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Weekly update:
Language Arts: This week in Class we will be preparing for, reviewing, and taking our Elements of Fiction test. Monday: Teacher Work Day Tuesday: We will be working on finding and picking a topic for our "Brief History Of" assignment. Wednesday: We will be finding resources for our research on our topic. Thursday and Friday: We will be focusing on Writing our papers on these days. The paper will be due at the end of class Friday. This is worth a test grade and should be worked on at home Thursday Night to ensure they are done by Friday. I want to hear from you! Your opinion matters! Please visit the link below to see if you have read any of the books offered to our students for their literature circles. If you have please leave a review for the students to read! Click Here:goo.gl/forms/y5BHL7Ib85Iz7xMb2 Math: During math this week the students will be finishing Circles and we will have a unit test on Wednesday. Homework will depend on the progress made in class. Advanced Math- During math this week the students will be finishing Dilations, Similarity, and Slope. We will have a unit test on Friday. Homework will depend on the progress made in class. Social Studies: Students will begin studying/reviewing for their test over Greek Culture that will occur Friday October 26th. They will receive a test review on Wednesday to help them study and they will have a review game on Thursday. The students will receive their project grades on Friday so please ask them about it and plan on their projects going home on that day Science: (all listed below is classwork for the week that may need to be completed at home, but more than enough time was given for it to be complete!!!!) Thatquiz #9 due Friday ~ Energy Vocab quiz Thursday ~ Chemical and Physical properties lab complete lab due Monday ~Energy Stations due next Tuesday ~Bill Nye Energy due Thursday ~Energy Packet due next Monday |
Here are the announcements from Mrs. Crowe for the week of October 22nd: Please Complete the below links: ~PG-13 permission ~Welcome to Ghost ~Ghost Syllabus ~Remind messaging system. we use this to send out reminders. Winter CheerleadingOn Thursday, November 1st there will be tryouts for the open positions on basketball cheer. Tryouts are open to any current WCMS student in 7th or 8th grade. Mandatory tryout clinic will begin after school at 2:30 to learn material, with tryouts beginning at 5. Tryout groups and tryout order will be determined the day of. Tryouts will take place in the main gym. Candidates should wear dark athletic shorts and a plain white t-shirt. Hair needs to be pulled back in a ponytail, bow optional. Prior to tryouts there is information that needs completed on Final Forms at https://westcler-oh.finalforms.com/ All forms (parent AND student) must be signed online and physical turned in by Tuesday, Oct 30th. Without this completed your student will be ineligible to participate in the clinic and tryouts. NO EXCEPTIONS! Parents are not permitted to be inside the building during tryouts. Your student may text or call when they have finished so that you can pick them up. Candidates must leave immediately when finished, no lingering. Results (by tryout number) will be posted on school doors after 6pm on Friday, Nov. 2nd Students must be academically eligible per the criteria outlined by the West Clermont Athletic Department and the OHSAA bylaws. This must be maintained throughout the conclusion of the cheer season. Grades will be checked. Any questions? Please email cheerwcms@gmail.com Red Ribbon Week DID YOU KNOW? Children of parents who talk to their teens regularly about drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those who don’t; yet, only a quarter of teens report having these conversations. Red Ribbon Week® (October 23-31), the oldest and largest drug prevention campaign in the nation, is your opportunity to get the ongoing conversation started. This year’s theme is Life Is Your Journey. Travel Drug Free.® Visit www.redribbon.org to learn more about Red Ribbon Week® and get tips for talking to your kids about drugs. The life you save may be that of your own child or a dear friend. This week in Advisory we will be conducting activities that demonstrate our commitment to living a healthy lifestyle. Students will receive Red Ribbon bracelets to show their personal commitment to living a drug free lifestyle. Student will also have the opportunity to wear red on Thursday, October 25th. Each advisory teacher will be discussing different topics related to red ribbon week such as how to avoid peer pressure, how drugs affect your body and your brain, and developing healthy coping strategies. Gallup Survey During advisory we will be giving the GALLUP survey to students in grade 6-8. This is a student perception survey. The assessment will be completed by October 26. Please send an email to your child’s advisor by October 23rd if you DO NOT wish for your child (ren) to the the survey. Gallup launched the Gallup Student Poll in 2009. Gallup provides analytics and advice to organizations around the world. The Gallup Student Poll is a brief, 24-item survey available on the web for students in grades 5 through 12. One time per year in the fall, the survey is provided for a nominal fee to schools. The Gallup Student Poll includes the following themes: • Engagement is the student’s involvement in and enthusiasm for school. • Hope is the ideas and energy students have for the future. • Entrepreneurial Aspiration is the talent and energy for building businesses that survive, thrive and employ others. • Career/Financial Literacy is the information, attitudes and behaviors that students need to practice for healthy participation in the economy. The Gallup Student Poll gives students a voice in building great schools, and results provide schools with important, actionable information beyond standard measures, such as grades and test scores, to help schools make kids ready for the future. Please visit the Gallup Student Poll homepage on the web at http://www.gallupstudentpoll.com to view the survey items and learn more. To date, there have been over 5 million completes of the Gallup Student Poll. This survey is anonymous and voluntary. That means Gallup cannot identify your student, and your student’s individual responses will not be shared with anyone. Boys & Girls Club Boys and Girls Club will be CLOSED on Monday the 22nd due to a safety training! Schoology Tips for Parents With the quarter nearing its end, there’s a lot on the plate of teachers, students, and parents everywhere. We wanted to share with you some useful tips for using Schoology. All of these settings can be found under the parent’s profile in the upper right-hand corner