LPS Focus Programs Spring Open House

Tuesday, March 17 

6:00 - 8:00pm

The Career Academy - 8800 O Street

Program will begin promptly at 6:00pm

Bright Lights - Apply to be Camp Assistant

Calling all 8th grade and older students!

Janis Fiero - 8th Grade Counselor (jfiero@lps.org)

We are in the midst of the divisions of the 1850s and 1860s. Students focus on the causes of secession ending with a project on a person or cause which impacted the divisions of the 1850s. Students make a slideshow on the person or event and present the slideshow. For 5th period, the students are a touch ahead, presently exploring the question “How did the Civil War change politically and on the battlefield over time?” They answer the question next week. After that we focus on how African Americans impacted the war. 

Students have been spending last week and this week talking about abolitionism, and the key players in the abolitionist movement. Last week we discussed the principles of the abolitionist movement, and now we are discussing the role of women in this movement. This is all in preparation for the key moments leading up to the Civil War, and preparing for discussions about the Civil War, which will be our next unit of study. Students have also finished up their writing about slave narratives, which is their most recent summative grade. Please check with your student to see if they’ve completed this assignment. 

This quarter, our students completed their Argumentative DCAs based on the novels Just Mercy (differentiated classes) and Wolf Hollow (grade-level classes). Differentiated English classes finished Just Mercy and engaged in a research project connected to the story before their DCA. Grade-level classes wrapped up Wolf Hollow, focusing on story analysis prior to their DCA. As we begin 4th quarter, we will start our Holocaust unit. Grade-level classes will read Prisoner B-3087, while differentiated classes will explore Night. Please check in with your student to see if they have completed all Quarter 3 assignments.

What’s left in Course 3?

• Chapter 9: Angles & Pythagorean Theorem - Test around April 16

• NSCAS Math Test on April 8-10

• Chapter 10: Surface Area & Volume - Test around April 30

• Chapter 7: Slope & Association - Test around May 18

• Course Closure & Reflection

What’s left in Algebra-D?

• Chapter 7/6R Test March 19-20

• NSCAS Testing on April 8-10

• Chapter 8 - Quadratic Functions (Test in April w/ Ch 7R)

• Chapter 9 - Solving Quadratics & Inequalities (Test in early May w/ Ch 8R)

• Semester 2 Final in May

• Chapter 9 Retention in May

What’s left in Geometry-D?

• Chapter 9/8R Test (with Constructions Portfolio after) March 18-20

• NSCAS Testing on April 8-10

• Chapter 10 - Circles & Probability (Test in mid-April w/ Ch 9R)

• Chapter 11 - Solids & Circles (Test in May)

• Semester 2 Final in May

Rewards Plus: We just finished Unit 9 where we used a variety of reading and writing strategies and skills along with a story and information about atoms and molecules.  When we get back from break we will be starting Unit 10 and reviewing the many reading strategies and skills that we have been focusing on to prepare for the NSCAS March 24-26. 

Rewards Secondary: We just finished Unit 7.1 learning about refugees and incorporating reading and writing.  When we get back from break we will be reviewing reading strategies and skills to prepare for the NSCAS March 24-26.

****Please encourage your child to read at home, practice fluency and practice spelling.