Yellow Team Weekly Update

Week of 2/10-2/14

Breaking News

To schedule a conference with your child(ren)’s teachers, please visit the link below.

https://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Hixson_Middle_School_1

PLEASE NOTE:

Math and elective teachers will be meeting separately from team conferences. Please make sure to schedule an additional conference with these teachers.

Purple team will not be meeting as a team and will be holding individual conferences. If your child is on the Purple team, please schedule individual conferences with your child's ELA, Social Studies, and Science teachers.

7th grade team conferences are student-led conferences. Please sign up for a time when your child is able to join you.

Dr. Lee, Dr. Vogt and Mr. Hazelton would appreciate any parent feedback by completing the following surveys. Thank you!
Dr. Lee: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GLeeParentGuardian1920
Dr. Vogt: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Vogt-1920-Parent-Guardian
Mr. Hazelton: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MHazeltonParentGuardian1920
We're looking for local businesses and professionals to partner with for our career fair on April 17th. The time commitment would be from 7:30am to 11am.
We are hoping to find local businesses to speak to our kids about their career fields and professionals who are able to offer insight to our students about resume building, soft skills, and interviews.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Emily Bardot at bardot.emily@wgmail.org or 918-4655.
The Middle School Math Program Evaluation Team is interested in parent feedback regarding MS Math. Please visit the following link to complete the survey: http://bit.ly/MSMathSurveyWG.
Yearbook order forms have been distributed to students. This is the first time orders have been accepted for this school year. Yearbooks are $18.00 and orders are due by Friday, February 28th. You can place your order online at https://sales.yearbookmarket.com/stores/hixsonmiddleschool/products/773?pidx=0 or your student can turn in their envelope with payment to Ms. Baker in the main office.

Upcoming Due Dates

- We update our HOMEWORK page daily: website for homework

ELA: February: read THREE novels

Classroom Happenings

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ELA: Mrs. Day & Mrs.Goosen

Students should be working on their second book for their February reading goals as well as reading their chosen companion book.

The week students learned how to express their thoughts about what they are reading by using graphics and freewriting. We are encouraging students to think deeper about their reading by asking why and making connections.

If you would like to support our classroom library, please visit our class Amazon Wish List (Day) or Amazon Wish List (Goosen). Thank you for your support!

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Science: Mr. Geringer & Mrs. Oliver

Students studied the Skeletal, Muscular, and Respiratory systems during class this week. Next week we will study the Nervous and Circulatory systems and will begin preparing for our upcoming Pig Heart Dissection field trip.

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Social Studies: Mrs. Goosen & Mr. Landolt

Students learned all about being an adult and creating a budget. They were quite shocked at the cost of some basic things and trying to make a budget work with their chosen careers. Next we will be moving into macroeconomics and exploring the various types of economies as well as looking at economies of the past.