General News
Report Cards
The second nine weeks of school have come to an end, which means teachers have submitted final grades for Q2 report cards. Report cards will be distributed and sent home Friday, January 10th. If you have questions or concerns about your child's grades or academic standing, please contact their teacher(s). A full contact list for the 8th grade faculty is listed at the bottom of the blog.
Mid-Year Open House - Thursday 1/9
Please join us for our Mid-Year Open House on Thursday, January 9th from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Get your student's report card early! For anyone who cannot attend on Thursday, report cards will be sent home on Friday afternoon.
5-6pm: Hear from administrators, PTO, and local school governance team (LSGT) about Credit Recovery, Milestones information, fundraising, and more. Also, you'll get to see the HMS band, orchestra, and step team perform!
6-7pm: Choose four 15-minute sessions from this list: Grade Level Info, ESOL, Gifted Education, Special Education, High School Spanish, Rising 9th Grader Info, Rising 8th Grader Info
Important Upcoming Dates
Please be aware of the following upcoming dates and events. Note that this list will continue to be added to each week as more events are planned and scheduled, and also that some of these dates are subject to change:
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Modeling linear relationships
Tuesday: Interpreting linear functions
Wednesday: Representations of a line
Thursday: Increasing & decreasing functions
Friday: Increasing & decreasing functions
**8th Grade Math Q3 Lesson Plans
Accelerated Math
Monday: Symmetries of quadrilaterals
Tuesday: Symmetries of regular polygons
Wednesday: Group Quiz
Thursday: The distance formula
Friday: The distance formula
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
**Accelerated Math Q3 Lesson Plans
ELA News:
Monday: Unit 1 Review
Tuesday: Units 1-2 Review
Wednesday: Unit 2 Review
Thursday: Unit 3 Introduction
Friday: Unit 3 Introduction / Freedom Friday (Silent Sustained Reading)
**ELA Q3 Lesson Plans
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: Static Electricity / Poster Presentation
Tuesday: Distribution of Charge / Static Electricity Lab
Wednesday: Distribution of Charge / Metal Spheres
Thursday: Distribution of Charge / Metal Spheres
Friday: Quiz / Magnet Lab
**Monday Binder Check
**8th Grade Science Q3 Lesson Plans
High School Science
Monday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Tuesday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Wednesday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Thursday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Friday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
**Monday Binder Check
**HS Science Q3 Lesson Plans
Social Studies News:
Monday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Tuesday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Wednesday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Thursday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Friday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
**Social Studies Q3 Lesson Plans
Connections News
All non-yearlong connections classes will change on Monday when we return from Winter Break!
Band & Orchestra News:
The Hilsman Band and Orchestra Rock-A-Thon will take place Friday, January 31st from 4:00pm - 12:00pm. Please ask your student for the information packet this week!
Art News:
As an introduction to art, 8th graders will be making avatars, having a scavenger hunt in the art room, making sketchbooks, and having team building activities.
8th Grade Faculty
Math:
Enjoy the weekend, and go Panthers!
The second nine weeks of school have come to an end, which means teachers have submitted final grades for Q2 report cards. Report cards will be distributed and sent home Friday, January 10th. If you have questions or concerns about your child's grades or academic standing, please contact their teacher(s). A full contact list for the 8th grade faculty is listed at the bottom of the blog.
Mid-Year Open House - Thursday 1/9
Please join us for our Mid-Year Open House on Thursday, January 9th from 5:00pm-7:00pm. Get your student's report card early! For anyone who cannot attend on Thursday, report cards will be sent home on Friday afternoon.
5-6pm: Hear from administrators, PTO, and local school governance team (LSGT) about Credit Recovery, Milestones information, fundraising, and more. Also, you'll get to see the HMS band, orchestra, and step team perform!
