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General News
The Hate U Give Reflections
The 8th grade went on a field trip this past week to see The Hate U Give in theaters, and teachers followed up the viewing with conversations, discussions, and reflection assignments in class in order to help students process the film's powerful, important themes. (A HUGE thank you to Ms. Chester, Mrs. Page, and Mr. Blake for making this awesome experience happen for our students!) The administration is working to coordinate with Officer Johnson and the ACCPD to bring in some officers and other community members some time this week to hold an open forum with our students, where they will have the opportunity to ask questions about what they saw in the film.
We would like to share with families some resources that you might find helpful in discussing the film at home with your child as our students continue to process these very important and relevant themes. Here are some guiding discussion questions related to the film that teachers used as conversation-starters with students in class, and below are some resources we hope you find useful as well. If you know of or come across something else you think is helpful, please don't hesitate to share it!
Dress Down Day - Monday December 3rd
Students who earned at least 250 binder check points over the month of November will be permitted to dress out of uniform this Monday (the required total is lower than usual because of Thanksgiving break). As usual, students who are out of uniform must still adhere to CCSD/HMS guidelines. As we continue moving forward with binder checks, teachers will begin checking for their own content-specific materials and assignments. Additionally, Spanish and ELT teachers will no longer be conducting binder checks either - only math, ELA, science, and social studies teachers will be checking binders from here on out, beginning this month.
8th Grade Shout Outs - Students of the Month
Each month, the 8th grade team selects two exemplary scholars to be the 8th grade students of the month. Congratulations to our 8th grade students of the month for November, Mandrell and Megan!
SMI/SRI Testing
All 8th graders will be taking the Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) and Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) assessments this week. The SMI will be Wednesday morning, and the SRI will be Thursday morning. It is our hope that every student will show improvement on these tests from when we last took them back in August!
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 equations for linear functions in slope-intercept form
Tuesday: Slope-intercept form practice; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Slope-intercept form practice
Thursday: Comparing functions
Friday: Comparing functions
**Our current unit, Unit 4: Linear Functions, is hugely important in preparing students for 9th grade coordinate algebra. Students should be studying 15-20 minutes per night by looking over their notes from class, trying to answer the day's Essential Question that they have written in their agenda, and using this digital resource to watch video examples and try practice problems.
**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: Solving systems of equations using elimination
Tuesday: Solving systems of equations using elimination & substitution; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Unit 5 Review
Thursday: Unit 5 Test
Friday: Unit 5 Test
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
ELA News:
Monday: Framing evidence to create a counterclaim
Tuesday: Point of view review
Wednesday: Revising introductions
Thursday: Point of view review
Friday: Point of view review; Freedom Friday; Binder Checks
**Please note: Mrs. Page is working to grade all argumentative essays and argumentative projects and provide meaningful feedback. These assignments may appear as blank in Campus while they are being graded.
Science News:
8th Grade
**Parents, please check Parent Portal so that you can see your child's progress. Students took a DSP quiz on Friday and grades have been entered for the Unit 3 exam. Remember that tutoring is every Monday from 4-5pm. Thank you!
High School Science
Monday: Covalent Bonding & students will get the directions for the end of the quarter project grade. This is for a test grade and is due on the last day of class 12/20. They will be given some class time to work on it, but I hope that you will spend some time at home to work on this as well. Feel free to to email or ask any questions! (Binder Checks)
Tuesday: Covalent Bonding
Wednesday: Quiz on Covalent Bonds
Thursday: Comparing Ionic and Covalent Bonds
Friday: Ionic and Covalent Bond quiz
**From Mrs. Skinner: I will be staying after school on Monday until 5:00 for tutoring. All are welcome. If this does not work, let me know and I'm happy to try and re-schedule another time to meet with your student.
Social Studies News:
Monday: Reconstruction - Political cartoon analysis
Tuesday: Henry McNeal Turner
Wednesday: Reconstruction Testimony - Primary source analysis
Thursday: Sharecropping and tenant farming; Binder Checks
Friday: Freedmen's Bureau & Black legislators in GA General Assembly
Spanish News:
There will be Spanish tutoring on Mondays from 4:00-5:30 in Ms. Viera's room.
Ag Science/FFA News:
Monday: Classes that earned their incentive can bring a snack to class.
Tuesday: Final SAE Workday 4:00-6:00 (You must have a ride by 6)
Wednesday: ALL AG Classes- Final SAE Check due on Google Classroom. 3 hours 3 pictures will count as a TEST grade. This is the project we started working on the first day of class and we have already had 2 checkpoints.
Thursday: FFA Leadership Team Trip- Leave at 3:15. See Google Classroom for more information.
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
The 8th grade went on a field trip this past week to see The Hate U Give in theaters, and teachers followed up the viewing with conversations, discussions, and reflection assignments in class in order to help students process the film's powerful, important themes. (A HUGE thank you to Ms. Chester, Mrs. Page, and Mr. Blake for making this awesome experience happen for our students!) The administration is working to coordinate with Officer Johnson and the ACCPD to bring in some officers and other community members some time this week to hold an open forum with our students, where they will have the opportunity to ask questions about what they saw in the film.
