13th Week of School

7^th Graders are at the Seminary today.

8^th graders are doing a fossil activity today and tomorrow.  See the pic below. Bring in a small zip-lock bag in Friday to take them home.

There is a half-day this Friday, therefore experiments are on Thursday.

There is a 6^th & 7^th grade Unit Test on Chapter 4 next Wednesday (20^th).

 I will NOT be here on Monday (18^th) I am going to Pittsburgh and have tickets for Lions vs. Steelers. I will not be able to respond to any e-mails until I get back.

We will then review on Tuesday.

 

12th Week of School Continued...

Monarch Day was today.
 
Science Experiments for Next Thursday (14^th) are as Follows…

8^th Grade:

Eric A.
Raquel S.
Elise P.
Madison R. "Highlights By Lemons"
Eamon "Keeping Baby Dry"
Allison H. "How Does the Wind Blow?"
Sydney M. "Candy + Coke = What?
 

7^th Grade:

Hannah S. "Tie Dyed"
Madi K. "Melting Ice Coke"
Jacksen K. "Does the Color of an M&M Effect How Quickly it Melts?"
Hannah M. "Spear-It!"

I am wearing a MSU shirt today to fulfill my end of the bet with Ms. Surma and I don’t like it, but the kids are getting a kick out of it. (see pic below)

I should have 8th Grade Unit Tests checked and posted by Monday morning.

 

Next Friday is a Half-Day.

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GO BLUE! BEAT NEBRASKA! (I will be there Section 25 plus I have a 5K in Detroit tomorrow morning)

 

12th Week of School

Oh, No!, another defeat to MSU… as part of my annual bet with Ms. Surma I will be wearing a Michigan State shirt this Friday for the $1.00 Jeans Day; even though I am sure a skin rash will occur.

8^th Grade had their Unit Test today on Chapter 15 “Earthquakes & Volcanoes”

8^th Grade Monarch Day is this Friday therefore there are no science experiments scheduled.

7^th Grade Science Experiment Presentations for this Friday are as Follows...

Austin M. "Color Changing Milk"

Jody S. "Wood vs. Aluminum"
Sydney P. "The Drip Test"
Camden W.
Dylan S.

Also, there is a half-day next Friday (15^th).

Happy Halloween!

HaPpY HaLLoWeeN!

I have always loved Halloween it is one of my favorite holidays… I really hope it doesn’t rain all day tomorrow… today would have been just perfect.  Oh, just in case anyone has peanut allergies I would not mine taking your Reese Peanut-butter Cups or peanut M&M’s off your hands (my favorites).

Please be safe and enjoy all the candy!

 

Students are allowed to wear jeans tomorrow and are encouraged to wear orange and/or black.

I thought conferences went very well and I appreciate all the parents that came in and talked to me especially those that I have not seen before.  If you did not see me and really feel you need to please let me know and we can set something up. 

All Saints Mass is Friday.

The 8^th Grade test on Chapter 15 "Earthquakes & Volcanoes" is Tuesday (Nov.5^th) now.

My professor showed this YouTube clip in my last class and I found it very inspiring and empowering; please take the time to check it out.  I hope you agree.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xDwZqualoA

Go Blue! Beat Sparty this weekend!

I am afraid that Ms. Surma is just going to have to wear maize & blue once again on the next jeans day when Michigan beats up on State Saturday.  This is our annual bet that we do… the kids get a real kick out of it.

11th Week of School

Science Presentations for this Friday (Nov.2) are as Follows…

8^th Grade:

Jennifer D. "Eggs, Eggs & More Eggs"
Cynthia K. "Sink or Swim"
Abbi O. "Icy, Icy Weathering"
Bianca "Keeping Nemo Clean"
Catilin L. "Go With the Flow"

 7^th Grade:

Samantha R. "Skewer Through the Balloon"
Gabi G. "Cooking Eggs"
Makayla S.
Brook F. "My Gummy Bear Experiment"
Maria C. "Are You as Fast as You Think You Are? Reaction Time"
Sydney K. "Crushing an Aluminum Can with Air Pressure"
 

 

Parent/Teacher Conferences are today and tomorrow.

 

I am also moving the 8^th grade test that I scheduled this Thursday for next Tuesday (5^th).

10th Week of School Continued...

Science Presentations for this Friday (25^th) are as Follows…

8^th Grade:

Paulina "Drops of Water on a Penny & a Nickel"

Alyssa G. "Balancing an Egg"

Nathan V. "To Pop or Not to Pop is that the Question"

Anthony P. "How Far Will it Fly?"

Tiarnan "The Stroop Effect"

Shannon C. "Mastering Alchemy"

7^th Grade:

Madelyn H. "Homemade Plastic"

Kyle B. "Can-Crusher"

Lauren C. "Moving Water"

Jared M. "Balloon Static Electricity Experiment" 

James F. "To Freeze or... Not to Freeze"

Hailey W. "Making Things Go Boom-Boom"

Conferences are next Monday (28^th) & Tuesday (29^th).  Report Cards will be available in the Middle School hallway at that time.

10th Week of School

Not a very good week for local sports, huh? Tigers get eliminated from the playoffs & Lions lose with a last second 53 yard field goal.  Well, at least Michigan won & wow did they put up some serious points!  They get Sparty in two weeks.

I also really thought the MS Dance was a success, the kids were great & acted very mature; teachers very very impressed overall. 

"What does a Fox say?"

The second quarter starts tomorrow. 

Parent/Teacher Conferences are next week Monday (28^th) & Tuesday (29^th).  Please out of respect of parents waiting try to keep conferences no more then 10 minutes.

There is also a 6^th grade & 7^th grade unit test this Thursday (24^th).  Since the 6th grade test has a lot of information along with supplement material; I am going split up their test for two days; Thursday & Friday.  So Sections 1-2 will be Thursday & then Sections 3-4 will be Friday. I think that is fair.

The 8^th grade most likely will be on the 31^st. We are learning how to measure waves this week.  

All the power points are on Edline.

6^th grade chaperones for YMCA Storer please get your $50.00 deposit in ASAP.

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