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1) The SWAT team at Washburn Rural Middle School will promote on May 24, with students arriving by 9:30 AM and being allowed to leave with parents afterwards. 2) Mrs. English is substituting for Mrs. Spade in mathematics for the rest of the year while she is on maternity leave. Students have been learning about exponents, area, volume, and triangle classification. 3) In social studies, the class is finishing a unit on the Civil War and Reconstruction, examining the causes of the war and advantages the North had over the South.

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1) The SWAT team at Washburn Rural Middle School will promote on May 24, with students arriving by 9:30 AM and being allowed to leave with parents afterwards. 2) Mrs. English is substituting for Mrs. Spade in mathematics for the rest of the year while she is on maternity leave. Students have been learning about exponents, area, volume, and triangle classification. 3) In social studies, the class is finishing a unit on the Civil War and Reconstruction, examining the causes of the war and advantages the North had over the South.

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2 5, 20
April

Washburn Rural Middle School


Team News Update English Language Arts
Team Plan Time: 8:00-8:30 Mrs. Wiles [email protected] 339-4379

Promotion Information: We started our final novel, Soldier’s


SWAT Team will promote at 10:00 a.m. on May Heart by Gary Paulsen last week.
24. Students should arrive by 9:30 to the pod and Students seem to really be enjoying
are allowed to leave with parents afterwards. it. The assessments are scheduled
STUDY HALL INFO for May 2 and 3 and then we’ll move
Remember the SWAT team is still holding into our final research project over
Study Hall every Tuesday and Thursday the Civil War.
from 3:00-4:00.
If you’re interested in attending,
rides should be here by 4:00.
Mathematics Social Studies
Mrs. Spade [email protected] 339-4332 Mr. Tremblay [email protected] 339-4334

Mrs. English is filling in as a long-term sub for Mrs. Spade Our own, Mr. McFarland, took time out of his day to
visit each SWAT history class and explain what life was
the rest of the year while she is on maternity leave.
like for a Civil War Soldier. The students have always
Math 8 students have finished a unit on the Properties of enjoyed his presentation, and this year was no
Exponents and Scientific Notation. Now they’ll practice different. Thank you Mr. McFarland for spending the
finding Area and Volume. day with the SWAT students.
Math 1 students studied Chapter 11 on parallel lines, Our last unit has started, The Civil War and
transversals and angle relationships. They completed Ch. 11 Reconstruction. The students will investigate the
with an Angle City Project. Ask to see their projects, they compromises that failed and led to the Civil War. They
will examine the advantages the
were great! Now they are starting Ch. 12 on Classifying
North had over the South. Finally,
Triangles. the students will research the
reconstruction of the U.S.

Science Skills For Adolescents


Mrs. Casey [email protected] 339-4335 Mrs. Evans [email protected] 339-4341

Students have been working hard on their The unit the students have all been waiting for has begun! So
travel websites and commercials! Each far we have talked about making smart choices when it comes
group randomly chose a time period from
to dating and sex. Kids have been encouraged to discuss family
rules and values regarding these topic.
earth’s history to create a vacation. The Over the next week, students will learn the male and female
groups have made a travel website and are reproductive systems. They are slightly nervous about seeing the
beginning work on their travel commercials diagrams, filling in the proper names of the parts of each
system, and having to study and learn the parts of each system.
as well! After our geologic time project is Pregnancy and birth will wrap up the Human Sexuality Unit.
complete, we will begin exploring plate Part of the unit includes a National Geographic video showing
tectonics to understand how the geology of the development of the embryo/fetus and the birth. It is very
earth can change the organisms found on
tastefully presented and shows how amazing human
development can be in such a short period of time!
it.
Check Out What’s Happening!
Important Dates: SWAT Study Hall
➔ April 25 - Early Release Each Tuesday & Thursday from
3:00-4:00
➔ April 27 & 28 - WRMS Play Students who cannot be picked up by 4:00 can go to the
➔ May 4 - No School library where teachers are available to continue study time
➔ May 9 - Early Release until 4:30

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