All Students:
From Mr. Kaminsky: MS Jazz Band at 3:00 (not 2:30) this Wednesday in the band room.
GET YOUR REGISTRATION FORMS IN FOR THE SPELLING BEE! Forms are due no later than this Friday, February 27th! Click on the following link on to print out the necessary forms: http://www.georgetown.k12.ma.us/GMS/NewsDetail.aspx?FromHome=1&categoryID=10109&RootCatId=10081&itemID=16617For more info contact Laurie Kosciuszek at kosciuszeks@comcast.net.The Spelling Bee will be held Thursday, March 5th in the GMHS Auditorium starting at 5:30pm. Mr. Bruno will be the moderator, Superintendent Jacobs will be the master of ceremonies, and Officer Jones will be a judge! Come test your skills and win up to $100 in savings bonds!!!
DANCE CLUB TRYOUTS will be held next Monday and Tuesday, March 2 and 3, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Be ready to perform a 30 second choreographed routine. All candidates must attend both practices.
There will be a Mandatory Preseason Baseball meeting on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 right after school in the café.
SPRING SPORTS SIGN-UPS are scheduled for Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Coaches meetings from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m., sign-ups in the café from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Forms are available on the table in front of the Main Office. If you are interested in playing a spring sport, please come to the coaches meeting and sign up on Wednesday, March 4.
YEARBOOKS: Attention ALL students: Do not miss out on the opportunity to purchase your copy of the 2009 yearbook. The price is $65.00. Seniors, your cost is only $50.00 because of a senior class donation. Order forms are located by the front office. See Ms. Dodge is you have any questions.
Grade 8:
Ms. Bailey: All classes are working on lesson 17 exercises which are due Thursday.
Read ch. 1 of My Brother Sam is Dead…write down what the 5 most important facts or events are for discussion tomorrow.
Mrs.Rydbeck: A Block- Worksheet: Test your skills-The factory tour: do it all; E Block- Worksheet Lesson 6 Proportions: finish the front side; F Block- No homework. Go job on the chapter test today; G Block- Study for Chapter 6 test tomorrow.
Mrs. Reed: Last page of each handout (Estimating Percent Practice and Tipping Practice)
Mrs. Girard: practice worksheets 6-1 through 6-3 and 6-5 through 6-7 (your whole packet EXCEPT 6-4 and 6-8).
Mrs. Sheridan: Quiz Tomorrow: Review organic compounds: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. Know the common name, elements present, uses by living things, and examples (for extra credit, know sub-units) for each of the four organic compounds.
Grade 7:
Ms. Girard: work on brochure project.
Mrs. Morrison: A – Correct Preposition Test – voc. assignments; B – Write your paragraph from your class notes/web; E – Timeline Activity 5; F – Voc. Activity 5-3.
Mrs. Husak: A-worksheet 6.3 side; B- page 322 # 2-22 even; E – see B; F – finish both sides of worksheet practice 6.3 and 6.2.
Mrs. Schauerman: MATH - Page 248-249 #8 - 14; SCIENCE - A-block - Page 41 #1 - 5; F-block - No homework.
DiFruscio: E block- finish timeline on worksheet if not already completed. A, B, F- none.
Grade 6:
Mrs. Harrington: due wednesday—complete the “Freezer Straw” experiment at home. Step 1: Make a prediction of what will happen to a straw and plugs after you remove them from the freezer.Step 2: Materials: 1 straw, 2 small pieces of clay (plugs)Step 3: Procedure: take one end of your straw and plug it up with a piece of clay. Next, fill the straw with water and plug up the other end with the clay. Place the straw in the freezer overnight. The next morning take the straw out of the freezer and record what happened to the straw and plugs. Due: Wednesday—bring in a small amount of soil from your yard (if possible)
Mrs. Carminito: A Block: page 279-280 #1-32 not #21; D & E Block: page 283 #28 page 284 #36-44; quiz Friday; F & G Block: scale drawing worksheet; quiz Friday.
Mrs. Reed: Picture Dictionary Group 3 due tomorrow.
Mrs. White: Read 20 minutes and record in log; C block Log & vocabulary sheet; D block Strategy 3 & 4.
