Thursday, January 25, 2018

HOUSEKEEPING:


There are a lot of important dates coming up, parents, so I have highlighted them in yellow to ensure nothing gets forgotten.

1.  Electives!  Yes, once again we are offering Winter Electives this year.  All the paperwork is coming home and is to be completed by January 31st.  To access the google survey, your child must use their gapps yrdsb account and copy the following link:  https://goo.gl/forms/lNqiyMYuAz32SuUc2 (or click here - ELECTIVES).  5 kids from our class have already filled out the survey!  Nice!


2.  Grade 8 parents: the second installment for the gr. 8 trip to Muskoka Woods is due by January 26, 2018.  The amount of the second installment is $125.00 (payable by cheque or on school cash online).  If you paid $250 for the first amount you do not need to pay the $125 now. 


3.  COURSE SELECTION:  Parents and Guardians: don't forget to sit down with your child and do a "'practice" course selection through Career Cruising.  Do not put this off!

4. HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION: The green registration form that came home in the red folder is due Tuesday, January 30. Still missing: Allen, Jina, Aimee, and Denys.



5. Grade 8 Grad photos January 30th at 9:00.  Start getting your beauty rest.  An envelope came home today for the 2018 class composite (if you are interested in purchasing one).


6. Crazy Hair Day this Friday, January 26!




7. Watch on Netflix: Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable.  Mind-blowing.


  
KUDOS TO:   Shauna and Ella for making sure Mikayla received her practice test by running throughout the school looking for Ainsley. 

HOMEWORK:

ENGLISH:

1. NoRedInk (Articles, appositives, a vs. an) is due next Wednesday, January 31st at 9:00 a.m.  No late submissions are allowed, so make sure you start working on it a.s.a.p. 


2. Round one of the essay writing today was exactly what I was hoping for: students added thoughtful ideas to the framework we had already established.  We will finish this next week.




3. Look up the bio of this famous Canadian: Viola Davis Desmond (our own "Rosa Parks").  We will be putting something together about this brave woman.




MATH:

1.  Factors, Multiples, Exponents, square numbers, square roots, and scientific notation test tomorrow.  Today we did a practice test and I took up any questions students had. 
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FRENCH:

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HISTORY:
1.   PREZI presentations continue next week.  Students are encouraged to review their notes from the presentations.

ART:

SCIENCE: 


1. Viscosity experiment due Monday (grade 8)



MUSIC: 

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DRAMA: 

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HEALTH: 


1.  Mind Tracker over the next week.  On Thursday you will show me your mind tracker from a distance of 5'.