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January 7 - March 12, 2002 Important Dates Report Cards-January 8 Holiday-January 21 Writing Assessment-January 23 PTSA meeting-February 12 March 11-18-Stanford Testing Projects Students will participate in an independent study project this month. They may choose from the Media Festival, the Science Fair, or the Social Science Fair. A new project available is the Bayer/NSF Award (http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/bayernsf/start.htm). Guidelines are available for each student. Students may work with a partner on these projects. Access the Media Festival at www.glma-inc.org/, where you’ll find a link (on the left side) to the guidelines. Check out the science information at the Clayton County Public Schools website: http://www.ccps.ga.net/science/SciCoCurr.htm. All of these links are available at www.geocities.com/althomaston/index.html. You’ll find lots of great data! Novel Students will read the novel, The House of Dies Drear.Accelerated Reader/Reading Logs Students must read at least 1350 minutes this six weeks, with 450 minutes due on January 28 and another 450 on February 19. They must also do two AR quizzes on their appropriate level. One will be The House of Dies Drear. Final logs are due March 8th along with AR tests.Mini-Course Eighth graders will be introduced to the Stock Market, in preparation for playing The Stock Market Game (a state-wide competition). Character Education Our focus for January is self-discipline, February, responsibility, and March, personal goals. |
