Friday, May 24, 2013

Thanks for a Great Year!

Thank you all for a great year.  Enjoy your summer!









Mrs. Davis waves good bye to the eighth graders--now high schoolers!



(And to future students and families: I'll be back to the blog shortly before the new school year starts.  I look forward to meeting all of you!)

Friday, May 10, 2013

Important Upcoming Dates

Here are some key end-of-year dates...
TUESDAY, MAY 14th - THURSDAY, MAY 16th: Final MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Tests
FRIDAY, MAY 17th: All books due back to the library; all fourth quarter assignments due by today
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22nd: Gold Rush Field Trip (a gold rush simulation/re-enactment!)
THURSDAY, MAY 23rd: 8th Grade Picnic
FRIDAY, MAY 24th: 8th Grade Promotion!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Speeches!

This week, students are finishing their research papers and moving into speech preparation.  Working with this packet, students will plan, prepare, practice, and present informative speeches about the person they've been studying over the past few weeks.  Speeches begin on Wednesday, May 8th.  I look forward to having students become the teachers, as they teach their classmates about the influential American they've studied.