Good afternoon 8th grade families!
We have been working hard in 8th grader! Red Ribbon Week is next week and we have lots of fun planned for St. Cletus! We will also be having our halloween party on Friday and I can not wait to see everyones costumes!!!
Important Dates
- 10/26-$1 PINK dress down day! Bring a dollar (or more) to donate and where your favorite PINK outfit!
- 10/27- Crazy sock day! Bring in a canned good to donate!!
- 10/28- Super Hero Shirt Day! Wear your favorite superhero shirt or favorite superhero colors! Wear uniform bottoms!
- 10/29-Pajama Day! Wear your FAVORITE pajamas!!
- 10/30- Halloween party! Wear your COSTUMES!
- 8th grade party after lunch at 12:45!
- Trunk or Treat starts at 1:45!
- 11/4- Picture day retakes
- 11/6- No School- Teacher PD Day
We have been having some issues with students not charging their chromebooks at home. Please remind your students to plug in their chromebooks everyday. They need their chromebooks fully charged for a lot of their classes.
6th Social Studies- 6th grade has finished up on the Mesopotamia! We are working on final quizzes and will be moving on to Ancient Egypt on Monday! The students are super excited to learn about this subject and there is SO MUCH to learn!
7th Social Studies- 7th grade is finishing up the Civil War! We have been working hard learning all about it! The students have been taking short quizzes and taking lots of notes! We move on to learning about the growth in the west.
8th Social Studies- In 8th grade we are continuing nearing the end of WW2! The students are currently creating a timeline of events of WW2. They are working in pairs, and they are coming out quite nicely! We will move on to the Nuremberg trials and starting the Cold War.
7th Literature- 7th grade has finished our Novel The Giver! We are currently preparing for our test! Students were given a study guide and will be preparing to take our final test on Friday!
8th Literature- 8th graders are still reading The Hunger Games! We have just started getting into part 3 of the book! We are almost finished! We have been working a lot with characterization and seeing how these characters change throughout the book. There will be a final test on this book. I will provide the students with a study guide to help prepare them for the test.
Junior High Class Model:
Along with various specials teachers, students will be switching for Social Studies/ 7&8th Literature (Ms. Diaz), Science/ Math (Ms. Fogle), Math (Mrs. Van Wyck), ELA (Ms. Skinner) and Religion (Mr. Ochoa) throughout the week. This gives students a feel for switching courses and having many different teachers and teacher expectations as they prepare for high school.
VIRTUS! In order to volunteer, (This applies to classroom parties, lunch volunteering and being a chaperone on a fieldtrip) you must be Virtus Compliant. Please visit https://stcletusschool.org/volunteering/ or reach out to the school office with any questions. This is a mandatory requirement.