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| Shoutout to the 8th grade band for their awesome performance at the winter concert last week! |
Last week before winter break!
We are only four days away from the end of Quarter 2, and we know that this is a busy time of the year for families. It is our sincere hope that all of our students are passing all of their classes and performing to their full academic potential, so we encourage everyone to be checking parent portal and using this final week as an opportunity to be checking in with teachers and completing any missing assignments.
College & Career T-Shirt Day
Our monthly College/Career T-Shirt day will be this Monday, December 17th. Students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing a college (or career) with uniform bottoms. Please make sure the college is visible on the shirt, as solid colors are not permitted. Students who do not wish to participate must wear regular uniforms. Our staff will be decked out with shirts from our colleges and we hope students will join us!
House Party
A message from Mr. Forker:
To celebrate the hard work of our students and teachers, we will have a school-wide house party on Thursday 12/20/2018 from 2:30 until dismissal. See details below:
- Parties will take place by grade level.
- Teachers will host house rooms/areas with designated activities (i.e., movies, sports, tech room, game room, karaoke room, etc.)
- During the party, 7th and 8th grade students from house Iron and 6th-8th grade students from house Copper will be invited to the cafe to celebrate their Q4 and Q1 victories (respectively)
Keep up the good work!
Upcoming important 8th grade dates
The spring semester of 8th grade is filled with opportunities and activities geared towards preparing students for high school and beyond. Although the following dates are relatively far away, we want to put them on your radar:
February 12th- 8th grade field trip to Cedar Shoals
February 27th- Cedar Shoals counselors visit Hilsman to help 8th graders begin selecting their classes for next year
March 5th- Rising 9th grade parent night at Cedar Shoals, 6pm
March 25th & 28th- 8th grade field trip to UGA
Panther Nation News Blog
Be sure to check Ms. Tolbert's Panther Nation News Blog, as it contains news, announcements, and information for the entire school!
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Writing linear equations for real-world situations
Tuesday: Unit 4 Review; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Unit 4 Test
Thursday: ZAP Session
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
**We will take our Unit 4 Test this Wednesday. The skills we are learning in this unit are extremely important for the rest of the year, and especially for 9th grade math. Please help us ensure that your child is studying each night - students should be looking over their notes/assignments from class, trying to answer the day's essential question that they should have written down in their agenda, and/or using this resource to review. Students will also receive a study guide on Tuesday to help them review.
**Students are highly encouraged to attend PSP on Tuesday afternoons for extra help! If you are interested in attending, please contact Ms. Ward (wardt@clarke.k12.ga.us).
Accelerated Math
Monday: Unit 6 Review
Tuesday: Unit 6 Review; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Unit 6 Test
Thursday: House Party
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
ELA News:
Monday: Unit 2 Review
Tuesday: Unit 2 Post-Test
Wednesday: Spelling Bee; C/C text to film version; journalling
Thursday: C/C text to film version; journalling; all missing work due
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
Science News:
8th Grade
Students will have this week to come to tutoring to help make up low test scores in Physical Science. They will be taking their Unit 4 Exam this Thursday. Last chance to solidify their class average for this term.
**Binder Checks on Monday
High School Science
Monday: CER and final model for Unit phenomenon; Binder Checks
Tuesday: Project day and energy transformations review
Wednesday: Reaction in a Bag lab and analysis questions
Thursday: Project Day- finish up projects and any missing work for the semester! FINAL PROJECTS ARE DUE TODAY!
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
**Mrs. Skinner will be offering tutoring/academic detention for student who need extra credit/time to work on their projects on Monday and Tuesday until 5:00. Please be looking at infinite campus to see what all your students have turned in and what may still be missing.
Spanish News:
Wednesday: Reading comprehension
Thursday: Telehistoria escena 3
Felices Vacaciones!!
**There will be Spanish tutoring on Mondays from 4:00-5:30 in Ms. Viera's room.
Ag/FFA
December 18th- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
FFA Meeting and Coffee Hand Out 4:00-6:00
(Ugly Sweater Contest and Present Exchange- Presents are provided by FFA)
December 19th- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
December 20th- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
We are only four days away from the end of Quarter 2, and we know that this is a busy time of the year for families. It is our sincere hope that all of our students are passing all of their classes and performing to their full academic potential, so we encourage everyone to be checking parent portal and using this final week as an opportunity to be checking in with teachers and completing any missing assignments.
College & Career T-Shirt Day
Our monthly College/Career T-Shirt day will be this Monday, December 17th. Students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing a college (or career) with uniform bottoms. Please make sure the college is visible on the shirt, as solid colors are not permitted. Students who do not wish to participate must wear regular uniforms. Our staff will be decked out with shirts from our colleges and we hope students will join us!
