8th Grade Updates - 10/12/2026
English 8 -Students will finish working on their project for Unit 2: Human Intelligence.
Prealgebra -Students will identify and describe the relationship between pairs of angles that are vertical, adjacent, supplementary and complementary
Algebra I -Students will be reviewing and taking the corresponding assessment on Linear Functions.
Geometry -Students will be finishing the unit on Symmetry and Transformations by completing a project and taking the corresponding assessment.
Science 8 -AOL writing prompt and introduction to Atomic Theory and Atomic Structure
SSGS (Civics) 8 -Students will work on a Political Party Poster Project.
Band 8 -Students are working on their winter concert music. Please continue to allow your child to practice at home. Our 8th grade expectation is that students are practicing 4 times a week for 30 min. each time.
Strings 8 -Students are continuing to improve music literacy. Practice note names in Schoology and bring your instrument home to practice! First Concert is next Tuesday, October 27th at STM!
Chorus 8 -District chorus audition preparation. Sight-singing step 3. Concert repertoire: "Seize the Day". Battle of Route 7 star spangled banner.
Guitar L2 -Instrument Rental Agreements and $50 rental fees are due ASAP. Please bring cash or check (made out to Sterling Middle School) to your music teacher.
FACS 8 -Students will learn about restaurant safety and sanitation practices. We will also have a kitchen lab making pizza bagels.
Robotics 8 -This week in Robotics: Students will be changing their Speed bots into Clawbot and preparing for the Robotics Showcase at the Academies of Loudoun on 10/24 9am-4pm.
Introduction to Computer Science - This week we are exploring what makes technology Software or Hardware and what goes into making programs like Video Games.
PE 8 - Mr. Massey's students will continue with their FLE and Ms. Eppard's students will continue their Health unit. Students will complete their nutrition brochures.
Level Up 8 -Students will continue build and code VEX robots to complete multiple challenges.
Spectrum 8 - Students will use their critical thinking skills to solve problems collaboratively and independently.
Spanish for Fluent Speakers 2 -Students are preparing to write their own personal vignette inspired by the themes and structure of the novel. Their vignette will focus on a meaningful aspect of their home, identity, or community and must incorporate at least two literary devices that we have studied in class.
Spanish for Fluent Speakers 3 - Students are preparing to write their own personal vignette inspired by the themes and structure of the novel. Their vignette will focus on a meaningful aspect of their home, identity, or community and must incorporate at least two literary devices that we have studied in class.
Spanish for Fluent Speakers 4 -Students will be working during the next 2 weeks on the book they checkout from the library. The reading of the book and being able to rephrase certain passages will be part of their summative assessment, the last one for this quarter
Spanish 2 -Explorin School Schedule. It is time to talk about the school day! Students will describe their class schedules and compare them with school schedules in Latin America. They will also explore the general meaning of high school credits and learn about the types of courses students may need to complete for graduation. Through these activities, students will strengthen their Spanish while developing cultural and academic awareness.
French 2 -Identify and describe popular free time activities, asking others about their likes and plans using interrogative expressions, & respond to questions about likes/dislikes/plans
Art 8 -Project Launch — Final Graphite Masterpiece: Students are converting their digital compositional concepts into their final major pencil drawings. They are now applying all learned techniques—form, shading, texture, and spatial layering—to produce a polished, high-contrast artwork.
Theater -Students are learning about making sound effects. Students will add sound to a video track to change the mood or emotion of an original scene.
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201 West Holly Ave
Sterling, VA 20164
571-434-4520
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