General News
Q2 Progress Reports
Progress Reports for Quarter 2 went home with students on Friday. These provide the 4.5 week notice of how your child is progressing in their classes for this quarter. If you have questions or concerns about your child's grades, please reach out to your child's teacher(s) - a full 8th grade faculty contact list is provided at the bottom of this blog. Please check Parent Portal frequently so that we can address any academic concerns early!
College & Career T-Shirt Day - Monday 11/18
Our monthly College/Career T-Shirt day will be this Monday, November 18th. 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!
Thanksgiving Food Drive
The Food Pantry at Hilsman Middle School is planning a Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit students and their families. We will start food collection November 13th - November 20th. Right now, we will be collecting in the cafeteria & car rider line during the morning, and we will gave drop-off boxes throughout the school. We will be accepting perishable and nonperishable food items, but we suggest contacting our AmeriCorp Vista, Ms. Charlie Evans, before donating large amounts of perishable food items (772-207-6036). In addition, students can receive a free dress down day if they donate 5 or more items. (The details on how to keep track of this are still being worked out, but we will update ASAP!)
Important Upcoming Dates
Please be aware of the following upcoming dates and events
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Introducing slope
Tuesday: Defining and finding slope
Wednesday: Slope, y-intercept, and slope-intercept form
Thursday: Slope-intercept practice day
Friday: Slope-intercept practice day
**We took our Unit 3 Test on Friday last week. Please be checking Infinite Campus as these grades are entered. Students may complete Test Corrections to earn back partial credit, and they may also do a Re-Test in order to replace the grade.
**8th Grade Math Lesson Plans
Accelerated Math
Monday: Solving systems of inequalities
Tuesday: Solving systems of equations
Wednesday: Group Quiz
Thursday: Solving systems of equations
Friday: Systems review day
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
**Accelerated Math Lesson Plans
ELA News:
Monday: Harnessing Narrative Craft
Tuesday: Harnessing Narrative and Informational Writing Techniques
Wednesday: Harnessing Narrative and Informational Writing Techniques
Thursday: Elaborating to Deepen Readers' Connections
Friday: Elaborating to Deepen Readers' Connections/Freedom Friday Silent Sustained Reading
**ELA Lesson Plans
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: Pure substances and mixtures
Tuesday: Elements, compounds, mixtures
Wednesday: Elements, compounds, mixtures
Thursday: Pure substances, compounds, and mixtures
Friday: Pure substances, compounds, and mixtures
**Monday Binder Check
**8th Grade Science Lesson Plans
High School Science
Monday: Unit 3 Review
Tuesday: Unit 3 Review
Wednesday: Unit 3 Exam
Thursday: Unit 3 Corrections
Friday: Unit 4 Preview
**Monday Binder Check
**HS Science Lesson Plans
Social Studies News:
Monday: Articles of Confederation; GA's Signers of the Constitution; Founding of UGA
Tuesday: Georgia's Westward Expansion
Wednesday: Natives in Georgia and Indian Removal
Thursday: Unit 4 Review
Friday: Unit 4 Assessment
**Social Studies Lesson Plans
Connections News
Spanish:
Monday: Leccion 2 (En mi familia)
Tuesday: Possessive adjectives
Wednesday: Comparacion cultural
Thursday: Pobre Ana book assignment due
Friday: Cuando es tu cumpleanos/food tasting
Family & Consumer Science:
8th Grade FACS will continue with our final week of personal finance and money management leading up to Thanksgiving break. We are building upon our understanding of income, expenses, budgeting, and investments to discuss different ways to pay for things and how taxes and credit work. There will be an open-notes summative assessment at the end of the Unit on Friday.
PE:
Coach Kemmerer's class will start meeting in the health classroom on Monday. The room is located at the end of the connections hallway next to Dr. McGee's room.
Coach Varnadoe's class will start meeting in the gym.
Art:
This week, 8th graders will make a pop art portrait out of a coloring sheet made of their picture and then they will grid the same photo to create a self-portrait painting!
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
Progress Reports for Quarter 2 went home with students on Friday. These provide the 4.5 week notice of how your child is progressing in their classes for this quarter. If you have questions or concerns about your child's grades, please reach out to your child's teacher(s) - a full 8th grade faculty contact list is provided at the bottom of this blog. Please check Parent Portal frequently so that we can address any academic concerns early!
