Wednesday, October 23, 2019



Housekeeping: 

- Now that the elections are done (as is the mud-slinging between candidates), your child has some homework regarding the results.  I would encourage families to explore these questions together.  This work is due Thursday at midnight.  

-  Grade 8 Parents: a list of all high school open house events can be found here

- Tennis balls - bring one to class!

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Kudos to: Paige, Nika, and Emma R. for winning the top debaters in the class.  

QOTD: "BLOC QUEBECOIS!" Boys Volleyball Team
"Can you guys stop?!" Mr. Alexander

English:

- Passion Projects (#1) are due Thursday, November 14.

- Answer my election questions on Google Class.  I encourage you to do this with a parent/guardian to foster important discussion about the future of our country. This work is due Thursday at midnight.

- Short Story Contest through CBC (max 2500 words).  I would be very happy to help anyone who would like to submit a story.  Details found here

- Start hunting for Spooky Stories!  You may work with a partner...

Math:

- Math quiz tomorrow on multiplying positive and negative integers.
- Grade 7: Workbook 9.4
-Grade 8: Workbook 9.4

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History:

- Debate: we have now submitted our points and are preparing for tomorrow's big event!  Read through your ideas and think about HOW you will say them.  Lots of pauses in-between sentences to let your ideas sink in.

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- TWITN for tomorrow: Rosa, Ariana, Samara, Hannah, Josh

French:


- Festival du Voyageur: we will be continuing our depliants (brochures) tomorrow

Science:

- Cell is due Friday

Health/Phys-Ed:

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Art: 


- Finish the shading for next class


MUSIC: 

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DRAMA: 

- Finish writing monologue for next class.  Memorize monologue by tomorrow



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