St. Baldrick's Shavees: "After" Pictures

The event on Sunday went so great!  JMMS raised over $22,000 coming in 2nd place among our Jackson district! This is pretty great considering it's the middle school's first year participating in the fundraiser!

Here are my now 17 brave students who shaved their heads on Sunday!

1st Period: Jake and Ricky

2nd Period: Draven, Drew, and Jayden

3rd Period: Aiden, Max, Kaleb, Ben, Hunter, Michael, Fletcher, Ben, and Seth

8/9th Period: Jacob, Logan, and Greg

St. Baldrick's Shavees: "Before" Pictures

The St. Baldrick's event is tomorrow at the North Canton Racquet Club!  I am lucky to have 15 brave and giving students who are getting their heads shaved to support and fundraise for childhood cancers tomorrow!

Here they are on Friday when they still have their hair!  Some decided to dye their hair to have fun before it's shaved off tomorrow :)

Look for the "after" pictures of them on Monday!

1st Period: Ricky and Jake

2nd Period: Draven, Drew, and Jayden

3rd Period: Aiden, Ben, Fletcher, Max, Seth, Ben, Michael

8/9th Period: Jacob, Greg, and Logan

Science Newsletter 3-6-17

A few science updates...

Students will be taking a test over the first 2/3 of the year this
Thursday, March 9.  This is over the main ideas within our life science and
earth science units (mostly rocks, minerals, and cells).

Students received a study guide today in class and we worked on finishing
it for a little over half of class.  We will spend tomorrow and Wednesday
reviewing topics and the study guide for the test. Some students didn't
finish their study guide today but we are going over the answers tomorrow
regardless.  It may be helpful for them to try the questions before we
discuss them if they have time but it is not officially homework to finish.

The study guide, as well as ISNs, are the best things to study for the
test.  The study guide is *very* similar to Thursday's test so if students
are doing well with it, they can expect to do well on Thursday!

Students actually took this exact same test as a pre-test within the first
couple weeks of the school year.  We will compare their pre and post-test
scores on Friday to see how much they've learned so far!

We'll then wrap up the earth science unit with a mini unit on soil and then
we'll be moving on to physical science to wrap up the year.

Thank you for all of your support!  Please let me know if you have any
questions or concerns.  Have a great day!

Science Newsletter 3-1-17

A few science updates...

Just a reminder that students have their Rock Cycle Tests tomorrow!  We checked and went over the study guides today so (hopefully) your child feels prepared!  There's a blank copy of the rock cycle diagram on my website under "My Resources" if your child would like to use that to practice filling it in.

Also, we are doing a lab on Friday that involves students having a snack.  They are able to complete the lab without a snack though.  If you are ok with them having a snack in class, they should bring something in for themselves; they are not sharing with the class.  I only ask that what they bring in is not huge in size and is not super messy; otherwise, whatever you think is ok is good with me!  I'm not able to have them bring in drinks in addition to snacks but they'll be able to get a drink from the drinking fountain during class.

We've also been working on a comic strip in class this week.  Students are creating a comic strip to show how a rock goes through the rock cycle.  Many of them have finished this in class but lots still need to finish.  These are in their ISNs so I'm doing an ISN Check at the same time as I grade the comics.  They are due to me by Tuesday, March 7.

Our school Book Fair will be during the week of March 13-17.  Students will have a chance to go during language arts and also during SA.  Information is getting passed out in homeroom tomorrow.  "It's Mardi Gras Ya'll!"

JMMS has a Girls on the Run team for 6th-8th grade girls!  They have a chance to be creative, feel confident, laugh, and try new things!  It is a 10-week program that begins the week of March 6th and will meet on Mondays & Wednesdays, 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Registration closes March 5th! Register online at GOTRStarkCty.org or call 330.244.9331. (Fees are income-based and financial assistance is available.)

Our state testing is coming up soon!  If your child doesn't know the dates of their tests, they'll be finding out soon.  We will let you and/or them know more details when the days get closer.

Please remember to check your child's grade online!  Many students are missing assignments/absent work so please help us to encourage them to turn those in!  

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!  Have a wonderful evening!