Announcements

The 8th graders are currently taking ISATS! Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest. Please watch for a note to come home that tells your child still owes for the Great America trip. The payment is due March 15th. We will also be sending parent- teacher conference slips home the week of March 7th. Please contact us if you would like to schedule a conference.

If your child did not finish reading his/her novel by last Friday, he/she may check one out each night to finish. We are currently working on activities that go along with the books and to be successful and be able to participate the book needs to be finished. Please check teacherease to see if your child finished the novel

8th Graders will take the Explore tests on Friday, Nov.19. These are the high school placement tests which will determine what classes they will take next year as Freshman. Please encourage you students to do well. Getting a good night's sleep and eating a good breakfast will help.

It's hard to believe Christmas is just around the corner. The next 3 weeks will be a busy time in Lit/LA and computer class.. We have been given the honor of working as Santa's helpers. We will be working on our letter writing skills by writing letters to the many young children in our district who have sent letters to Santa. We will also be creating children's books to given to the classes at Central school when we host the Christmas party at Central. In addtion to this we will be reading and doing activities about about slavery, the Civil War, Japanese Internment Camps, and Civil Rights.

The 8th graders will be hosting a Christmas Party for Central School children on December 16th. We are asking each 8th graders to bring in $2.00 to help cover the cost of the small gifts which will be given to each child. We will also need donations of cookies and lemonade. Please let us know if you would be willing to donate 2 or 3 dozen cookies.

Congratulations to Chloe Mayback, Grace Lyons and Cassidy Murphy! They are 3 of the top 8 finalists in the VFW Patriot's Pen contest. The winner will be announced December 5th. Good Luck, Girls!