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april 5, 2024
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April 5th - District Jazz Ensemble
April 6th - Scholar's Bowl Finals
April 8th - No School - Eclipse Day
April 10th - No School - Holiday - Eid al Fitr
April 11th -18th - VTCAP ELA and Math State Assessments during Humanities and Math classes
April 16th - Budget Re-Vote
April 17th - Clothing Swap
April 22nd -26th - No School - Spring Break
Environmental Science - Sam Parker
This week in Science class we...
Reviewed the greenhouse effect and practiced showing an understanding of how the information is connected by creating scientific models of the greenhouse effect leading to climate change
Next week students will continue to prepare for the claim, evidence and reasoning assessment by practicing their writing skills and learning about feedback loops. This summative assessment will be before April break.
If you have any questions please feel free to communicate with at sparker@cvsdvt.org
Math 1: Mark Pogact
Summary of Week 28:
Review Unit
Unit Summative
Next Week
VTCAP Standardized Testing
This week, students reviewed the unit to prepare for summative. White day got bumped because of the snow day, so their summative will be Tuesday the 9th.
Next week, students will be taking the VTCAP standardized testing for math during their math classes. Then we will start the next unit on solving systems of equations. See your student's Google Classroom for classwork, documents, and assignments.
Questions? Email me at mpogact@cvsdvt.org
Math 2
Summary of Week 27:
Review Converting Between Quadratic Forms
Solving Equations
Next Week
Stretching & Shrinking
This week, students reviewed factoring and converting equations.
Next week, students will investigate writing equations that stretch and shrink parabolas. See your student's Google Classroom for classwork, documents, and assignments.
Questions? Email me at mpogact@cvsdvt.org
Wellness: Personal Health
This week in personal health students started a new unit on Sexual Health. Students started the week by identifying healthy vs. Unhealthy relationships. They also learned about pressure tactics and how to navigate unsafe situations. Next week, students will be connecting their values to relationships and the choices they make!
For any questions or concerns, feel free to email kspreen@cvsdvt.org
Humanities
Reminder: We started a new unit based on the book Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. We are remaining in separate "English" and "Social Studies" classes, however, the lessons in the unit are designed to be companion lessons that contribute to the whole unit.
In English, students dedicated their time to working on their final writing piece for this unit. Out of all of the many topics they have covered in both Just Mercy and in social studies this unit, students needed to identify what stood out the most to them and what they think is worth discussing and sharing with others. The audience for this piece is someone who is unfamiliar with the work we've been doing in class, so ask your student to share it with you!
Reminder: If you are curious about what your student is working on from day-to-day (or are looking to support them), feel free to peek at their student calendar here!
This week in our social studies class, we delved deeper into our ongoing unit on Just Mercy, with a particular focus on Civil Rights Leaders. Students explored the life of one Civil Rights leader of their choosing and delivered a two-minute presentation on them.
Additionally, students engaged in a discussion assessment based on their guest speaker. The prompts for the discussion were:
What is justice? What is mercy? How does learning people’s stories impact how we see the world? What kind of society do we want to create, and where do we want to go from here?
Next week, our combined humanities classes will be watching the powerful documentary "13th". The documentary is available on Netflix, and we will have a discussion in class beforehand to address the mature themes presented in the film.
Dinner Table Talk
What was the most memorable part of Just Mercy?
What did you decide to write about for your final writing piece in English? Will you let me read it so far?
How are you feeling about some of the tough things you're reading about in class?
What Civil Rights Leader did you focus on?
How did the discussion go for you?
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