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| Students from Mrs. O'Connor's ELA class came dressed in their best 50's wear in honor of reading The Outsiders |
NOTES FROM THE HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
DC TRIP!
There will be a parent/student meeting on
Tuesday, February 3rd at 5:00 in Hancock Hall. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME. We
will discuss the details for the upcoming DC trip.
We are awaiting confirmation for our visit to
the White House and the Pentagon.
Student information was submitted on Friday to secure security
clearances. See all 8th grade
families at 5:00 on Tuesday. Please stay
and support our students at their basketball games immediately after the
meeting.
CELL PHONES
Many of our students are now very active cell
phone users. This is becoming a problem
as they are now bringing them to school and they are starting to appear on the
playground and other inappropriate places.
Our policy remains the same, there should be NO CELL PHONES ON CAMPUS. Recognizing that the cell phone does represent
a major link for families when not at school, if, for any reason, your child
needs to bring a cell phone to school (for possible use later in the day), that
cell phone should be checked in the Middle School office with Ms. Gordon during
the school day.
Jump Rope For Heart
Hancock has partnered with Memorial Health University to participate in Jump Rope for Heart in our efforts to raise $40,000 for the American Heart Association. The event is February 6th and students Kindergarten-8th grade will participate. Please make sure all permissions forms are turned in to their homeroom teachers and envelope donations are due back February 5th. We hope you will put on your athletic shoes and come jump with your children during their PE time!
LOWER SCHOOL INTRAMURAL - HELP WANTED!!
Hancock has partnered with Memorial Health University to participate in Jump Rope for Heart in our efforts to raise $40,000 for the American Heart Association. The event is February 6th and students Kindergarten-8th grade will participate. Please make sure all permissions forms are turned in to their homeroom teachers and envelope donations are due back February 5th. We hope you will put on your athletic shoes and come jump with your children during their PE time!
LOWER SCHOOL INTRAMURAL - HELP WANTED!!
HDS is able to offer a wide range of quality programs due in large part to an army of volunteers. Intramural basketball is one of those programs. For 4 Saturdays over the next two months students in the Lower School will be playing basketball. We need volunteers to make these games happen, specifically, clock keepers and referees. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY - THIS IS LOWER SCHOOL INTRAMURALS!!! Please consider volunteering as a parent or having your student volunteer to help out.
Please click here for specific dates and times. You may sign up by contacting Ms. Gordon in the Middle School office.
Show Someone How Special They Are!
Student government is sponsoring Valentine Candy Grams for all grade levels. Each Valentine's Day Gram will cost $1 and will have a small piece of candy attached along with a personalized note. Order forms are going home today, and must be turned in by Monday, February 9th. Cupid will be delivering Candy Grams on Friday, February 13th.
6TH GRADE NEWS
6th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
The sixth graders have just started brainstorming for a five paragraph essay over a theme in The Outsiders. Next week students will outline and draft this paper in class. We will also study adverb clauses in our GUM books, and we'll take a short quiz over adjective and adverb clauses on Thursday, February 5th.
The sixth graders have just started brainstorming for a five paragraph essay over a theme in The Outsiders. Next week students will outline and draft this paper in class. We will also study adverb clauses in our GUM books, and we'll take a short quiz over adjective and adverb clauses on Thursday, February 5th.
6th Math with Mrs. Reardon
6th-7th Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week in Math 6, we will begin into Chapter 7 by writing
expressions and equations as well as simplifying expressions. On Wednesday, students will take a math facts
quiz (outline for this will go home on Monday).
Thursday, we will solve addition and subtraction equations. If your child is still struggling with
adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers it is essential that
they come see me for help. Everything
that we do from here on out will involve integers. Friday, we will take a break from taking
notes and play simplifying expressions BINGO!
6th-7th Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will complete
Chapter 6 by learning about using Similar figures to find the measures of sides
(6.5). We will also learn about scale drawings and models (6.6).
There will be a day of review and the Chapter 6 Test towards the end of the
week.
6th Earth Science with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Earth Science, we will continue exploring space
by discussing current and future space missions. The students are really getting into this
chapter and are asking some great questions (some that I even have to look up
to answer!!). Towards the middle of the
week, we will watch a documentary on when man left Earth. Students should expect a test over Chapter 22
on Tuesday, February 10.
6th Earth Science with Mrs. Blake
The sixth graders have begun their look at the U. S. space
program. They will learn about all three projams that led to the moon landing
in 1969. They are taking a close look at
the Mercury program right now and will look at Gemini and Apollo next
week. This will finish the chapter and
they will have their test on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
6th Spanish with Mrs. Dixon-Bender
Next week, we’ll continue to work on our food unit and
students will create skits covering the vocabulary and grammar that we’ve
learned so far in this unit. There will be a chapter test on Friday, February
13th.
6th Ancient Civilizations with Mrs. Hannah
Monday and Tuesday will be devoted to project research in the classroom. Students have begun creating their source cards in their Google Classroom account, and can continue researching over the weekend. Students can bring their poster materials to class, if they have completed all 15 note cards and are ready to begin creating the tri-fold poster that accompanies the research portion of the project. The completed project (note cards, source cards, tri-fold, and works cited) are all due Friday. The source cards and works cited can be submitted through Google Classroom. We will finish studying the Qin dynasty on Wednesday, and quiz over the Zhou and Qin dynasties on Thursday. I am in my classroom each morning for any questions or clarification on a topic.
