Middle School Important Dates
- Middle School Spelling Bee – Rescheduled: Tuesday, Jan. 20
- MLK Day of Service – Monday, Jan. 19
6th Grade – House of the Carpenter- Drop off at middle school. Transportation will be provided.
7th Grade – YWCA
8th Grade – Elmhurst House of Friendship
- Math Field Day – February 10 @ WP (More info to come)
- National Anthem @ Nailers Game (6th/7th Grade) February 15th
CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING WCDS EVENTS
English w/ Mr. Rouse –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- none.
- I was out with the plague most of this week, so students mostly read, discussed, and completed assignments regarding Howl’s Moving Castle, and they are developing a character map because there are many characters in Howl’s Moving Castle and it gets confusing at times.
Math w/ Mrs. Boldrick –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes- Wednesday, January 21 – Solving Equations
- Students continued practicing one, two, and multi-step equations in preparation for a test next Wednesday. They are working hard at understanding the process. Most complications arise from forgetting negative signs or simple miscalculations. Important: Our class will be working with a math doctorate student from Carnegie Mellon University. He is developing an online computer tutoring program to help math students. This will be the 3rd year that we are working with him. A letter will be sent home next week which explains more about the program.
Science w/ Mrs. McKay – quiz on pH Thursday 1/22
Students learned the differences between acids, bases, and neutral substances and completed a lab for pH testing.
Music w/Mrs. Chelsey –
- Upcoming Tests/Quizzes –
- This week we continued working on the National Anthem in preparation for performing it at a Nailers game on Sunday February 15th. Information about this will be going out to you soon!!
- We continued learning our Mozart body percussion routine. Once it is completed, we will filming it and uploading it to youtube, so you can see what we did!
- Our journal entry was a response to hearing the opera aria “Der Holle Rache” (Queen of the Night) from The Magic Flute by Mozart.
SEL w/ Mrs. McFadden –
- This week we extended our talks on conflict resolution by adding on the skill of apologizing. Some of the big ideas were what an apology can do to mend a relationship, how it can actually help you, and why it is sometimes difficult.
Elective –
- Robotics – The students have completed the first part of their robot build for our Freeze Tag unit. They did a mini-driving competition to see who has the driving skills with their robot. The “driver” position will change throughout the trimester. This is not the only driver for the group. The students continue to work together on all of the skills which include building, modifications, and notebooking.
- Speech and Debate – Now that we have our pieces for the competition, we are spending each class rehearsing and refining the presentations. The quicker the kiddos can memorize their pieces, the better off they will be.
