Thursday and Friday Dec. 15th and 16th - Plans for Mr. Hrzic and Grade 7's

Good Morning!

By the time you read this, I will have been flying in the plane for 3 hours!  We left at 6:00 a.m.!

 Click this link to see EXACTLY how long until Christmas:     Christmas Countdown

Today is going to be a great day for you all!  Please be especially well behaved for Mr. Hrzic as his Christmas present!

Here is the agenda:

8:30 - 8:45ish - Elijah does attendance

ANNOUNCEMENT:  Does someone know anything about Kaelin's broken glasses (on my desk)?  Apparently they were fine during Music class and then broken by the end of Spanish class on Tuesday.  PLEASE talk to Kaelin about any information you may have.

Olivia Howard - could you please take the Christmas Cards we made up to your mom in the High School office?  Thank you!

8:45 - 9:10 - Devotions:  Watch these Skit Guy videos:

Christmas Candlelight Service  (3 min)

Merry Christmas Maniac (5 min)

Christmas Eve Skit  (10:45 min)

Pray!

9:10 to 9:30 - Daily Physical Activity - Go have FUN in the snow!!

9:30 to 9:55 - Work on Homework Booklets (extras are in the homework newsletter drawer in the white plastic drawers)

9:55 to 10:15 - RECESS (No computers today)

10:15 to 11:00 - Watch the movie, Ruby Bridges on my computer or on the DVD player.
(Mr. Hrzic - I prepped them a bit already about the background.)

11:00 - 12:10 - CHAPEL (I'm not sure what is planned.) 

12:10 to 12:50 - LUNCH 

12:50 - 1:30ish - Finish movie then CLEAN UP!!  BIG CLEAN!! 

• Clean out lockers - take home moldy lunch containers and sweaty gym clothes. NO FOOD LEFT IN LOCKERS! Make it ready for the possible switch with the person below/above you when we get back. 
• Clean everything off tables.  Wipe them with lysol wipes.  
• Fold tables and stack at back of room
• Use chairs for Music class, then stack chairs in 5's 
• Use more lysol wipes to clean spots on floor 

1:50 - 2:05 RECESS 

2:05 - 2:50 - Music Class with Mrs. Kirk (Please be very, very wonderful to her!)  

2:50 - 3:00 Stack chairs and take everything home with you!!

Dismissal 

Friday, Dec. 16th 

Meet in the classroom so Elijah can take attendance and then go to your groups!

Have a wonderful time!

See you in 2017!

Gr. 7 Homework and Announcements

Grade 7 Homework

Monday, Dec. 12^th to Friday, Dec. 16^th  

Announcements: 

Relate Youth : Our student government is joining with Relate Youth to put on a Christmas Formal.  There will be a talent contest, taco bar, and a dance party at the end.  You can buy tickets at the door.  $10 for 1 ticket and $15 for 2 tickets. The times are 5:30 to 9:30 at KCC. 

Christmas Carolling   - Traditionally, the Secondary takes the last half day of school on Friday and goes carolling at different retirement homes in our area.  Students already know their groups.  We have been making cards to hand out to the Seniors as well.  It is important that students attend for many reasons.  One reason is that it is a beautiful service activity that brings with it opportunity for God to work in them as well as through them.  Secondly, the groups are balanced with singers/non singers and numbers.  When students skip out, it negatively affects this. 

Weekly Challenge:  This morning we will discuss the Silent Angel project.  There will be no challenges this week.

Christmas Homework Booklet:  I have created a Christmas Homework Booklet with the intention that children who are “bored” over the holidays will have something to keep their minds stimulated. I don’t mean for it to add extra stress on families who may already be stressed. If you are going away during the break or extra busy,  you can make the parental decision to omit it. J Students will be given a completion mark out of 10 for HACE when they return on Jan. 3^th, but I will just give an “excused” in students achieve for those students who return the booklet with a note from their parents stating that they were too busy or unable to complete it.  (Parents could also email me.)  

May each of your families have a blessed Christmas as you take time to contemplate the birth of our Saviour! 

Homework and Announcements Dec. 5 to Dec. 9th

Grade 7 Homework

Monday, Dec. 5^th to Friday, Dec. 9^th   

Announcements: 

Bottle Depot:  We will be doing a bottle depot run this Tuesday.  If there is a parent who would like to help out, that would be greatly appreciated!  Please feel free to bring in your own bottles.  Students who offer to help will be walking to the depot right at 3:00 while I drive the bottles there.  We should be done at 4:00. 

Relate Youth : The Youth (both boys and girls) are helping the Salvation Army run the Kettles.  Meet at the church at 5:30.  They will come back at 8:30 and get a snack.   

Parent Teacher Interviews:  It was wonderful meeting with such supportive parents!  One item that came up in many interviews was Students Achieve.  This is the online grade book every teacher in the Secondary uses.  You may have been receiving notifications already.  These notifications are not sent by myself.  The program generates emails whenever the teacher goes into the subject and the assignment to add grades/change grades.  You may have been bombarded with emails during the report card period.  Sorry. You, as a parent, can get your own username and password to the program and go into my grade book and read more detailed information than the notifications send.  The way to do this is through your child.  Each one will know by the end of today how to help you. 

Christmas Concert:  This Thursday night, Dec. 8th at 6:00.  Boys can wear black pants and black or white button up shirts, Girls dresses or dress pants and a blouse (no high heels). Students should meet in their classrooms at 5:30.

Weekly Challenge:  Did you make up any challenges this last week?  If so, be sure to tell me so I can change your mark in students achieve.  This week’s challenge is to be a kind and responsible “Silent Angel” The full details of this are in a separate blog post. (Check along the left hand side for the list of December blogs)

Math – We are finishing up this unit on Percentages by Tuesday and will celebrate our learning with a test on Wednesday, Dec. 7th. There is a hard copy study sheet which students may refer to when they write the test.  The test will be in the last class of the day.  I will give extra help at lunch on Tuesday for any student that wants it.

Bible – Bible Memory Test will be on Friday, Dec. 9th Matthew25:40 The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Silent Angel Challenge for HACE

Silent Angel

Purpose: 

*To demonstrate love one to another in a fun, festive way.

* To practice the life skill of REMEMBERING to be RESPONSIBLE and do the WORK to bless someone.

Objective:

·       to draw from a “hat” the name of someone in the class

·       to bless that person with some kindness each day this week.  (5 days)   

·       to spend $10.00 or less on that person, relying more on creativity and insight than monetary goods.

·       to keep this a SECRET!    

Evaluation:

Each participant will receive a mark out of 10 in HACE.  5 is for their ability to be responsible for doing this task each day.  The remaining 5 marks will be for creativity and insight in blessing the person whose name they draw.