History Fair

The seventh grade students will be participating in our first annual History Fair. Students choose a Chicago themed topic to research and analyze. They then created a display of their work and will present them at the fair. All students have been working on this for months, and were excited to turn in their projects today. The actual fair will take place on Thursday, March 22nd, right after school. I look forward to viewing their exhibits!

A Peek at Next Week

Next week we will continue with Unit 19 in the green books. Students will be pulling our parts of a short story and work on outlining an essay.

Important Dates:
Thursday- Parent/Teacher Conferences from 5-8pm
Friday- No School
Monday- 7th Graders take Science tests during ISAT testing
Thursday- Scholastic Bowl Tournament

ISAT Testing

ISAT testing is going to be taking place next week. The sixth and eighth graders will be testing with their first periods, and the seventh graders will be testing with their fourth period classes. Students will be testing everyday for the first three periods of the day, with a scheduled break in the gym. On Tuesday they will take the first two reading tests, on Wednesday they will have the last reading test and the first math test, and on Thursday they will finish the last two math sections. Then the seventh graders will continue testing on the following Monday with the two science tests. Please remember to encourage students to eat a healthy breakfast and to get enough sleep!

On to the Green Books!

We are half way done with our Language! series this year. Students are very excited to trade in their orange books for a new green one. Next week we will be starting Unit 19 in the green books, and the theme is "Go with Speed." We will be reading about speed sports in the Olympics, fiber optic highways, and fast-food. We look forward to our new adventures!

Important Days:
Tuesday- Early Dismissal, School Improvement Day
Friday- End of Second Trimester and PBIS Assembly

Pack the Place

Pack the Place was on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The leadership team set up activities for the pre-game show and sold raffles for pieing the teachers. On Monday Ms. Schwenkel, Ms. Cerney, Mrs. Mixon, and Mr. Windsor were pied, and the girls' basketball team won their game that night. Then on Tuesday Ms. Enzbigilis, Mr. Little, Dr. Tiede, and I were pied in the face before the boys' basketball game. It was a special game because it was Mr. Dodd's last Pack the Place. After 38 years of teaching at Center Cass School District, Mr. Dodd will be retiring. His family, friends, and past students attended the game, and he was given a framed jersey at half-time. Overall it was a terrific event!

Spirit Week

Tomorrow marks the beginning of Spirit Week which leads up to our big Pack-the-Place events.

Spirit Week:
Wednesday- Ugly shirt or sweater day
Thursday- Pajama day
Friday- Twin day
Monday- Gold/Super-fan day for the girls' basketball team
Tuesday- Green/Super-fan day for the boys' basketball team

A Peek at Next Week

We are starting our final unit in the orange Language! books. The students are very excited. We will be reading about the continents and geography during the final unit, unit 18.

Important Days:
Sunday- Super Bowl
Wednesday- Book Reports Due
Friday- 9 Week Progress Reports