Middle School is calling! I hope you all were able to attend the virtual curriculum fair last Thursday. If you were unable to attend, you can locate information and videos on everything that was shared on the Hungary Creek Middle School website. Beginning Monday, January 16th, families can review and confirm 6th grade core content courses and select 2 electives. To do this families should utilize the parent portal on PowerSchool using the students’ informational packet outlining 6th grade course selections that came home on January 3rd. The window for making selections closes on January 21st. After the window closes, you will no longer have access.
More Middle School fun – Music Night at Hungary Creek!
From Mr. Elston:
Your students should have received a bright red invitation to an event at Hungary Creek Middle School called “Music Night”. The event is on January 19th from 6:30-8:30. This will be a fun filled recruitment night for the HCMS Music Department! There will be performances by the 6th Grade Band, Chorus, and Orchestra, information sessions for families regarding the music programs offered, and hands-on experiences with the band and orchestra instruments and a mock chorus rehearsal for those interested in vocal music! Pizza will be provided, but we’ll need you to RSVP, so the directors know how much pizza they need to order! You can RSVP by returning the second page of the invitation your student received, scanning the QR Code on the invitation, or clicking this link https://tinyurl.com/HCMusicNight23 ! The invitation says to RSVP by January 12th, but it is not too late to sign up! They will be taking RSVP’s all the way through next week!
This is not an event binding your students to taking a music class in middle school, but a great opportunity to meet the incredible team of directors, get some hands-on experience with instruments we don’t have here at GAES, and get to meet other future Cougars from different schools in the community!
Kindness Week 1/23 – 1/27
Spirit Week ~ The Great Kindness Challenge 2023
Monday 1/23: Kindness Rocks! Be a rock star with your words and actions.
Tuesday 1/24: Peace, Hope, Love, & Kindness Day! Wear some groovy 70’s inspired clothing. Think tie dye and peace signs!
Wednesday 1/25: GAES House Colors Day! Sharing kindness across our GAES Houses!
Thursday 1/26: Positively Kind Saying or Picture Shirt! Wear a shirt with a positive message or happy picture on it!Friday 1/27: Work Out Problems with Kindness! Wear Workout gear!
1/16 Student/Staff Holiday: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
1/16 Parent Portal Opens for 6th Grade Elective Selections (Note: this is a change)
1/19 Reading Comparing and Contrasting Quiz
1/19 Hungary Creek Middle School Music Night
1/20 Greek and Latin #21 Vocabulary Quizzes
1/20 Math Multiplying Fractions Quiz
1/21 Parent Portal Closes for 6th Grade Elective Selections
1/22 PTA Spirit Night at Triangle Rock Club
1/23 Social Studies Southeast Study Guide Due
1/24 Social Studies Southeast Region Test
1/23 – 1/27 Kindness Week!
1/26 Quarter 2 Ends
1/27 Student Half day/Dismissal begins at 11:00
Math: Last week we worked on adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators. This was a review of a 4th grade skill, so after some practice the students got the hang of this concept. This week students will be introduced to multiplying fractions – a much easier task! Be sure that your child continues to work on mastery of their multiplication facts as knowing the facts with automaticity is extremely beneficial with this unit on fractions. A quiz on multiplying fractions is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 20.
Reading: We will continue to focus on comparing and contrasting a variety of texts. We will be exploring the topic of mountain climbing in both fiction and nonfiction texts to show how they are alike and different. A quiz on comparing and contrasting is scheduled for Thursday, 1/19.
Our Greek & Latin Vocabulary #21 this week will consist of the roots grad and gres (step) and the prefixes able and ible (can be done). Be sure that your child is completing the daily practice to prepare for the quizzes each Friday.
Social Studies: This week in social studies students will be learning more about the natural resources and significant features of the Southeast. Later this week we will begin a fun in class project to review all that we have learned about the region! On Monday, 1/17, students will be bringing home a Southeast Region Study Guide to complete to prepare for the test on Tuesday, 1/24. Students should complete the study guide using the notes in their social studies notebook. Completion of the study guide is expected and counts toward the social studies homework grade. The study guide is due on Monday, 1/23.