House Party
A message from Mr. Forker:
To celebrate the hard work of our students and teachers, we will have a school-wide house party on Thursday 12/20/2018 from 2:30 until dismissal. See details below:
- Parties will take place by grade level.
- Teachers will host house rooms/areas with designated activities (i.e., movies, sports, tech room, game room, karaoke room, etc.)
- During the party, 7th and 8th grade students from house Iron and 6th-8th grade students from house Copper will be invited to the cafe to celebrate their Q4 and Q1 victories (respectively)
Keep up the good work!
Upcoming important 8th grade dates
The spring semester of 8th grade is filled with opportunities and activities geared towards preparing students for high school and beyond. Although the following dates are relatively far away, we want to put them on your radar:
February 12th- 8th grade field trip to Cedar Shoals
February 27th- Cedar Shoals counselors visit Hilsman to help 8th graders begin selecting their classes for next year
March 5th- Rising 9th grade parent night at Cedar Shoals, 6pm
March 25th & 28th- 8th grade field trip to UGA
Panther Nation News Blog
Be sure to check Ms. Tolbert's Panther Nation News Blog, as it contains news, announcements, and information for the entire school!
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Writing linear equations for real-world situations
Tuesday: Unit 4 Review; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Unit 4 Test
Thursday: ZAP Session
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
**We will take our Unit 4 Test this Wednesday. The skills we are learning in this unit are extremely important for the rest of the year, and especially for 9th grade math. Please help us ensure that your child is studying each night - students should be looking over their notes/assignments from class, trying to answer the day's essential question that they should have written down in their agenda, and/or using this resource to review. Students will also receive a study guide on Tuesday to help them review.
**Students are highly encouraged to attend PSP on Tuesday afternoons for extra help! If you are interested in attending, please contact Ms. Ward (wardt@clarke.k12.ga.us).
Accelerated Math
Monday: Unit 6 Review
Tuesday: Unit 6 Review; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Unit 6 Test
Thursday: House Party
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
ELA News:
Monday: Unit 2 Review
Tuesday: Unit 2 Post-Test
Wednesday: Spelling Bee; C/C text to film version; journalling
Thursday: C/C text to film version; journalling; all missing work due
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
Science News:
8th Grade
Students will have this week to come to tutoring to help make up low test scores in Physical Science. They will be taking their Unit 4 Exam this Thursday. Last chance to solidify their class average for this term.
**Binder Checks on Monday
High School Science
Monday: CER and final model for Unit phenomenon; Binder Checks
Tuesday: Project day and energy transformations review
Wednesday: Reaction in a Bag lab and analysis questions
Thursday: Project Day- finish up projects and any missing work for the semester! FINAL PROJECTS ARE DUE TODAY!
Friday: WINTER BREAK!
**Mrs. Skinner will be offering tutoring/academic detention for student who need extra credit/time to work on their projects on Monday and Tuesday until 5:00. Please be looking at infinite campus to see what all your students have turned in and what may still be missing.
Spanish News:
Spanish 8th Grade
Wednesday: What do I learn in this class?
Thursday: Manu Chao song- "Me gustas tu"
**These classes will switch to ELT after the break.
Spanish I
Monday: Review for unit test
Tuesday: Unit testWednesday: What do I learn in this class?
Thursday: Manu Chao song- "Me gustas tu"
**These classes will switch to ELT after the break.
Spanish I
Monday: Possessive adjectives + family vocabulary
Tuesday: Telehistoria escena 2 Wednesday: Reading comprehension
Thursday: Telehistoria escena 3
Felices Vacaciones!!
**There will be Spanish tutoring on Mondays from 4:00-5:30 in Ms. Viera's room.
Ag/FFA
December 18th- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
FFA Meeting and Coffee Hand Out 4:00-6:00
(Ugly Sweater Contest and Present Exchange- Presents are provided by FFA)
December 19th- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
December 20th- 7:15-8:00 Agriscience Fair Practice
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
Tonya Ward, wardt@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mark Martin, martinm@clarke.k12.ga.us
Conor Naughton, naughtonc@clarke.k12.ga.us
Jason Pratt, prattj@clarke.k12.ga.us
ELA:
ELA:
Eric Blake, blakee@clarke.k12.ga.us
Cassie Page, pagec@clarke.k12.ga.us
Melanie Marty, maxeym@clarke.k12.ga.us
April Chester, chestera2@clarke.12.ga.us
Science:
Science:
Meganne Skinner, skinnerme@clarke.k12.ga.us
Diarra Mosley, mosleyd@clarke.k12.ga.us
Karen Myers, myersk@clarke.k12.ga.us
Social Studies:
Social Studies:
Jason Yungmann, yungmannj@clarke.k12.ga.us
Nyla Bell, belln@clarke.k12.ga.us
Angela Bright, brighta@clarke.k12.ga.us
Spanish:
Spanish:
Laura Viera, vieral@clarke.k12.ga.us
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
