It's MOVING TIME! No School Friday 8/23 & Monday 8/26
IT'S FINALLY TIME! Remember that Hilsman students do not have school this Friday 8/23 and Monday 8/26 so teachers can move into our beautiful new school building. All classes will resume on Tuesday 8/27 at the new Hilsman. There will be an Open House on Monday 8/26 from 5:30-8:00pm for families to come see all of the amazing things our new location has to offer! Check out a sneak preview below...
MAP Testing Continues This Week
Students began MAP testing last Thursday in ELT (3rd period). Students are taking the Reading (Monday) and Math (Tuesday) assessments this week. Students who score 10+ points higher than their spring score on Language or Reading will be able to visit the new building this week on Thursday morning! If they score 10+ points higher on both, they will also earn 10 stamps in their agenda on their yellow PAWS pages. If they score 10+ points higher on Math, they will earn 10 stamps as well!
The MAP Growth Assessments are used to accurately schedule ELT classes, to help students set academic goals, and to monitor students' progress throughout the year. For more information, check out the answers to 12 Common Questions Parents ask about the MAP Growth Assessment.
Agenda Spotlight: Discipline Pages
Have you seen your student's agenda? If not, ask them to see it! Check out the white discipline pages after the yellow PAWS pages. If students are not meeting class or school expectations, they might get a signature on these white pages. Usually, they are receiving one or more warnings before receiving a signature. Each signature is also accompanied by a call home.
The first signature during a quarter is a warning. The second signature results in the student spending one day in another grade level while doing their work from their regular classes. The third signature results in an after school detention with a teacher from 4:00-4:30pm (on either a Tuesday or Thursday). The fourth signature results in an after school detention with an administrator from 4:00-4:45pm. The fifth signature results in a Saturday detention from an administrator from 8:00am-12:00pm. The sixth and more signatures result in an office referral. Have questions about the discipline plan? Send us an email and let us know so we can answer them!
Cross Country
Cross Country season is officially underway! Click here for the official schedule as well as info on practices and meets. Please contact Ms. Seymour (seymoure@clarke.k12.ga.us) for more information.
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Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Linear equations with one, infinite, or no solutions
Tuesday: Linear equations with one, infinite, or no solutions
Wednesday: Linear equations with one, infinite, or no solutions
Thursday: Review & Preview
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Students took our first quiz of the year this past week. As we begin updating grades, please be checking Parent Portal frequently to help our students stay on top of their grades! After school programs like PSP and 21st Century Learning Program will begin once we transition to the new building. Please consider taking advantage of these awesome opportunities once they become available!
Accelerated Math
Monday: Writing recursive & explicit formulas for sequences from a table
Tuesday: Finding missing terms in arithmetic sequences
Wednesday: Finding missing terms in geometric sequences
Thursday: Individual quiz on sequences
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
ELA News:
Monday: Review figurative language and Unit 1 Vocabulary/notes; Read the short story Terrible Things
Tuesday: Review figurative language and Unit 1 Vocabulary/notes; Read the short story Terrible Things and identify the plot line
Wednesday: Figurative language and parts of a plot line; Summarize and critique the short story Terrible Things
Thursday: Unit 1 Pre-Test; Freedom Thursday Silent Sustained Reading
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: States of Matter foldable
Tuesday: Heat transfer
Wednesday: Heat transfer stations
Thursday: Heat transfer reading
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Binder Check on Monday
High School Science
Monday: Kinetic & Potential Energy
Tuesday: Phase Change/Balloon
Wednesday: PTV Phet
Thursday: Revisit Tanker Models
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Binder Check on Monday
Social Studies News:
This week in Georgia Studies, students will begin and continue working on our Unit 1: Geography of Georgia Travel Advertisement Project!
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
IT'S FINALLY TIME! Remember that Hilsman students do not have school this Friday 8/23 and Monday 8/26 so teachers can move into our beautiful new school building. All classes will resume on Tuesday 8/27 at the new Hilsman. There will be an Open House on Monday 8/26 from 5:30-8:00pm for families to come see all of the amazing things our new location has to offer! Check out a sneak preview below...
