Important Dates:
- October 18th – Talent Show Videos due to Mr. Alex!
- We are excited to announce that our WCDS Tallent Show will be shared as a Viewing Party during our 29 Hours of Giving from November 13th to 14th! To ensure we have videos in and compiled in time, please send all submissions by October 18th. Videos should be no longer than 60 seconds and sent to talentshow@wcdsedu.com. Please email Mr. Alex at ahill@wcdsedu.com with any questions! (See Image Below)
- October 18th – 9:00 am Coffee Conversations on Main Campus
Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 - October 19th – 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Fall Campus Refresh! Volunteer for a few hours by swinging by 8 Park Road with gardening gloves to help freshen our campus. Lunch and refreshments will be provided! (See image Below)
- October 22nd – Students are encouraged to wear pink to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness this Tuesday! Donations will be collected by classroom teachers and sent to local breast care centers.
- Nov. 1 (7 – 10 pm) – Bash Middle School Dance -Wear your costume!
- November 4th Time and Location TBD – 7th/8th Grade Exhibition
Would you believe me if I said I had the 8th-grade boys (and Adrienne) peering over a pumpkin spice latte at the park in its rarest and most beautiful form? They didn’t drink lattes, but we are back to Starbucks. Also, did someone say field trip!?!?! The kids had a wonderful trip to Wheeling Park to see Violins of Hope. Please check the dates
English w/ Mr. Rouse
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes: None
- Students wrapped up Thesis Paragraph #1 and began #2.
- Students are nearing the end of I Must Betray You, so if they haven’t ordered or bought Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, they should do so.
- We will soon begin the final project for I Must Betray You.
Deep Dive w/ Mrs. Ochap and Mr. Jividen
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes: No Tests or Quiz Scheduled
- This week, the students took on the challenge of building a model bike out of any material they could find at home or school. The groups had five criteria to be shown on their model bike. These kids are so incredibly talented with how they chose to design and create their bikes. I can’t wait to show them off at the exhibition.
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – Operations with Fractions and Decimals Quiz – Wednesday, October 16. This quiz was moved to Wednesday of next week due to the short week and our field trip on Wednesday.
- This week, we reviewed all operations with Fractions
- The students’ memories were refreshed on how to divide decimals.
- We will review all of these operations on Monday, then take a practice quiz on Tuesday in preparation for the quiz on Wednesday.
- Practice and review work in preparation for the quiz is posted on Google Classroom. I recommend that each student use these materials to “study” for the quiz.
- Algebra 1/Geometry – We finished with polynomials with multiplying monomials and polynomials. They also relearned and practiced the FOIL method for multiplying polynomials. They ended the week with factoring polynomial expressions.
Math w/ Mrs. Howells
- Upcoming Test on Chapter 1 – Tuesday, Oct. 15
- This week we reviewed for our quiz on Chapter 1, Lessons 7-11
- Students took the quiz on Tuesday.
- They are graded and in student folders and also posted on Google Classroom.
- We reviewed for the cumulative Chapter 1 test. We’ll revisit that again on Monday for the chapter test on Tuesday. There are review resources available on our class website: mhowells.weebly.com
- Next we will begin Chapter 2: Expressions and Equations
Science w/ Mrs. Farris
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – Skeletal System Quiz – Thursday, October 17th
- Students learned the major bones in the axial system.
- They made hand models using straws representing the 14 phalanges and five metacarpals.
- Then were encouraged to draw the carpal bones, label them, and compare short and long bone functions.
Arts w/ Mr. K
- Students are working on creating a pumpkin-style character or a fall/Halloween card in art. They are working on shading with pencils, colored pencils, or watercolors. Some goals are to understand overlapping and perspective while creating an original piece.
