Team Paramaribo

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• November 3rd: Records Day, no school for students
• November 4th: First day of the 2nd Quarter
• November 7th: Make-up Picture Day
• November 11th: Veteran's Day, no school
• November 16th: Deal Middle School Book Fair at Politics and Prose
• December 6th: Deal Holiday Market/Student Entrepreneur Fair (information below)
• January 24th: International Night

​​Unfortunately, due to the government shutdown, our field trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has been cancelled.

Are you ready to shine?
Show off your creativity, talent, and entrepreneurial spirit at the Deal Holiday Outdoor Market – Student Entrepreneur Fair on Saturday, December 6, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Alice Deal Middle School.

If you’re a student entrepreneur selling your creations — or if you’d like to share a performance (such as singing, playing an instrument, or another talent) — we’d love for you to participate! Please note that both the market and any performances will take place outdoors, and all Deal students are welcome to apply.

To apply, please click on the student application form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uQiUxnjtI-w1jRVLefDxSypw1QmBejNDbGVRd8OIFQ8/preview

Questions? Please contact lead Virginia Arrisueno, at virginiaarrisueno@gmail.com

SAVE THE DATE!

International Night-Saturday January 24, 2026

6pm – 8pm

Students and families from all grades are welcome and encouraged to join us for International Night!

This time-honored event brings together the Alice Deal community as we celebrate the many cultures and nations represented among our student body. The event includes "Taste of the Nation" tables where families share sample size offerings of foods from around the world. Wear your dancing shoes - we will have a DJ! And of course, Deal merch will be on sale.

Join us for this festive night of celebration! Buy your tickets here: https://e.givesmart.com/events/KIw/

****International Night is our number one fundraiser for important scholarship dollars for the upcoming 8th grade foreign language trips!

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

Happy Halloween! I am extending the final deadline for Unit 1’s Literary Analysis Essay to next Tuesday, November 4th. Please check in with your scholars to see where they are in the writing process, ensuring that they are ready to submit a completed final draft in class on Tuesday.

As always, please encourage your scholar to read for at least 20 minutes each night. All students should have a book they are independently reading outside of class.

Please help us with our Battle of the Books Wishlist at Politics and Prose!

This wishlist is to support the Battle of the Books competition and reading initiative at Deal MS for school year 2025-26.

The goal is to purchase 20 copies of the books for the school and encourage families to purchase additional copies for individual use. Battle of the Books is a great way to encourage our students to read award-winning books and test their knowledge in a friendly competition with their peers! We hope to have both a schoolwide competition with teams from each grade competing to determine which students will advance to the district wide competition. You can learn more about the district competition here:

https://dcla.org/DCLA-Battle-of-the-Books

We hope to provide every student at Deal with access to these titles and participate in the Battle of the Books, a schoolwide trivia contest! Please help us support this initiative by purchasing books for the school at the Politics and Prose Alice Deal Book Fair on November 16th or online by using the wishlist link below:

Https://politics-prose.com/wishlist/7152175339255482

Thank you for a great first quarter, everyone! As a reminder, the second quarter is a fresh start for students, so please encourage them to use this opportunity to stay on top of their assignments as much as possible.

6th Grade Accelerated Math

Next week in Math 6, students will be:

• Strengthening their understanding of computing decimals

• Exploring the importance of one as it relates to unit rate

• Using one measurement to find others

• Converting from one unit of measure to another

These lessons will help students build a solid foundation for working with rates and ratios by emphasizing how one unit can represent a whole relationship.

7th Grade Math

In Math 7, students will begin lessons focused on:

• Making scale copies

• Exploring the size of the scale factor

• Investigating how scaling affects area

To support these concepts, students will also complete i-Ready lessons that reinforce and deepen their understanding. Please encourage your child to stay on top of their assignments and reach out if they need support.

Thank you for a great first quarter, everyone! As a reminder, the second quarter is a fresh start for students, so please encourage them to use this opportunity to stay on top of their assignments as much as possible.

6th Grade Accelerated Math

Next week in Math 6, students will be:

• Strengthening their understanding of computing decimals

• Exploring the importance of one as it relates to unit rate

• Using one measurement to find others

• Converting from one unit of measure to another

These lessons will help students build a solid foundation for working with rates and ratios by emphasizing how one unit can represent a whole relationship.

7th Grade Math

In Math 7, students will begin lessons focused on:

• Making scale copies

• Exploring the size of the scale factor

• Investigating how scaling affects area

To support these concepts, students will also complete i-Ready lessons that reinforce and deepen their understanding. Please encourage your child to stay on top of their assignments and reach out if they need support.

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

Hi Scientists!

This week, students dove into a new unit on rock transformation and the rock cycle. They explored the processes that shape different types of rocks and how they transition between forms. This included a hands-on rock cycle crayon lab, where they creatively illustrated the stages of the rock cycle, and two different rock cycle simulations.

Next week, we will dive into weathering, erosion, and deposition processes with two labs – the Skittles Lab and the Slope and Deposition Lab. Please ensure that your student is wearing washable clothes next week!

Students will be introduced to their Term 2 root words and will take Roots Quiz 2.1 this upcoming week. The words are listed below:

Roots 2.1:

• *cent = 100 (think century, centennial)
• *kilo = 1,000 (think kilometer, kilogram)
• hexa = 6 (think hexagon)
• *octa = 8 (think octagon, octopus)
• deca = 10 (think decade, decagon)

I wanted to say a big thank you to families who have contributed to our classroom supplies – sentence strips, sentence strip holders, clipboards, etc. These supplies have made student learning more accessible and efficient. Last week, we reviewed the quizzes and key vocabulary and continued our rotations with HMH and iReady along with teacher-led stations. Next week we will continue with our stations.

Ms. Sun’s Amazon Wishlist

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

Mr. Reichlen has created a new web collection of school and public library links to support the novel lists for independent reading texts from the CommonLit 360 ELA curriculum. Here students can find access points to all of the catalog records for recommended texts that support each of this year's unit themes organized by grade level and unit. Students can checkout and place items on hold. The collection will be updated throughout the school year to provide access to recommended titles as units change. See the link below for more information:

https://bit.ly/ADMSLibraryLibGuide_ELA_Resources

Learn about the great things happening this month at Deal's library. Check out great books and media, read about events at Deal and around the city, and stay connected with Deal's Library:

https://secure.smore.com/n/rnz0a

Each month our school community celebrates one of our IB Learner Traits. The team teachers discuss who to nominate and chooses two students from Team Paramaribo who have demonstrated this characteristic in all of our classes. Stay tuned as we continue to celebrate all year, and make sure to shout out our past learners!

Ms. Gathers, 6th Grade Assistant Principal: Stacey.Gathers@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Watson, 6th Grade Dean of Students: devin.watson@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Morris, 6th Grade Counselor: tysha.morris@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Wesselhoft, Geography: naeemah.wesselhoft@k12.dc.gov

Mr. Winston, ELA: alvin.winston@k12.dc.gov

Mx. Gomez, Math 6 and 7: lauren-ashley.gomez@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Sagan, Science: ellie.sagan@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Patsalos, Multi Language Learning Specialist: constance.patsalos@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Sun, Multi Language Learning Specialist: dijia.sun@k12.dc.gov

Ms. Clark, Multi Language Learning Specialist: katlyn.clark@k12.dc.gov

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