Middle School Important Dates
- 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)
How lucky are we that we have all this outdoor space in the winter time? Check out the photos of kids having some fun in the snow.
English w/ Mr. Rouse –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- none.
- We continued our reading and discussion of Maze Runner.
- We reviewed in-depth sentence structure, and I had students write their examples on the board and diagram them.
Math w/ Mrs. Bishop –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- None
- We finished Chapter 2 this week. Overall, my kids did well with equations. I’m going to continue to give them practice with these problems because it’s an important skill for 8th grade and high school algebra.
- Next week, we’re starting with inequalities.
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- None scheduled.
- Students started learning about algebraic expressions and equations.
- They also used the distributive property and adding like terms to simplify expressions.
- The second trimester grades are available to see as the students turn in their assignments.
- Next week, we will start with solving one-step algebraic equations.
Science w/ Mrs. McKay –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes – none until 12/16
- Students continued learning the names of super scientists and filled out bingo card to use to recall them.
Music w/Mrs. Chelsey –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- This week we focused on the details of our songs! We worked on adding in scenes and props. We are in the home stretch and I am so excited to share what we’ve been learning so far this year!
Art w/ Mr. K –
- Students have finished their texture painting, and we moved on to a fun little project before break called a cartoon mashup. They will draw two characters separately and then combine them into a crossover. Think of SpongeBob and Batman mashed together!
SEL w/ Mrs. McFadden –
- This week, students are learning about self-talk. Self-talk is just that: how we talk to ourselves inside of our heads. Inside their heads, children (and adults) are often much harder on themselves than encouraging and kind. It takes five positive thoughts to make up for one negative one. Ask your students what are some positive and negative messages they said to themselves this week and encourage them to practice positive self-talk.
Elective –
- Robotics – Students are learning about the parts and components of the Vex Robotics system. They are eager to get their hands on their robots! We will continue to introduce elements of robotics, which concentrates on critical thinking, math, engineering, and organization, aside from simply building the robot.
