Duncan

Week of October 9th-12th

*We will be sending home information on our upcoming field trip... please return the permission slip.

7th grade classes went to hear the magnet speakers... they will be bringing home a flyer wih Open House dates for the local magnet schools.

8th grade classes are working on state projects for the Convention.

We will be computing our GPAs during conference week...

Reading

We are reading and discussing an article about 15 people who make America great from giving back awards in NewsWeek magazine...

Conferences

I am going to be handeling some of my student's cocnferences... you should be receiving a note from me with a time on it. Thanks

Math Skills

Monday and Tuesday we have focused on important math skills... We took cornell notes on integers in 7th grade. In 8th grade we took cornell notes on distributive property, rational numbers, and solving equations.

KSU Fieldtrip

Attention: Fieldtrip... We will be visiting Kennesaw State University on November 3, 2006. We will be sending home permission slips along with more information...

College Essays

Admissions to College~ Through your essay writing...

3 Questions:

1.) How Important Is My Essay In The Admissions Decision?

2.) Who Will Read And Evaluate My Essay?

3.) How Do Schools Evaluate My Essay?

Please share with your parents what you now understand about the importance of the essay...

* Extra Credit if you bring in a statement that you had a discussion.

                                                      

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Here is the information to keep you updated on all of the fun things that go on in AVID! Find out more about how to get to the college of your choice, requirements for high school in order to acheive your goals, and how to make learning fun. Look for the proper use of AVID binders and agendas, cornell notes, Costa's Levels of Thinking and Questioning, socratic seminars, and WIC-R. Keep checking to find out when we will be taking field trips, doing community service projects, and when assignments are due. ~ Mrs.Duncan and Ms. Hicks :)