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Hello Parents,  Just a few things and an update. This Friday is another Spirit Day. The 8th grade auction basket theme will be "home for the holidays". We are hoping to fill an old trunk or suitcase with anything and everything Christmas. Examples would be: CDs, candles, Christmas decorations, ornaments, dishes, books, movies, snowmen, Santas, etc... The best time to get these things would be right after Christmas when everything is on sale! If you would not like to donate an item, we will accept monetary donations as well. Next Wednesday is the school's Christmas concert at the High School at 6:30. We hope to see you there! Updates on students: The 6th grade just finished their unit 3 exam and EVERYONE did so awesome!! They will be moving into a poetry unit. There were a lot of groans when I said this, but everyone turns out to love this unit. (Probably because they don't have to read as much. 😉) They will take a break from this unit at the end of the mont

8th Grade Parents

The 8th grade ordered their class shirts and they are in! They are $15. You can make the checks out to Lora Pellman.
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The 6th grade was the kindergarten's Mystery Reader of the week! I read "Naughty Little Monkeys" while the class acted out the book. It was a lot of fun and we heard a few giggles out of the kindergarteners. Thank you, parents, for letting your child bring props and their pajamas to school.    The 8th grade is working on contemporary art. They smashed pop cans and hot glued them to cardboard. Based off of the shape of the can, they are creating images. Some have created faces, other animals, and Keagan even made a minion. They are pretty neat! I will post a picture when they are all done.  The 8th grade is doing a mini unit on oral traditions such as tall tales, legends, etc... They wrote tall tales and then created a character. (seen to the right) They are all pretty creative. They headed to the hallway to listen to each other read their tall tales. I think they all turned out pretty good!
Hi All!  Tomorrow we will have a special guest attending mass, Bishop Pates! I am asking that all students spruce  up a little more than usual tomorrow in his behalf. I will not be here on Thursday or Friday. If you need to get a hold of me, I will check my email a few times while I am out. Please contact Sarah or the other middle school teachers if your child is absent. Friday is a Spirit Day. Your child can wear sweatpants if they bring $1. The 8th grade just wrapped up their debate yesterday. I was so impressed with their speaking skills. I feel like they performed beyond an 8th grade level. Way to go!! Today they started on their oral tradition mini unit. They will be learning about fables, legends, epics, and tall tales before heading into their poetry unit. The 7th grade learned multiple choice answering strategies and put them into use with a selection test over a story they read titled "A Crush". They ALL did AWESOME. They are working on one more assignment