8th Grade

8th

Middle School Important Dates

Nov. 17th – 7th/8th Grade Around the World Exhibition 5:30 pm @ Middle School

Dec 1st -5th – Middle School Book Fair!

Dec. 15th – Holiday Show 6:00 @ main campus. Morning Drop off will be at main campus for practice. Pick-up will be at Middle School

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English w/ Mr. Rouse – 

  • Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- none.
  • Students continued their reading and discussion of Lord of the Flies.
  • Students workshopped research papers from previous classes, and details will be coming, but in trimester 2, the bulk of our work will be the research papers.

Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick

  • Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- None Scheduled
  • The students have been working on using the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the missing length of a triangle.
  • They are using what they know about perfect squares and square roots to simplify their answers.
  • Next week, the students will apply their Pythagorean Theorem skills to real world problems, a.k.a word problems!

Deep Dive w/ Mrs. McFadden & Mrs. Wallace –

Exhibition Monday

Music w/Mrs. Chelsey – 

  • Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – 

Social Studies w/Mr. Jividen – 

  • Famous West Virginians Presentation
  • First Trimester Review

SEL w/ Mr. Jividen –

  • Understand the value of breathing
  • Learn multiple breath techniques
  • Understand the connection between breath and feelings

Elective –

  • Creation Lab w/ Mrs. Boldrick & Mrs. Ochap – 
  • Cooking w/ Mrs. McFadden – We made some outstanding recipes this week, like pecan pie truffles, carrot cake muffins, spicy roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin no bake cookies, pumpkin chai lattes, and pumpkin donuts!