Welcome to Quarter 4! You made it!
Grades will come out later this week, as well as letters requesting some parents to come to Parent-Teacher Conferences this Friday afternoon, March 23. All my grades are updated on engrade, so you can get a sneak peek if you head over there.
DISCOVERY SCHOOL PRIDE– To demonstrate school pride the staff will begin wearing Discovery School shirts on Fridays, and we'd love our students to join us! Our new “Home of the Wolves” t-shirts should be available for purchase this Friday, March 23, with the new polo shirts to come shortly after. Let’s all pitch in and build our school spirit, while helping the choir raise funds for their San Francisco trip this summer!
SCHOOL PICTURES- The Discovery School yearbook continues to work to get a photo of each student to be put into this years' book! If your student hasn't had their individual photo taken yet, please encourage them to speak with their Homeroom teacher or me to get that taken! We need the entire school to be represented this year!!
On a personal note, I am not feeling well this evening, but I plan to be at school tomorrow...if not, I will update the blog first thing in the morning.
So, planning on me being at school tomorrow, here is a rough plan of the week. I will re-update it with more specifics when I'm not running a fever!
6th grade: You will begin looking at life in the American colonies after their revolutions. Both the USA and the Middle and South American colonies had some issues with independence, and we will explore those issues all this week. We start with a deeper look at the differences in the rulers of the new countries in Middle and South America, and will have a multi-day assignment to complete.
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7th grade: Are you ready to start learning about Africa? Africa is such a huge continent that we are going to break it into smaller areas to help you learn about it from multiple views. You will start on Monday and Tuesday with the maps assignment, and later in the week will have Africa packets! You will also be selecting your country for the North and West African Country Projects!
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8th grade: After the Middle Ages, Dark Ages, Golden Age, whatever you choose to call it came arguably the most important time period EVER...the Renaissance. This week you will start looking at the Renaissance; important elements, geography, and important people involved. Assignments will include spending time researching the topic and examples of a "Renaissance Man."
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9th grade: The world was not at peace when World War I ended. This week you will look at the world directly after World War I, including the world wide depression and the advent of fascism to fill power voids. Assignments will include research about some of these elements.
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Thanks for your patience, I promise I will update the blog with more details soon!
KF
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