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| Our science classrooms come complete with tables, counters, sinks, and supply closets designed especially for lab equipment! |
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| Our expansive hallways have lockers built into them, and each locker already has its own lock so students won't need to bring their own! |
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| So much natural light! |
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| Our new Media Center looks AMAZING! |
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| Our cafetorium has more than enough space for entire grade levels and comes complete with a performance stage too! |
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| It's still a work in progress, but the new Hilsman will soon have its very own brand new soccer field behind the school! |
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| No one is more excited for the move than Mr. Martin! |
MAP Testing Continues This Week
Students began MAP testing last Thursday in ELT (3rd period). Students are taking the Reading (Monday) and Math (Tuesday) assessments this week. Students who score 10+ points higher than their spring score on Language or Reading will be able to visit the new building this week on Thursday morning! If they score 10+ points higher on both, they will also earn 10 stamps in their agenda on their yellow PAWS pages. If they score 10+ points higher on Math, they will earn 10 stamps as well!
The MAP Growth Assessments are used to accurately schedule ELT classes, to help students set academic goals, and to monitor students' progress throughout the year. For more information, check out the answers to 12 Common Questions Parents ask about the MAP Growth Assessment.
Agenda Spotlight: Discipline Pages
Have you seen your student's agenda? If not, ask them to see it! Check out the white discipline pages after the yellow PAWS pages. If students are not meeting class or school expectations, they might get a signature on these white pages. Usually, they are receiving one or more warnings before receiving a signature. Each signature is also accompanied by a call home.
The first signature during a quarter is a warning. The second signature results in the student spending one day in another grade level while doing their work from their regular classes. The third signature results in an after school detention with a teacher from 4:00-4:30pm (on either a Tuesday or Thursday). The fourth signature results in an after school detention with an administrator from 4:00-4:45pm. The fifth signature results in a Saturday detention from an administrator from 8:00am-12:00pm. The sixth and more signatures result in an office referral. Have questions about the discipline plan? Send us an email and let us know so we can answer them!
Cross Country
Cross Country season is officially underway! Click here for the official schedule as well as info on practices and meets. Please contact Ms. Seymour (seymoure@clarke.k12.ga.us) for more information.
Sign up to get this blog via email
If you want to get this blog automatically delivered via email, sign up in the top right corner of this webpage. You'll get the Hilsman 8th grade news automatically delivered to your inbox each week!
Spread the word about this blog!
We realized that last year that many of our parents were not aware of this blog despite our best efforts to promote it all year. If you are talking to a Hilsman parent, be sure they know about this excellent source of information! We'll update it weekly so you know what to expect all year. All grade level blogs have now been added to Hilsman's official website.
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Linear equations with one, infinite, or no solutions
Tuesday: Linear equations with one, infinite, or no solutions
Wednesday: Linear equations with one, infinite, or no solutions
Thursday: Review & Preview
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Students took our first quiz of the year this past week. As we begin updating grades, please be checking Parent Portal frequently to help our students stay on top of their grades! After school programs like PSP and 21st Century Learning Program will begin once we transition to the new building. Please consider taking advantage of these awesome opportunities once they become available!
Accelerated Math
Monday: Writing recursive & explicit formulas for sequences from a table
Tuesday: Finding missing terms in arithmetic sequences
Wednesday: Finding missing terms in geometric sequences
Thursday: Individual quiz on sequences
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
ELA News:
Monday: Review figurative language and Unit 1 Vocabulary/notes; Read the short story Terrible Things
Tuesday: Review figurative language and Unit 1 Vocabulary/notes; Read the short story Terrible Things and identify the plot line
Wednesday: Figurative language and parts of a plot line; Summarize and critique the short story Terrible Things
Thursday: Unit 1 Pre-Test; Freedom Thursday Silent Sustained Reading
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: States of Matter foldable
Tuesday: Heat transfer
Wednesday: Heat transfer stations
Thursday: Heat transfer reading
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Binder Check on Monday
High School Science
Monday: Kinetic & Potential Energy
Tuesday: Phase Change/Balloon
Wednesday: PTV Phet
Thursday: Revisit Tanker Models
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Binder Check on Monday
Social Studies News:
This week in Georgia Studies, students will begin and continue working on our Unit 1: Geography of Georgia Travel Advertisement Project!
Connections News
Art:
Monday: Art History notes/Sculptor Adam Beane
Tuesday: Figurative tin foil sculptures
Wednesday: Covering sculptures with masking tape
Thursday: Beach ball art critique and new school expectations
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
Family & Consumer Science:
Monday: Short- and long-term SMART goal setting
Tuesday: 15-year plan timeline project due (Unit 1 Summative Assessment)
Wednesday: Employability skills in action
Thursday: Unit 1 review game (there will be no quiz for Unit 1)
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
PE:
Monday: Marathon Monday -- be prepared to outside!
