Upcoming Events:

• Monday, September 23rd: School Picture Day
• Friday, September 27th: Early Release at 1:00 PM
• Friday, October 4: Family movie night hosted by the 7/8 class to raise money for Water for South Sudan
• October 7th-11th: Camp Kieve (https://www.kwe.org/the-leadership-school/)
  
• November 1st: Student-Led Conferences (No school, except for attendance at the conference)

Please note there was a calendar change. The Parent/Teacher conferences are changed to November 1st, as the original date of October 11th conflicted with Camp Kieve. Also, please note that these will be student-led conferences. Your child will be sharing progress that they are making with you. It will be a great discussion about their learning!

Math – Mrs. Tapley
7th grade mathematicians deepened their understanding of proportional relationships by writing equations that represented proportional relationships and graphing these equations. They completed an assessment on what they’ve learned so far. They wrapped up the week by reviewing how to divide and multiply fractions, which will help as we work with unit rates with fractional values. 8th grade mathematicians learned how to simplify expressions that have negative exponents, and then completed an assessment on what they have learned so far this year. Students then began exploring magnitude of very large and very small numbers, which will support our next study of scientific notation.

Super Studies – Mrs. Bebell
This week, the 7/8 class have been applying what they are learning about the global water crisis to  education and fundraising efforts. They created posters and a website to help the community understand this issue and are planning some fundraising efforts to support Water for South Sudan. Watch for details on the Water Challenge next week, along with information about the family movie night the class decided to host on October 4. They will be showing Finding Nemo, selling treats, and collecting donations to help people without access to clean water. 

English/Language Arts – Mrs. Thoner
Students have continued to focus on how to pull quotes out of the text A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park to analyze how the two main characters lives are similar and how they are different.  We also read an article from the Washington Post published in 1999 “Sudanese Tribes Confront the Modern War,” and compared and contrasted the Dinka and the Nuer tribes as portrayed in that piece.   

Art – Mr. Kennerk: The class has been working on a detailed geographical map of Africa to accompany their ELA book, “A Long Walk to Water”.  We finish up this week and move into some wet-on-wet watercolor with subsequent silhouette work with images of Africa.