NOTES FROM MR. CRAWFORD
National Junior Honor Society
Selection will take place in March. Along with academics + leadership, service is a major component in the nomination process. It is very important that all student community service hours have been submitted to Ms. Ross in the MS Office.
7th and 8th Grade Dress Down Day
On Friday, March 23 the 7th and 8th grade have a dress down day. To participate, students will need to pay $2.00.
6th Grade Field Trip
On Friday, March 23 the 6th grade will be taking a field trip to Congregation Mickve Israel and the Massie Heritage Center. While there, students will be learning about the history of Savannah and participating in an architectural walking tour. Students must dress in school uniform (not PE) and be considerate of the weather, as much of the trip will be outdoors. The 6th grade will have their own dress down day in the near future (date TBD).
March 28th Parent.Edu - Emotional Coaching - 6:00pm in Hancock Hall
Do you struggle as a parent to communicate with your child? Do you have difficulty identifying their emotions and understanding the why behind their behaviors? The truth is that we all do. For March’s continuing education event, parent.edu, licensed professional counselor Whitney Owens will be addressing these concerns. Whitney will teach a new technique titled Emotional Coaching. This skill helps parents effectively listen to their children, understand their emotions, and allow for a healthy process of those emotions. Research proves that parents who use this tactic have children with better physical health and more success in their lives. These children have fewer behavior problems and score higher in academics. Whitney will be available to answer questions at the completion of the seminar.
Lunch Bunch Groups
Lunch Bunch continues! These will be divided up by gender and each group will meet during lunch every other week. This will give students an opportunity to get to know others in their grade and provide a space for students to discuss the ups and downs of being middle school students. If you have any questions please email Ms. Pedrick at apedrick@hancockdayschool.org or call at 912-351-4500 Ext 309.
Volleyball Camps
Bob Bertucci Volleyball Camps are being held at St. Vincent’s Academy from July 26-28, 2018. For more information about the camps and registration CLICK HERE
Community Service
Hancock Day School has encouraged student involvement in serving the community since it was founded. The Community Service Program at HDS was established to prepare our students for a lifetime of service to others. We hope to provide them with the opportunity to experience firsthand the pleasure of helping others while developing their communication, leadership, and decision making skills. Middle School Students are expected to complete a minimum of 10 hours of community service each school year. Please document service hours on the HDS Community Service Log and submit to Madison Ross in the MS office.
8TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
8th grade Algebra 1 - Mrs. Reardon
It’s been tough getting back in the groove after 2 weeks being away, but we only have 47 full days of school left!!! We can do this! :) This week in Algebra, we will begin Chapter 8. We will apply exponent properties involving products and quotients, as well as define and use zero and negative exponents. Students should expect a quiz over 8.1-8.3 on Friday, March 23.
8th grade Advanced Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Welcome back after a relaxing spring break! This week, we will be working on a project involving parallel lines and transversals as well as starting Chapter 9. We will learn about solids and polyhedra (9.1) and finding the surface area of prisms and cylinders (9.2).
8th grade Geometry - Mr. Lanfear
Welcome back after a relaxing spring break! This week, we will be starting Chapter 10, which is all about circles. We will learn about tangent lines and their properties (10.1), arc measures (10.2), and the properties of chords (10.3).
8th grade Physical Science - Mr. Cooper
I hope everyone had a restful break. This week we will be covering Chapter 17 (SOUND) in our textbooks. We will work through sections 1 and 2 in the textbook and have a lab on Thursday. We will take the Chapter 17 Quiz on Tuesday of next week.
8th grade English Language Arts - Mrs. O’Connor
Welcome back! I hope that everyone enjoyed the DC trip and a fantastic spring break! This week we will begin studying William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. We will be reading a good bit of the play in class (especially at first), but students will receive a reading calendar this week outlining all of their reading assignments for the next month. Please pay careful attention to all of the dates for upcoming tests and quizzes. On Friday of this week students will have their first quiz over the first three scenes of the play. This quiz will be open book.
