Final Grades

***FINAL FIRST TRIMESTER GRADES WILL BE POSTED ON SKYWARD ON Friday, November 19th: Students who receive F's in either Content Knowledge or Work Habits will receive a credit retention letter (1-2 F's) or notice to schedule parent teacher conference on credit retention (3 or more F's)****

Deadlines! Deadlines!

The deadline for the end of the first trimester will be here in a matter of days. ALL missing work and ALL retakes must be completed and turned in by 4:00 on Monday, November 15th. Any arrangements to stay late on the 15th must be made ahead of time. Don't let these deadlines pass you by. For those students not receiving credit we will begin steps to start them on the path of credit recovery. Letters will be sent out shortly after the end of the trimester informing you of any actions you will need to take to help your child in that process.

School Supplies

As the end of the first trimester is fast approaching now is a great time to check out your child's supplies. We are noticing that many students are coming to class unprepared missing pencils or lead, loose leaf paper, their subject specific notebook, erasers (a nice big one is helpful :) ), etc. In elementary it was easy for them to keep all of these items in their desk and then have them readily available. With switching to eight different classes a day pencils and erasers often disappear in the shuffle. What may have been an ample supply in elementary school often falls short in Middle School.

Another thing that may need replenishing by now is their colored pencils. We use colored pencils in almost every project in 6th grade. There is a lot of illustrating that takes place and for 95% of it we require colored pencils and only allow markers for outlining. As teachers, we all begin the year with a healthy bin full of pencils but our supplies are starting to dwindle and some colors are becoming increasingly scarce.

An item that was not originally on our supply list but we use a lot is a black flair pen. These can be gel pens, fine tip sharpies, fine tip black markers, etc. (traditional ball point pens do not work) If you can supply this item for your child it would be greatly appreciated. We only have about 10 for the classroom.

Please check on all of these important things for your child.

Mrs. Villastrigo finally has an update! I am technologically challenged and although Mrs. Liberty was so wonderful as to tutor me on how to post to my tab, I remained confused until focusing on it today. I hope everyone is staying healthy and avoiding whatever illness has been spreading.

Reading Volunteer for Mrs. Alsager

I am looking for a couple of parents who would be willing to supervise a reading room for my intervention study hall students. This intervention class is very large, and the students with no missing work would love to have a place to quietly read. The reading room would need to be supervised from 12:55 - 1:29 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If you are interested in volunteering one or more days a week, please email me at salsager@msd134.org. Thank you!

Mrs. Alsager has students from both teams in this class so if you are interested please contact her and let her know when you are available.