Tuesday: Upper body strength games
Wednesday: SWAT Ball
Thursday: Activity Day!
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
Orchestra:
Orchestra is back in full swing in 8th grade! We are currently reviewing our 2 Octave G and C Major Scales, as well as the folk songs we learned last year. We will continue to work on shifting and playing in 3rd and 4th positions next week, as well as begin working on a new piece called Eclipsys. Please check with your orchestra student and be sure they have brought a 3-ring binder to leave in the classroom for their music and materials. Students using school instruments should have returned a signed Instrument Use Agreement. Students should be bringing home violins and violas for practice daily. Please email Ms. Floyd at floydr@clarke.k12.ga.us with any questions!
Agriscience:
Monday: FFA Creed Paragraph 1 quiz
Tuesday: FFA Creed Paragraph 2 practice
Wednesday: FFA Creed Paragraph 3 practice
Thursday: FFA New Horizon's Magazine Scavenger Hunt (substitute teacher)
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Check Work Ethic grades to see if you are not getting 90 and above. If it is low, it is because you are not coming to class prepared and ready to learn. Be on task so that you are successful in the class!
**FFA Membership is NOT required but it is HIGHLY suggested. Students develop leadership skills, build college/career skills, and develop soft skills necessary for success in later years of life. Joining FFA will allow you to be eligible for scholarships, awards, and recognition! Students can become members for $15 with Mrs. Purcell. Fundraisers are available for students who need help raising their money for their membership dues. See Mrs. Purcell for more information or to join FFA!
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
Art:
Monday: Art History notes/Sculptor Adam Beane
Tuesday: Figurative tin foil sculptures
Wednesday: Covering sculptures with masking tape
Thursday: Beach ball art critique and new school expectations
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
Family & Consumer Science:
Monday: Short- and long-term SMART goal setting
Tuesday: 15-year plan timeline project due (Unit 1 Summative Assessment)
Wednesday: Employability skills in action
Thursday: Unit 1 review game (there will be no quiz for Unit 1)
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
PE:
Monday: Marathon Monday -- be prepared to outside!
Tuesday: Upper body strength games
Wednesday: SWAT Ball
Thursday: Activity Day!
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
Orchestra:
Orchestra is back in full swing in 8th grade! We are currently reviewing our 2 Octave G and C Major Scales, as well as the folk songs we learned last year. We will continue to work on shifting and playing in 3rd and 4th positions next week, as well as begin working on a new piece called Eclipsys. Please check with your orchestra student and be sure they have brought a 3-ring binder to leave in the classroom for their music and materials. Students using school instruments should have returned a signed Instrument Use Agreement. Students should be bringing home violins and violas for practice daily. Please email Ms. Floyd at floydr@clarke.k12.ga.us with any questions!
Agriscience:
Monday: FFA Creed Paragraph 1 quiz
Tuesday: FFA Creed Paragraph 2 practice
Wednesday: FFA Creed Paragraph 3 practice
Thursday: FFA New Horizon's Magazine Scavenger Hunt (substitute teacher)
Friday: NO SCHOOL!
**Check Work Ethic grades to see if you are not getting 90 and above. If it is low, it is because you are not coming to class prepared and ready to learn. Be on task so that you are successful in the class!
**FFA Membership is NOT required but it is HIGHLY suggested. Students develop leadership skills, build college/career skills, and develop soft skills necessary for success in later years of life. Joining FFA will allow you to be eligible for scholarships, awards, and recognition! Students can become members for $15 with Mrs. Purcell. Fundraisers are available for students who need help raising their money for their membership dues. See Mrs. Purcell for more information or to join FFA!
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
Cindy Blair, blairc2@clarke.k12.ga.us
Tangernika Winston, winstont@clarke.k12.ga.us
Linda Allen, allenl3@clarke.12.ga.us
Science:
Science:
Diarra Mosley, mosleyd@clarke.k12.ga.us
Lara Zwald, zwaldl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Lara Zwald, zwaldl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Brandi Holcomb, holcombb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Karen Myers, myersk@clarke.k12.ga.us
Social Studies:
Karen Myers, myersk@clarke.k12.ga.us
Social Studies:
Nyla Bell, belln@clarke.k12.ga.us
Cynthia Hollis, hollisc@clarke.k12.ga.us
Brandi Holcomb, holcombb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Angela Bright, brighta@clarke.k12.ga.us
Brandi Holcomb, holcombb@clarke.k12.ga.us
Angela Bright, brighta@clarke.k12.ga.us
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
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