Green Team Weekly Update

Week of 1/20-1/24

Breaking News

This is a great time of year to replenish students’ school supplies. Be sure to check in with your child about his/her supply needs.

Springfield field trip forms (see below) need to be turned into the office along with payment by March 23rd.

Yearbook order forms were distributed to students last week. This is the first time orders have been accepted 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.

OPUS (Orchestra Parents United for Students), the parent booster organization for the WGSD middle and high school orchestras, is hosting a trivia night and silent auction to be held on February 1 at Shrewsbury Community Center. The event is a fundraiser for general orchestra program needs and orchestra trips. Details and a registration link are at
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f45aeab2aa3fb6-3rdannual

The Hixson Winter Mixer will be next Friday, January 31, 2020 from 6:30-8:00pm! See the flyer below for more information. Please also consider volunteering to chaperone. You can sign up at this link.

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Upcoming Due Dates

Students must register for high school classes through the SIS Portal by February 7. For help with online course requests, please see the following video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH4rZ_lxZ8Q

If you have any questions about your child’s schedule for next year, please contact their high school counselor:

Alexandra King

(Last Names A-E)

Phone: 314.963.6400

Ext: 11916

king.alexandra@wgmail.org

Ken Winingham

(Last Names F-K)

Phone: 314.963.6400

Ext: 11914

winingham.ken@wgmail.org

Joe Hepfinger

(Last Names L-R)

Phone: 314.963.6400

Ext: 11912

hepfinger.joe@wgmail.org

Simone Cunningham

(Last Names S-Z)

Phone: 314.963.6400

Ext: 11913

cunningham.simone@wgmail.org

Classroom Happenings

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ELA- Mrs. Forderhase

Students should be off and reading their second independent reading book of the quarter. Students spent time this week identifying writer’s craft moves and thinking about how this connected to theme. Students also generated their thesis statements for their literary essay. Next week, students will be busy drafting and revising their essays. If you would like to support our classroom library, please visit our class Amazon Wish List.

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Science- Mrs. Kenney

This week in science, we continued our Chemistry Unit. Students started the week with Kinetic Molecular Theory. Then, students worked on their study guides and reviewed for their summative test. On Friday, we finished the week with a Chemistry Test. If you would like to support our classroom projects, we would greatly appreciate donations of tissue paper, duct tape, hot glue sticks, and glue sticks. Thank you!

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Social Studies- Mr. Ward

This week in social studies, students reviewed essential vocabulary for their quiz on Friday. We then looked at budgets. Students then registered for Banzai; a financial literacy budget simulator. Students were given life scenarios and had to make decisions based on their budgets. On Friday, students took a quiz over their first 10 vocabulary words for the Economics unit.