Cardinal Ritter High School
Junior High Newsletter
31 October 2019
Parents, 

Happy Halloween! This has been a busy week full of West Deanery trick or treaters, 7th grade retreat and day of service, and more! Please see below for additional announcements and reminders:

  • Monday starts the week with a red day; please help your student prepare for classes.

  • Wednesday, November 6 is a 2:00 dismissal for teacher meetings. It is also a jeans day. Students may pay $1 to wear jeans (no ripped) or sweat pants. All proceeds will benefit White River Academic League.

  • Thursday, November 7 is a 2:00 dismissal. Faculty and staff will be preparing for the Open House that will take place from 6:00-8:00pm. Please feel free to invite any prospective Raiders!

  • CYO Boys Basketball registration is available on the CYO website https://cyo.orgsonline.com/Athletics_ParticipantRegistration.aspx
  • The cost is $40 and checks can made out to Cardinal Ritter High School and given to the main office or Mr. Powers. Parents, we are in need of at lest 2 coaches since we will have 2 teams this year. This is a great way to get your service hours done. Please contact Mr. Powers if you'd like to coach or have any questions. Thank you!

  • 8th grade parents: Please make a note of the new Gray Brothers Pie Sale dates. Money and orders are due no later than Monday, November 4th and pick up is on Monday, November 11th.  7th grade parents, if you would like to order pies, please let me know. These pies are really delicious and just need to be baked. They are perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas and last up to a year in the freezer. Gray Brothers is a cafeteria style restaurant near Mooresville. If you've never been there, it's worth a trip. All pies are $20 except peanut butter, which is $30 because of what Gray Bros charges us for this pie. Varieties are: apple, pumpkin, pecan, cherry, blackberry, sugar free apple and sugar free cherry.

  • 8th grade parents: We need help on Monday, November 11th with the pies! Pickup is after 2 until about 6. All pies need to be picked up that afternoon. There is limited space in our cafeteria freezers, so we cannot store pies.

  • Students earning a D or an F will be required to attend two after-school tutoring sessions. These sessions can either be teacher tutoring or National Honor Society tutoring (on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in Madame Saidah's room). Students are required to have the tutoring signed off. Students who fail to attend tutoring and submit the tutoring form to Mrs. Wilzbacher will earn a Friday detention.

Regards, 

Melisa Wilzbacher
Junior High Dean
Raider Showcase
Congratulations to the Geography Bee winners:
(Left to right): Samantha Neukam [3rd place], Nicholas Smith [1st place],
Tanaka Chidemo [2nd place], and Bella Basso [3rd place]
Mrs. Hoy challenged Ms. Sanders' study hall to bring their grades up so that no one had Ds or Fs for Qtr. 1 with the promise of Starbucks as a reward. 
They worked very hard and helped each other improve grades to meet the challenge.
Today, Mrs. Hoy fulfilled her promise by taking the students to Marian University's Starbucks.
In the Classroom
7th grade Theology is studying the patriarchs. We began with Abraham and learned of the covenant that God made with Abraham and have examined how Isaac prefigures Jesus. We will continue with Jacob and Joseph as patriarchs as well.

7th grade Social Studies is learning about the four ancient river valley civilizations and working on making a study guide of their aspects and contributions.

8th grade Theology took a quiz over the Communion of Saints. Remember! Pie orders and money due Monday!!

All classes are making a remembrance wall for the month of November. During the month of November, the Church especially remembers those who have passed before us in faith. If you would like the name of your loved one who has passed remembered on our wall, please email Mrs. Locke the name and she will add them.

7th grade Math - Students are currently learning how to solve one-step and multi-step inequalities. Next week, we will review material and students will have a test next week on Friday over inequalities and equations. Please make sure that your child has completed all of the IXL skills assigned before the due date. As a reminder, students only receive credit if they have completed all of the skills to a level of 80 or higher.

7th grade Science - Students are starting a new unit over Newton's Laws in which we will be discussing forces and how different objects interact with each other. As a friendly reminder, the first part of the Science Fair (please refer to the information posted on Google Classroom) is due on November 15th. Please make sure that these are complete as this project is a significant part of each student's grade!

8th grade Science - Students are finishing learning about climate and climate change and we are starting a new unit over weather. Students will learn how different weather patterns form, how temperature changes can affect the weather and the layers of the atmosphere.