8th Grade Updates - 9/27/2026

Last week, our 8th grade students attended an assembly on Special Programs for high school. All information about the assembly and about parent sessions can be found at the link below. Please contact your child's counselor (Ms. Thomare or Ms. Perez) if you have any questions about the programs or about the application process.

We are really excited to help your child through the process if she/he chooses to apply! We will be sending out a survey to all students next week about their interest in special programs for high school so we can organize them into small groups. These small groups will have a staff member mentor to help them through the application process. We look forward to this group of 8th graders to be well represented in all of these opportunities!

-- Jennifer Feldhaus, 8th Grade Dean

English 8 -Students will continue working on Unit 2: Human Intelligence.

Prealgebra -Students will estimate and solve contextual problems that require the computation of one discount of markup and resulting sales price or the computation of the percent increase or decrease.

Algebra I -Students will determine and identify the domain, range, zeros, slope, and intercepts of a linear function, presented algebraically or graphically

Geometry -Students will continue working on the unit on Transformations by determining whether a figure has point symmetry, line symmetry, both, or neither, as well as locating, counting, and drawing lines of symmetry given a figure, including figures in context.

Science 8 -Finishing Chemical and Physical Changes Lab, complete study guide, take Major Summative on Physical and Chemical Changes.

SSGS (Civics) 8 -Students will learn about the Preamble and the Articles of the Constitution.

Band 8 -Students are practicing for their upcoming marching band field trip. They have all of their winter concert music for our December concert.

Strings 8 -Students are continuing to improve music literacy. Practice note names in Schoology and bring your instrument home to practice!

Chorus 8 -Vocal techniques, Solfege and hand signals, Short song "Jubilate Deo". Concert rep "Never far from home" and"Something told the wild geese". District chorus audition materials.

Guitar L2 -Instrument Rental Agreements and $50 rental fees are due ASAP. Please bring cash or check (made out to Sterling Middle School) to your music teacher.

FACS 8 -This week students will wrap up their hand sewing projects and begin to review kitchen safety and sanitation in preparation for our first cooking labs.

Robotics 8 - This week in Robotics 8, we will be running time trails without speed bots on tracks we build in class. we will then learn navigating mazes with code AND controllers.

Introduction to Computer Science - This week we are exploring what makes technology Software or Hardware and what goes into making programs like Video Games.

PE 8 -Students will continue with their FLE and Health units. Students will complete their nutrition brochures.

Level Up 8 -Students will utilize their 5C skills to complete activities.

Spectrum 8 - Students will use their critical thinking skills to solve problems collaboratively and independently.

Spanish for Fluent Speakers -Students will go to the library and complete some readings

Spanish for Fluent Speakers 4 -Students will wrap up the History of Spain in the 15th century to understand our current identity as we are working on this UNIT 1- IDENTITY. These are the assignments that are being taken son far and the upcoming ones, also to be found in Schoology under Q1 FORMATIVOS

MAJOR

17/18 Major Summative- Proyecto

30 Octubre - Composition Book

Spanish 2 -Students will review vocabulary related to places around the school, school supplies, and the people who work in the school community. They will also compare their school experience in the United States with a school in Ecuador, identifying similarities and differences while developing their language and cultural understanding.

French 2 - This week we will review classroom expectations and useful phrases from last week. We will learn and practice routines for second language learning classrooms and learn greetings in French.

Art 8 -Scale & Repetition — The Illusion of Space: Students are mastering scale, proportion, and repetition to build linear depth. By manipulating shape sizes across their compositions, they are creating believable optical illusions of expansive 3D space.

Theater -Students will continue to work together to build scenes as they practice elements of improv. Students will also begin analyzing different jobs/roles within a production beginning with sound.

To speak with staff listed below by phone, call Sterling Middle School at 571-434-4520 during regular school hours (8:30AM - 3:45PM) to leave a phone message. Email at the addresses below is also welcome. We try our best to return communication within 24 business hours.

Ms. Jennifer Feldhaus - 8th Grade Dean - jennifer.feldhaus@lcps.org

Mrs. Giuliana Jahnsen Lewis - Assistant Principal - giuliana.jahnsenlewis@lcps.org

Mr. Fitzroy Frew - Principal - fitzroy.frew@lcps.org

Ms. Bethanya Funes - 8th Grade Secretary - bethanya.funes@lcps.org

Ms. Kristina Perez - School Counselor (Last Names Rios-Z) kristina.perez@lcps.org

Ms. Alexis Dinkins - School Social Worker - alexis.dinkins@lcps.org

Ms. Katie Lovo Albayero- Attendance & School Registration - katie.lovoalbayero@lcps.org

Ms. Kara Tufts - Family Liaison - kara.tufts@lcps.org

Ms. Amy Brewer - School Nurse - amy.brewer@lcps.org

Sterling Middle School

201 West Holly Ave

Sterling, VA 20164

571-434-4520

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