GKMS Encore Newsletter

STEM Concepts - Mr. McCune

6th Grade Computer Science: Next week we will be coding educational science cartoons. We practice keyboarding every day at Typing Club. We will take our typing test on Wednesday, April 8th.

7th Grade Design and Modeling: Next week we will be solving various design problems using the design process and modeling our solutions using CAD. We practice keyboarding each day using Typing Club. We will take our typing test on Wednesday, April 8th.

8th Grade Automation and Robotics: Next week we will continue to apply the design process to solve a robotics problem that will result in students generating a VEX robotics drag racer.

Band/Chorus - Mr. Lowe

Band:

Click here to view a digital copy of the Band Handbook.

Click here to view next week's Band Schedule.

If your student needs a new copy of the Sound Innovations book, please click this link and then select your student's instrument.

6th Grade - Students have started working on pieces for their next concert - Midnight Mission, Acceleration, and Mystic Legacy.

7th Grade - Students have started working on pieces for their next concert - Carolina Legend, Salvation is Created, and Arabian Dances.

8th Grade - Students have started working on pieces for their next concert - Aztec Celebration, Cyclone, and Westwood Trail.

Chorus:

Students have continued working on songs for their next concert - United We Sing, Hush! Somebody's Calling My Name, Al Tambor, and I've Got the World on a String.

Click here to view a digital copy of the Chorus Handbook.

Click here to view next week's Chorus Schedule.

Health- Mr. Schmidt

6th Grade: We will examine how our body responds to stress and how we deal with strong emotions.

7th Grade: We will be describe how being self-aware can inprove our menta/emotional health.

8th Grade: We will examine self-efficacy, and self-esteem and how they can help our mental/emotional health.

Careers- Mr. Schmidt

6th Grade: We will be describinghow communciation is so impartant in the workplace.

7th Grade: We will be precticing communication techniques that can be benefical to all aspects of our life.

8th Grade: We will examine how to problem solve in the workplace and how ehtics plays a role in our work.

PE-Mr. Hoffman/Mrs. Thurlby

This week the students participated in Cooperative Games with classes being shortened due to IAR Testing. Next week, students will spend a day in the Fitness Center and continue with Badminton Game Play.

As students are dressing, students are reminded that the dress policy/ procedures are that they wear their GK PE shirt, bring a pair of shorts that they can change into and leave in their locker and gym shoes. Students are able to bring the following items to put in their locker:

- Extra Socks- Morning classes
- Deodorant- NO SPRAYS OF ANY KIND- INCLUDING BODY SPRAY!!!!!!!
- Lotion
- Hair Brush
- Hair Ties
- Sweats (sweat shirt and pants)
- Shoes
  - Leggings are acceptable- NO SPANDEX SHORTS!!!!!

Art - Mrs. Hulseberg

NEW DATE - MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Family Arts Night is on Wednesday, May 6th from 5:00 - 7:00pm at GKMS! More information to come!

6th Grade ART - Students have been practicing the printmaking process this past week, and they will make four final prints of their design. Next week students will create a hand-written story border to encircle the print, and then we will begin to make realistic food sculptures.

7th Grade ART - Students have been finishing up their 'What's Inside' Portraits. They have cut up, reassembled and added extra imagery on top of a colorful background to represent what they imagine is going on inside of their person's head. I'm seeing so many creative ideas!! Next week we will make an artist statement and then begin our plaster sculpture project.

8th Grade ART - Students began their Guardian Creature project by brainstorming three animals to combine into a new creature. Now students are building an armature (skeleton) out of wire, newspaper, tape, and tinfoil. Next week they will cover the armature with a skin of paper mache clay.

🎨 Art gives us the skills to communicate in a visual world. When creating art, students practice disciplines of engagement like persistence and making connections, which are vital for academic and life success. These habits of mind help foster critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, all of which are essential for navigating the complexities of the modern world. 🎨

Leadership & Community Service - Mr. Ellis

LCS 6 - We will continue planning and practicing our Leader Presentations. We will begin putting together our slides along with the presentation.

LCS 7- We will begin planning and presenting our Area to Study presentations.

LCS 8 - We will begin researching and planning our Rule to Change projects.

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