Got Honor?
Students have been studying how having truthfulness and honor can affect their lives. We looked at biblical characters such as Simon, Peter, Abraham, and Paul. What great examples!
Lifestyles
Students created diagrams of the following civilizations and their lifestyles: Lydians, Israelite s, Phoenicians, and Hittites. The diagrams were incredible and the students were very resourceful and creative!
Civil War
Students just completed a unit study of the Civil War and the reconstruction of the South. Students created banners that they would have carried if they had been in a parade after the Civil War was over. They also created political cartoons about the 13th Amendment, imagining they were African-Americans during Reconstruction. Students also created a speech about changes they would like to happen in America.
Colonies
Students are learning about the early North American Colonies. The students designed personal flags for one of the Middle Colonies. They used symbols and colors that were appropriate to represent it. They completed further study of colonial growth, economics, and colonial lifestyle. They then created menus of the food that would have been shared between the Indians and the Pilgrims (early settlers).
Lets Dance
The Students are working hard on their dance moves, routines, and steps. Its hard work but fun!
Mrs. Rosario
Pre-Algebra
We have been working on reviewing our basic math skills as we begin entering our algebra skills chapters. We have come up with a new way of thinking about math – a new math philosophy. It is – Algebra
Miss Stahler
Guitars
In 6th – 8th Grade Music, we have been learning the parts of the guitar, tuning the guitar, and learning how to hold the guitar. We have also practiced charting chords and fingering different chords. The class is learning chords for their 1st song. We are excited about starting to play songs.
The Big Apple of His Eye
Welcome back! We are excited to have many new international students this year. We talked about all the different cities we came from and learned expressions to describe a place. We also worked on putting together a bulletin board with words to describe NYC. The title of our board is The Big Apple of His Eye, and we have words such as busy, friendly, fantastic, and multicultural! We’re doing a lot of speaking practice, and I look forward to seeing improvement throughout the year!
Miss Park
Let’s Get Organized
Resource Room is in full swing as we continue to teach the students writing and study management skills helpful toward success. The students are learning how to use Edline printouts of their classes to evaluate how they are performing in each class. They also use it to track late homework that either needs to be turned in or finished. International week provided a wonderful platform from which to use graphic organizers. Both middle school and high school had so much to offer that we could make three-circle Venn diagrams. These diagrams were at first intimidating, but, working together, the students learned how easy it was to use them to compare and contrast different countries that were studied. In the end, we learned that we are united in Christ. Our hallway bulletin board will soon read not only, Be confident… in Christ but also Be unified… in Christ.
Mountain Pathways
We have continued to read selections from Mountain Pathways, our reading textbook. We have focused on three stories: The Beginning of the Armadillos, a story which we enjoyed very much, Pony Penning Day, and, lastly, The Renegade Husky. This last story has been a great enjoyment to us. We spoke about animal cruelty and the reasons for it, and, in the process, read this wonderful story about this mistreated husky that found love and respect from a young boy named Rick.
Mrs. Ruiz