Team Paramaribo

Attendance and Absences

Families may submit student absence excused notes by:

Submitting information electronically via AspenGO (preferred method)
Submitting a hard copy excuse note to the Attendance Counselor
Emailing DealAttendance@k12.dc.gov

We can once again accept absences excuses via email, as this is the only way to electronically attach documents. Please note information received via email may be processed more slowly than excuses submitted via AspenGo.

Save The Dates!

February 24th: Team Celebration, please bring in allergy friendly snacks
February 27th: Advisory Midpoint Cutoff, All Work from the First Half of Term 3 Due
March 12th: NO STUDENT LED CONFERENCES, cancelled due to snow day calendar shifts
March 13th: Professional Development/Wellness Day, No School for Students
April 3rd: End of 3rd Quarter

Donation Request: Team Paramaribo Term 2 Celebration

We are celebrating our Team Paramaribo students during Advisory on Tuesday, February 24th! We are looking for donations of:

Juice boxes/capri suns
Allergy-friendly cookies/mini cupcakes/other small treats
Small bags of chips (the kids love a wide variety)
Allergy-friendly candy
Paper plates
Paper cups
Napkins and plastic utensils

Donations can be dropped off in the Welcome Center to avoid having to be brought through the line.

We also have many students celebrating Ramadan by fasting, so we kindly ask for resealable plastic bags in order to send them home with a goodie bag to eat after sundown.

Student Government Newsletter

Deal is very proud of our intrepid members of student government, so here is the link to the Student Government Newsletter! The next meeting for student government is at recess on Monday, February 23rd.

https://app.smore.com/n/uxjamz

Classroom Supplies Wishlists

We are so incredibly thankful to everyone who has sent in supplies so far - you are all truly appreciated!

If you would like to donate to your student's classrooms, here are the Amazon wishlist links:

Ms. Wesselhoft's Wishlist

Mx. Gomez's Wishlist

Mr/x. Winston and Ms. Clark's Wishlist

Ms. Patsalos' Wishlist

Ms. Sagan's Wishlist

Ms. Sun's Wishlist

Any donations can be sent to the school with this format:

ADCA c/o Teacher Name

3815 Fort Dr NW

Washington, DC 20016

English and Language Arts with Mr. Winston

In English this week, scholars strengthened their narrative writing skills by rewriting a chapter of The Giver from The Giver’s perspective, using a thirdperson point of view (a narrator outside the story describing characters’ thoughts and actions). Scholars should arrive on Monday, February 23rd with completed rough drafts; final drafts are due Tuesday, February 24th and must be typed in Class Notebook. Later this week, we’ll begin our poetry unit by reviewing poetic elements and reading William Stafford’s poem Burning the Book.

Math with Mx. Gomez

6th Grade Accelerated Math

Students did a great job with learning how temperature changes can be diagrammed on a number line and plotting points in the coordinate grid this week! Next week students will have their Criterion A Summative to follow up on the Formative they completed this week – on the Summative, students will be comparing and ordering integers and rational numbers. Students will build on what they learned about plotting points in a coordinate grid and learn how to reflect those points on a grid over the x and y axis.

7th Grade Math

This week in Math 7, we’ll be building our equation solving skills and applying them to real world situations. Students will start by exploring why different steps for solving equations make sense, then practice solving one step and multistep equations using a variety of strategies. We’ll also deepen our understanding of negative numbers and how they affect the steps we take when solving.

As we move through the week, students will use equations to solve word problems and make sense of real scenarios. We’ll wrap up by learning how to use equations to analyze percent increase and decrease—skills that help us understand discounts, markups, and changes over time.

Please encourage your child to stay on top of their assignments and reach out if they need support.

Summer Math Acceleration Camp (SMAC) Information

🔎Please direct all questions to DealSummerMath@k12.dc.gov.

As you may know, Deal offers an in-person math acceleration program each year for students who are currently taking Math 6 or Math 7. Students who demonstrate mastery of standards on the Middle of Year (MOY) i-Ready and the End of Year i-Ready (EOY) i-Ready by earning the required score will be invited to participate in SMAC 2026.

We will also offer a summer online asynchronous opportunity for students who will not be available for SMAC. To be invited to participate in the online asynchronous acceleration program students must earn the required score on the MOY i-Ready assessment and share the reason why they are not available for SMAC.

SMAC Boost | June 22 - 25; 9:00 - 12:00 noon (must attend all dates)

SMAC Dates | June 29 - July 23; 9:00 - 12:00 noon (must attend all dates)

Asynchronous Math Acceleration Program (Zearn) | June 22 - July 23

📎 Follow Along at Home

Families and students can explore the curriculum, preview lessons, and access resources using the link below:
🔗IM Accelerated Math Curriculum

🔗IM Grade 7 Math Curriculum

World Geography and Cultures with Ms. Wesselhoft

Here's what this upcoming week looks like in Geography:

Monday – East Asia Quiz/ Population Growth & Urbanization vocabulary
Tuesday – Introduce Population Growth – Population Circle
Wednesday & Thursday – 7 Billion & Counting reading: annotation & questions
Friday – Form A: 7 Billion & Counting / +

Here is the new wishlist link if you would like to donate to the Geography classroom.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/O9VNS5ZC4A1S?ref_=wl_share

Earth and Space Science with Ms. Sagan

Hello Scientists,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend and some of the many holidays this week! Students completed their Earth’s Place in Our Universe Summative test, cleaned out their science binders, and took a pretest for their next unit, Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate. We came back down to Earth by exploring how the Moon’s gravity causes tides on Earth, which will connect with our exploration of ocean and air currents in our upcoming unit!

We will start off with a review and analysis of heat transfer. Students will apply that understanding to a Land vs. Water lab and will explore the phenomena of El Niño.

Roots!!

Our root words for next week are:

*aqua = water (Latin) (think: aquarium, aquatic)
cumulo = heap (think: cumulative, accumulate)
*cirrus = curl (think: cirrostratus, cirrocumulus)
*photo = light (think: photosynthesis, photograph)
nimbus = dark cloud (think: cumulonimbus, nimbostratus)

Keepers: dyn, mis, re/retro, bio, hydro, gram, astro, luna, grav, milli, centi, deci

Notes from MLL Support

Last week we introduced main idea and details along with citing text evidence at teacher-led stations. Students also completed the reading domain for ACCESS testing. We are looking to complete writing next week for ACCESS and continue with Read 180 teacher stations and student applications.

Ms. Sun’s Amazon Wishlist

World Languages Newsletter

Read the weekly Deal World Languages newsletter to find out more about the happenings in Chinese, French and Spanish classes, including units of study and upcoming assignments and assessments.

https://app.smore.com/u/emily.bullock5

Library Corner

Read the library newsletter for February! Check out great opportunities for reading challenges, using DCPL databases, Black History Month resources, and more at the link below:

https://app.smore.com/n/x3k0a