Thursday, September 19, 2013

Fifth Week of School Continued...


There is no school tomorrow.  It is a professional development day for Cabrini teachers.

The new grading software is having some minor conflicts with Edline, however I assure these issues are being resolved.  Also, to be consistent with the High School grades will be posted twice a week (Mondays & Wednesdays).

Have a great three day weekend.  Go Blue!

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Science Presentation for Next Week

Science Presentations for Next Friday (27th) are as Follows…

8th Grade:
Arden "Crystallized Egg Geodes"
Lauren H. "Mentos & Soda"
Abigail S. "Walking on Eggshells?"
Allie F. "Rock Candy"
Chris B. "Crystal in a Cup"

7th Grade:
Joey M. "Absorbing Egg"
Mitchell M. "Film Canister Popping"
Teagen "How to Crush an Aluminum Can with Air Pressure"
Kylie "What Makes Ice Melt the Fastest"
Andrew G. "The Dizziness Challenge"
Matt M. "Bending a Chicken Bone with Vinegar"
Edith "Blow Up a Balloon with Pop-Rocks"

FYI: There is a $ Jeans Day on the 27th for Breast Cancer.


Monday, September 16, 2013

Fifth Week of School


Wow! Are you kidding me? I felt like I was having déjà vu with the nightmare of Appalachian State all over again but this time it was the Akron Zips; it took me years to recover from that one. Good thing it didn’t go that way and will be an awake up call for Michigan.

At 1,283 views for my blog.

There is no school this Friday (20th).  Therefore, science presentations are Thursday (19th).

Go Blue! Beat UCONN!

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Science Presentation for Next Week


Science Experiments for Next Thursday (19th) are as Follows…

 8th Grade:
Andrew B. "Bouncing Bubbles"
Matthew B. "Dissolving Candies"
Dominic V. "The Apple Browning Experiment"
Hunter M. "Rockets"
Paige H. "3/4 of an Avatar: Fire, Water & Air"

 7th Grade:
Daniel J. "The Pop-Can Experiment"
Alex H. "Where Did the Peanuts Go?"
David R. "How to Build a CD/Record Hovercraft"
Alex T. "Squeeze an Egg into a Bottle
Kelsey B. "Creating Colorful Carnations"
Ashley T. "Egg Dying Experiment"

 There is NO School on Friday the 20th.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

September 11, 2013



9/11

As of today I have 1,038 views on my blog; someone is checking it out!  I showed the students it today and about 40% of them are looking, this should be higher (at least twice a week). I told them to put it in their favorites on your computer.  However, it looks like you can’t comment on it unless you have a g-mail account.  It’s free, totally simple to set up and they ask for very little information, but regardless if you have it or not you can always see it.

Also, if you look at you at your child’s grades on Edline/Grade Quick I would like you take note of a couple things… (1) if there is no grade for something, the software places the assignment, test, bell work, etc. as a missing assignment.  It is only a missing assignment if it’s a zero; look at dates. (2) bell work took the place this year for the practice workbook and it’s done pretty regularly as you can tell. It’s only worth 2 points per day and is only 3-5 questions that should only take 10 minutes to do. 

Mass is tomorrow.

The 8th grade unit test is tomorrow on Chapter 13.

$1.00 Jeans is Friday.

The weather is going to be milder these next few days, no more sweat box!


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Fourth Week of School Continued...



Since it is going to be another super humid day tomorrow Father is letting students have a free dress day. 

The 6th Grade Geography Test is tomorrow and 8th Grade Test is Thursday.  The 7th Grade had their Test today.  (I should have them ALL back and posted by Monday)

You might have also noticed that Edline and Grade Quick are up and running so you should have access to grades.  The Wi-Fi was working today too.  Yeah! We really did appreciate your patience.   If you do not have an account with a username and password for Edline; please have your child see Mrs. Chidester ASAP. (This would be most likely new students or 6th Graders). 

We also have a $1.00 Jeans Day this Friday.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Fourth Week of School



The first Study Skill Workshop starts tomorrow.  Also, I am going to go back and edit previous blog entries where I list the students doing the Science Experiments that week with adding the title of their experiment.  This is so we try to stay away from doubling up and we can all keep better track of them.  Lastly, if you really need a print out of your child’s grade from Grade Quick I can do that tomorrow just e-mail and request it.  (dkerrcms@yahoo.com) This really isn’t a problem.  I am expecting parents/students to see grades online in the next day or so.  I was able to send grades today.  Your patience is appreciated.

Go Blue! Beat Akron.