6th Grade Newsletter
What an amazing display of talent from our fabulous students in the play adaptation of Holes!
From a mesmerizing a cappella performance to powerful dramatic moments, our students kept the entire audience captivated from beginning to end. We are incredibly proud of the cast, crew, and the fantastic team of teachers—Mrs. Keko, Mrs. Nava, and Ms. Bowen—for bringing this production to life.
Field Day
Hello Guardians of our lovely 6th Grade Lions!!!
We’re so excited for our upcoming Field Day, Thursday, June 4th, 2026, and we’d love your help to make it a success! We're looking for snack and drink donations.
🍿 Snack Donations: We’re asking for 3 types of snacks — something sweet, something salty, and a drink. Feel free to bring individual or individually wrapped bulk portions. Please label anything with allergens!
Thank you so much for your support... we couldn’t do this without you!
Spirit Fridays
The 7th grade SVC has organized “Spirit Fridays” starting April 24 through the end of the school year! Here’s the lineup:
- 4/24 – Dress Like Your Type Day
- 5/1 – Character/Celebrity/Athlete/Adam Sandler Day
- 5/8 – Twin Day
- 5/15 – Sunglasses Day
- 5/22 – Anything But a Backpack Day
- 5/29 - Funky Friday/Crazy Hair Day
We’re excited to see everyone show their school spirit and creativity each week!
This Week in ELA:
This week in ELA, students worked on wrapping up their study of I Am Malala and Malala’s Nobel Lecture. While classrooms may be completing slightly different activities, all students are engaging in an argumentative task to demonstrate their understanding of the texts. Students are using evidence from both the memoir and the speech to develop claims about Malala’s message, particularly her views on education, equality, and the role of media.
This work allows students to practice critical thinking, text analysis, and writing skills as they prepare to share and defend their ideas.
📚 6th Grade Book Clubs Week 5
This week, students focused on the resolution and theme of their novels. They reflected on whether their earlier predictions were accurate and analyzed how the main conflict was resolved. Students discussed which characters changed the most and evaluated whether the ending was satisfying.
In addition, students worked together to identify the theme of their books by thinking about the big ideas, key events, and lessons the author is communicating. They supported their thinking with evidence from the text and made real-life connections to deepen their understanding.
It was great to see students engaging in thoughtful discussions as they wrapped up their books and prepared for their final projects. Additional information about the culminating project will be provided next week.
This Week in Math:
This week we began our unit on positive and negative numbers. Students compared and ordered positive and negative numbers and learned about opposites and absolute value.
Looking Ahead in Math:
Next week we will begin to add and subtract positive and negative numbers using various strategies including number lines, counting chips, and floats and anchors.
Looking for summer activities?
KUUMBA OLYMPICS -----FULL SCHEDULE HERE
WHEN: the last three weeks of June! Practices during the week and competitions on the weekends.
WHERE: all events are at ETHS
COST: FREE
Information for the Kuumba Olympics:
Come to ETHS to try each sport! Choose your sports when you come to the Kuumba Carnivals:
Saturday, April 25 from 4pm-6pm and Sunday, May 3 from 3pm-5pm OR
Sunday, April 26 from 3pm-5pm and Saturday, May 2 from 4pm-6pm
Sunday, May 31--3pm-5:30pm Family Festival
Friday, June 12-Torch Run and Opening Ceremony
Competitions begin on Saturday, June 13!
Sunday, June 28: Closing Ceremony!
ETHS offers a wide range of sports camps throughout the summer! Please use this link to browse the available camps!
GIRLS PLAY SPORTS runs a summer camp from June 8-12 from 9am-12pm at ETHS. We will teach 16 sports that week! It is so much fun! It would be great if you would like to attend Girls Play Sports camp in the morning and then Camp Kuumba in the afternoon! Please use THIS LINK to register and find out more information. Scholarships are always available.