Cortland Junior High School
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Junior High March Newsletter
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Upcoming Events
- 3/06 6th Grade Parent Orientation
- 3/15 No School for Students or Staff
- 3/18 Professional Development Day, No School for Students
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Family Engagement Survey
The survey will be remain open through
March 8, 2019
. Your response to the survey is very important.
Please take ten to fifteen minutes and share your ideas, experiences and feedback!
**Paper copies of the survey are also available at your child(ren)'s school. If you prefer to complete the survey on paper, please ask for a copy from the building office.
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6th Grade Parent Orientation
Parents of sixth graders are welcome to attend a parent session at the Junior High School on March 6th at 6:30 p.m. We will be meeting in the auditorium to discuss what the typical day of a 7th grader looks like. Principal Cafararo will be on hand along with school counselors and social worker to take questions. After the Q & A session a tour of the Junior High will be held. If you have any questions please contact the Junior High Office.
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Hersey Park Trip Information
Student Senate's 8th Grade Trip to Hershey Park is scheduled for Monday, June 24th. Information packets about this trip with permission slips are going home on March 1st. The cost for the trip is $100. This includes a charter bus ride to and from the park, admission to the park (including the water park and zoo), lunch, and a class t-shirt.
Students will not be allowed to attend if their behavior and/or academics are poor during Quarters 3 and 4. A $20, non-refundable deposit is due with the permission slip on Wednesday, March 27th. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Sundheim at asundheim@cortlandschools.org
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Music News
7th graders are learning how to play the guitar in general music. There’s no better way to teach music fundamentals than with guitar! In a world of instant gratification, guitar is the closest you’ll ever get to people making music quickly. Students are starting by learning the basic cords and then progressing to the more advanced cords.
The Junior High Band had a successful trip to Virgil and Barry, sharing their experiences about playing an instrument and being in junior High Band.
Mark your calendars as there is a lot coming up in March as March is, "Music In Our Schools Month."
March 1 - Phanton of the Opera Clinic during the day
March 11 - All County Clinic with Dr. Schaff during the day
March 14 - Prism Concert 7:00 pm
March 23 - Trip to NYC
April 6 - NYSSMA solo festival
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Kindergarten Registration
Steps to register your child:
- Child must be 5 on or before December 1,
- 2019. Children who turn 6 before December 1, 2019 must attend school.
- Parents are urged to call (607)-758-4106, prior to April 20, 2019, to make a registration/screening appointment and to receive a pre-registration packet.
- All students must have an appointment prior to the school registration/screening dates listed below!
ALL screenings will take place at Barry Primary School
Current dates for screenings:
- Thursday, June 27th, 2019
- Friday, June 28th, 2019
- Monday, July 1, 2019
There will be a Kindergarten Meet and Greet in the month of May.
- This is an event for parents AND their entering kindergarten student.
- There will be activities for students and students/families will get to meet all of our kindergarten teachers and other staff members
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Character Education Awards
The character trait of the month for March is
Accountability
. Students will be participating in the March Madness Attendance challenge, where Homerooms will be competing for the best attendance record.
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Physical Education Update
The boys classes will transition to some recreational games in the gym. The fitness unit was a success and the boys now have a greater understanding of how to log their workouts to track and improve their overall fitness.
The girls classes have completed their recreational games unit and will now enter the weight room. The Girl’s will have an introduction to how to use the weight room and the equipment
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Topics Covered in 7th and 8th Grade Math
Math 7 students will be beginning a unit on Probability. They will explore basic probability, sample spaces and surveying techniques. They will also continue to apply algebraic concepts in all the units.
Before February break in Math 8, we completed our study on systems of equations. We are starting our study of exponents - watching things grow and shrink very quickly exponentially. Our study of exponents will lead us right into scientific notation.
In Algebra I R students just completed our study of exponential functions. We are now beginning polynomials. We are trying to learn all of the ways our graphing calculators can aid us in solving complex problems,
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Foreign Language News
Foreign Language Exploratory is exploring the Spanish language and the cultures of many Spanish speaking countries and will be doing the same for French.
8th grade Spanish 1B is finishing up the shopping unit with the verb costar and will move into the plane unit.
Enriched Spanish is finishing up direct object pronouns and irregular dar and ver in the preterite tense in the hotel unit and will move into the city and country unit.
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Social Studies Classes Explore Progressive Era
In team 3 social studies we have been busy learning about the Progressive Reform Era. Students studied several “muckrakers” and the methods they used to inform the public of daily drama occurring behind the scenes. We also focused on NYC and particular issues impacting the city during Progressive Reform. The Unit culminated with an essay assessment. This coming week we will start learning our unit on U.S Imperialism and learn the impact this had on the U.S. and our world.
In team 4, the students recently completed a unit on Reform Movements. They are going to be starting the unit on U.S. Imperialism this week. The students will be introduced to the imperialistic foreign policies that the American government adopted in the early twentieth century. They will create their own piece of Yellow Journalism within this unit. This will allow them to connect the course material to more modern concepts and events. This unit will show the students how the power and influence of the United States grew over time.
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English News
Students will be starting a new unit in March centered around the book
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie.
A new Independent Reading project (IR Project 5) has been assigned. Students need to have a new book picked out by 3/1 and begin reading. Students need to finish the book by 3/29, and then complete the project by 4/5. Project instructions will be posted on Google Classroom.
The ELA State test will be computer-based this year. All students are participating in practice tests on 2/26 and 3/5 to learn how to use the computer testing platform.
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Home and Career News
In Home and Career Skills we are working in our Personal Care unit. Students are learning about hygiene and grooming, wardrobe selection, clothing care and basic sewing skills. The students will be sewing a hat at the end of the unit.
In FACS class student are working in the Working With Children unit. Students are learning about a child’s needs, types of development, how children learn and the importance of play. Lessons will be taught from the Red Cross Babysitting program.
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Science Update
Students recently finished a unit on heat and are in the middle of the Electricity Unit, keeping energy as the central theme. Mr. Curtis’ students made posters about rewable and non-renewable energies while Mrs. Krichbaum’s students made a BOOM with Boom-Cans. The heat unit was very hands-on, and this too continues into the electrifying world of electricity!
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School lunch is a nutritious &
delicious option!
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Stay Tuned for Our Newsletter Next Month!
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