8^th graders have just completed a DBQ response essay (document-based question), exploring the topic: "How does the spirit triumph?" analyzing five different historical accounts from Holocaust survivors. This week we will continue to explore another survivor's tale, as we read Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning MAUS in class. (Students will have access to copies of the book in the classroom, so it is not necessary to purchase a personal copy) While engaging in character, theme, and quote analysis, students will continue to learn the remarkable story of how the human spirit triumphs in times of turmoil.

In Spanish students are adding to their conversations about food by saying which foods they want and prefer for each meal and for a snack. They can state which foods they like a lot, a little or not at all. We have introduced new verbs that go with food and we are working each day on these regular and irregular verbs. The Unit 4 test on Food is Wednesday, March 16. It will cover Food vocabulary, the verb Gustar (to like), regular and irregular verbs that go with Food, and will also include a Listening section.

This week in math, we started our Geometry Unit. To begin the unit, we will discuss four types of transformations of shapes including translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations. Later in this unit, we will cover types of angle relationships, Pythagorean Theorem, and Volume.

In Algebra, students are starting a new unit which entails solving quadratics. They will learn and practice many different methods such as factoring, completing the square, the square root method, and quadratic formula. Our next summative will be Friday, March 25^th.

Accel A students are currently in our first unit in Geometry A. We are studying transformations on the coordinate plane to include translations, reflections, rotations, and other aspects of congruence. Our next summative assessment is scheduled for March 22^nd.

Hello Parents!!

We are continuing to work on our Personalized learning unit. The students are learning about force and how mass has an effect on the force needed to accelerate an object. The entire PLP is due on March 15^th and will count as a summative grade for the students. We will have our Unit 10 test on March 16^th. All study materials can be found on itslearning in the Unit 10 review folder.

Upcoming Dates

March 15: Unit 10 PLP due

March 16: Unit 10 Test

March 18: Next Friday Academy for missing work

March 31: Unit 11 test

As always if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to your child’s science teacher!

Thanks

8^th Grade Science Team

In Georgia Studies students will begin Unit 9, Georgia in the Civil Right Movement. The standards for this unit include Georgia’s response to the Brown v. Board of Education ruling (SS8H11a), the role of individuals, groups, and events in the Civil Rights Movement (SS8H11b), and resistance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act (SS8H11c). Upcoming tests and quizzes will be announced on your teacher’s ItsLearning page.

Hoops for Heart

3 vs. 3 Basketball Tournament

Friday, March 18^th during connections.

-Basketball teams are 3 players - $3 per player. Sign Up Forms will be in the gym. Please turn these in by end of the day on Thursday, March 17th.

-If you do not want to play, you can choose to go to another location with a $3 donation - example locations: movie room, band play room, and technology rooms. Bring in $3 to donate for our Athletic Fundraiser to go to the location of your choice.

*All registration proceeds will go to the American Heart Association.

*Concessions will be also sold during the event.

PE and Athletics: Parents, we have an enormous amount of PE clothes in our Lost and Found area. Some have names on them and some do not. If your child has missing PE clothes, please remind them to come to the gym to look for their items.