6th graders in Earth Science learned about various earth phenomenons. phenomenon are unusual, observable occurrences in our world. They studied why their chosen phenomenon occurs, and created interactive museum exhibits, modeling the phenomenon. 7th graders and 8th graders observed and learned about glowing lakes in caves, lenticular clouds, phases of the moon, and the beautiful Aurora Borealis among other phenomenon. Students in Ms. Olsen’s 7th grade life science class participated in a balloon debate. Each 7th graders chose a biologist or geologist to embody in a debate. They were put in a “hot air balloon” with 3-4 other scientists. They had to convince the class why their scientist made the biggest impact to our lives, and therefore should not get thrown out of the hot air balloon. Scientists were slowly voted out until we had one winner in each hot air balloon. Our winners included Francis Crick, Galelieo, and Sylvia Earle. Students learned about traditional holiday games this week leading up to Christmas break. In particular, students played dreidel and talked about other traditions in Judaism. AS you can see, it was definitely a fun afternoon for all! In math this week students decorated gingerbread cookies. Each of the decorations cost a certain amount of money and at the end, students added up their totals to see which gingerbread cookie cost the most (and the least) to decorate! We also had a contest for the best outfit, most festive, funniest, most colorful, and most creative. Special shoutout to Hannah who won most creative for her gingerbread cookie of Ms. Lyne! Great job to all, look how good they turned out! This week in PE, we worked on three Components of Fitness. These three include cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, and muscular endurance. We worked on the Pacer test which is a measurement of aerobic fitness through running, curl ups which measures the endurance of the abdominal muscles, and push ups which measures upper body strength. Everyone worked really hard! We even had time to end with a Tic- Tac- Toe game! Excellent job! Wrapping Extravaganza! In the gym this week SMS opened their store of gently used items to the Pk-3rd grade students to buy and wrap gifts for their families. The junior high was there to assist them in finding the best gifts and wrapping them! Each student was partnered with a younger student to walk around the store and find the perfect gift. Some even had the opportunity to go around shopping with their siblings. Shoutout to Gavin who was paired up with Clara and helped her pick out a present for her dad, Mr. Howell! We love seeing our entire school interact and work together to help each other! It’s our 3rd annual gingerbread house making contest! Students in our junior high worked together to create some festive structures out of graham crackers, frosting, and of course candy! With Christmas music playing in the background, students were planning and communicating with each other to build these structures. In our contest, we had 3 categories, Most Festive, Best Architecture, and Best Overall. Let’s just say these students did not disappoint! Here are the results! Thank you to all our students for such a fun morning and for the parents who brought in and donated these materials. We couldn’t have done it without you, Thank you so much!
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This week in PE, we continued our dance unit. We learned a Swedish dance called the Fjaskern which is pronounced ‘FYEHS-kern.’ In English, “Fjaskern” means “hurry-scurry.” This cultural dance starts off slow and then speeds up. The tempo of the song increases which makes the dance steps go faster. Everyone in junior high did fantastic! Good job! 8th grade honors math class worked together on an exam about linear equations his week! They are loving the unit on equations and collaborating with each other! 6th grade has started reading The Giver in L&L. The started analyzing the text in small groups and continue to work cooperatively as they move from chapter to chapter. 8th graders continued their War and Peace presentations in I&S! Each group highlighted some of the biggest wars in world history and included the causes of the conflict, famous leaders, countries involved as well as how the war was resolved. The Junior High had a little extra recess this week after they were focused and able to finish pageant rehearsal early. Games of kickball, football, and volleyball broke out. Students love the extra time outside especially with the sun shining so bright! It’s Pageant day! The 2nd-8th grade St. Matthias students put on “The Christmas Chronicles” to tell the story of Jesus. This year the story was told through the viewpoint of a newspaper trying to find a big story. Their big story included seeing angels, the three wise men, and of course baby Jesus. Shoutout to everyone who participated and helped make this performance possible, it was great to see everyone so involved. Special Thanks to Mrs. Reckamp and Mrs. McGovern for all of their hard work! We appreciate all that you do for our school! Looking Ahead...
12.19 // Hot Dog Day - Wear your SMS spirit wear! 12.20 // Early Dismissal @1:30pm 12.21 - 1.5 // Christmas Break - No School! 1.6 // Back to School! 6th grade explored how fractions, decimals, and percents are all related this week in math. They worked in groups to write and match all the decimals to their equivalent fractions and percents. Then students represented all of these numbers visually by drawing regions and number lines. It took all group members explaining their reasoning and challenging each other’s thought processes in order to be successful. The constitution test is right around the corner for our 7th graders! After school this week they attended one of many review sessions. After a few Kahoots, they are becoming masters! Keep them in your thoughts and prayers this week as they prepare for this big test! This week in PE, junior high started a dance unit. We learned the “Sasha Dance.” The “Sasha” is a folk dance that originated from Russia. Everyone was successful at learning the dance steps and did an amazing job! Well done junior high! 8th graders worked diligently on their war and peace unit projects this week. There was great teamwork with these groups! Later they presented their projects to the class as they focused on the ATL skill communication. This Friday we celebrated St. Nicholas Day and our elves from Student Voice helping to make it special for the little kids by reading stories to them and placing treats in all of their shoes. Ringing Santa’s bells for all the children to hear! Staying warm by the Yule Log! Studying is always more fun by the fireside! The Middle School students have been working hard and having fun preparing for the Christmas Pageant. There is always so much energy and excitement this time of year! Costumes have been finalized and placement of scenes, sets as well. We will see all of our families next Sunday, December 15th at 1:00 in the church for our annual event! Looking Ahead...
12.15 // Christmas Pageant 12.19 // Hot Dog Day - Wear your SMS spirit wear! 12.21 - 1.5 // Christmas Break - No School! 1.6 // Back to School! |
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