8th Grade DVA Newsletter
WE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY!
Welcome to 8th Grade
Welcome to a year full of excitement, personal growth and academic achievement. The 8th Grade Team of teachers looks forward to all the individual participation and collaborative projects that you will be doing. As an 8th grade student at Da Vinci Academy, you will be contributing and presenting in your museum, sharing information in Socratic circles and actively participating in classroom simulations and projects.
8th Grade Expectations
STUDY SKILLS
Students are expected to use and update an agenda daily. This will help students stay current on their daily and long term assignments.
Students are expected to take notes in class and complete any “in-class” work during regular class time.
Students are expected to review notes at night and complete any homework assigned
CANVAS EXPECTATIONS
Teachers will post all assignments in CANVAS
Any graded assignment will have a due date attached to it.
Check CANVAS and Infinite Campus regularly for updates on assignments and student grades
“I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught”
Winston Churchill
8th Grade Family Curriculum Night
August 13, 2024
5:30 pm
Learning Commons
Parents, students and families are all welcome!
We will start in the Learning Commons to discuss 8th Grade Curriculum, 8th Grade Museum, Field Trips, volunteering, unit celebrations, Carnegie Courses and other important information. We encourage all to attend.
“Learning never exhausts the mind” – Leonardo da Vinci
Infinite Campus Help
This is where parents and students can check for their official grades in each class. You can also find parent forms, information about any fees (ex: library late fine), student schedules, and other useful resources
Make sure your information is up-to-date in IC. We will communicate via Remind - and it pulls contact information from IC.
Canvas Help
This is the program students will use to access any digital parts of their assignments. It is also where students should check for make-up work if they are absent. Work that is graded on Canvas may or may not appear in the official gradebook - please check Infinite Campus for official grades.
General Announcements
If students are absent and feeling well enough to do school work, all instructions can be found on Canvas announcements or modules for all classes - and students can email teachers with any questions. It is very important to stay on top of school work during absences whenever possible.
You can use the link to go directly to the Da Vinci Academy Homepage. You will find a lot of information there, including the newsletter updated monthly.
Volunteers are needed to help in the DVA Café during Homeroom (7:30 - 8:30), Lunch (11:00 - 1:00) and 2:30-3:15. The help is greatly appreciated. You can sign up for a single day, a day each week, or a time slot every day if you are available! Click here to volunteer and enter in your hours!
Sign up for Museum Build Days!
Students will be checking out their graphing calculators (TI-84) from the learning commons next week to use in their math class. Students have an option of how to handle their scientific calculator (TI-30) needs for the year - this is the calculator they will use in science class. They can 1) buy a TI-30 (it was previously on school supply lists, so you may already own one), 2) check one out from the learning commons next week, 3) use one from Coach Greene's class set while in class, and then use an alternative calculator for homework at home.
Meet the 8th grade teachers! Click on the link below to read more about them on the Hall Co. Teacher Sites
