Students have been working on percents and decimals. We have completed many activities that helped us learn how to use them and figure them out.
Mrs. Racoma
Middle School is learning about the works of Leonardo Da Vinci. They will understand why some of his works are so famous (such as Mona Lisa and the Last Supper). Students will then make a self-portrait, using chalk just like Da Vinci did in the only picture we have of him.
Miss Arnau
March is the month that tests many things especially discipline and heart. Winter is waning and the end of school getting closer. Students must get recharged out of the winter blues, be persevering at staying on task with schoolwork as well as deal with the usual winter illnesses. March is also an exciting month because of the Academic Fair, March 19th. This is a great time for students to shine who are not always the top of the class academically. It allows creativity and performance skills to blossom. It even benefits those students the most who are willing to work as a team with parent and teachers to study, write about, and present their topic and project of interest. We can all benefit from remembering: Galatians 6:9,”Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” and Ecclesiastes 9:10,”Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.”
Mrs. Vikki Kemp
Students have been working hard on their Academic Fair projects and we started the first quarter by reviewing what goes into a quality research report. This brings us to an exciting new unit on writing an autobiographical narrative. Students will work through a writing packet, brainstorming ideas as they recall childhood or recent memories. Those memories can be funny, exciting, or sad. We’ve had a great time sharing those memories aloud in class as we work on the prewriting stage! We will be writing the rough draft and will correct them a we write our final draft.
Mrs. Candelier and Mrs. Foster
Middle School Reading has been reading using SRA Reading Laboratory kits. These kits provide individualized skills instruction, permit independent work, promote students’ sense of responsibility, and let each student move at his or her own pace, according to individual ability.The practice selections in an SRA Reading Laboratory kit are by no means just sterile skills exercises. They are short stories and articles that students actually enjoy reading, and they are sources of a great deal of incidental learning as well-about plants, animals, history, science, technology, discovery, fine arts, social institutions, sports, and our cultural heritage. Importantly, they range over past, present, and future perspectives.
Children don’t just learn to “read better” by using the program; they discover what it means to become readers. They gain pleasure, information, and-if the ultimate goal succeeds-a lifelong love of reading in all kinds of subject areas. They learn to read for a variety of purposes, and they discover what it is to read in a wide range of content areas.
Mrs. Candelier and Mrs. Foster
We have just started the exciting unit of the human body! Students will have many opportunities to get “hands on” during this unit as we discover the different parts of the human body, as well as how each part works to make our body function. I am excited for our students to see their creative sides and fill the classroom with neat diagrams and replicas of the human body and all it’s parts!
Miss Lawrence
We did a project in Bible class where the students wrote down things they wanted to see changed in their own lives. We took the requests and put them in an envelope for them to receive at the end of the school year. This will allow them to see if there has been any growth or change from now to end of the school year, and also for students to see the powerful effects of prayer!
God Bless,
Ms. Ramos
Middle School is getting creative. We are using our writing skills to compose songs. Through writing, composing and arranging our song, we are learning about song structure and how to understand music when we listen to it.
Mr. Agosto
Students just completed another chapter. They will be working on data analysis and statistics for the month of February. This is a continuation from 6th grade math, with a little more added on.
Mrs. Racoma
Middle School 6th graders will be working on Valentines Day cards and 7th graders will be working on “Love Is” paintings. Eighth grade is working on paper mache vases and picture frames that will be painted in the traditional Valentines colors. Students will be reminded that the greatest act of love took place on the cross.
Ms. Arnau