7th Grade News: October 28-November 1, 2019

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General 7th grade information


Help Others Around the World - Trick or Treat for UNICEF

Orange Trick or Treat boxes will be available this week for students to take along with them Trick or Treating.  Boxes will be due back at school by November 7.  Students that collect at least $1.00 will receive 10 positive PAW stamps.  Students that collect at least $2.00 will receive 10 positive PAW stamps and be entered in a drawing for assorted Panther gear prizes.  

Red Ribbon Week is this week!

This is the time each year when schools across the nation plan activities that promote alcohol and drug awareness and prevention. For more information, visit redribbon.org. The theme this year is "Life Is Your Journey. Travel Drug Free." One way students can participate is by dressing up each day:

 Monday - Crazy Sock Day! Sock it to drugs and wear crazy socks!
Tuesday - Crazy Hair Day! Show us your uniqueness by wearing a crazy hairdo!
Wednesday - Sports Jersey Day! Team up against drugs and wear a sports jersey!
Thursday - Red Out! Wear a red shirt in support of Red Ribbon Week!


Hilsman Health Center is now open!

The Hilsman Health Center is now officially open! In order for students to be served, they need to have a parent/guardian fill out a consent form and return it to Nurse Caitlyn. Once the form is returned, we can schedule an appointment. If students have their consent form signed (and on file) and we get verbal permission, our nurses can walk students to the Health Center while they're at school if it's for urgent care (fever, asthma visit, etc.). Otherwise, it operates like a regular doctor's office! They currently do not have a phone number (they're working on it!), but appointments can still be made through the Athens Neighborhood Health Center. They are also taking walk-in visits for the time being! 

Have any questions? Send Nurse Caitlyn an email at kurishc@clarke.k12.ga.us.


Fall Break is this weekend

Students do not have school on Friday, November 1-Tuesday, November 5. Teachers have a workday on Tuesday, November 5, which is also election day here in Athens. Need more information about election day, like where you are registered to vote or a sample ballot? Go to https://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do for this information and more about the election.


Content news

ELA News

Students will begin a Narrative Reading Unit.  Using short stories, we will review narrative story elements-- plot, characters, setting, and theme.  Students will also visit the media center this week. Be sure to talk to your student or check out your student's ELA journal to see what they are reading independently and in class!  Please remind your child to read 20 minutes daily to maintain and/or improve their fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Math News

Accelerated Math: We have completed unit 5 (Geometry) of the 7th grade curriculum. This week students will be participating in a comprehensive unit review utilizing the study guide they received last week. A quiz will be administered on Thursday in preparation for the upcoming unit test, and students will receive a Unit Performance Task as a take home assignment, which will be due on November 6th.

 Grade 7 Math will consist of working to continue review our topics of similar figures on Monday with a quiz on Tuesday.  Wednesday we will begin working with Proportional reasoning working with unit rates and other ratios.  Our lesson plan can be found here.

Science News

Science Lesson Plans are linked here:  Science Lesson Plans, Quarter 2

Overview of the Week in Science Class:
  • Monday = Levels of Biological Organization
  • Tuesday = Levels of Biological Organization
  • Wednesday = The Skeletal System
  • Thursday = The Skeletal System
  • Friday = No School
Lab Supplies Needed for Thursday:  We will make skeletons in science class on Thursday.  We need donations of dry pasta noodles.  Any type and size of dry pasta noodles can be used.  The pasta noodles will be used to represent different bones in the human body.

Project Assigned on Wednesday, October 16 = Food Web in a Biome Project  View Instructions Here

*Students need a composition book in class every day!

Social Studies News

Students will begin learning about the governments and economies in the Middle East as we wrap up our study of this region.

Want more information about what students will be doing this week? Check out the lesson plans for 7th grade social studies!


Connections news

Orchestra news

Orchestra Concert - Wednesday, Nov 13th at 6:30pm:Our Fall Concert is almost here!  Orchestra students in all grades will perform.  Students should report to the orchestra room by 6:00pm to tune. The concert will begin at 6:30pm and last approximately 35 minutes. Concert attire is a black collared shirt, khaki or black long pants.  No shorts or jeans. Concerts are summative grades in orchestra class and attendance is required. Please let me Ms. Floyd know if you have any questions. We can't wait to show off our hard work!!

Physical Education News

Coach Varnadoe's class will be in the health classroom on the connections hall, in room 302 starting Monday. Coach Kemmerer's class will still be meeting in the gym. 

Coach Varnadoe's Week:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: Room 302 - Health 
Wednesday and Friday: Gym - Activity Day

Coach Kemmerer's Week:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: Gym - Pickleball
Wednesday and Friday: Gym - Activity Day


7th Grade Faculty

Math

Mr. Mark Aqui, aquima@clarke.k12.ga.us
Ms. Levita Benson, bensonl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mr. Wayne Cook, cookba@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mr. Tyron Scott, scottt@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA

Mrs. Tammie Bryant, bryantt@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mrs. Kasey Solis, solisk2@clarke.k12.ga.us
Ms. Lauren Wood, woodl@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science

Mrs. Maxine Dalton, daltonm@clarke.k12.ga.us
Ms. Audrey Hughes, hughesa@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mr. Barry Bozarth, bozarthb@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies

Mr. Nick Hussain, hussainn@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mr. Stan Stewart, stewarts2@clarke.k12.ga.us
Dr. Jim Waters, watersj@clarke.k12.ga.us

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