Important Upcoming Dates:
5/?/22 - TBD Rock Band Concert @ Trigger
5/27/22 - Reality Fair
5/30/22 - Memorial Day
6/2-3/22 - 8th Grade Trip
6/10/22 - 8th Grade Luncheon
6/13/22 - Graduation Day
Academics
Advisory/SEL - Students are completing research on Women Breaking Barrier to present their research this week. We will continue exploring Relationships and our Values with 2nd Step this month and continuing to work toward our extra Friday recess.
ELA - Students will be taking their YA Text Final Essay Exam on Monday and presenting their final collage projects on Wednesday. We will be reading A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry as well as researching key literary terms in preparation for high school.
Writing - Students should be finishing up their Checkology Modules by Friday, May 6, 2022. This is a large part of their daily writing assignment this quarter. Class time has been provided for students to complete the modules. Students will begin brainstorming ideas for Young Authors due May 30, 2022. We had a fun time looking at our writing portfolios last week and thinking about what new work they would like to add to finish out their 8th grade entries.
Civics - Students presented some outstanding civic action projects, some may move forward with funding before the end of the school year. We will begin the Burge Reparations Won Curriculum this week. Students will learn about our government's responsibility to its citizens and Chicago's history in violating basic human rights as well as reparations required of the City in the court settlement.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at [email protected].