of Schoology by clicking on their account name, “Settings," and then “Notifications." First, parents can enable digest emails called “Email Summaries” that can be received on a daily or weekly basis. These emails constantly update parents on how their child is doing in all their courses. Here’s more information about how parents can turn this setting on: http://bit.ly/schoologynotifiacations Second, parents can also receive an “Overdue Submission” email anytime their children turns in something late. That can be found in the same area as the weekly digest setting. Finally, we encourage parents to double-check which email address is associated with their Schoology account. They can always add in an alternate email or change any of the email addresses currently associated with their parent account in settings. Here’s more information on that: http://bit.ly/schoologysettings Spirit Week @ WCMS The votes are in and the spirit days are listed below! Monday, October 29 - Wear Pink! Tuesday, October 30 - Favorite Sports Team Day Wednesday, October 31 - Disney/Star Wars Day Thursday, November 1 - Decades Day Friday, November 2 - Superhero Day Automated Attendant Answering System In an effort to provide better service when you call the building, we will be implementing an automated attendant answering system at West Clermont Middle School on Tuesday, October 16th. When dialing the building's main number, you will be given a list of options to better route your call within the building. As with any new system, there may be some unforeseen issues. If you experience some unexpected behavior in routing your call, please let us know by emailing us at info@westcler.org so we can get it resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and your assistance as we work to serve you better. Please let me know if you have any questions. Veteran’s Day Breakfast Our annual Veteran's Day breakfast will be on Monday, November 12th from 7:30am - 8:30am in the Main cafe at WCMS. Students - If you would like to invite a close friend or family member that has served in the US military, please bring in the signed permission slip by November 2nd. It is here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VhMOHSCRicWwZBWnqrwKndqrDZybONiXukZfTMYBb1A/edit?usp=sharing There will be extra copies of the permission slip in both offices by the end of the day Monday. WCMS Food Bowl Project WCMS 7th grade students Jenna Dufresne and Taknowah Lewis have a school inquiry project around students eating brain food mid morning increases academic achievement. They are piloting the food bowl project with two of our 7th grade teams and are asking for donations of food that they have researched and know to be “brain foods” such as granolas bars without nuts, granola bars with protein , fruit snacks , animal crackers, cuties oranges, or even breakfast bars.! Send in donations to either of our front offices labelled with “food bowl”. Thanks in advance! WEATHER ALL CALL TEST With the winter months coming up, we will be conducting a test call of our weather notification system on Tuesday October 23rd. This system will be used to notify you in the event of a school closing or delay. If you do not receive the call, if you would like to change your number, or if you would like your number excluded from the future notifications please contact your child's school. As a reminder, the fastest way to get district notifications and information is to follow us on Twitter (@WestCler) or on Facebook at Facebook.com/westclermont. Dances @ WCMS This year we have decided to break up the dances for each grade level! The 6th grade will have their “glow in the dark” dance on October 26th from 2:15 - 4pm. The 7th & 8th grade dance will be on January 11th - students will vote on a theme before the dance! 7th grade will dance from 2:15 - 4pm and the 8th graders will dance from 6-8pm. Pizza, snacks and beverages will be available for purchase during the dance. Tickets for the 6th grade Glow dance will go on sale on Thursday, Oct. 25th and Friday, October 26th during lunch. Tickets are $5. Students must be eligible to attend the dances. Eligibility consists of: No more than 1 failed course in for each Quarter; Not habitually truant; No office referrals resulting in ISI or out of school suspension. If you have questions about the list of students eligible to go, please see Mr. Young in his office or email young_joshua@westcler.org 6th Grade Glow Dance pick-up Procedures For parents picking up students for the 6th Grade Glow dance, please arrive early for pickup at around 3:45pm. We ask that you park in two separate rows around the green space (circle drive) in the front of the school. Once you are parked, please text your child, letting them know where you are parked so that they can find you when we begin releasing them from the dance. We will have staff and volunteer personnel outside directing traffic to ensure students make it to their cars safely. Please be extra cautious when pulling out of your parking space in the lot. When exiting the school grounds, please use both exits to Clough Pike and Amelia-Olive Branch Road so that any backups on the lot will be limited. Boys Basketball Boys Basketball Conditioning and Open Gym for all 7th and 8th graders trying out for the teams begins Tuesday October 16. Time is 6:30-8PM in the main gym. After this we will meet every Tuesday and Thursday in October. Fall sports players may start Tuesday October 23. Any questions see Coach Anstaett before school in room 223. WCMS PTO Alternative Fundraiser The PTO is running it’s fall alternative fundraiser. Simply send in your donation - that is all there is to it. Every dollar received from this fundraiser will be used to benefit the WCMS students and faculty. To meet our goal, we are asking that every family give at one of the levels listed below. Turn in this form and donation to the front offices: http://bit.ly/PTO_fundraiser Yearbook News! The 2018-2019 yearbook is now on sale! It is hardcover and has all color pages! It is only $27.00. You can have your name in foil added to the front for $4.00 more. Save your memories from this year! Go to https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob Use our school code of 13239719 to order now! District News : |
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Welcome to Team Ghost! ALL Teachers need: ~Please save Box Tops for education all year! Please turn them in to your advisory teacher all year! ~Please save pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House all year! Turn them into Mrs. Jeffcott ~Parents and Students log into schoology Students will be monitoring their own grades and tracking their own progress daily in advisory! 
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