I am always hearing about "No School November" around this time of year. Conferences combined with holidays and three day weekends make for a lot of missed school days. Families who are juggling work and vacation around these conferences are also put in a bind. But conferences are important. This year, as I hope you have heard, we are doing student lead conferences for the 7th graders. This means that students will be speaking directly to parents about their progress so far this year. We are very excited to be trying this. We are hoping this will help each student take more responsibility for their education. We hope that these conferences will have value far beyond the days of school In Science this week the New Unit is going strong. A lab is being finished up today. Both Mrs. Barnes and Mrs. Nelson should have the units posted on their website. Check the school site for details. In Language Arts, Mrs Seffens is working on a poetry unit. See the details here:
In Washington State History there are tests in both Mrs. Williamson and Mrs. Brooks' classes on Wednesday.
There will be no progress reports this week due to Slam conferences. I am looking forward to meeting everybody!!
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It is the start of Second Quarter and Report Cards are coming home soon. Look for progress reports next week.
I am back on the blog. I was out of the building at the start of the week so I was unable to get things collected and updated. So here is what is going on this week at Desert Hills.
Mrs. Barnes and Mrs. Nelson have given their review guides to students and students are to be studying for the test that is happening tomorrow in both classes. The test is over the third unit on eclipses. Mrs. Chelin has an outline due today for a speech. The speeches will begin being presented on Monday. Mrs. Seffens is still working on their Diary projects those will be due a week from today. We are also looking forward to the Veteran's Day assembly taking place on Friday as well as preparing for our Student Lead Conferences that will start in a couple of weeks. I hope everybody is having a great week!!! |
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