Monday, May 21, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Thursday, May 31 - Prism Tempest performances, 1:30 PM. Come see us perform scenes from two versions of Shakespeare's classic desert-island play and read scenes reinterpreted in different historical contexts.
• Friday, June 1 - Il Teatro
• Tuesday/Wedensday, June 5 & 6: Eighth Grade Project Exhibitions
• Wednesday, June 13 - Graduation
• Friday, June 15 - Last Day of School!

Humanities:

• Work on Memorizing your lines for your Shakespeare performance
• Wednesdays (Gr. 7) or Fridays (Gr. 8): Read your novel, bring questions to discuss.

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Grade 7
• Nada
Grade 8

Algebra A
• Nichts
Algebra B
• Due Tues., 5/22: p. 719, #19-47, every other odd
Upcoming test dates:
• Thurs., 5/31: Unit Test covering the following:
  • Combining exponents
  • Combining & factoring polynomials
  • Finding solutions of quadratics using factoring/Quadratic Formula
  • Simplifying/solving expressions with radicals
• Thurs., 6/7: NHS Algebra Placement Test (Students not attending NHS next year will still take it as a cumulative review)

Science:

• Nada

8th Grade Project:

• Friday, May 11: key facts you want the audience to learn, shared on googledocs
• Monday, May 14: description and picture of your mentor, shared on googledocs
• Tuesday, May 15: reflective paragraph of your project, shared on googledocs
• Wednesday, May 16: interactive element directions, shared on googledocs
• Thursday, May 17: all pictures printed out
• Friday, May 18: all written elements edited and printed out
• Monday, May 21: be ready for presentation to panel, rehearsed and professional
• Any day before Wednesday, May 23: bring trifold display board to 3^rd Floor.
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

Ring of Fire

We missed out on it because it was dark out, but folks around the Pacific Rim were treated to an impressive annular eclipse yesterday when the moon passed between the sun and the earth, blocking out most of its light for a few minutes, but leaving a "ring of fire" hanging in the sky, like in the picture above. Click to visit a gallery of different photos of the eclipse.