Middle School Important Dates
- November 25th – Thanksgiving Luncheon @ Main Campus 12:30 pm early dismissal (Drop off and pick up @ Main)
- December 1st – 5th – Middle School Book Fair @ Middle School
- December 12th – 30th Anniversary of Wheeling Park High School’s “Festival of Sound” @ WP High School 9:30 am – 11:30 am (Transportation Provided)
- December 15th– Middle School Holiday Show 6:00 pm @ Main Campus (Drop-off that morning will be at the main campus for a run-through.) We will transport the kids over to middle school for the afternoon. Pick-up that day will be at the middle.
- December 19th – Winter Break Begins @ 11:30 am (Return to school on Jan. 5th)
At WCDS, we do not shy away from failure, in fact, we promote the idea of risk taking and failure being necessary steps for success. Well, every year, the alumni return for shot at the faculty in the faculty/alumni kickball game. This year won’t be an exception when it comes to the faculty enforcing the very principles we strive to instill in every student.
English w/ Mr. Rouse –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- none.
- Students wrapped up their Gratitude Letters.
- Students continued their reading and discussion of Maze Runner.
- We warmed up every day this week with sentence fluffing, and we wrapped up the week with WeWillWrite.com.
Math w/ Mrs. Bishop –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- None
- The class continued working on equations and began solving for an unknown in formulas. The class is continuing to make progress in understanding how to solve for a variable.
- The chapter 2 test has been pushed back to after Thanksgiving to allow for more time to practice and sort out any confusion/mistakes.
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- None scheduled
- The students learned about the Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem, which determines if a triangle is a right triangle or not.
- The students also worked on Pythogorean Theorem word problems. They had to draw a picture of what was being describe and solve for what was missing.
- We’ll start solving equations with multiple steps when we return from Thanksgiving break.
Deep Dive w/ Mr. Jividen, Mrs. Ochap, Mrs. McFadden, & Mr. K-
- This week we introduced our new deep dive to the entire middle school. We have chosen to do a Youth Show of Hands. The students will get to hear from previous winners and then try their hand at entrepreneurship.
Science w/ Mrs. McKay –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – No quizzes scheduled until after break.
- Students began lesson on types of scientists and their careers
- On Thursday, students used different masses to cause helium balloons to hover above ground.
Music w/Mrs. Chelsey –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- This week we worked on our three holiday songs being memorized – we’re almost there!! We also added the finishing touches on our piece “cold snap”! It’s got some fun surprises!
- Our music journal entry this week was responding to the piano piece “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven. It’s known as one of the most beautiful pieces for piano ever written – take a listen!
Social Studies w/Mr. Jividen –
- 7th Grade students began the second trimester studying relationship between humans and the environment
- Adaption, modification, and dependence
- Groups explored real world examples of this via case studies
Art w/ Mr. K –
- Students have been focusing on textured paintings and have the freedom to use any material at their disposal.
SEL w/ Mrs. McFadden –
- This week, students learn more about the development of an adolescent’s brain. Through hands-on learning and discussion, students explore the different challenges teenagers face and how many of their thoughts and feelings are completely normal for their age.
Elective –
- Robotics w/ Mrs. Boldrick & Mrs. Bishop – Students will learn and use the VEX robotics system. They will work in teams to build a robot and follow a curriculum using the robot. We will also build two competitive robots which everyone will learn to use. These competition robots are used in the VEX Robotic Competitions held all over the United States.
