Announcements

These were all on the back of December's calendar, but as a reminder...
Students will now be released at 2:50 each day until vacation.
Last day of classes is December 12th.
Class party is December 5th, bring a cake and a gift ($50 limit).
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Return to classes January 8th.

Guitar Concert!

SCIENCE LAB:

We just finished a Chapter about Evolution. I pointed out that we believe in the Creation and that Heavenly Father has made every organism. I even mentioned the comment made by President Monson or Elder Holland (?) saying there would be no point in studying our geneology!- or we'd go back to find the ape on the wall is my great-great- grandfather. Not true. We do believe that we can evolve with our intelligence and such, but throughout the years students will be taught the theory of evolution, so they needed to understand it- even if we disagree. This lab was called Survival of the Chocolates. The students designed their own experiment to see which color of M&M would survive the longest (natural selection: Darwin). This group was playing "tazos" with pesos and M&Ms...creative!

SLINGSHOT! messy but fun...they loved it, good idea guys! (and girl: Caroline)

This group really just wanted to look cool and get their picture taken. They designed a "boxing ring" and dropped their chocolates from a specific height to see which had more cracks, etc. We have such a smart group of students this year!

If the school smelled bad this day, it was because of this! A few groups used a magnifying glass to melt the chocolate, and time the results. There were flames, smoke, etc but all in the name of science!

No Adan, you m ay not eat them until the lab is OVER!

These boys dissolved the M&Ms in water and timed the results. Overall, we didn't have any conclusive evidence as to which color would survive the longest. BUT they did understand natural selection, so it was a success...a delicious success...and yes, we invited Sister Nielsen to this lab- everyone knows she loves chocolate!!!

BUILD-A-BUG!

Here are just a few pictures from our Chapter 5 test! According to which alleles were drawn, students made the bug's genotype and then built the bug with the appropriate phenotype. Look how happy they were...who says students don't like tests?! They even ate them the next day, after I had graded them. (If your son/daughter isn't in these pictures, I'll be posting random ones from other activities...and it'd take a lot of time and space to put pictures up of each of our 60 some students).

Math Computer Lab!

This week's announcements

Manana empieza Junior Band. Los camiones pasaran a las 6:15 a.m. Si desean participar favor de presentarse en la manana con su instrumento.
Junior Band starts tomorrow!! Please bring your instrument.

Este viernes 17 de Octubre se les invita a la conferencia de padres y alumnos. Se llevara a cabo durante toda la manana de 8 a 12 para que puedan asistir cuando sea conviniente para ustedes. Deben de venir con su hijo/a y se los pueden llevar despues de la conferencia. No es necesario hacer previa cita. Los esperamos en la biblioteca. Se les entregara la boleta.

Les agradecemos a los padres por su apoyo con las actividades de Homecoming. Los alumnos disfrutaron mucho y fue un exito. Gracias

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SPIRIT WEEK
Las actividades de homecoming seran del 6 al 10 de octubre con las siguientes actividades cada dia.
Monday/Lunes Army Day/Soldades (favor de no traer pistolas)
Tuesday/Martes Baby/Bebes
Wednesday/Miercoles Cowboy and Indian /Indios y Vaqueros Fogata de 7 a 9 p.m
Thursday/Jueves Pijamas
Friday/Viernes Green and White Favor de traer su camiseta del equipo

CLASS PRESIDENCY
President --Joe Jones
Vice President --Selyna Hawkins
Secretary --Max Jones

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE
El viernes 17 de Octubre se entregaran las boletas del primer termino. El viernes se les pide que vengan a una conferencia con sus hijos para ver el progreso que han tenido durante este mes. La conferencia es de 8 a 12. Pueden venir a cualquier hora que con su hijo(a) durante ese periodo de tiempo. No es necesario hacer cita. Terminando la conferencia con su hijo se lo podran llevar a casa y no tendra clases en la tarde.

Roly Poly Races- Science Lab

PEP RALLY

Our team's 1st Pep Rally was so much fun! Thank you to the cheerleaders, Chema and Alex for making posters, and Lila for all your help. GO LOBOS!

SCIENCE

Students are taking their vocabulary quizes home for parents´signatures. MOST did not do well, either because of not studying well or confusing a spelling test with a vocab. quiz (definitions!). I will be dropping the lowest daily assignment grade. HOWEVER, if they get it signed by a parent tonight and turn it in tomorrow- that will be a 100% for another homework grade. We will be working on study skills throughout the year. Some students did very well- congratulations to those who were happy with their grade!

CLASS SHIRTS

Las camisetas de la clase tendran un costo de $150 pesos, necesitan traerlo para el viernes. Gracias!
Team t-shirts have been designed, please turn in your $ by Friday to your class advisor.
Thank you!

Anuncio de Fun Day

La celebracion de regreso a clases ha sido cambiada al dia miercoles 3 de septiembre en el campo de la escuela. Todos los alumnos deben asistir. Mas informacion se les dara esta semana
Gracias

Advisory Group

Advisory Groups are assigned
Group A - Mrs. Nielsen
Group B- Mrs. Whetten
Group C-Mr. Armenta
If you have any questions or just want to talk this is your advisor.

First Day of School!

¡¡¡ Nos divertimos el primer día de clase !!!

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¡¡¡ Hicimos nuevos amigos !!!

ESTAMOS LISTOS PARA INICIAR

Welcome to the Dream Team

We are excited about being a part of your education. We hope it will be a successful school year full of fun and learning.
Education is everyone's responsibility
We have set very high expectations for high success, we expect you to do your best and help us reach for the gold.