Hilsman 6th Grade News: 6th Grade News: January 27-31, 2020

General News:

College and Career T-shirt Day - Monday, 1/27:

Our monthly College/Career T-shirt Day will be this Monday, January 27. Students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing a college (or career) with uniform bottoms. Please make sure the college/career is visible on the shirt, as solid colors are not permitted. Students who do not wish to participate must wear regular uniforms. Our staff will be decked out with shirts from our colleges and we hope the students will join us!

Credit Recovery:

Credit Recovery is an after-school program designed to help students who failed one or more classes from Quarter 2. Students who attend Credit Recovery and complete the work may have their failing grade(s) changed to passing ones in order to avoid summer school or the risk of being retained. Credit Recovery meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (and some Thursdays). The program started this past week and will run through March. For more information or to get your child signed up, please contact Ms. Ward (wardt@clarke.k12.ga.us)

Important Upcoming Dates:

2/5 - Surprise Guest Speaker at Hilsman Event
2/17 - Teacher Work Day (no school)
2/19 - Spring Picture Day
3/4-3/5 - Parent Teacher Conferences
3/5-3/13 - Spring Break (no school)

Content News:

Math News:

Monday - Finishing work with volume.

Tues-Thurs - Start and complete Unit 5 Study Guide.

Friday - Unit 5 post test.

ELA News:

ELA is working on Literary Non-Fiction. Students also have a BLACK HISTORY PROJECT that is due March 3rd. This project is done COMPLETELY AT HOME.

Science News:

Science will be testing Unit 3, and beginning Unit 4 - Water Distribution

Social Studies News:

Social Studies will be continuing Unit 5, exploring the governments and economies in Latin America. There will be a short quiz over the governments of Latin America.

Connection News:

Band and Orchestra News:

The Band and Orchestra Rock-a-Thon is Friday, January 31 from 6:00pm-12:00am! Money is due Friday morning! Hope you can come out to help and watch the students have a blast!

Art News:

6th graders will be finishing their color wheel pop portraits and then start a unit on paper weaving. They will learn about how colors express emotions, create a cool color and warm color painting, and then weave the two together to reflect the positive and negative balances of everyday life.

Family and Consumer Science News:

Next week in FCS, students will work to develop employability skills, focusing on resilience, honesty, integrity, time management, and decision-making through some class work and hands-on activities.