National Junior Honor Society
Hancock Day School’s chapter of the National Junior Honor Society is composed of current eighth grade students who exhibit a dedication to the organization’s core values of scholarship, leadership, character, service, and citizenship. At the conclusion of the second trimester, a faculty council will review grades of current seventh and eighth grade students to determine students’ eligibility to apply for membership to the National Junior Honor Society. Eligible students must have an overall academic average of a 90%, and applicants will be expected to demonstrate their commitment to the values of leadership, character, service, and citizenship through their application materials. Successful completion of community service hours from sixth grade, and continued progress toward service hours for seventh grade, is an important piece of the application. Students can expect to receive more information regarding the application process in the coming weeks.
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&
Soccer
Soccer practices will begin the week of February 27th. Practices will be from 3:30-5:00. Girls will practice Tuesday and Thursday, and boys will practice Monday and Wednesday. The location is still TBD. Be on the lookout for more details on this coming home soon.
Special Request
Nicholas Childers, a current 7th grade student, is in need of a match for a bone marrow transplant in order to survive his relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. If you or anyone you know between the ages of 18 and 44 meet the health guidelines and are willing to be a possible bone marrow donor, please join the national bone marrow registry at www.bethematch.org. Visit the website to learn about becoming a donor. You may BE THE MATCH that provides the cure!
SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITY AT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY!
The Middle School office received this announcement from Clemson University about it’s summer Scholars program.
“Students, summer is fast approaching and Clemson University Summer Scholars is offering fun and educational residential programs in June, July and August for student entering 7th to 12th grades in the fall. Program offerings range from Engineering and Biology to Audio Engineering and Music Production and many more diverse programs. To find out more, stop by the Middle School office to pick up a brochure!”
St. Vincent’s Academy and Benedictine invite you to enjoy their production of Oklahoma! This production includes Ashley Lanier, Campbell Sherrill, and Cole Kitchens, all of whom are HDS alumni. See the flyer above for the details.
8TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
8th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon - week of February 27th
Next week we will continue in Chapter 8 by defining and using zero and negative exponents as well as scientific notation. We will review on Wednesday for a quiz that will take place on Thursday (3/2) over sections 3 and 4. On Friday, we will do a fun activity involving exponential growth & decay and M&M’s!
8th grade Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of February 27th
Next week we will complete our exploration of right triangle trigonometry by learning how to find the side lengths of right triangles, find angle measures in right triangles, and solve real world problems using trigonometry. There will be a day of review and the trigonometry test on Friday.
8th grade Geometry - Mr. Lanfear - week of February 27th
Next week we will complete Chapter 9 by reviewing reflections and rotations (9.3-9.4) and performing compositions of transformations (9.5). We will also learn about different types of symmetry (9.6) and how to perform dilations in a coordinate plane (9.7). There will be a day of review and the Chapter 9 test on Friday.
8th grade Physical Science - Mrs. Huennekens - week of February 27th
What’s the BIG IDEA? The particles in solids, liquids, and gases are always in motion. We will finish up States of Matter with a test on Friday, March 3rd. The D.C. trip is right around the corner and then spring break! We will come back to study more in depth the behavior of fluids and properties and changes of matter. Below are a few pictures from our time spent in the lab:
8th grade English Language Arts - Mrs. O’Connor - week of February 27th
We are wrapping up our poetry unit and preparing for a test on Thursday, March 2nd. We will spend class time next week reviewing, but if you’d like to get a head start, I suggest going back to the poetry notes we took several weeks ago and reviewing those terms. Additionally, we will also take a short quiz over vocabulary on Wednesday, March 1.
8th grade History and Gov’t II - Mrs. English - week of February 27th
This week students will continue our study of the Roaring Twenties in chapter 22.3. Students will learn about the literature and music of the era. We will wrap up our Roaring Twenties unit with a test on Thursday, March 2nd. On Friday we will watch a film on D.C. and I will answer any final questions for students about our trip.
8th grade Spanish-Ms. Hughes-week of February 27th
Next week in Spanish class, the 8th grade will continue to work with the vocabulary and grammar from Chapter 4B. Students will be writing “Cuento de Hadas” while switching between the preterite and imperfect tense. The vocabulary quiz will be on Tuesday, February 28th and there will be a graded listening later in the week.
7TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
7th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon - week of February 27th
Next week we will continue in Chapter 8 by defining and using zero and negative exponents as well as scientific notation. We will review on Wednesday for a quiz that will take place on Thursday (3/2) over sections 3 and 4. On Friday, we will do a fun activity involving exponential growth & decay and M&M’s!
