Week of 2/11 through 2/15

February Recess is almost here. Students need to try to remain focused for these last few classes before the recess, and complete any assignments they are given. We will reach the mid-way part of the marking period as of Friday, and will be sending home progress report letters for students who may be struggling in any of their core subjects. If you have any specific concerns, please contact any of your scholar's teachers to discuss their porgress so far.

7th Grade: The 7th graders are working hard to finish up their Contract Project on the American Revolution. They have asked for a change to their due date, and after thinking and discussing it with them, a compromise has been reached. The project will now be due on Friday, February 15th, at the end of their class period. They can, of course, hand it in early. We will spend class time on Thursday and Friday both finishing up any last minute work. The project will be serving as the final unit assessment on the American Revolution. Please remind them that they were to complete the 4 mandatory pieces (DBQ, Vocabulary, Guided Readings, and Biography chart) along with any 5 choice activities. All activities will be due to me by the end of Friday's class. They can still continue to come for extra help during homebase, lunch, or after school Tuesday or Thursday (as long as they have a means of getting home.) Please let me know if you have any questions regarding their work.

8th Grade: The 8th graders are continueing to work through the unit on World War I. Having completed some short reading reviews as homeworks, we are working towards watching All Quiet on the Western Front to show the strategies and tactics of war, and some of the human side of the interaction. They will be doing in class assignments on the movie, and will use the visuals and information to prepare for a unit test that will be given after February Recess.

Reminder about Notebooks. All student notebooks were due on Friday 2/8. If students did not hand them in, it negatively impacted their grade as their notebook makes up 20% of their overall grade as explained in September. I will continue to collect them this week, but each day they lose points due to its tardiness. Please double check with your scholar to insure they have fulfilled their obligation to their academics and handed their well organized notebook in.

All student notebooks are due February 8th.

All students will have a notebook check on Friday February 8th!

Make sure all pages are present,

glued in, and complete in order to receive full credit.

8th Graders will be expected to have pages 113-138 complete. They already have (as of 2/1) through pages 129. The rest will be worked on early next week.

7th Graders will be expected to have pages 129-146 complete. They already have (as of 2/1) through pages 142. The rest will be worked on early next week.

7th Graders should also continue to work on their American Revolution project. They will have work time next week on Tuesday and Wednesday during class, but are expected to be completing parts of it independently. They can also come for extra help during their lunch time any day next week.