Junior High Newsletter

Important Dates:

November 3- E-learning Day (Elections)

November 12- HMM Club

November 25-27- Thanksgiving Break

E-learning:

November 3rd is an E-learning Day. All students in grades 6-8 have information in their binder regarding the schedule and passwords for the possible websites that may be used. Look for an email on Tuesday morning with more information.

Crosswinds:

If you are interested in your child seeing the counselor from Crosswinds, please use the link to fill out the form.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F5bYMcIMwkn3p9QS00ehBioV7XCA8cGo/view?usp=sharing

Koats for Kids:

Please let us know if you need information on applying for coats through the Christ Child Society.

Dress Code Reminders:

-October 30th is the last day for shorts!!!!

-NO makeup/hair coloring

-NO fake nails and only clear or light pink nail polish

Birthday Treats:

Please do not send in frozen treats to celebrate birthdays. We have limited freezer space and do not have room for them. Thank you.

Snack - Students may have a snack during their first period class after Mass. Please see the attached approved healthy snack list for a variety of options.

Grades - Please be diligent in checking your child's PowerSchool. If you are unable to log in, please contact our Secretary, Mrs. Braun.

Lang/Lit 7- 7th graders will be receiving information after Fall Break about interviewing someone in order to write a biography. Be on the lookout for that. They are also working on a unit in grammar over phrases/clauses and sentences. In Literature, they are working on inferencing and providing evidence to support their inferences in informational texts.

Lang/Lit 8: 8th grade is working on a short unit in grammar over active and passive voice. They are also working on inferencing and providing text evidence to support inferences. We will also be working on central idea in informational texts.

*The week of November 2nd grades 6-8 will be working on connotations and denotations for vocab. They will have homework on Moby Max and IXL over this topic.

**Students need to be looking for a book for their Quarter 2 book report. They should have had a book at school to get approved by October 30th. Information will be posted on Google Classroom in the near future about the requirements for the Quarter 2 book report.

Math

6th - We are wrapping up our computation review. Students will continue working with operations of decimals and fractions throughout the year.

7th - We are wrapping up our computation with integers unit. Students have practiced adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with integers, signed decimals, and signed fractions. This will be a skill we will work on all year.

8th- We are working on our multi-step equations unit. Students are learning how to solve equations with the variable on both sides.

Science

In all grades, we are practicing writing CERs, Claim, Evidence, Reasoning responses. This format will be used during our science units throughout the year.

Social Studies 6 - This week we'll finish up our Greek chapter with the Olympics and move on to Ancient Rome

Religion 7 -This week we will be learning about Jesus' blessings in the Beatitudes.

Social Studies 7 - This week we'll be learning about the Indus River Civilizations.

Religion 8 -This week we will be learning about Jesus' blessings in the Beatitudes

Social Studies 8 - This week we're taking a test and starting the American Revolution.