Week of 11/26

Thank you to our Altar Servers, Anna Atwood, James Yale and Tuesday, December 5th: Spirit Day and SBS
Maddie Uluski, who served at this morning’s Mass. Band and Chorus Christmas Concert (6pm).
Snow date: 12.6);
A friendly reminder that students are not allowed to have soda in Wednesday, December 6th & Thursday,
school. Juice, Vitamin Water, iced tea, etc. is permitted at lunch, December 7th: HSA Santa Shop; Friday,
but we ask that water be the only beverage consumed in the December 8th: HSA Christmas Party;
classrooms, due to the potential for spills. Also, there is no gum Thursday, December 7th: Report Cards
chewing allowed in school at any time, with the exception of distributed (K-8);
standardized testing weeks, and then only during the test Tuesday, December 12th: SBS Christmas
session itself. Pageant (K-3). Snow date: 12.14;
Wednesday, December 13th: Auction
Dress-Down Day;
Please see attached notices. If students are interested in
Monday, December 18th: December Charity
entering the December 7th poetry contest, Ms. Seidl is happy to
Dress-Down Day ($1 and $1 for a hat);
help. Grade 8 will be working on poetry to enter for the April 4th
Thursday, December 23rd: Festive
deadline. Sweater/Shirt/Sweatshirt with uniforms;
Friday, December 22nd: School Mass (9am) and
See the attached notice about Drama Club. Interested early dismissal for Christmas Break (1:10pm for
students should click the link in the flyer to sign up. The Pre-K and 1:20pm for K-8). Splash of Christmas
first meeting will be Monday December 4 from 3:30-4:00 to with school uniforms. PM Extension:
discuss the plans for Drama Club this year. 1:20pm-4:30
Tuesday, January 2nd: Classes resume.
Please see the attached important message from the
middle school team.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Kreager This week in 6th grade science we

- 6th Graders have been working with finished our lesson on Measuring
fractions, and decimals and how they Earthquake waves.
compare. They will be taking a test on those In 7th grade science we started learning
concepts this week about the processes of photosynthesis and
- 7th Graders will be continuing through Cellular Respiration. We will have a Cells
Chapter 2, working with combining like unit test on Friday, December 15th.
terms and solving equations In 8th grade science we finished up
- 8th grade will be working with scatter plots, learning about parts of the Atom and how
and will take an assessment on Chapter 1 to make Bohr models. Our 3D Element
models and Brochures are due December
18th.
 Literature:
- 6th Graders have been learning about the 8th grade: Students did an excellent job on their
Assyrians, Nebuchadnezzar, and Cyrus the Dystopian Presentations and have started their
Great. We will next look at the trading Allegory Unit. The will be reading “The Masque of
empire of the Phoenicians. Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe and “The Crucible”
- 7th Graders will be working on finishing before Christmas break. Stay tuned for details about
our mock trial project.
their study of the Protestant and Catholic 7th grade: Students are continuing their study on
Reformation. “Esperanza Rising”. We focused on the parts of the
- 8th grade look at the period of reform in the response to literature essay this week.
U.S. prior to the Civil War. We will Language Arts: 8th grade will begin a unit in which
investigate the Great Awakening, the they will create a business plan and learn email
etiquette. Stay tuned for more details.
abolitionist movement and the first push for 7th grade is well on their way through their essay and
women’s rights. are currently working on rough drafts.

Mrs. Maier
. Religion
Grade 6 - Students are beginning their study of the liturgical year, and the
seasons of the church. Our class had the Vocations Crucifix this past week, and
7th grade is continuing their study on Esperanza
we prayed for young men to have a calling to the priesthood. Rising in Literature and in LA they recently took a
Vocabulary test. The grades will be available on
Spanish
Grade 6 - Students are continuing their study of adjective agreement - how Google Classroom by the end of the weekend.
nouns and adjective agree in number and grammatical gender. They will be
taking a quiz on this on Tuesday. 6th Grade has started their study on Freak the
Grade 7 - Students are reviewing adjective agreement and irregular verbs. They Mighty.
continue daily practice in grammar.
Grade 8 - Students took a quiz this past week on possessive adjectives, and did All students continue to work on their research essay
very well overall. They have begun their study of diminutives and the ísimo/ísima
ending to form superlative adjectives. about evangelization

Great job on Trimester 1!

For the time being students in need of ELA extra help

should contact Ms. Seidl

If students need help with personal statements for

7th grade is visiting the Santa Shop on applications, Ms. Seidl is available on Thursdays from 3:30-4:00 to
December 7th help.
Students should be turning in their yearbook quotes to Ms. Seidl on
Google Classroom and their Diploma names to Mrs. Carroll ASAP.
For the time being, students in Mr. Gworek’s Yearbook quotes should be turned in on the LA google classroom.
homeroom in need of ELA extra help should
Both 8th grade classes are attending the Santa Shop on December
contact Ms. Seidl. 7
Dear parents,
Lately there have been a few students that are not being respectful to their teachers or the
school and classroom rules. They have received many opportunities to improve their behavior.
We have discussed these issues with administration and we are implementing the following
disciplinary actions to those who continue to be disruptive and break our school rules.

1. Chromebooks and history will be randomly checked to ensure that students are following
the expectations outlined in the handbook.
2. If students are caught playing games or doing anything that the teacher has not directed
them to do on the Chromebook, it will be taken away for the remainder of the class
period and students will need to complete their assignment on paper. In the event that
the assignment is research based or can not be done without a Chromebook, students
may be responsible to complete that assignment in a detention or for homework.
3. Students will no longer be allowed to listen to music while working. This will be in effect
until we can be sure that students are using their Chromebooks appropriately.
4. Students who loiter in classrooms or hallways may be given a conduct referral.
5. If students are late to class, they will have to go to the office for a late pass. If a student
has three late passes they will receive a detention.
6. Students who are not completing the assigned work during LA lab or morning work, during
the appropriate time will be given detention (NJHS students are able to complete
morning work during a different time).
7. It is expected that students will treat the LA/Math Lab proctor with the same respect as
they treat their teachers. Detentions will be served to those who don’t.

We are focused on making sure that your students are ready for high school. Behavior and
respect are just as important as academics. We know that your children are capable of being
excellent role models and respectful students. As middle school teachers, this is what we
expect everyday. Students that can not meet these expectations will receive conduct referrals
and/or detention notices.

It is important to note that no student is being punished because the others are misbehaving,
we are simply holding all students accountable for following the rules and expectations that are
already in place. If your child is following the rules regularly then these disciplinary actions will
not apply.

Thank you,
The middle school team
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