We would like to share with families some resources that you might find helpful in discussing the film at home with your child as our students continue to process these very important and relevant themes. Here are some guiding discussion questions related to the film that teachers used as conversation-starters with students in class, and below are some resources we hope you find useful as well. If you know of or come across something else you think is helpful, please don't hesitate to share it!
- How to Talk to Kids About Difficult Subjects
- 5 Tips for Having That Difficult Conversation with Your Children
- Raising Race Conscious Children
- Talking About Racism with Middle Schoolers
Dress Down Day - Monday December 3rd
Students who earned at least 250 binder check points over the month of November will be permitted to dress out of uniform this Monday (the required total is lower than usual because of Thanksgiving break). As usual, students who are out of uniform must still adhere to CCSD/HMS guidelines. As we continue moving forward with binder checks, teachers will begin checking for their own content-specific materials and assignments. Additionally, Spanish and ELT teachers will no longer be conducting binder checks either - only math, ELA, science, and social studies teachers will be checking binders from here on out, beginning this month.
8th Grade Shout Outs - Students of the Month
Each month, the 8th grade team selects two exemplary scholars to be the 8th grade students of the month. Congratulations to our 8th grade students of the month for November, Mandrell and Megan!
SMI/SRI Testing
All 8th graders will be taking the Scholastic Math Inventory (SMI) and Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) assessments this week. The SMI will be Wednesday morning, and the SRI will be Thursday morning. It is our hope that every student will show improvement on these tests from when we last took them back in August!
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 equations for linear functions in slope-intercept form
Tuesday: Slope-intercept form practice; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Slope-intercept form practice
Thursday: Comparing functions
Friday: Comparing functions
**Our current unit, Unit 4: Linear Functions, is hugely important in preparing students for 9th grade coordinate algebra. Students should be studying 15-20 minutes per night by looking over their notes from class, trying to answer the day's Essential Question that they have written in their agenda, and using this digital resource to watch video examples and try practice problems.
**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: Solving systems of equations using elimination
Tuesday: Solving systems of equations using elimination & substitution; Binder Checks
Wednesday: Unit 5 Review
Thursday: Unit 5 Test
Friday: Unit 5 Test
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
ELA News:
Monday: Framing evidence to create a counterclaim
Tuesday: Point of view review
Wednesday: Revising introductions
Thursday: Point of view review
Friday: Point of view review; Freedom Friday; Binder Checks
**Please note: Mrs. Page is working to grade all argumentative essays and argumentative projects and provide meaningful feedback. These assignments may appear as blank in Campus while they are being graded.
Science News:
8th Grade
**Parents, please check Parent Portal so that you can see your child's progress. Students took a DSP quiz on Friday and grades have been entered for the Unit 3 exam. Remember that tutoring is every Monday from 4-5pm. Thank you!
High School Science
Monday: Covalent Bonding & students will get the directions for the end of the quarter project grade. This is for a test grade and is due on the last day of class 12/20. They will be given some class time to work on it, but I hope that you will spend some time at home to work on this as well. Feel free to to email or ask any questions! (Binder Checks)
Tuesday: Covalent Bonding
Wednesday: Quiz on Covalent Bonds
Thursday: Comparing Ionic and Covalent Bonds
Friday: Ionic and Covalent Bond quiz
**From Mrs. Skinner: I will be staying after school on Monday until 5:00 for tutoring. All are welcome. If this does not work, let me know and I'm happy to try and re-schedule another time to meet with your student.
Social Studies News:
Monday: Reconstruction - Political cartoon analysis
Tuesday: Henry McNeal Turner
Wednesday: Reconstruction Testimony - Primary source analysis
Thursday: Sharecropping and tenant farming; Binder Checks
Friday: Freedmen's Bureau & Black legislators in GA General Assembly
Spanish News:
Spanish 8th Grade
Spanish I
**Continue working with La casa unit. Introduction of verb Estar and the difference with Ser.
**Vocabulary quiz on Monday
**Listening comprehension Wednesday
**Vocabulary quiz on Monday
**Listening comprehension Wednesday
Spanish I
**Monday and Tuesday we will close our Unit 4 Lesson 1 about food with a project.
**Wednesday is Reading Comprehension Day! The class will start reading the book Pobre Ana.
**The rest of the week we will start with Unit 4 Lesson 2: La Familia.
**Wednesday is Reading Comprehension Day! The class will start reading the book Pobre Ana.
**The rest of the week we will start with Unit 4 Lesson 2: La Familia.
There will be Spanish tutoring on Mondays from 4:00-5:30 in Ms. Viera's room.
Ag Science/FFA News:
Monday: Classes that earned their incentive can bring a snack to class.
Tuesday: Final SAE Workday 4:00-6:00 (You must have a ride by 6)
Wednesday: ALL AG Classes- Final SAE Check due on Google Classroom. 3 hours 3 pictures will count as a TEST grade. This is the project we started working on the first day of class and we have already had 2 checkpoints.
Thursday: FFA Leadership Team Trip- Leave at 3:15. See Google Classroom for more information.
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!
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