Happy Spring Dynamic Team!
Upcoming Events:
Mar. 14th – 23rd,
Spring Break
Apr.
4th – Student Trivia Night
3:30 – 5:30
Apr. 4th – Term 5 ends
Apr. 16th - SLU Pig Heart Disection
Important Information:
If you would like to activate
your Edline account, please contact Mr. Daniels or Mrs. Pettid for your
activation code.
The
Hixson Summer School Program offers academic courses and workshops that meet
the special interests and needs of students. We hope you will find the Summer
Program offers an opportunity for students to grow intellectually and
personally. Summer learning maintains skills, takes a step beyond, and
stretches the imagination. The journey begins with registration.
When:
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June 2- July 3, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Where:
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Hixson Middle School
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Classes:
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Communication Arts
Reading Mathematics
Makers Space (elective)
So,
This Is Middle School? (This
transition class runs from 8-12:00 on June 25th only) Contact Dr. Alice
Miller (918-4567) for this one day class
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Transportation:
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Full bus transportation provided
for VTS Students, transportation for local students provided at 12:30.
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Please contact Melissa Hellwig, at 963-6450 or hellwig.melissa@wgmail.org, if you have any further questions regarding the Hixson Summer School Program. Click here to register.
English –
Susan Artkras – artkras.susan@wgmail.org
This week students were again practicing their summary writing skills which demands comprehension of the reading text-- "A Mason-Dixon Memory." Already I've noticed marked improvement since the last summary writing activity.
Alongside summary writing, students are studying selected words. While reading the story, students tracked unfamiliar words in the text. The top five words were analyzed so that students will own these words. There will be a quiz over the words after spring break.
On Monday, students visited the Hixson Book Fair and graded/discussed their responses to their questions about the current reading.
After break, student will be doing some creative writing inspired by posters of the Civil Rights Era.
Math-
Wilma Slaughter – slaughter.wilma@wgmail.org
Science –
After Spring Break it will be appear to be a short period of time to the finish of the school year! This week in Dynamic Science the students’ have been preparing and taking their summative Weather Unit test. Please ask you child about what they learned about weather.
When students return from break they will start their Human Body Systems Unit starting with the Circulatory/Respiratory systems to be well prepared for the Dynamic field trip to the Practical Anatomy and Surgical Education Lab at St. Louis University to participate in the ADVENTURES IN MEDICINE and SCIENCE (AIMS) program to do a pig heart dissection. This is a top notch, state of the art dissection lab! The students will also see a comparison of a healthy human heart compared to a diseased human heart. There are 3 permission slips required for this field trip; one for Webster Groves School District and two for St. Louis University Practical Anatomy Lab which will be sent home on Monday, 24 March. Below are the links to those permission slips.
Webster Groves permission form:
SLU permission forms:
https://docs.google.com/a/wgcloud.org/file/d/0B7lOsIXyNVFsTEpxbDBjaVpIN0k/edit
If you have any questions or comments please let me know.
Dynamic Science Course Website
Dynamic Systems Science – Coach Daniels - daniels.mark@wgmail.org
Social Studies –
Students
completed the Classical World unit and took the assessment this week. When we return, we will begin The Middle Ages
unit. Our first focus will be on Europe –
what happened after the Roman government withdrew?
After school help is available in my room every Tuesday until 4:00
Dynamic Social Studies Course
Website:
Lisa Pettid
– pettid.lisa@wgmail.org
314-918-4602
Please
visit the following links for more information:
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