Month: November 2018

Hello middle school families and students:

The end of the first grading period is fast approaching (it ends of December 7), and with it comes our last batch of summative assessments (i.e., tests):

• 6th graders have a test on the characteristics of life, viruses and bacteria on Tuesday, December 4.
• 7th graders have a test on classical physics on Wednesday, December 5.
• 8th graders have a test on the nature of matter on Wednesday, December 5.
• 7th graders have reconciliation on Thursday, December 6.
• Everyone has mass on Friday, December 7; it will be a dress uniform day.

Have a nice, and hopefully productive, week,

Sven Tice

Hello middle school students and families:

• Please remember that we have a mass on Monday, November 19, and that it is a dress uniform day.
• 7th and 8th graders, we will begin working on research papers soon. Please start thinking about your topic; it should be related to the topic of your inquiry project.
• There is no school on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Thereafter, I’m hopeful we will have an extended stretch of normal work weeks and actually get some work done.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Sven Tice

Hello middle school students and families:

• 7th and 8th graders, your problem/question for your inquiry projects are due on Thursday, November 15.
• 6th graders will start work on the structure of bacteria this week.
• 7th graders will continue using simple mathematical models to predict the motion of falling objects.
• 8th graders will continue to learn about the organization of the periodic table of the elements.
• Algebra I students will begin a review of systems of equations this week.

Have a good week,

Sven Tice

Hello middle school students and families:

• Congratulations to those students who participated in the math contest at Bishop Blanchet High School. Two students placed in the top five individually, and St. John placed third as a team among the 17 schools that participated. Good work, students!
• 7th and 8th graders, your formal proposal for your science inquiry project is due on Tuesday, November 6. Typically, about a third of students forget to have this available to me on the due date. I’m hopeful things will go more smoothly this year.
• Thank you to those 6th graders who have already submitted their classification projects. If you haven’t already done so, please email your projects to me by Tuesday evening.
• Students and teachers, please take a moment to review PowerSchool at least once a week; it’s a quick and easy way to monitor your progress in all classes.
• Parent-teacher-student conferences resume on Monday, November 5. Students are expected to attend these conferences with their parents and teacher(s).

Have a great week,

Sven Tice