Monday and Tuesday will be devoted to project research in the classroom. Students have begun creating their source cards in their Google Classroom account, and can continue researching over the weekend. Students can bring their poster materials to class, if they have completed all 15 note cards and are ready to begin creating the tri-fold poster that accompanies the research portion of the project. The completed project (note cards, source cards, tri-fold, and works cited) are all due Friday. The source cards and works cited can be submitted through Google Classroom. We will finish studying the Qin dynasty on Wednesday, and quiz over the Zhou and Qin dynasties on Thursday. I am in my classroom each morning for any questions or clarification on a topic.
7TH GRADE NEWS
7th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. Hannah
6th-7th Grade Pre-Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will complete
Chapter 6 by learning about using Similar figures to find the measures of sides
(6.5). We will also learn about scale drawings and models (6.6).
There will be a day of review and the Chapter 6 Test towards the end of the
week.
7th Grade Life Science with Mrs. Blake
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
The seventh
graders are still looking at the simpler invertebrate phyla. Next week they will have student led lessons
on flatworms and roundworms. They will
also have a short lab in which they will look at slides and specimens of the
four phyla studied thus far. Their test
over this chapter will be on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra I, we will begin into Chapter 7 by
solving linear systems using several different methods. We will begin with
graphing and then move on to substitution and then adding and subtracting. This chapter can be tricky for some students,
so I encourage you to bring your child in for extra help as soon as they begin
experiencing difficulty. We will review
the first 3 sections on Thursday, and then students will take a Chapter quiz
over those sections on Friday (2/6).
7th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class the 7th grade will
continue to work with the new vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 9A. We will
have a graded listening and a reading comprehension check in the beginning of
the week and the grammar quiz will be Wednesday, February 4th. This
quiz will cover “gustar-type” verbs.
7th American History with Mrs. English
This week we will present our Geography Projects (due Monday). We will also begin discussing the problems that the new United States faced after the Revolutionary War. Homework will come from Chapter 7-Section 1. We will have a quiz on Thursday, Feb. 5th over Chapter 7-Section 1.
This week we will present our Geography Projects (due Monday). We will also begin discussing the problems that the new United States faced after the Revolutionary War. Homework will come from Chapter 7-Section 1. We will have a quiz on Thursday, Feb. 5th over Chapter 7-Section 1.
8TH GRADE NEWS
8th Grade English Language Arts with Mrs. O'Connor
The eighth grade students are wrapping up their study of poetry by writing their own ballads in small groups. Students will finish up their ballads on Monday and examine sonnets in preparation for Thursday's poetry test. We will be reviewing the material we have covered all unit on Tuesday and Wednesday, but students are encouraged to begin reviewing their notes and poetry terms over the weekend. We will also spend time in class next week diagramming compound sentences.
The eighth grade students are wrapping up their study of poetry by writing their own ballads in small groups. Students will finish up their ballads on Monday and examine sonnets in preparation for Thursday's poetry test. We will be reviewing the material we have covered all unit on Tuesday and Wednesday, but students are encouraged to begin reviewing their notes and poetry terms over the weekend. We will also spend time in class next week diagramming compound sentences.
8th Grade Physical Science with Mrs. Blake
The eighth graders will start a new chapter next week in
which they will look more closely at chemical reactions. After reviewing the characteristics of
chemical changes and chemical formulas, they will learn about chemical
equations. A chemical equation is simply
a shorthand method of showing what occurs during a chemical reaction. Because of the Law of Conservation of Mass
these equations must be balanced. We will
spend the last half of the week working with balancing equations.
7th-8th Algebra I with Mrs. Reardon
Next week in Algebra I, we will begin into Chapter 7 by
solving linear systems using several different methods. We will begin with
graphing and then move on to substitution and then adding and subtracting. This chapter can be tricky for some students,
so I encourage you to bring your child in for extra help as soon as they begin
experiencing difficulty. We will review
the first 3 sections on Thursday, and then students will take a Chapter quiz
over those sections on Friday (2/6).
8th Advanced Algebra with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will continue to
learn about areas of polygons. We will discover the area formulas for
parallelograms, rhombuses (8.5), and trapezoids (8.6). We will begin
looking at circles and some of their properties as well (8.7).
8th Geometry with Mr. Lanfear
Next week we will have our
Chapter 6 Test on Tuesday and then continue on with Chapter 7, which covers
some interesting properties about right triangles.
8th Spanish with Ms. Hughes
Next week in Spanish class the 8th grade will
continue to work with new vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 5A. We will have
a graded listening and a reading comprehension check in the beginning of the
week and the grammar quiz will be Wednesday, February 4th. This quiz
will cover the imperfect and preterite as well as irregular verbs in the
preterite tense.
This week we will continue discussing the Great
Depression. We will have a quiz on Chapter 22.4 and Chapter 23.1 on
Thursday, Feb 5th. Homework will come from Chapter 23.1 and Chapter
23.2.
