Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Weekly Update Nov. 30--Dec. 4

Good Afternoon!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The white fluffy stuff is falling. Hopefully it doesn't turn too cold soon.

ELA & Religion--The students have been working on Short Stories with the theme of Courage. They have been talking about many different courageous people and have started writing their own "courageous" short story.
Math--Grade 8s are continuing to work on Fractions, Decimals and Percents. Grade 7s are continuing to work on Fractions, Decimals and Percents.
Social Studies--Students have been watching the "Ulysses" based on the epic "The Odyssey"
Science--Students have been working on cell specialization and then cell division.
French--Students began our study on Christmas, working on vocabulary activities.

Compassion Canada: We are collecting the $1/family/month for Compassion Canada as indicated in the letter sent home a few weeks ago. The money can be left at the office or put into the jar on the alter in the chapel area.

Dec. 7--Forks Market Performance (Students wear red, green or white shirts.)
Dec. 10--MTYP @ 9:45
Dec. 11--Shops
Dec. 16--Christmas Concert @ 6:30
Dec. 18--last day before Christmas Break
Jan. 4--Classes Resume

We will be starting our Christmas Hamper sign up next week. All items will be required by Dec. 16 with delivery between the 16th and the 18th. We have not received our family yet. If anyone is interested in delivering the hamper, please let myself or your child know so that they can sign up for this on the Hamper sign-up list.