College & Career T-Shirt Day - Monday 11/18
Our monthly College/Career T-Shirt day will be this Monday, November 18th. 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!
Thanksgiving Food Drive
The Food Pantry at Hilsman Middle School is planning a Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit students and their families. We will start food collection November 13th - November 20th. Right now, we will be collecting in the cafeteria & car rider line during the morning, and we will gave drop-off boxes throughout the school. We will be accepting perishable and nonperishable food items, but we suggest contacting our AmeriCorp Vista, Ms. Charlie Evans, before donating large amounts of perishable food items (772-207-6036). In addition, students can receive a free dress down day if they donate 5 or more items. (The details on how to keep track of this are still being worked out, but we will update ASAP!)
Important Upcoming Dates
Please be aware of the following upcoming dates and events
- 11/15- Progress Reports distributed
- 11/18- College & Career T-Shirt Day
- 11/22- Principal's Coffee 7:30-8:30am
- 11/25-11/29- Thanksgiving Break
- 12/3-12/5- MAP Testing
- 12/12- PTO Meeting 6pm
- 12/13- Lunch-A-Palooza
- 12/20- Last day of first term
- 2/11- 8th Grade Field Trip to Cedar Shoals High School
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Introducing slope
Tuesday: Defining and finding slope
Wednesday: Slope, y-intercept, and slope-intercept form
Thursday: Slope-intercept practice day
Friday: Slope-intercept practice day
**We took our Unit 3 Test on Friday last week. Please be checking Infinite Campus as these grades are entered. Students may complete Test Corrections to earn back partial credit, and they may also do a Re-Test in order to replace the grade.
**8th Grade Math Lesson Plans
Accelerated Math
Monday: Solving systems of inequalities
Tuesday: Solving systems of equations
Wednesday: Group Quiz
Thursday: Solving systems of equations
Friday: Systems review day
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
**Accelerated Math Lesson Plans
ELA News:
Monday: Harnessing Narrative Craft
Tuesday: Harnessing Narrative and Informational Writing Techniques
Wednesday: Harnessing Narrative and Informational Writing Techniques
Thursday: Elaborating to Deepen Readers' Connections
Friday: Elaborating to Deepen Readers' Connections/Freedom Friday Silent Sustained Reading
**ELA Lesson Plans
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: Pure substances and mixtures
Tuesday: Elements, compounds, mixtures
Wednesday: Elements, compounds, mixtures
Thursday: Pure substances, compounds, and mixtures
Friday: Pure substances, compounds, and mixtures
**Monday Binder Check
**8th Grade Science Lesson Plans
High School Science
Monday: Unit 3 Review
Tuesday: Unit 3 Review
Wednesday: Unit 3 Exam
Thursday: Unit 3 Corrections
Friday: Unit 4 Preview
**Monday Binder Check
**HS Science Lesson Plans
Social Studies News:
Monday: Articles of Confederation; GA's Signers of the Constitution; Founding of UGA
Tuesday: Georgia's Westward Expansion
Wednesday: Natives in Georgia and Indian Removal
Thursday: Unit 4 Review
Friday: Unit 4 Assessment
**Social Studies Lesson Plans
Connections News
Spanish:
Monday: Leccion 2 (En mi familia)
Tuesday: Possessive adjectives
Wednesday: Comparacion cultural
Thursday: Pobre Ana book assignment due
Friday: Cuando es tu cumpleanos/food tasting
Family & Consumer Science:
8th Grade FACS will continue with our final week of personal finance and money management leading up to Thanksgiving break. We are building upon our understanding of income, expenses, budgeting, and investments to discuss different ways to pay for things and how taxes and credit work. There will be an open-notes summative assessment at the end of the Unit on Friday.
PE:
Coach Kemmerer's class will start meeting in the health classroom on Monday. The room is located at the end of the connections hallway next to Dr. McGee's room.
Coach Varnadoe's class will start meeting in the gym.
Art:
This week, 8th graders will make a pop art portrait out of a coloring sheet made of their picture and then they will grid the same photo to create a self-portrait painting!
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
Morgan Archer, archerm@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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