General News
College & Career T-Shirt Day - Monday 9/23
Our first monthly College/Career T-Shirt day will be this Monday, September 23rd. Students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing a college (or career) with uniform bottoms. No stamps or signatures in student agendas are required to participate. Please make sure the college is visible on the shirt, as solid colors are not permitted. Students who do not wish to participate must wear regular uniforms. Our Panther staff will be decked out with shirts from our colleges and we hope students will join us!
Science News:
Check back soon for Science Updates!
Social Studies News:
Social Studies students will be reviewing and taking their Unit 1 Test this week. Study Guides will be due the day of the test, with three signatures from a teacher or parent to earn full credit. Later this week students will begin Unit 2, covering the different forms of governments found in Europe.
Our first monthly College/Career T-Shirt day will be this Monday, September 23rd. Students are encouraged to wear a t-shirt representing a college (or career) with uniform bottoms. No stamps or signatures in student agendas are required to participate. Please make sure the college is visible on the shirt, as solid colors are not permitted. Students who do not wish to participate must wear regular uniforms. Our Panther staff will be decked out with shirts from our colleges and we hope students will join us!
Hilfest
The first Hilfest at our new building will be on Saturday, October 5th from 10:00am-1:00pm! More info is forthcoming, but mark your calendars and stay tuned!
Hilsman Healthcare Center
The doctor is in at Hilsman and Gaines! The Hilsman Healthcare Center, located behind the gym, will have its grand opening on October 8th. All students and staff at Gaines Elementary will soon have easy access to sick visits, well visits, immunizations, dental services, counseling services, and more. For more information, check out this article written by one of our very own Hilsman alumni!
Fall Picture Day
Fall Picture Day at Hilsman will be October 11th. Flyers will be coming home soon with more information!
Girls Soccer Opportunity
This fall, Athens United will be holding practices for all players interested in playing soccer. The practices will be held at Whit Davis Elementary. The focus of the training sessions will be enhancing athletes' technical and tactical skills. Fall practice is open to all players enrolled in Clarke County Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. We hope players attend as many practices as possible. The cost for the entire season is $50 for elementary, and $100 for middle and high schoolers. This is an excellent opportunity to receive some great coaching and practice, especially for girls not already playing organized soccer. For more information, please email Coach West (the Cedar Shoals girls soccer coach) at westj@clarke.k12.ga.us, or see Mr. Naughton in Room 502 at Hilsman for a flyer with more info.
Content News
Math News:
In Math, students are starting Unit 2! Monday - Thursday students will be working on rates, ratios, and equivalent fractions. Friday there will be a Unit 1 Vocabulary Test and a Make Up Work Day.
ELA News:
In ELA students will be writing a paper telling Freak the Mighty from Freak's perspective. Students will also be working on annotating.
The first Hilfest at our new building will be on Saturday, October 5th from 10:00am-1:00pm! More info is forthcoming, but mark your calendars and stay tuned!
Hilsman Healthcare Center
The doctor is in at Hilsman and Gaines! The Hilsman Healthcare Center, located behind the gym, will have its grand opening on October 8th. All students and staff at Gaines Elementary will soon have easy access to sick visits, well visits, immunizations, dental services, counseling services, and more. For more information, check out this article written by one of our very own Hilsman alumni!
Fall Picture Day
Fall Picture Day at Hilsman will be October 11th. Flyers will be coming home soon with more information!
Girls Soccer Opportunity
This fall, Athens United will be holding practices for all players interested in playing soccer. The practices will be held at Whit Davis Elementary. The focus of the training sessions will be enhancing athletes' technical and tactical skills. Fall practice is open to all players enrolled in Clarke County Elementary, Middle, and High Schools. We hope players attend as many practices as possible. The cost for the entire season is $50 for elementary, and $100 for middle and high schoolers. This is an excellent opportunity to receive some great coaching and practice, especially for girls not already playing organized soccer. For more information, please email Coach West (the Cedar Shoals girls soccer coach) at westj@clarke.k12.ga.us, or see Mr. Naughton in Room 502 at Hilsman for a flyer with more info.
Content News
Math News:
In Math, students are starting Unit 2! Monday - Thursday students will be working on rates, ratios, and equivalent fractions. Friday there will be a Unit 1 Vocabulary Test and a Make Up Work Day.
ELA News:
In ELA students will be writing a paper telling Freak the Mighty from Freak's perspective. Students will also be working on annotating.
Science News:
Check back soon for Science Updates!
Social Studies News:
Social Studies students will be reviewing and taking their Unit 1 Test this week. Study Guides will be due the day of the test, with three signatures from a teacher or parent to earn full credit. Later this week students will begin Unit 2, covering the different forms of governments found in Europe.
Connections News
Art:
Next week, 6th graders will finish their pop art drawings and start a unit on surreal art. They will make a surrealisteye that tells a symbolic secret! We’ll use Renee Magritte’s “The False Mirror” (below) as inspiration.
Open notes test on Wednesday!
Band:
Permission slips for students who are interested in switching to percussion were sent home Thursday. Please sign and return the permission slip by Tuesday in order for them to audition on Friday. If you have any questions, please email me campl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Spanish:
Next week, 6th graders will finish their pop art drawings and start a unit on surreal art. They will make a surrealisteye that tells a symbolic secret! We’ll use Renee Magritte’s “The False Mirror” (below) as inspiration.
Open notes test on Wednesday!
Band:
Permission slips for students who are interested in switching to percussion were sent home Thursday. Please sign and return the permission slip by Tuesday in order for them to audition on Friday. If you have any questions, please email me campl@clarke.k12.ga.us
Students will continue our work with unit 1 A, discussing what we do and do not like to do, focusing on review of infinitives, vocabulary, negatives, and expressing agreement and disagreement. There will be a unit 1 B exam on Wednesday.
Family & Consumer Science:
Monday 9/22: Finish Osmosis Jones, Healthy habits
Tuesday 9/23: Eating a balanced diet using MyPlate
Wednesday 9/24: Fruits/kitchen safety (knife skills) apple butter food lab
Thursday 9/25: Vegetables/plant parts
Friday: Grains/kitchen safety (ovens, culinary skills, sanitary practices) biscuit lab
6th Grade Faculty
Math
Ms. Olabisi Oyeyemi, oyeyemio@clarke.k12.ga.isMr. Kyle Smith, smithk5@clarke.k12.ga.us
Ms. Natasha Thompson, thompsonn@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mr. Ernest Watford, watfordn@clarke.k12.ga.us
ELA
Ms. Chantal Brown, brownch@clarke.k12.ga.usMs. Edwina Holden, holdene@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mrs. Dorothy Jones, jonesd@clarke.k12.ga.us
Ms. Verne Rucker, ruckerv@clarke.k12.ga.us
Science
Mr. Corey Holland, hollandc@clarke.k12.ga.usMr. Josh Truitt, truittj@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mr. Randall Watkins, watkinsra@clarke.k12.ga.us
Social Studies
Mrs. Cynthia Hollis, hollisc@clarke.k12.ga.usMr. Miller Barnett, barnettm3@clarke.k12.ga.us
Mr. Steven Engelsen, engelsens@clarke.k12.ga.us
