8th Grade Updates - 10/24/2026
English 8 -Students will complete any missing work. Please check StudentVUE for assignments. The last day of the quarter is Wednesday, October 28th.
Prealgebra -Students will be reviewing perfect squares and square roots as an introduction to the new unit on Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
Algebra I -Students will be reviewing solving multistep equations including equations with variables on both sides .
Geometry -Students will be working on a new unit on Triangles Properties, specifically working on Triangles and Angles.
Science 8 -Introduction to the Periodic Table
SSGS (Civics) 8 -Students will discuss the roles of media in campaigns.
Band 8 -Students are working on their winter concert music. Please continue to allow your child to practice at home. Our 8th grade expectation is that students are practicing 4 times a week for 30 min. each time.
Strings 8 -Students are continuing to improve music literacy. Practice note names in Schoology and bring your instrument home to practice! First Concert is next Tuesday, October 27th at STM!
Chorus 8 -District chorus audition preparation. Sight-singing step 3. Concert repertoire: "Seize the Day". Battle of Route 7 star spangled banner.
Guitar L2 -Sight singing step 3. Ear training. Concert repertoire "Seize the day".
FACS 8 -Students will complete any missing work and will review all they have learned about kitchen safety and sanitation.
Robotics 8 -This week in Robotics we will reviewing what happened at the Robotics Showcase and learning about Robotics in the Medical field.
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 to design their cheer routines and practice ultimate football. Each team(Cheer/ Ultimate Football) will perform their skills on Thursday and Friday; as well as take their Ultimate Football/ Cheer summative.
Level Up 8 -Students will continue build and code VEX robots to complete multiple challenges.
Spectrum 8 - Students will use their critical thinking skills to solve problems collaboratively and independently.
Spanish for Fluent Speakers 2 -Students in SFS 2 will be finalizing their personal vignettes and completing any remaining assignments for Quarter 1.
Throughout this unit, students have studied literary devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, and sensory imagery while reading The House on Mango Street (La Casa en Mango Street) by Sandra Cisneros. As a culminating activity, students are applying these skills by writing their own personal vignette focused on their home, identity, or community.Spanish for Fluent Speakers 3 -Students in SFS 3 will be finalizing their personal vignettes and completing any remaining assignments for Quarter 1.
Throughout this unit, students have studied literary devices such as similes, metaphors, personification, and sensory imagery while reading The House on Mango Street (La Casa en Mango Street) by Sandra Cisneros. As a culminating activity, students are applying these skills by writing their own personal vignette focused on their home, identity, or community.Spanish for Fluent Speakers 4 -Students will continue working on the book they checkout from the library. The reading of the book and being able to rephrase certain passages will be part of their summative assessment, the last one for this quarter
Spanish 2 -Exploring Classroom Activities Students will learn vocabulary related to classroom activities, such as acting, analyzing, memorizing, debating, writing essays, recording videos, and giving presentations. They will use Spanish to describe what they do in their classes and express which learning activities they prefer.
French 2 -SWBAT: Ask and give directions and locate places in a city as well as talk about what they did in the city using the past tense.
Art 8 -Students will continue working on finalizing their floating shapes and forms until the quarter ends.
Theater -Students are wrapping up the quarter and finishing up their sound effect unit. We will have a reflection activity to give feedback and consolidate our understanding.
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