Thursday, November 6, 2008

Updates and Homework for 11/6:

All Students:
Winter Sports Sign-ups (Basketball, Cheering, & Wrestling) will take place on Thursday, November 13, in the Café from 6 to 7:30p.m. High School Indoor Track is a co-op sport with Ipswich High and takes place at Ipswich High. Forms are available at the main office and sign-ups are the week of November 17th at Ipswich High School. High School Boy’s Ice Hockey is a co-op sport with Pentucket High School. If you are interested please see Mr. Prescott.

See Mrs. Fulton to sign up for another “Cooking Club” event Thursday, Nov. 13th after school from 2:15- 3:30. Open to all Middle School Students, however space is limited, so sign up soon. We will be making Banana Split Pizza and Fruit Smoothies.
Make some fun snacks and get more fruit in your diet!

The bi-annual Georgetown Music Parents Auction is being held this year on Friday November 7, 6-11 PM at the Georgetown Club. Please come and support our active music program. There will be a silent and a live auction. If you would like to donate items to be auctioned or you have any questions about the aucition, please contact the Georgetown Music Parents at themusicauction@yahoo.com.

Attention 6th grade parents: Don't forget tonight is Camp Kieve information night from 6:30-8pm in the auditorium!!!

Friday Nov. 14 will be GHS Band Night at Spuds on Rt. 1 in Rowley. Please help support the GHS Band by eating at Spuds anytime on Friday Nov. 14. 20% of all food sales that day will go to the GHS Band when a special voucher is presented. Please see Mr. Kaminski or any GHS Band member for the Spuds night vouchers.

Grade 8:
Mrs. Rydbeck: A Block- Page 584 # 1-20, # 28-35. Remember quiz tomorrow; D Block- Practice 3-10 # 1-12; F and G Blocks- finish all the word problem.

Mrs. Reed: study for Ch 3 Test tomorrow. Ch 3 vocabulary due tomorrow. Bring in any homework passes you have not used.

Mrs. Mongeau: Students have been given a study guide for a quiz that will be given on Monday ~ Chapter 10 Section 1.

Ms. Bailey: All students are assigned to bring in two persuasive essay topics, written on a flashcard, to school tomorrow. This is my way of giving students a chance to choose a debatable topic they are interested in so the essay process will be a more positive one. I look forward to sharing theses ideas in class. All students are required to have a science fiction reading book with them each day. This book is November’s book report assignment. These reports will be due December 1st. A detailed explanation page will be sent home soon.

Grade 7:
Mrs. Weldon: Grade 7- Language Arts - Study for Vocabulary Lesson 8 Test; Choose a mystery/horror book for the next book report.

Mrs. Schauerman: SCIENCE - Complete your photosynthesis drawing; MATH - Page 516 # 1 - 4, 17 -32

Ms. DiFruscio: Start studying for Egypt test next week (Wed vocab/essay Friday key concepts).

Mrs.Hickey’s classes:
Students are preparing for a quiz NEXT THURSDAY (November 13th) on Photosynthesis. Students should be working on three assignments:
1.) A picture of photosynthesis including the sun, a plant and an animal. Students have been told what to label on the picture.
2.) Reading the “Photosynthesis” packet given to them and completing the worksheet that goes with it.
3.) Answering the 4 Section Review questions at the end of the Photosynthesis packet.
We have worked on these assignments for several days. Some students are done. Some students need to complete one or more of the above. There will be no homework over the weekend.

Mrs. Husak: A – page 120 # 21-28 all solve and check – quiz tomorrow on solving equations by adding and subtracting; B & E – page 142 # 6-20 even – Quiz next Wed. on sections 3.1-3.4; F- page 127-128 # 2-30 even –quiz tomorrow on sections 3.6-3.7 – Chapter 3 test next Friday.

Grade 6:
White: Read 20 minutes; C & D Blocks inference template due 11/7; A & E Blocks working on inferences; Book orders due 11/14.

Mrs. Lamoly: Review/Study Vocab words from Lesson 5---NO TEST! Review/have an adult look over your creative vocab story...NO TEST TOMORROW!

Mr. Pitella: Ask questions to members of your family related to the word "refugee" (meaning of the word, if any family member has known someone who was or is considered a refugee, etc.)