Announcements:
There will be no school Monday in honor of Labor Day. Classes will resume Tuesday at regular time.
- Student Volunteer Opportunity: Foxfire Film Festival
The inaugural Foxfire Film Festival will take place in Wheeling from September 11–14, 2025, and organizers are inviting high school students to sign up as volunteers. This is a unique chance for students to gain hands-on experience at a major cultural event, connect with filmmakers and industry professionals, and contribute to the community. - Volunteer roles may include guest check-in, ushering, assisting with panels and workshops, and general event support. All volunteers will be given Foxfire Volunteer t-shirts to wear during their shifts. Students can sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054BA9AC2DA3F5CF8-58200003-foxfire
English w/ Mrs. McFadden –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- None scheduled
- This week, we practiced using context clues to help us identify unknown words. We played the “Unfair Game” to practice, but the unfairness of it all got some of us a little heated!
- We did a few writing activities, including a mystery writing where they tried to vividly describe an object without giving it away so that the other students could try to guess the mystery object. It was great to see so many kids willing to share! They also enjoyed coming up with a creative answer to a mysterious circumstance. We broke into groups and everyone voted for the most out-of-the-box explanation.
- We dove into some of our weekly assignments, such as the Daily Dose and the paragraph of the week. They will always have time to work on these during class. When we finish all 10 DD words, they will have a vocab quiz on them. This should be early next week.
Math w/ Mrs. McFadden –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- Tuesday- progress check- Estimating by rounding and adding/subtracting decimals.
- Practiced adding and subtracting decimals. This seems to be straightforward and the kids have no trouble with this. Some of them need a little more practice knowing what place to round to if they have to decide on their own. We will practice this again on Monday!
- Deep Dive w/ Mr. K –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes-
Science w/ Mrs. McKay –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – none
- What scientists do
Class Rules (Be Ni Ce),
Music w/Mrs. Chelsey –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- Welcome to middle school music, 6th grade!! This week we started our vocal warm up exercises and learned a short song called “Ham and Eggs”, complete with student led movements. We also used this song to review/learn and identify quarter notes, dotted quarter notes, 8th notes, and quarter rest.
Social Studies w/Mr. Jividen –
- This week students collaborated to set expectations for the year
- We set up their agendas
- Students explored how a bill becomes a law
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
SEL w/ Mrs. Ochap – Mindfulness
Students this week start to learn about mindfulness. At its core, mindfulness means paying attention and is very connected to social and emotional learning and academic success. It is a non-religious practice that supports students in noticing what is happening inside and outside themselves in the moment. It’s been shown to improve academic outcomes and help with many social-emotional issues. Over the course of the school year, students will learn mindfulness tools to help with their feelings and emotions, make responsible decisions, and improve their overall self-management.
Elective –
- Creation Lab w/ Mrs. Boldrick & Mrs. Ochap –
- Cooking w/ Mrs. McFadden – We made zucchini bread and talked about making recipes to “use up what you have.”
- Broadcasting w/ Mr. Alex –
