Exploratories

*** Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are due at the start of the class period. ***

Tuesday

COME IN WITH:  NA

• Floor Debate Prep

• Late Work clean up day

Have Ready for next Tuesday: ready for Floor Debate

Friday 

COME IN WITH:  ready for Floor Debate

• Floor Debate

Have Ready for Next Class: None

Monday

COME IN WITH:  Ready to present (for those who were absent Thu)

• Clean Up Day 

  1. Remaining presentations

  2. Late work cleanup

  3. Upload flag designs to ballot 

  4. Record address and references

  5. Choose & save template

Have Ready for Thursday: finished to do list

Thursday 

COME IN WITH:  NA

• Begin work on Resumes

  1. Name and address section

  2. Objective section

  3. Peer Edit

Have Ready for Next Class.: 2 sections of Resume finished

7th Grade 

• 💬 Personal Development — communication, relationships, goals, and emotional intelligence

• 👶 Child Development — how children grow, learn, and develop

• 🧵 Textiles & Sewing — hand sewing, sewing machines, and creating projects

• 🍎 Nutrition & Wellness — healthy choices, food safety, nutrition, and cooking

8th Grade 

• 💰 Financial Literacy — budgeting, credit, saving, investing, and smart money choices

• 💡 Entrepreneurship — business ideas, the 4 P’s of marketing, and what it means to be an entrepreneur

• 🍳 Food Preparation — kitchen skills, food safety, nutrition, and preparing food

• 🏠 Interior Design — design principles, space planning, and creating functional spaces

FCCLA

FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) is a student organization that takes the skills we learn in FCS and puts them into action! Students get to explore their interests, take on challenges, serve their community, and grow as leaders.

7th Grade

This semester we focus on how a democracy works, exploring roles that citizens can take in our democratic republic.

BIG QUESTION:  

How do we get laws?

We've jumped right into a live action government simulation called "Trianthia." Students will be getting a hands-on look at how a democracy operates.  

We are learning how a bill becomes a law through the legislative process.  Each student takes on a role in the Trianthian House of Representatives, and we grapple with issues surrounding a new company, PolTech, who wants to build a chemical processing plant & pipeline in our country.  Students debate the merits of the legislation as they go through the law-making process.  

8th Grade

This semester we focus on developing skills that we will need in the next 5 years to be effective students and be able to launch into the world beyond high school.

BIG QUESTION:  

How do I come across "on paper" with my resume as it stands in 8th grade?

We are working developing our Resumes, assessing where we are at, and how we can represent our achievements and personality on paper -- all in the name of landing a job.

Wayfinder Wednesdays

On Wednesdays, all 7th & 8th students will be completing lessons in the Xello career planning online platform.  Students will be discovering how to match up their interests and skills with possible future post-high school & career pathways.  

Eighth graders will also be building a Future Plan Portfolio to practice the process of evaluating these life decisions; when finished, they'll be sharing these with you!