7th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of February 27th
Next week we will finish Chapter 7 and percents by learning about simple and compound interest (7.7). We will have a day of review and the Chapter 7 test on Thursday. On Friday, we will be introduced to a project that students will be working on the following week.
7th grade History and Gov’t I - Mrs. English - week of February 27th
This week in American History we will continue to compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. We will see how compromise played a major role in early politics and is a staple for a successful American republic. Readings and homework will come from Chapter 7.3. We will wrap up this unit with a test on Ch. 7.1, 2, & 3 on Friday.
7th grade Spanish-Ms. Hughes week of February 27th
Next week in Spanish class, the 7th grade will begin Chapter 9A. This chapter focuses on movies, television programs, and entertainment. Students will learn how to express opinions using “gustar-type” verbs and how to talk about recent actions using the verb acabar. The vocabulary quiz will be on Friday, March 3rd.
7th Grade ELA- Mrs. Hannah- week of February 27th
This week, students will have a quiz Tuesday over vocabulary lesson six. We are continuing our literature study of myths, epics, and legends by reading Perseus and analyzing how it meets the components of an epic and identifying characteristics that make Perseus an epic hero. In grammar, we are differentiating between subject and object pronouns. Students may expect a short quiz over subject and object pronouns toward the end of the week.
7th grade Science - Mrs. Heyward - week of February 27th
We had great discussions about the systems of the body and getting an understanding of how the systems are interdependent. Next week, we will focus our studies more specifically on the individual systems, beginning with the Integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular System. We will have a test on Friday, March 3.
6TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
6th grade Accelerated Math 7 - Mrs. Reardon - week of February 27th
On Monday we will review sections 6,7, and 8 of chapter 7 in preparation for a quiz over those three sections on Tuesday (2/28). For the remainder of the week we will jump into chapter 8 by learning about rates and ratios.
6th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear - week of February 27th
Next week we will finish Chapter 7 and percents by learning about simple and compound interest (7.7). We will have a day of review and the Chapter 7 test on Thursday. On Friday, we will be introduced to a project that students will be working on the following week.
6th grade ELA - Mrs. Guggenheim - week of February 27th
Next week we will be working in class on our research. The note cards will be due at the end of the week on Friday. 20 - 25 note cards are expected along with at least 3 source cards. They will work in class and at home on their research. They will choose the type of report/presentation they would like to do from a list of options. The quiz for List 9 is 3/1. We will begin Vocab List 10 by the end of the week with the quiz scheduled for 3/9. We have begun the Reading Log for 3rd trimester on Tuesday. Reading 30 minutes a week outside of class assignments will help them reach their goal of 360 minutes.
6th grade Earth Science - Mrs. Huennekens- week of February 27th
Chapter 18: Ocean water and currents have kept us wondering what we will learn next about our ocean. Students can tell you about how the Earth’s surface is covered in about 70% water. We also learned how ocean currents are a mass movement, or flow, of ocean water and how elements are added and removed at about the same rate to keep the ocean composition nearly the same for many years!
6th Grade Ancient Civ- Mrs. Hannah- week of February 27th
We have completed our study of ancient China! We will review material from the Qin and Han dynasties on Monday 27 February and test over the unit on Tuesday 28 February. We will begin learning about Greece toward the end of the week, which is usually a student favorite!
6th Grade Spanish- Ms. Sotomayor, week of February 27th
This week we started our new novel “Piratas del Caribe y el Mapa Secreto” by Mira Canion and Carol Gaab and boy has it been fun so far! We created treasure maps using prepositions, action-packed verbs, and pirate themed vocabulary. We also learned about a real famous pirate of the Caribbean, the Puerto Rican “Robin Hood” of his day, Roberto Cofresi. We have covered the present progressive by conjugating and using the verb “Ir a” and also looked at the verb “Saber”. This is already in Google Classroom but a reminder that the first quiz of the trimester is next Thursday, March the 2nd on these 2 verbs.
MS Ensemble - Mrs. Cookson week of February 27th
Ensemble is moving along with more games to work on listening and quick thinking skills. We continue to build trust, and will start to incorporate more improvisation work.
MS Art - Mrs. Cookson week of February 27th
The due date for the Artist Research Challenge is just around the corner. I hope your child has shared with you all of the fun information they are learning about their artist.
6th - The illustrations are wrapping up and we will begin to start font layout for the books. More people have joined in with the wet felting, so look for those landscapes to come home.
7th - We learned about Adinkra cloth. Students created their own symbols and printed designs on paper.
8th - No art this week due to the short week.
SCIENCE CLUB : Students enjoyed making stress balls from balloons and sand. They also enjoyed being outside on a lovely day!
