Red 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
The Middle School Math Program Evaluation Team is interested in parent feedback regarding MS Math. Please visit the following link to complete the parent survey: http://bit.ly/MSMathSurveyWG.
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.
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

Pig heart dissection field trip is Feb. 25th

Student led Conferences are March 9th and March 11th. Students MUST be present for these conferences.

Classroom Happenings

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ELA- Mr. Jones

We started working on the new unit, Writing About Reading this week. Students will be analyzing a book they love throughout this unit. Most of the writing will be small chunks of reading and writing thoughts (Jots) and feelings about that reading followed by longer writing with explanations of those jots. It will be important that students don’t just summarize the book, but show and explain their thinking. My February Blog, “I Love Teaching Because...” can be found here.

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Science- Mrs. Creath

We have been learning about the muscular system this past week and started on the digestive system Thursday. Next week we will cover the circulatory system. At the end of the week, the kids will be dissecting earthworms!!

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Social Studies- Mrs. Pettid

This week students focused on Alexander the Great, working on a webquest throughout the week. We looked at the ways in which Alexander changed the ancient world and influenced the modern world. I also challenged them to think about what makes a leader “great”. Their webquest is due on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, we will begin Rome - focusing on the Roman Republic.