6th Grade News May 6 - 10, 2019

General News
Binder Check Dress Down
Students who have 250 or more points for the month of April may dress down on Monday, May 6th. Please make sure that your student is adhering to the CCSD/Hilsman Dress Code policy. Students may not wear pants with rips, holes, or tears in them, along with leggings, jeggings, or jogging pants. Students may not wear hats or slides. Parents if you have any questions or concerns regarding binder checks, please email student's teachers. 

Band Concert

There will be a band concert on Monday, May 6th, 2019 at 6:30pm. The concert will be held at the Cedar Shoals High School Theater.

Field Day Update

The 6th Grade Field Day was moved to Tuesday, May 7th, 2019. Students will participate in activities with their 4th period teacher. The colors that teams will wear are as follows:

Archer: Purple

Brock: Gray

Fox/Watkins: Black

Jones/Holden: White

Holland/Engelsen: Blue

Rohrbach: Red

Rucker/Martin: Green

Smith: Orange

Thompson/Oyeyemi: Yellow

Willingham: Pink

Awards Day Update

The 6th Grade Awards Day was moved to Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 at 10:00am at the Cedar Shoals Auditorium. Students will be bussed over to Cedar Shoals for the Awards Ceremony. Invitations were sent home yesterday, although a few students were missed and will be given invitations on Monday.

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Content News

Math

Students will be reviewing math standards with some games this week!

• Binder checks on Friday

ELA

We are completing our Greek Mythology unit. Students will prepare a project in class and present it to their peers. Please make sure your students are asking for extra credit and make up work. 

• Binder checks on Wednesday 

Science

Students in both science classes will be discussing Moon Phases this week. There will be a quiz over Moon Phases on Friday. Students in Ms. Rohrbach's classes have been given make-up work packets. Please make sure that they are getting their work done and turned in. The last day for makeup work to be turned in will be on Tuesday, May 14th.

• Binder checks on Thursday
• Moon Phases Quiz on Friday, May 10th.
• NO Tutoring with Ms. Rohrbach this week.

Social Studies

Stay tuned for content updates!

• Binder checks on Tuesday
• Tutoring/Make-up Day with Ms. Archer on Tuesdays from 3:50 - 5:00pm. 

Spanish

Students will continue studying the last unit of the class-El calendario (The calendar). Unit 4 Test on Friday May 10. It will cover days of the week, months of the year, and the date

• Tutoring with Ms. Willingham on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4:00pm - 5:30pm. 
• Unit 4 Test on Friday, May 10

Advanced Spanish

Students will continue studying the last unit of the class-El cuerpo (The body). Wednesday, May 8 we will have a quiz over the verb "doler". We will continue to be in Unit 8. 

• Tutoring with Ms. Willingham on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4:00pm - 5:30 pm.
• Quiz on Wednesday, May 8.

**Please note that students in the Online Spanish class may come to tutoring with Ms. Willingham or Ms. Viera on Mondays from 4:00 - 5:30.

Ag Science Class/FFA

Monday- May 6

FFA Concession Stand Meeting. FFA members, If you are interested in helping during field day please attend this meeting. Field Days are May 7-9.

Monday- May 13

FFA Banquet 6:00-7:00- All FFA members (even if you could not attend a meeting) will be recognized. Parents should attend and we will have dinner during the program. If you would like to bring a side or dessert we would be appreciative.

Monday- May 13

Ag Class Final Makeup Workday 7:45-8:10 or 4:00-4:30. If you have things to makeup and do not do so during this time you will not be able to attend the career fair.

6th Grade Faculty:

Math:

Kyle Smith, smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us

Natasha Thompson, thompsonn@clarke.k12.ga.us

Olabisi Oyeyemi, oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.us

ELA:

Brandon Brock, brockb@clarke.k12.ga.us

Dorothy Jones, jonesd@clarke.k12.ga.us

Vern Rucker, ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us

Edwina Holden, holdene@clarke.k12.ga.us

Science: 

Zinetta Fox, foxz@clarke.k12.ga.us

Rachel Rohrbach, rohrbachr@clarke.k12.ga.us

Randall Watkins, watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us

Social Studies:

Morgan Archer, archerm@clarke.k12.ga.us

Corey Holland, hollandc@clarke.k12.ga.us

Steven Engelsen, engelsens@clarke.k12.ga.us 

Spanish: 

Laura Viera, vieral@clarke.k12.ga.us

Summer Willingham, willinghams@clarke.k12.ga.us

Enjoy the weekend and go panthers!