6-7pm: Choose four 15-minute sessions from this list: Grade Level Info, ESOL, Gifted Education, Special Education, High School Spanish, Rising 9th Grader Info, Rising 8th Grader Info
Important Upcoming Dates
Please be aware of the following upcoming dates and events. Note that this list will continue to be added to each week as more events are planned and scheduled, and also that some of these dates are subject to change:
- 1/6- Students return from Winter Break
- 1/9- Mid-Year Open House 5-7pm
- 1/10- Quarter 2 Report Cards distributed
- 1/14-1/17- Basketball City Championship Tournament
- 1/20- MLK Day (No School)
- 2/11- 8th Grade Field Trip to Cedar Shoals High School
- 2/17- Teacher Work Day (No School)
- 3/4-3/5- Parent Teacher Conferences
- 3/5-3/13- Spring Break (No School)
- 4/10, 4/13- Mid-Spring Break (No School)
- 5/21- Last Day of School
Congratulations Science Fair Winners!
The following 8th grade students have advanced to the CCSD Science Fair Competition on January 11th at Hilsman. Way to go, Panthers!
Parker Borron, Estelle Grindeland, Izzy Morgan, Austin Chang, Samuel Michael, Aissatou Sarr, Jonathan Williams, Zachary Jarrett, Holden Neace, Masao Moorhead, Landon Neace, Andrew Chang, Jason Zhang, Chloe Smith, Keira Tory, Addison Shockley, Leah Norris, Delysia Griffith, Alejandra Cerron-Palomino, Rodrigo Bradford, Aaliyah Dawson, Paula Linz, Fernando Cortez-Tovar, Luke Skinner
The following 8th grade students have advanced to the CCSD Science Fair Competition on January 11th at Hilsman. Way to go, Panthers!
Parker Borron, Estelle Grindeland, Izzy Morgan, Austin Chang, Samuel Michael, Aissatou Sarr, Jonathan Williams, Zachary Jarrett, Holden Neace, Masao Moorhead, Landon Neace, Andrew Chang, Jason Zhang, Chloe Smith, Keira Tory, Addison Shockley, Leah Norris, Delysia Griffith, Alejandra Cerron-Palomino, Rodrigo Bradford, Aaliyah Dawson, Paula Linz, Fernando Cortez-Tovar, Luke Skinner
Content News
Math News:
8th Grade
Monday: Modeling linear relationships
Tuesday: Interpreting linear functions
Wednesday: Representations of a line
Thursday: Increasing & decreasing functions
Friday: Increasing & decreasing functions
**8th Grade Math Q3 Lesson Plans
Accelerated Math
Monday: Symmetries of quadrilaterals
Tuesday: Symmetries of regular polygons
Wednesday: Group Quiz
Thursday: The distance formula
Friday: The distance formula
**More specific information on assignments, upcoming dates, etc. will be specified via group email.
**Accelerated Math Q3 Lesson Plans
ELA News:
Monday: Unit 1 Review
Tuesday: Units 1-2 Review
Wednesday: Unit 2 Review
Thursday: Unit 3 Introduction
Friday: Unit 3 Introduction / Freedom Friday (Silent Sustained Reading)
**ELA Q3 Lesson Plans
Science News:
8th Grade
Monday: Static Electricity / Poster Presentation
Tuesday: Distribution of Charge / Static Electricity Lab
Wednesday: Distribution of Charge / Metal Spheres
Thursday: Distribution of Charge / Metal Spheres
Friday: Quiz / Magnet Lab
**Monday Binder Check
**8th Grade Science Q3 Lesson Plans
High School Science
Monday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Tuesday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Wednesday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Thursday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
Friday: LOCM / Balancing Equations
**Monday Binder Check
**HS Science Q3 Lesson Plans
Social Studies News:
Monday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Tuesday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Wednesday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Thursday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
Friday: Unit 5 Review & Wrap-Up
**Social Studies Q3 Lesson Plans
Connections News
All non-yearlong connections classes will change on Monday when we return from Winter Break!
Band & Orchestra News:
The Hilsman Band and Orchestra Rock-A-Thon will take place Friday, January 31st from 4:00pm - 12:00pm. Please ask your student for the information packet this week!
Art News:
As an introduction to art, 8th graders will be making avatars, having a scavenger hunt in the art room, making sketchbooks, and having team building activities.
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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