8th grade History & Gov’t II - Mrs. English
This week we will continue to study World War II. Students will learn about the major early battles in the Western Front. Topics include the Battle of Britain, Battle of France, and American neutrality. Readings and homework will come from Chapter 24.1-2. We will have a quiz over Chapter 24.1 on Friday, March 23rd.
8th grade Spanish - Ms. Hughes
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a relaxing break. This week in Spanish we 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
Welcome back! This week in Algebra, we will begin Chapter 8. We will apply exponent properties involving products and quotients, as well as define and use zero and negative exponents. Students should expect a quiz over 8.1-8.3 on Friday, March 23.
7th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Welcome back after a relaxing spring break! This week, we will be continuing Chapter 8 by reviewing linear equations in two variables (8.2), learning about x and y intercepts (8.3), and how to find the slope of a line (8.4). There will be a day of review on Wednesday and a quiz on 8.1-8.3 on Thursday.
7th grade History & Gov’t I - Mrs. English
This week in American history we will finish our President March Madness competition. We will also continue learning about the Age of Jefferson. Students will have readings and homework from Chapter 9.1-2. Looking ahead, we will have a quiz on Ch. 9.1-2 on Tuesday, March 27th.
7th grade Spanish - Ms. Hughes
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a relaxing break. This week in Spanish class the 7th grade will continue working with the grammar and vocabulary from Chapter 9A. We will review “gustar-type” verbs and students will work in their groups to complete the movie assignment. The vocabulary quiz will be Friday, March 23rd.
7th Grade ELA - Mrs./ Boyer
Parents!! The Count of Monte Cristo will be finished by 3/20!! So exciting!! Students will be working in groups to create an A,B,C Book (Research Project: Due March 28th) which will explain the entire novel through inquiry into the setting, characters, literary devices, etc. Students will be working in class on this project.
There will be an open book novel quiz on 3/27.
Study Guide Questions are due on March 29th.
Reading Logs for T3 are due May 17th.
Heads Up!! Our next novel will be Animal Farm!!
7th grade Life Science - Ms. Hoffman
Welcome Back!! I hope everyone had a wonderful, fun, restful and safe Spring break holiday. We finished up our short tour of the body systems before the holidays with a quiz on Friday 3/9. (Below are some photos of our pH lab on acids and bases, relating the fact hydrochloric acid is an acid in our stomach used to digest our food.) After Spring break we will begin discussing animal diversity with the world of invertebrates, chapter 12 in our textbook. Our first stop will be sponges and cnidarians (sea stars). Our quiz on chapter 12 will be on Thursday, 3/29.
6TH GRADE ASSIGNMENTS
6th grade Accelerated Math 7 - Mrs. Reardon
This week in accelerated math 7, we will recap the 3 lessons from the week before spring break when I was in DC. All students will then retake the 8.1-8.3 quiz on Tuesday, so that they can come and ask me questions the morning of the quiz. On Wednesday, we will continue in Chapter 8 learning how to solve proportions algebraically and using cross-products. On Friday, students will be introduced to scale drawings by creating their own.
6th grade Pre-Algebra - Mr. Lanfear
Welcome back after a relaxing spring break! This week, we will be continuing Chapter 8 by reviewing linear equations in two variables (8.2), learning about x and y intercepts (8.3), and how to find the slope of a line (8.4). There will be a day of review on Wednesday and a quiz on 8.1-8.3 on Thursday.
6th grade ELA - Mrs. Guggenheim
Literature: Continue reading The Giver. Expect open book quiz/zes.
Grammar: We are beginning a unit on pronouns. We will continue to work on run-on sentences and comma splices.
Writing: Students will be writing journal entries in response to their reading in The Giver.
Vocabulary: Greek/Latin List 9 + 7 SAT words. Quiz on 3/27.
