Red Team Weekly Update

Week of 1/20-1/24

Breaking News

Yearbook order forms were distributed to students last week. 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.
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.

Upcoming Due Dates

SS - Athens/Sparta posters due Tuesday

Classroom Happenings

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ELA- Mr. Jones

This week was a week of NWEA Testing. By the end of the shortened week, we started looking at more sources to find evidence for the Argument Writing Piece we will be writing next week. Our topic is whether schools should control what students eat at school. Students will make a claim on that argument, use evidence to support their claim, and include a counterclaim. We will begin the writing process on Monday.

My January Classroom Blog, “A Cheesy 2020 Reference” can be found here.

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Science- Mrs. Creath

This past week students continued learning about the parts of a cell and worked on a project where they compared the cell to something (like a city or school). The project is due Monday! We will have a summative over Goals 1-3 on Thursday, Jan. 30th.

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Social Studies- Mrs. Pettid

This week in Social Studies, we have been examining the Greek city-states Athens and Sparta. Students have been comparing their governments, economies, values, and treatment of women and slaves. They will, with a partner choose the city they think is the best place to live and create an advertisement poster.

Next week, on Friday, students will be writing a summative paragraph about governments. We will also begin looking at Art and Architecture.