test on
Tuesday, January 27.
6th-7th Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will review and have our Chapter 5 Test on
Wednesday. We will then pick up and learn about ratios and proportions in
Chapter 6.
6th Earth Science with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Earth Science, we will review chapter 12 over
volcanoes on Tuesday and students will take their test on Wednesday, January
21. We will then begin to dive into
Chapter 22 by exploring space. We will
examine forms of radiation as well as past, current, and future space missions.
6th Earth Science with Mrs. Blake
The sixth graders just finished their chapter on volcanoes
and their quick research project. Today,
the students gave the final presentations on their specific volcano to the
class. Next Wednesday they will have
their chapter test on volcanoes. At that
point the class will start a new chapter on space exploration. The first topic to be addressed is the
different types of electromagnetic waves.
They will learn about everything from radio waves to gamma rays and the
uses of each. This information will help
as they look at the various instruments used to study space.
6th Spanish with Ms. Dixon
Next week, SER vs ESTAR quizzes will be returned and we’ll
review them together. We’ll begin
Capítulo 3A, covering food and food-related vocabulary. Next week, we’ll take a
look at food specific to Spain, as well as the country’s culinary history.
6th Ancient Civilizations with Mrs. Hannah
6th grade is eagerly learning about many aspects of China, including Tai Chi! We will have a guest speaker on Tuesday to share her Taiwanese heritage and knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. The students have already compiled a list of questions to ask during her presentation. We will continue to study the four major dynasties in China next week as well. Step two of the China project is due Tuesday; students should list five questions related to their research topic.
6th grade is eagerly learning about many aspects of China, including Tai Chi! We will have a guest speaker on Tuesday to share her Taiwanese heritage and knowledge of Mandarin Chinese. The students have already compiled a list of questions to ask during her presentation. We will continue to study the four major dynasties in China next week as well. Step two of the China project is due Tuesday; students should list five questions related to their research topic.
7TH GRADE NEWS
7th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. Hannah
We are continuing to read The Hobbit and analyze
the main character's transformation into a hero. Students will have a quiz on
chapters 5-8 on Wednesday. Please refer to the reading guide for specific
details on assigned readings, and remember that chapter comprehension questions
are due on the day of discussion. In grammar, we have begun to study different
verb tenses, and are currently mastering usage of the perfect and progressive
tenses. I am in my room daily around 7:30, for any extra help or clarification
on a topic.
6th-7th Grade Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will review and have our Chapter 5 Test on
Wednesday. We will then pick up and learn about ratios and proportions in
Chapter 6.
7th Grade Life Science with Mrs. Blake
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
The seventh graders have started their survey of the animal
kingdom. They began by learning about
animal characteristics and symmetry. Next week the students will begin doing
research for their invertebrate phylum project.
Their presentations will begin the week of January 26. Also next week, they will be introduced to
the phylum Porifera. This phylum is made
up of sponges-the simplest animal.
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra I, we will continue in Chapter 6 by solving
absolute value equations and inequalities.
Students will have a quiz over sections 5 & 6 on Friday. They should expect a Chapter 6 test on
Wednesday, January 28.
7th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 7th grade will
complete their volunteer project and finish up Chapter 8B. We will continue to
work with indirect object pronouns and the preterite tense. The chapter test is
Thursday, January 22nd.
7th American History with Mrs. English
This week we will have a quiz on Chapter 6-Sections 1 &
2 on Wednesday. We will start Chapter 6-Section 3 on Thursday. I
will also introduce a geography project that uses all the postcards we received
from around the world! Have a nice long weekend!
8TH GRADE NEWS
8th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
In the week ahead the eighth graders will continue to study
poetry as we learn about meter, assonance, and consonance. Students will
learn to identify iambic pentameter and practice scansion. We will also
continue our daily grammar practice and spend some time diagramming different
types of sentences. Students will take a quiz over lesson four in Wordly
Wise on Thursday.
8th Grade Physical Science with Mrs. Blake
The eighth grade will spend next week reviewing the periodic
table and valence electrons. They will
learn about Lewis electron dot diagrams and how these diagrams help to
illustrate which elements will chemically combine to form compounds. At the end of the week they will look at the
different types of bonding.
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra I, we will continue in Chapter 6 by solving
absolute value equations and inequalities.
Students will have a quiz over sections 5 & 6 on Friday. They should expect a Chapter 6 test on
Wednesday, January 28.
8th Advanced Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will learn about the very neat properties of
the centroid and the medians of triangles. We will also learn about the
Triangle Inequality. We will then review on Thursday and have our Chapter
4 Test on Friday.
8th Geometry with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will have our Chapter 5 Test on Tuesday, and
then we will start Chapter 6 by learning about Similarity. We will use
similar techniques (no pun intended) to prove triangles are similar than we
used before to prove triangles were congruent.
8th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class, the 8th graders will
complete their biographies and finish up Chapter 4B. We will continue to work
with the imperfect and preterite tense as this is a complex topic. The chapter
test is Thursday, January 22nd.
This week we will
have a quiz on Chapter 22-Sections 1 &2 AND Chapter 19-Section 3 on
Wednesday. We will have a guest speaker on Tuesday that will play some
jazz and share the history of jazz with us! We will also be working on our
silent short films at the end of the week. Have a nice long weekend!
