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6th Grade
Language Arts-Students will take a quiz on Chapter 1 in their Language Network book. Students should finish their novel Midnight Magic by the end of Christmas break.
Social Studies- Students will wrap up the study of Egypt with a Unit test this week
Science- Student will help measure and determine the number of pavers needed for the middle school beautification project.
Math- This week students will finish Unit 4. They will also begin Unit 5 on measurement. Students will begin the unit by learning in the metric units of length, capacity, and mass. All homework for Unit 4 is due this Friday.
Religion-There will be a Unit 2 test on Tuesday. Students received their study guides last week.
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7th Grade
Language Arts-The big week has finally arrived! We are looking forward to watching The Return of the King this week. Students will finish reading The Hobbit over Christmas break.
Social Studies- Students will host a Kwanzaa lunch and present their African folktales to the middle school. In addition to the African masks, students will wear a African sash, play African drums and make woven placemats called mkekas for each place at the Kwanzaa lunch.
Science-Student will help measure and determine the number of pavers needed for the middle school beautification project.
Math-This week students will be finishing Unit 4 on Ratios, Proportions and percents. Their next unit will be applications of Percent. All homework for Unit 4 is due this Friday.
Religion- Students will study the Nativity and prepare for celebrating the birth of Christ.
Spanish- No class this week.
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8th Grade
Language Arts-Students will finish reading Treasure Island over Christmas break. They will decide what to do for a final project related to this novel.
Social Studies- This week students will begin to learn about the creation of the party system. They will begin by distinguishing between Federalist and Republican ideals.
Science- Student will help measure and determine the number of pavers needed for the middle school beautification project.
Math- Students will work on geometry, learning about parallel and perpendicular lines, as well as statistics with scatter plots and lines of fit.
Religion-On Friday, students will reveal themselves to their classmates and they will find out each others Secret Santa. This week students will be making bread again.
Spanish- No class this week.
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General Notes:
Mrs. Little, Mrs. Champeny and Mr. Olson wish all of you a holiday of peace and good cheer. We pray for the safety of all who are traveling to be with their families. We also thank God for His great gift of His only Son, Jesus-Emmanuel.
Here's an idea to help your children maintain some perspective before Christmas. Along with asking for a list of presents that your child wants, encourage your child to also make a “gratitude list” including everything for which he/she feels grateful.
Reminder: Since flu season seems to be hitting us here at school, please keep your child home if he or she shows signs of sickness. A student can come back to school no earlier than 24 hrs. after the last sign of fever. We know that this poses a difficulty for parents, but it shows concern for fellow students (and teachers).
Celebrating Christmas Around the World
This week students will have a chance to celebrate the coming of Jesus following the traditions of many countries. The school Christmas Pageant follows the Mexican traditions of a Posada. The 7th grade will have an African American Kwanzaa lunch. As Catholics, we have traditions that celebrate this most important birth of Jesus. Each family also has wonderful traditions, many imported from other countries. However you celebrate this time of year, we wish you the joyful exuberance that surrounds the birth of a child, especially the Christ child.
The bread-baking project was a huge success. Students delivered 25 loaves of hand-baked bread, 25 can of soup and 25 cans of fruit to the parish pantry. They hoped this would be a delicious meal for 25 people in Ridgecrest. This was the first time many students made bread. We have flour left over and hope to bake more bread this week on Wednesday from 8am -1pm. A big thank you to everyone who brought donated the ingredients.
Congratulations to Kevin LaBrie for his 1st place win for the Airport Art Contest. Kevin's art is hanging up at the Inyokern Airport. Aurora Ostrom won second place in the Airport Art contest.
Christmas Program
All Middle School Students should meet in the Computer Room at 5:45 tomorrow night for the Christmas Program. We look forward to an evening filled with holiday cheer.
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