January Update

And just like that, we're back!

There's a lot going on in January. Please see Mrs. Schaefer's blog for school-wide information.

Students will be doing interim testing over several days this month, and they'll need to have charged, fully-functional, school-issued Chromebooks for these tests. If there's an issue with your student's Chromebook, have them fill out a work order. If they don't know how to do that, have them bring it to me and I'll walk them through the process.

January 18 - Reading Interim test for 7th and 8th grade students during school.

January 19 - Reading Interim test for 6th grade students during school.

January 24 - Math Interim test for 7th and 8th grade students during school.

January 25 - Math Interim test for 6th grade students during school. 

January 31 - Science and Social Studies Interim tests for 8th graders.

**Here are a couple of other items that specifically affect this class, but please check the blog for more information.**

January 16- No School! MLK Day

January 19 - 8th grade invasion to HHS (this is during school and all 8th grade students participate).

8th graders will be making course selections for high school beginning this month. We've been talking about making sure they investigate any programs of study they have any interest in pursuing. Please remind them to speak up and not be afraid to ask questions about their courses!

Skyward Reminder/Tip:

I've been trying to train the students NOT to use the "Missing Assignments" section in Skyward, but instead to click on the underlined grade for the current grading period. 

The issue with "Missing" is that in order for an assignment to show there, the teacher has to click an extra box. Sometimes, that doesn't happen, for a multitude of reasons.

I highly suggest clicking on each class' average to see individual grades. A lot of those can be corrected, if they're low. Each teacher has different procedures for this.

Students should be monitoring their current nine weeks grades as well as the FY or end of year grades. 

Classroom Needs:

Please keep us in mind as you clean out drawers and toyrooms. :)  We can use most kitchen items, tools, STEM toys and books, and anything that is job-related for almost any job. :)

USED items are wonderful! Please don't buy anything unless you really, really want to. Here's a partial list of what would be helpful.

•     LEGO bricks
•     SnapCircuits
•     Ziploc bags - sandwich, quart, or multiple sizes
•     Dish soap
•     Dish brush  
•     Plastic bowls (microwave safe/reusable)
•     Plastic plates (microwave safe/reusable)
•     Mixing bowls
•     Wax paper
  
•     Cooling rack
•     Kleenex
•     Batteries - AA, AAA, C
•     Pulse Oximeter
•     Pencils
•     Pens
•     Potting Soil

    

And here's my Classroom Wish List from Amazon. It's a wish list, not a need list.