Language Arts: 

• ELA:  We are so proud of how well everyone did during this challenging debate unit.  We are now moving on to the Dystopian Book Clubs.  Students will get a myriad of book choices.  

• Advanced: Students have been working on their writing for their poetry sets. They will have the remainder of this week to continue drafting, editing, and formatting their writing. Poetry sets are due Friday at the end of class before leaving for spring break. We will begin our debate unit when we return. 

Math:

• General Math:  The students have been working with perfect squares, square roots, and cube roots. There will be a short quiz tomorrow. After Spring Break, we will being study on the Pythagorean Theorem.   

• Algebra:  Students are continuing their study of exponential functions. They have been exploring situations in context and working on percent increase and decrease. They have also been translating graphs of exponential functions. The Unit 6 Quiz will be on Thursday, March 19.

1. • • • Geometry:  Having covered arcs, chords and central angels of circle this week, the students will be assessed on these topics on Friday.   When we return from break, we will continue our study of topics related to circles.  Specifically, inscribed quadrilaterals, triangles circumscribed in circles, and triangles inscribed in circles.

Science: This week students have been learning about anemia, diabetes, asthma, and a pancreas injury in order to diagnose our "patient" Elisa. After break, we will wrap up our Metabolism unit by focusing on cellular respiration. 

Social Studies: We have completed our study of Genocides, and now we are moving on to Civil Rights in America.  We are starting with African-American Civil Rights.  We are heading into spring break with a look at the Reconstruction Era and the origins of Jim Crow laws.  After break, we will look at events in the 1950s that sparked a movement that spread across the South, in which African-Americans fought for their rights.