DATA 8th Grade Newsletter

Week 1: Aug 12 - Aug 16

Please check the newsletter homepage for Important Information and Dates!

ELAR

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice." - Brian Herbert

Hello, y'all!

The start of 8th grade brings much excitement and anticipation as these students begin the last leg of their middle school journey, and as your student's 8th grade English teacher, it is a privilege to be part of this ever important transitional year.

There is lots of great thinking and learning to be done in English language arts and reading this year, and the most I can ever ask of these students is that they try their best.

More class information (syllabus, tutoring, etc) is forthcoming.

Welcome to 8th grade ELAR!

-Mrs. Burciaga

"Becoming educated is hard. Being uneducated is hard. Choose your hard." - Anonymous

Questions or concerns? Feel free to email me: jburci@neisd.net

MATH

“The essence of math is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.” — Stan Gudder

Welcome to 8th grade! I'm Dr. Koepp, and I'll be teaching Algebra 1 and HAM Geometry at DATA this year. While new to the DATA family, I've been at Ed White since Spring 2022 as the math Instructional Coach.

I'm excited to guide your students through these important high school credit courses! I'll set tutoring times based on student input during this week.

Questions or concerns? Feel free to email me: wkoepp@neisd.net.

SCIENCE

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

-Jane Goodall

Welcome 8th graders! I am so excited to have each of you in my class this year! This is my 18th year teaching and my 8th year here at DATA.

This year in 8th grade Science, we will dive into Ecology, Chemistry, Physics, and Earth and Space. We will begin our first week of Science focusing on process skills and developing the tools needed to be successful in Science. These include asking questions, making observations, creating charts and graphs, and analyzing data from these charts and graphs. We will also get to know one another and work on some team building activities.

I look forward to seeing all of you on Monday!

If you have any questions, you may email me at egonza10@neisd.net

U.S. History through 1877

We are Living History!

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Howdy Families! Ready for an amazing year? I sure am!

Thank you for sharing your child with me this year. I look forward to getting to know them and being a stepping stone on their way to accomplishing their goals.

This week we'll be getting to know each other a little and jumping into content! Our first unit is about the exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Tutoring is available Thursdays, 7:45-8:20 am and 3:45-4:15 pm

You can reach me at lvanho@neisd.net.

Have a wonderful week!

-Ms. Van Horn

8th grade tech

Greetings DATA Families!
Have a great week!

Hello to Our DATA Families!

I am excited to be working with your students this year. We will be exploring graphic design elements and principles, photography, print media and design, video game principles, coding, and video game design and production in our classes this year.

Graphic Design & Illustration I: We will explore the various graphic design career cluster and pathways, while examining the workplace standards, protocols, and procedures.

Video Game Design: Create a simple script in to describe themselves. Students will explore SNAP! and learn animations in coding to kick off their video game design class.

About Me: My name is Elizabeth Fuentes Malin. I am a technology applications teacher and have been teaching for sixteen years. I am married with one child who is now at DATA with us! I attended OLLU, UIW, Lamar University, and now UNT. I hold degrees in English, Communication Arts, Administration, Educational Technology Leadership, and now am working on my doctorates in Learning Technologies and Machine Learning.

My email is emalin@neisd.net

Mr. Lovett's Classes

And away we goooooo!!!!!

I'm looking forward to meeting my new students. The first week of school is always a little hectic so I try to keep things low key and most concerned about my students settling in and getting comfortable.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to send me an email.

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