8th Grade Parents, 

 Heads up! Your child SHOULD be bringing home some information on their class shirt. Throughout the years I have noticed the 8th grade is not so good at bringing home information so... They picked a really neat blue tie-dye shirt. They will have the St. Malachy logo on the front with their name and graduating year on the back. Every year the 8th grade designs a class shirt and we wear them on special occasions such as field trips or the last day of school. They are only $18! If you would like your child to have one, please send money by November 21st. Checks can be made out to Lora Pellman. Thanks! 

Dates to keep in mind: 

November 17th is the end of the trimester. 

Wednesday the 22nd through the 24th we do not have school in honor of Thanksgiving. 

8th Grade:

In honor of The Day of the Dead, the 8th grade made sugar skulls! Actually we used plaster and painted them, but they turned out really neat! 

We also learned about Picasso and cubism. They picked their favorite cartoon character and redesigned them so they would fit into the cubism category. I think they turned out quite well! 

7th Grade:

They are in the process of writing their first essay of the year. Their focus is on three symbols within the play I Never Saw Another Butterfly that connects to the theme of "even in darkness light can be created".

In between writing their essay, they are reading a really interesting story titled Button, Button by Richard Matheson. We are focusing on how a character's actions and dialogue can give the readers a hint of what the overall theme is of the story. I am pretty excited for them to read that today! Tomorrow they will be doing activities based around the story. 

6th Grade: 

They just finished reading The Stone. Today they will be reading a short story called Scout's Honor. Tomorrow they will be doing stations that focus on different literary and cross curriculum activities that are based around Scout's Honor which is about three friends embarking on a camping trip. It should be pretty fun and I will remind myself to take pictures!