December 9, 2022

Happy Holidays!

If students will be leaving early for the holidays, please let their teachers know ASAP. Grades are due before the break, so there is no time to makeup missed work afterwards.

Week Snapshot

  • Monday, December 12

      • Holiday Spirit Week - Dress as your favorite holiday movie character or wear blue

      • Basketball vs Davis 🏀

      • Winter Band Concert (8th grade) 🎶

  • Tuesday, December 13

  • Wednesday, December 14

      • Holiday Spirit Week - Wear an ugly sweater or holiday themed shirt

  • Thursday, December 15

      • Holiday Spirit Week - Dress as Santa and his elves or wear red

      • Block schedule classes: Thurs 1st & 5th / Friday 2nd & 6th

      • Life Science dissections - please plan to be at school 🐸

      • Basketball vs NHMS 🏀

  • Friday, December 16

      • Holiday Spirit Week - Wear holiday pajamas

      • Block schedule classes: Thurs 1st & 5th / Friday 2nd & 6th

      • Life Science dissections - please plan to be at school 🐸

      • Knight Time on Friday during Connections 🤗

      • End of 1st Semester / 2nd 9 Weeks - all work is due today!!!

      • No newsletter this week

  • Monday, December 19 - Tuesday, January 3

    • Christmas Break - No School 🎄🎁

    • Tuesday, December 20 - Chorus Spirit Nights at Sliced Pizza 🎶

    • January 3 - Professional Learning Day (student holiday) 🏫

  • Thursday, January 5

    • Basketball vs CBMS

  • Friday, January 6

    • Report Cards

What We're Learning

This Week We Are

  • Reviewing for the unit test

  • Unit Test on Thursday 12/15 for 1st and 5th periods

  • Unit Test on Friday 12/16 for 2nd and 6th periods

This Week We Are

  • Finishing our study of the human body

  • Project due 12/12

  • Test 12/14

  • Dissections 12/15-16

This Week We Are

  • Working on our informational children's books. Ask your child what they are writing about! 😊

This Week We Are

  • Learning about how governmental stability affects various aspects of African life

  • Learning about the geography and culture of Africa

  • Learning about African economics

  • African Explorer Project are tentatively due January 23.

★ ★ ★ DVA Wish List ★ ★ ★

  • THANK YOU sooooo much for the coat donations!!!!! Many students received a coat this week!

  • Kleenex tissues are running low! Please consider buying a few boxes to donate the next time you go to the store.

  • Life Science Animal Supplies Wish List - having an interactive classroom full of live animals is not a cheap endeavor and many supplies are purchased by Ms. Atwill herself. Any donation would be helpful.

  • Bottled waters - with no nearby water fountains on the hallway, we try to keep small water bottles to hand out to students who forget to bring their own, but we have run out. Donations would be appreciated.

Other Announcements

Upcoming Dates, Important Announcements, and more

DVA Recap: Social studies students participate in a simulation to learn the causes of imperialism in Africa.

  • Earn a TRIFECTA of Volunteer Time! Sign-up for the Museum Treasure Shop + DVA Cafe on the same day and fill in three slots to gain six hours of volunteer time. (Cafe 7:30-8:30, Treasure Shop 8:30-10:45, Cafe 11:00-1:00)




  • If your child knows that they will be absent ahead of time (for example, on vacation), please have them tell each teacher at least 2 days before they leave so that we can communicate what they will miss. While some of their assignments can be seen online, everything cannot. Being voluntarily absent for several days without letting teachers know makes the return stressful for both the student and the teacher. (This is not talking about illness related absences; we realize no one plans ahead for those types of absences.) As a reminder, absences for vacations or family trips are considered unexcused.

  • Upcoming Dates...

      • Thursday, January 5

        • Basketball vs CBMS

      • Friday, January 6

        • Report Cards

      • Monday, January 9

        • Basketball vs Chestatee

      • Wednesday, January 11

        • Museum Build Day

      • Thursday, January 12

        • Basketball vs EHMS

      • Monday, January 16

        • No School

      • Wednesday, January 18

        • Basketball vs WLA

        • Museum Build Day

      • Thursday, January 19

        • Basketball vs WHMS

      • Monday, January 23

        • Basketball vs Davis

      • Wednesday, January 25

        • Museum Build Day

      • Friday, January 27

        • Knight Time! Reward Day

      • Tuesday, January 31

        • Family Engagement Night (South Hall)

      • Wednesday, February 1

        • Jekyll Payment $150 due ($200 total)

        • First Museum Presentation Day for 7th Grade Portable Exhibits

      • Thursday, February 2

        • Early Release Day @ 1:15 pm

        • Basketball Tournament Championship at AoD

      • Monday, February 20

        • Teacher Workday - No School

      • Thursday, February 23

        • Family Engagement Night (South Hall)

      • Friday, February 24

        • Knight Time! Reward Day

      • Wednesday, March 1

        • Jekyll Payment $150 due ($350 total)

      • Monday, March 13 - Wednesday, March 15

        • Jekyll Island Field Trip

      • Friday, March 24

        • Teacher Workday - No School

      • Monday April 3 - Friday, April 7

        • Spring Break - No School

      • Wednesday, May 24

        • Last Day of School!