November 11, 2022

Week Snapshot

  • Monday, November 14

      • Return Healthy Relationship counselor lesson permission forms. If you do not want your child to participate, please return the form with a signed note on the back declining the lesson.

  • Tuesday, November 15

      • Chorus Spirit Nights at Sliced Pizza

  • Wednesday, November 16

      • ELA Biography Posters due

  • Thursday, November 17

      • Winter Enrichment Classes begin ❄️♥️

      • ELA Problem/Solution Photo Essay due

      • Math Unit Test

  • Friday, November 18

    • Field Trip to Civil Rights Center

    • Children's Book topic finalized with Ms. Haymore by today

  • Monday, November 21 - Friday, November 25

    • 🦃Thanksgiving Break - No School🦃

What We're Learning

This Week We Are

  • Reviewing algebraic angles

  • Reviewing for the unit test

  • Unit Test on Thursday

This Week We Are

  • Learning the systems, functions, and organs of the human body

  • Big project started and due 12-12


This Week We Are

  • Complete our problem/solution photo essays (due Thurs 11/17) and our biography posters (due Wed 11/16)

  • Please ask your student to show you their hard work on one or both of these projects!

This Week We Are

  • Learning about African geography, environmental issues, and culture

★ ★ ★ DVA Wish List ★ ★ ★

  • 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: Escape room competition during the Unit 2 Kickoff (above & below)

DVA Recap: Veterans' Breakfast (below)



  • 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, December 15 - Friday, December 16

        • Life Science dissections - please plan to be at school

      • Monday, December 19 - Tuesday, January 4

        • Christmas Break - No School

        • Monday, December 20 - Chorus Spirit Nights at Sliced Pizza

      • Monday, January 16

        • No School

      • Wednesday, February 1

        • Jekyll Payment $150 due ($200 total)

      • Thursday, February 2

        • Early Release Day @ 1:15 pm

      • Monday, February 20

        • Teacher Workday - No School

      • 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!