Reading Log: Reading for the reading log begins for Trimester Three will begin on Feb 28th. As stated in the syllabus, all middle school students are required to read 360 minutes during the course of the trimester - reading that is outside of their regular assignments. They have a form on which to keep track of their minutes, and on Mondays in class I post their minutes in a spreadsheet. They need to obtain a parent signature to verify the minutes read. This counts as a project grade. The grading scale is written in the syllabus. Reading log minutes for 6th grade are due Friday, May 17th.
6th grade Earth Science - Ms. Hoffman
Welcome Back!! Please everyone have a wonderful, fun, restful and safe Spring break holiday. We have begun our Oceans unit in science. Initially, we learned about the composition and chemistry of ocean water (it’s not just salt!) and how this can be changed. Then, we began our focus on the movement of water, including surface and deep water currents, as well as the Gulf Stream and its’ importance. We are now learning about waves and how they are formed, including the devastating tsunami. We will start off our return from the holidays with a wave bottle lab and, later in the week, will turn our attention to tides. This information is chapter 18 in our textbook and our quiz over this material will be on Tuesday, 3/27. Next Friday, 3/23 will also be our field trip to Congregation Mickve Israel and the Massie Heritage Center. At the synagogue we see the beautiful sanctuary and visit their historic museum. At Massie School we will see their 1850’s classroom, explore the interactive architecture exhibit, learn about various architecture shapes and designs (focusing on Roman and Greek architecture) and take a short walking tour trying to identify these items in some of Savannah’s historic neighborhoods. We will end at Forsyth Park and finish with lunch before going back to school. Permission slip forms went home today, Monday 3/19.
6th Grade Ancient Civ - Mrs. Boyer
We will be venturing into Ancient Greece and Rome for the rest of the school year!! Dates will be extremely important and will be required for assessments. Students will be expected to discuss the importance of dates, leaders, political events, wars, etc. Studying for the assessments beforehand will be a critical necessity. All assessment/project dates for the rest of the school year have been written on Mrs. Boyer’s board, posted in GC and written in student’s planner.
Students should clean out their binders of everything except maps and their newly printed packets on Greece and Rome.
Students should begin studying new material every night for five to seven minutes in order to prepare for these assessments. If a student is studying every night for five to seven minutes (something as little as discussing what they learned at the dinner table), they have a better chance at comprehending the content for a test. A student should never JUST start studying for an assessment two to three days before. Studying is an on-going process.
Study strategies: Create flash-cards, create a graphic organizer, create an outline, create a quizlet, brainstorm the essays beforehand, have a study party with friends, create your own quiz/test and take it without your notes, USE THE FILL IN THE BLANK NOTES TO QUIZ YOURSELF ON WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, come in for extra help with SPECIFIC questions.
All materials will be on GC.
Assessment Dates:
3/28: Quiz over Greece geography and Ch. 8 Lesson 1 and Lesson 2
4/18: Ch. 8 L3 and L4 and Chapter 9 quiz
4/19-4/24: Project
4/25: Greek Unit Test
5/10: Rome Quiz
5/18: Rome Unit Test
The Exam for Ancient Civ has been changed to an activity.
6th Grade Spanish - Ms. Dubick
Hello Parents and Students! The sixth graders will continue the unit on clothing this week! We will also start a project incorporating clothing, weather and geography.
EXTRA HELP: I am changing my extra help days to:
Every MONDAY and WEDNESDAY morning before school.
I’ll be doing extra help sessions to reinforce what we are covering, any students who feel they could use the additional support are welcome to come. I also hold study sessions the morning before any assessment. STUDENTS SHOULD EMAIL IF THEY ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND
MS Art - Mrs. Cookson
Welcome back. Hopefully everyone had the opportunity to recharge over the break.
8th grade: Will learn about pointillism and practice the technique
7th grade: Will revisit our Hobbit Houses to add glaze for a final touch
6th grade: Can you guess? That’s right, finish up felting.
CLUBS
Science Club
Our challenge this week was to, in only 10 minutes, build the tallest stable structure using only the random materials provided. Our winners were Kyrin and Emma. Next week, students will start their new rotation of Eagle Op clubs for third trimester.
