8th Grade Family newsletter
Week of 9/29- 10/3
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Our Mission
Grace Snell Middle School provides a culture of excellence that prepares all students to reach their maximum potential today, tomorrow and beyond.
Our Week at a Glance
Reminders
Reminders
September 30, Printed Progress Reports will be sent home tomorrow. Please review these with your scholar and return them to homeroom signed. Parents feel free to reach out to team teachers via email with any questions/concerns you may have. As always, please continue to check grades weekly via Parent Vue to stay up to date with current progress.
October 1, 8:15am Wednesday Morning Help Day, please notify teacher if you plan to bring your scholar for help day by Tuesday morning (email is fine). Student drop off is in the lower lot, car rider lane.
Student Attendance- Please be sure when students are absent send in a note to their homeroom teacher (handwritten) or doctor's documentation so we can submit it to our attendance clerk. You may contact our attendance clerk Ms. Jesica Arita - jesica.arita@gcpsk12.org. Please include your child's student number.
Cheerleading Practice in the GYM 7:30am - 8:30am T,W,TH
CONNECTIONS SCHEDULE
Monday 9-29 B- Day
Tuesday 9-30 A-Day
Wednesday 10-1 B-Day
Thursday 10-2 A-Day
Friday 10-3 B-Day
Upcoming
Upcoming
Interims Begin 10/3 - 10/8
Fall Break begins 10/9 - 10/13
Fall Picture Day October 15
Early Release 10/22 & 10/23
PSAT (8th Grade Only) 10/28
upcoming
upcoming
ELA - Interim October 3rd. Students began Unit 2 "Horror Genre" today.
MATH - Students will be Finding Rate of Change in Proportional Relationships Using Different Scales, Rate of Change and initial value of a graph in context, Non-Proportional patterns and comparative rates of change. Unit 2 Assessment October 3rd. Interim is October 8th.
SCIENCE - Interim is October 7th. Students are reviewing Unit 2 "Waves:, wrapping up "Wave behaviors" and moving on to "The Doppler Effect"/ Unit 2/ Part 2 Test will be on September 30th.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Interim is October 6th. Unit 3 test will be Friday, September 26th. Students will need to review Unit 3 notes in their interactive notebooks. Unit 3 covers State Government: Judicial Branch & Local Government. We will begin Unit 4 the week of September 29th, "Georgia's Beginnings and Colonization."
Students will take their Unit 2 Test on Friday, October 3rd. An additional 10 minutes will be provided on Monday, October 6th for test corrections. This week, students will also receive a study guide to review and practice important concepts in preparation for the test. The study guide will be graded, and students may complete up to three attempts to earn their highest possible score before test day.
Students are beginning Unit 4 this week, "Georgia's Beginnings and Colonization". We will be starting AKS 31, with America's Indians (Mississippian Indians).
Students will spend Thursday & Friday preparing for interim on Monday, October 6. Please review AKS 36bc, 49ab, 50ac, 51bc, 46abcd, 47abc, 48ab, 50ac, 51bc for interims.
Anticipate our Unit 4 test to be around the end of October.
Students will be reviewing for Waves Part 2 test on 9/30.
October 1st we will be starting Unit 3 Electricity and Magnetism.
Students will also be reviewing for Midterm AKS 7a, 7c, 7e, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, and 9.
This week -Starting on Unit 2 Lesson 2. Thursday review for Interim. Friday Language Arts Interim.
assistant principal
assistant principal
Dr. Ryan James
Dr. Ryan James
Ryan.James@gcpsk12.org
770-554-7740
A Few Reminders:
Student Dress Code
Student Dress Code
Grace Snell dress code is designed to reduce the likelihood of distraction or disruption and to maintain an academic focus in the classroom and on campus. Instruction is interrupted when a student has to be seen by an administrator because of inappropriate dress. If dressed inappropriately, the student will be required to change clothing. Missed instructional time while waiting for a change of clothing will be regarded as unexcused. Parents may be called to bring a change of clothing for the student. Our GSMS Student Dress Code policy includes but is not limited to the following:
All shorts lengths will be NO SHORTER THAN 5” above the knee.
The highest point of any slit in a dress, skirt, or shorts must be NO MORE THAN 3” above the knee. This rule applies to shorts, skirts and even worn with any type of tights or leggings.
Student pants/shorts: No holes, slits, rips, or tears that show skin above the knee.
For additional information on GSMS Student Dress Code, please reference the GSMS Student Handbook.
Cell Phones & Electronic Devices
Cell Phones & Electronic Devices
Students’ cell phones should be silenced and placed in their bookbags. Cell phone use is not permitted at any time during the school day (including the lunch period), for any reason, inclusive of, but not limited to: contacting parents/guardians, family members, other students, or engaging in online or social media activities, or any entertainment purposes.
If staff observes students with cell phones, the following steps will be taken:
Chromebooks
Chromebooks
All school issued materials (instruments, chromebooks, and textbooks) to students should be treated as borrowed property. In the event of loss or abuse of school issued materials, whether accidental or purposeful, students must pay for the loss in accordance with the scale fixed by the Board of Education. See the fees chart below:
Portrait of a Comet
Gearing up for the
Gearing up for the
Class of 2030
Class of 2030
Watch this video to get a snapshot of the competencies our scholars are developing at Grace Snell Middle School now, to prepare them to reach their maximum potential today, tomorrow and beyond!
8th Grade Assistant Principal
Dr. Ryan James
Ryan.James@gcpsk12.org
770-554-7740
State law requires that children between the ages of 7 - 16 attend school DAILY.
Students will be excused from school for the following legal absences:
Personal illness
Death in the immediate family
Recognized religious holidays observed by your faith
Absences mandated by governmental agencies
Service as Page in the Georgia General Assembly
Visit with parent or legal guardian prior to deployment or while parent is on leave (up to 5 days)
Instances where attendance would be hazardous
Students absent from school for legal reasons stated above, will be excused IF they bring a written excuse from a parent, guardian, or medical provider, stating the reason for the absence.
The written excuse must be given to the desk clerk in the front lobby on the day the student returns to school.
8th Grade Office
School Hours
8:55 AM - 4:00 PM
No drop-offs before 8:50 AM
Early Dismissal
Early Dismissal
Missed instructional time is detrimental to a student’s performance.
Parents are urged to make dental, medical, and other appointments before or after school hours.
If it becomes necessary for a student to check out during the day, parents must report to the desk in the front lobby to sign out the student.
Parents will be required to show picture identification in order to check out their children.
No check-outs or transportation changes shall be made after 3:30 PM.
It is the expectation that students make up missed assignments whenever they are absent from school, or check-out early.
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