Band Web Site:
Sign up for band information on Michelle’s bad web page:
Community Service Opportunity:
If any students want to volunteer, the YMCA Southeast Branch is looking for volunteers to work their Haunted Branch on Saturday, Oct. 17th from 8-10pm. Parents are welcome to help out as well.
Call Paul McKim or Shelia Ash @ 491-9622 or go to the YMCA Southeast branch and sign up.
YMCA Southeast is located at 5930 Six Miles Lane.
If you would like to attend this event, it is Saturday, Oct. 17th from 8-10pm.
The cost is $2.00 per person.
Calendar Reminders
October 15th – Middle School/High School Pops Concert – Auditorium/Gym 5:00 PM
October 17 – This Saturday is the PTSA Walkathon
October 16th & 17th – Option & Magnet Program at the Convention Center
October 16th & 17th – Option & Magnet Program at the Convention Center “Showcase of Schools”
October 23, 2009 A Midsummer Night’s Dream $10.00
10:30 am Actors Theater
November 4th
– 2nd 6-Week Grading Period EndsNovember 5th – No School for Students – Teacher PD Day
November 6th – No School
The Brown School PTSA 3rd Annual Walkathon and Pot Luck will be held October 17 at Waterfront Park at the Brown-Foreman Amphitheater (near Tumbleweed) from nine until noon. PTSA’s objective in moving from catalogue sales to the walkathon was to have a fundraising activity that builds community. Flyers have been distributed and posters displayed highlighting the many fun activities planned for the day.
Parent Portal If you don’t know your id/password, please e-mail Angela and she can send it to you. angela.parsons@jefferson.kyschools.us
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7th Grade Math Homework due Thursday: Pages 60, 70, 71 and 73 from folder packet Mad Minute multiplication - Friday - study everything up to 12 Remember after Oct 31, you will receive the actual grade of number correct out of 50.
7th Grade Science: HW Monday – finish air pressure handout (2 pages front and back) remember you need your green textbook to answer the questions on one of the pages.
7th Grade Social Studies: HW Monday – read 3-3. Make a list of at least five Sumerian achievements and how they affected the society. We will complete our study of Mesopotamia this week and will have a test next week. Tentative day is Tuesday.
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8th Grade Washington DC Trip I have been getting lots of questions about the trip. At this point I have booked our lodging but cannot make airline reservations until later in the month. We are leaving on Tuesday, March 23 and returning on Friday, the 26th. I do not know times yet. I am working with someone new and trying to keep the cost below $500.
If you want to go ahead and make a $100 deposit or any other payments, please do. When I have firm prices I will let you know about payment schedules. Refunds can be made up until about 6 weeks before the trip. Make checks to Brown School.
8th Grade Math Homework due Thursday: Journal Study Guide Questions See below
Practice Test on Friday - can use your journal study guide Final Unit Test next Tuesday
Study Guide – Journal Entries – Due Thursday October, 15, 2009 Practice Test – Friday, October 16, 2009 – Will be able to use your journal!!!!!! Final Unit Test will be Tuesday, October 20, 2009
GLUE THIS IN THE FIRST BLANK PAGE IN YOUR JOURNAL. THEN DO EACH TASK ON A SEPARATE PAGE. Label, label, label….everything and write AWSOME explanations….Journal and practice will count as a grade!!! A. Draw a 3-D rectangular prism with the dimensions of Length = 6, Width = 3, and Height = 8. · Explain/show how you determine volume · Explain/show how you determine surface area B. Draw a 3-D rectangular prism with the dimensions of Length = 4, Width = 2 and Height = 6.
C. Draw a 3-D cylinder with a radius of 3 and a height of 6.
D. Cindy wants to package 100 cubes of chocolate in a rectangular prism.
E. Explain how you will find the dimensions of a cube that has a volume of 19,683 sugar cubes???? What is the surface area? Explain.
F. The area of a face of a cube is 81 square inches.
G. The booster club wants to know what container to use for popcorn. Which container should they use? Each container will cost $.01 per square inch. Find the surface area, volume and COST of each of the following containers. (Remember: There are no tops to the popcorn boxes.)
NOW EXPLAIN WHICH BOX SHOULD THE BOOSTER CLUB PURCHASE AND WHY!!!!!
8th Grade Science Due Monday! Readings from lesson six: found between pages 65-79. Answer in complete sentences and turn in by Monday, October 19th (25 points) On loose leaf, please! 1. What characteristics classify an organism in the class of insects? (3 points) 2. Explain the meaning of the name of the Lepidoptera order. (2 points) 3. What is frass? (one point) 4. Explain the molting process of the butterfly larva. (3 points) 5. Explain the role of chemicals such as glucosides. (2 points) 6. Name three plants that contain glucosides. (3 points) 7. In which plant family do your examples belong? (1 poirit) 8. Explain the importance of an entomologist. (2 points) 9. What is the connection between an organism's food choice and its habitat? (2 points)10. What would happen in an ecosystem when a particular organism had no predators? Give an example. (3 points) 11. The Gypsy Moth is considered to be an invasive species. Explain what an invasive species is. Research to find one invasive species of Kentucky. Explain how it came to be here and why it is considered to be invasive. (3 points)
8th Grade Social Studies: TEST FRIDAY over Chapter 2. |