Blue Team Weekly Update

Week of 10/7-10/11

Breaking News

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Red Ribbon Week:

Monday 10/28– Ink out drugs Day! – wear a tattoo! Step Team will be selling tattoos at lunch for 50 cents each.

Tuesday 10/29 – Blow Out Drugs Day! – Purchase a blow pop for 25 cents from a Step Team Member.

Wednesday 10/30 – Don’t sleep on drugs, be aware! - Wear your favorite PJ bottoms to school for 50 cents!

Thursday 10/31 Keep drugs out of your face! -Two student’s per lunch shift will be drawn to throw a pie in a staff member’s face!

We will also have a Halloween Contest with gift cards for the winners!

All proceeds from the sale of tattoos, blow pops, etc will be used to fund performance uniforms for the step team. Thanks for your support!

WGSD Parent Safety Information Night

What: The Webster Groves School District will provide families with information about district safety initiatives, including:

· WGSD School Resource Officers will present an overview of 4E (intruder) training that we conduct with district staff and preview an elementary student presentation

· WGSD Superintendent Dr. John Simpson will provide updates on Prop E safety, accessibility, and space measures

When: Wednesday, October 30th at 7:00

Where: Steger Auditorium

701 N. Rock Hill Road

Upcoming Due Dates

Scholastic Book Orders due by 10/15

Two books personal reading books for October are due by 10/31. Fill out completed book forms as you finish your books.

Classroom Happenings

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ELA: Mrs. Camden

In ELA this week we finished our work with signposts. We had our summative assessment on Thursday. Summative grades for the assessment and two September books will be updated next week.

Just a reminder, students are required to read two books each month for the rest of the school year. These books count as summative grades. Students should be finished with one book for August, both books for September, and almost finished with the first book for October. Remind you child that they must fill out a completed book form for their reading to count. Completed book forms are in the classroom next to the pencil sharpener.

I will be placing a Scholastic book order onTuesday October 15th for anyone who submits an order online.

If you’d like to donate books to our classroom library, we have wish-lists on Scholastic and Amazon. Thanks!

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Science: Mr. Vorel

This week in Science we continued our design/build project. In this project, students are working in groups of 3 or 4 to construct an arcade game built from cardboard. Students will also include at least one complete circuit within their game. For example, a group might decide to build a scaled down version of a skee-ball game where getting the ball into the hole completes a circuit and a light comes on. At the end of the project, students from some of our Webster Groves elementary schools will come to Hixson and play with the games the science students created.

Some of the materials we will use to complete this project include: cardboard, duct tape, electrical tape, and batteries. Students will also be using old holiday lights and toy parts in their arcade games. We would gladly accept any donation of old holiday lights, games/toys, tape, or cardboard.

As grades are being placed into SIS, please note that if an assignment has a comment of incomplete, your student should revise and resubmit their work. I am happy to work with any student who would like individualized help during lunch or before/after school.

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Social Studies: Mr. McGinnis

This week in Social Studies we are finishing up with the Declaration of Independence.

SPRINGFIELD FIELD TRIP:

We have 40 confirmed students.

If you have not yet, please click on this link to get information on our Springfield Trip.

In addition, please fill out the Google form - https://forms.gle/6ZtPTdtqVMzHNk1c7

- so that we can estimate how many students plan on going with us. This will allow us to set the price for the trip. We will be going to Springfield IL 5/13/2020.