The students are finishing up a unit on All Religions
in connection with our Diversity and Inclusion work
with projects of holidays from religions other than their own.
Literature
In reading class the students finished The Odyssey
and are busy now with analysis.
The first day back to in-person school, the students reported that it felt strange, and they would need some time to recover from virtual school. When asked what they think would help them recover, they said just talking with each other, telling stories. So at their request, homeroom in the morning is spent telling stories. They are silly stories, and they are right. Just sitting and talking, laughing, joking, and being silly together has seemed to help them retrieve a previous animation. What clever children.
8th grade math class is preparing for the final exam with study guides. We will be working on our study guides for the next several weeks. This week during our 5th grade math class we were visited by the 4th grade class. 4th grade is getting ready for middle school next year and wanted to see what it would be like to attend a middle school math class.
The 8th grade has been very busy 8th Grade finished Of Mice and Men and are now analyzing plot, theme, conflict, and allegory. 8th grade is studying verbals In math 8th grade just finished Chapter 8 in our text books and we have moved to Chapter 9- Square Roots and Proving the Pythagorean Theorem and its Converse Studying kinetic energy with slinkies in Science
Friday Prayer Service Graphing a Linear Equations March 19th, 2021 Next week is SPIRIT WEEK! Here are the themes: Monday - Pajama Day! Wear your PJs to school! Tuesday - Twin/Triplet day Wednesday - Sweats day - Come to school in your coziest sweats! Thursday - Throwback Thursday/Decade Day Conferences are also next Thursday afternoon and Friday morning (3/25 & 3/26). Please note - middle school students are expected to attend all scheduled conferences. March is Women’s History Month when we will be celebrating Women in history. If you or someone you know would be willing to share with a class, a division , or multiple groups to enhance our celebration in any way, please email jmyers@holychildacademy.com , and we will make it as easy as possible. Looking forward, April is Arab American Heritage Month, and May is Asian and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. If you have ideas or suggestions for our celebrations for those months, please email ...
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