Believe it or not...6 Weeks Left: Week of May 3-6

Hello again to everyone!

Hasn't this year gone quickly!?! Wow! Only 6 weeks left!

REMINDERS FOR THIS WEEK:

Wednesday, May 4: Midterm. Remind your student to double-check for any missing assignments.
Thursday, May 5 at 6:00 PM: General Assembly. All Discovery School parents are highly encouraged to attend, because both the 2011-2012 budget and calendar need to be approved by a quorum of parents. The Discovery choir will also be performing, and works of art from all Discovery students will be on display at the Annual Art Exhibition (opens at 4:30). Activities will be provided by the Discovery School staff for any/all children who come along.
Friday, May 6: Half Day. Due to all of Thursday night's activities, the Discovery School administration has decided to make Friday, May 6 a half-day for students. Please arrange to have your child picked up promptly at 11:45.
Monday, May 9: MAP Testing begins. I will post the schedule as soon as I have it!
Wednesday, May 11: Progress Reports go home. Please be sure to ask your students for these important (and final) grade reports before the final grades of the year!!

Also, I want to CONGRATULATE! our Model United Nations team...this past weekend we participated in the ABSH Model UN Simulation at the Mazapan School in La Ceiba.

Seven Discovery students attended, and we came home with two Honorable Mention medals (2nd place) and a 4th place! Other prizes awarded to our delegates were Best Dressed Delegate, Best Alliance, and Encyclopedia (for knowledge).


I am so proud of the hard work our students put into this competition, and of all the positive comments I heard about ALL our students from other faculty advisers and students participating in the simulation. WELL DONE! :)

Now, for this week:

6th grade: This week we will continue looking at the idea of Westward migration through the eyes of people who experienced it. We are going to be reading selections from the books "My Antonia" by Willa Cather and "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder to help you better understand why people went west and how it affected their lives. We will also be exploring the Homestead Act and looking at its impact as well. You will be with Ms. Campbell for an art activity on Wednesday.

**Due to Friday's half-day schedule, we will only have this class Tuesday-Thursday this week**

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7th grade: Hopefully you worked hard on last week's assignments, because we are going to move right on to new topics this week. On Tuesday we will go back over the idea of imperialism, and read some primary source justifications for the practice. Then we will start looking at the effects of imperialism on China...this week we will look at important things like trade imbalances and wars over opium...can't wait!
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8th grade: I hope you enjoyed the past few art-filled weeks! We are going to move from the Renaissance to the Reformation this week, and take a deep look at the man who started it all...Martin Luther. We will be watching the PBS movie Empires: Martin Luther and going through a timeline of the man's life on Friday.
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Seniors: Please remember to keep meeting your project deadlines! We have 3 more genres due this Friday! Also, the goal for this week is to FINISH the yearbook!! I will be contacting you to get anything you are missing for me by the end of the week.
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So that's that...another week!

Students, sprint to the finish!
Parents, please continue to support your students as they work hard to finish the year strong!

KF