Are You Ready?

Ah...the last weekend before school starts. I hope everyone is ready. I am excited about this year. I didn't get a chance to see everyone at "Meet the Teacher Night", so I did not get to explain what would be going on in Social Studies. This year we are starting a new curriculum in Seventh Grade Social Studies. It is titled "People, Places, and Environments." We are going to take a look at the different countries of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East by studying the geography, history, culture, etc. of those regions. The new curriculum will afford us the opportunity to do many projects.

Seventh Grade will also be piloting a new club program this year. Instead of having Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), we will have a club period every morning from 8:00 A.M. to 8:20 A.M. The different clubs we've discussed range from media production, history of movies and movie making, environmental awareness, books vs. movies, people helping people and homework club. The clubs will provide many opportunities for our students to "think outside of the box" by identifying problems problems and developing solutions. I think this will be very exciting!

Speaking of People Helping People. Check out the picture Mr. Fausnaught took of Mr. Johnson and myself after we finished presenting at yesterday's workshops. Mr. Fausnaught has really been working on building up his skills with digital images. Thanks Mr. F.

I can't wait for Monday. Remember parents if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact me or any member of the Seventh Grade Team.