Happy Long Weekend Dynamic Team!
Upcoming Events: PD Day, No Student Attendance – February 15th
Presidents’ Day – No School – February 18th
Explo 3 and Term 5 begins – February 19th
Term 4 Grades mailed home – February 22nd
Important Information: Spring Conferences are coming up. Please click on the following link to sign up: http://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Hixson_Middle_School_1
1. If you want to meet with elective teachers, you will need to schedule a conference separate from the team conference. This may require logging into the website a second time.
2. You should only request a conference with your child’s Discovery teacher. If your child is off-team for Discovery, special instructions have been emailed to you.
Hixson Middle School has been selected as one of 16 schools to participate in the Buffalo Wild Wings Spirit Bracket Challenge 5! On Wednesday, 2/27/13, from 11am-10pm, Hixson Middle School will receive a portion of the profits from sales at the Kirkwood Buffalo Wild Wings (for eat in and take out). The event flyer can be found here: https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/file/d/0B47t0_AnyTUhV25QbHBRMTh2Mmc/edit.
You must bring this flyer and present it for purchases to count towards our grand total. If Hixson Middle School earns more money than Twin Oaks Elementary (from O’Fallon, MO), also competing on this night, we will move up to the next bracket and have an opportunity to earn even more money. Flyers must be printed - electronic flyers will not be accepted. Remember, flyers CAN NOT be distributed on Buffalo Wild Wings property at ANY time.
English –
Math –
This week has been really busy with meetings and I didn’t have the opportunity to enter the grades on the parent portal during my plan time. Therefore, I will enter the grades this weekend; please check the portal on Monday.
Science –
This week in Dynamic Science the students began their discovery of the water cycle by using a graphic organizer (Inspiration 8 program) to organize and annotate the pieces of the water cycle. There was quite a bit of confusion about the many paths water takes through the biosphere. It appeared before now the students did not realize: they were part of the water cycle, what a reservoir was, where water went after going down a storm drain, and where water went after it went down a drain pipe in the home. Thursday we began clarifying the many paths water takes.
Weather Unit Outline:
The links for the course websites are listed below.
Course Websites:
If you have any questions or comments please let me know
314-918-4603
Social Studies –
This week we wrapped up Greece with an open note quiz on Wednesday. It has been fun to see your students make all sorts of connections between the past and the present, and to see just how much we have been influenced by the ancient Greeks. On Thursday we began looking at Rome. As usual, we began with geography.
I am available for after school help every Thursday until 4:00 p.m.
The links for the course websites are listed below.
Course Websites:
314-918-4602
| Please visit the following links for more information: Hixson home page - http://schools.webster.k12.mo.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectionid=7 Dr. Heisserer's blog - http://hixsonprincipal.wordpress.com/ |
