American Symbols
The students are currently working on a project about significant American symbols (the bald eagle, Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, etc.). They will conduct research about the origin, use, and meaning of their chosen symbols, and they will create a poster that they will present to their class after midterms. They will also be creating their own symbols to represent one of America’s four core values (freedom, individualism, equality, and growth).
Mrs. Roh
And The Winner Is
More than anything, the seventh graders love learning about civics/American government. In December, they learned about the structure of the United States Constitution and the first presidential elections. To solidify the concepts, we held a class election! Two presidential nominees (Danielle Serrano and Jorge Ruiz), went around to different states (groups of students sitting at their desks) to campaign for office. The students then voted by secret ballot, and Jorge was the winner! As the president, Jorge got to appoint the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (Christian Faulkner), whose role is to help maintain order in the classroom, and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (Kisel Espinal), who helps to keep the classroom tidy and water the plant. The class also voted on a tax collector (Brianna McMichael, who ran unopposed). The tax collector helps to pass out and collect papers in the classroom.
Mrs. Roh
Valcanoes
7th Grade Science class is currently discovering the formation and types of volcanoes.
Mrs. Christian
Resource Management
Students did a unit study of Resource Management. They discussed ways to recycle and why it is so vitally important to our society. Students created posters and they were displayed as a bulletin board. The posters were giving messages of the why and how we should recycle and replenish our earth.
Mrs. Christian
Maps
7th Grade Science class has been learning about maps and mapping. Students were engaged with learning why maps are important and the various types of maps. Students created two types of maps. The first they created were small scale community maps. The second ones they made were large scale maps. They made a map of a room within their home.
Mrs. Christian
Soccer Playoffs
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
This month in Gym we have begun our Soccer Playoffs. These games are highly intense being that rivalries have been sown from the year before. Whether students are playing goalie, defense, offense, or midfielder they are determined, focused, and resolute to win the game. Often that means jumping in the path of the ball. Even though these games are intense, students maintain a high level of sportsmanship thought the season.
Mr. Wong
Shoebox Homes
This month, Middle School Spanish class learned how to name parts of a house or apartment in Spanish. They then applied what they have learned by creating a model of a house or apartment using a shoebox. These creative shoeboxes are now being displayed in our classroom.
Mrs. Jean-Pierre
Spirit week has been a blast this year. Each day students dressed up in a new theme to earn points for their class. On Monday, students came dressed like their friends for “twin day.” Some friends came in groups of four and five all dressed alike. The most memorable twin outfit was a group of our senior girls that dressed in pink hello kitty pajamas. Tuesday was filled with more fun as students went all out for “career day.” They were dressed like nurses, doctors, fashion designers, military and the list goes on and on. The most well thought out outfit was a student who came dressed like her favorite teacher. She had such great detail in her costume, it was comical. Wacky Wednesday brought out some interesting characters as students came in all forms of mix-matched outfits. Teachers also had fun with this one. Our traditional “spirit day” Thursday had so much excitement during the pep rally. For the first time in Evangel history, we had a drum cadence set up during the pep rally by three of our students who played and got the crowd pumped up during our varsity vs. staff/alumni basketball game. It was a great game and the week ended in a great “time” as students came decked out in various decades. The students came dressed up in 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Mr. Hernandez was the most talked about outfit as he came dressed in his leather jacket and 50’s style hairdo.
Other than dressing up during the week, students also competed in games during the week to earn points for their class. Some of the games included, root beer chug-a-lug, tug-a-war, candy relay, cracker whistle relay and many more. The students really went out this year and the most talked about game since the start of games two years ago is the egg toss. With eggs flying through the air, it’s always amazing to see the one team who never breaks the egg. It came down to our seniors and sophomores this year, but the seniors pulled it out. Spirit week has been a blast this year and both our JV and Varsity boys basketball teams came out with two victories this week as we kick off our fall and winter sports season.
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