High School Applications DUE and Report Card Conferences

 Report Card Conferences coming up:

We are holding report card conferences on Wednesday December 4th, Thursday December 5^th, and Friday December 6^th, 2013.  The conference times are as follows:  Wednesday from 1:10PM to 3:00PM, Thursday from 1:10PM to 3:00PM, and on Thursday evening from 5:00-7:00PM, and Friday from 1:10-2:30 PM.  Please consider which day is best for you. You can report to the third floor of the Bache Building (room 22—Science lab) starting at 1:00 PM each day and sign our sign-in sheet for a conference time. Conferences will be held on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be advised that conferences are 10 minutes in length—if you feel the need for a longer discussion, you will need to contact our counselor to arrange another time.  Also please be aware that any report card with any grades below a “C” will need to be picked up by the child’s parent or guardian—we cannot release such report cards to students.

 ******

******ALL 8^TH GRADE APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE DUE TO OUR COUNSELOR, Ms. Jennifer Manness, BY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4^TH 2013. IF YOU FAIL TO TURN IN AN APPLICATION ON TIME, YOUR CHILD MAY NOT BE ASSIGNED TO A HIGH SCHOOL NEXT FALL.

FALL 2013 Supply List for 7th & 8th Grade Reading & Social Studies

Required Items:

·      FOUR (4) individual copy books or notebooks (copybooks last longer)

·      FOUR (4) individual folders

·      loose-leaf paper

·      blue or black pens

·      pencils

·      a 12-24 pack of colored pencils

·      highlighters (1-2)

****It is important that you have separate notebooks or copybooks, not one big notebook.  Sometimes notebooks will be required to be handed in to me at separate times, so if your math notes are in the same book, that will not work. For this age, organization is key.

***In general, I would load up on copybooks/notebooks and folders while they are on sale.  Many times, kids run out in the middle of the year.  I would also buy lots of pens and pencils while they are cheap.

PLEASE SEND IN THE FOLLOWING FOR USE BY THE ENTIRE CLASS:

·      2 boxes of tissues

·      1 roll of paper towels

·      2 bottles of hand soap

·      1 bottle of hand sanitizer

·      2 containers of Wet Ones hand wipes

·      1 container of Clorox Wipes

ITEMS YOU SHOULD HAVE AT HOME FOR STUDENT USE:

·      scissors

·      stapler

·      scotch tape

·      loose leaf paper

·      colored pencils

·      pencils, pens, markers

Summer Reading & Assignment for Rising 8th Graders

SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT FOR RISING 8^TH GRADERS (current 7^th graders)

June 6^th, 2013

Dear Rising 8^th Graders and Parents/Guardians,

            Students will have a Summer Reading Assignment that will be due the first day of school (September 9, 2013).  Please read this assignment carefully and make sure it is handed in to me on the first day of school.  This assignment will be the first 100-point grade of your 8^th grade year!

1.     Choose one (1) book from the attached book list.

2.     Buy the book or get it from the library.

3.     Get a copybook for your reader response log.

Assignments:

1.     As you read, keep a reader response log. For each chapter in your book, you should write two (2) entries of at least ten (10) sentences each.  You may use your Reader Response to Literature Log (you have one, but I will give you a new one if you need it) as a guide to what your prompts should be about.  Please do your logs every time you finish a chapter so your thoughts and impressions are fresh in your mind.  Be organized and keep all your responses in one copybook with each chapter’s response clearly labeled.

2.     After you finish the book, write a one-page book review. What did you like or dislike about the book? Be specific. What characters did you identify with and why?  Explain. Who would enjoy this book? Would you change the ending? How?

           

****Please take these assignments seriously.  You have all summer to finish it, and it is your first grade as an 8^th grader!

Thank you,

Kristin R. Luebbert, M.Ed, MS.Ed

Reading/Literature teacher

krluebbert@philasd.org

CC: Yvette Duperon, Principal

READING LIST 2013

For Rising 8^th graders

PICK one (1) of the following novels to read for your summer assignment:

Hoot by Carl Hiaasen

Flush by Carl Hiaasen

Scat by Carl Hiaasen: 

These novels (realistic fiction) are entertaining environmental mysteries that are humorous and feature middle school students as the main characters.

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

These novels (dystopian fiction) are exciting and full of adventure as well as moral dilemmas (problems) for their characters.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

This is another dystopian series (a dystopia is a society in which everything has gone wrong) with a strong female heroine.

Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi

A novel (realistic fiction) about two best friends (young men) who have grown up playing basketball together. Will the distractions of the neighborhood tear them apart?

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Titian’s Curse by Rick Riordan

A trilogy of fantasy novels featuring hero Percy Jackson—the Gods of Olympus are still alive in the 21^st Century!

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor

A novel (realistic historical fiction) that features the strong and devoted Logan family and their trials, tribulations, and triumphs as they live through the Depression in segregation-era Mississippi.

CC: Yvette Duperon, Principal

Closing Exercises are Thursday, June 20th!

Our students are practicing and the gowns should be here today!

A few reminders:  Ceremony starts at 10:00AM  SHARP!!!!

Students should arrive no earlier than 9:15 am on Thursday Morning and report to the Martin Lunchroom.

Parents and guests should arrive at 9:45 and enter the Martin Auditorium from the Parrish Street entrance.  Please DO NOT walk through the school building.

Immediately after the Closing Exercises conclude there will be a short cake and juice reception in the Martin Schoolyard.

Congratulations and Onward!

Tickets Distrubuted TODAY for Closing Exercises--AND other reminders

Parents and Guardians,

***All students who handed in the names for their two tickets to Closing Exercises received those tickets today.  Each ticket has the name of the person who will use it written on the back.  PLEASE ask your child for the tickets today when they arrive home and keep them in a safe place.  We do not have extras, and lost tickets will not be replaced.

***Luncheon for 8th grade students will be at the Ukrainian League Club on 23rd and Brown this Friday June 14th.  Please see the previously published dress code (published below).

EIGHTH Grade Closing Exercises Information

May 30, 2013

Dear Parents and Guardians of Grade Eight Students,

We are all looking forward to our closing exercises on Thursday June 20^th, 2013.  In order to ensure a safe, enjoyable program for all of our graduates and their families, please adhere to the following procedures:

·      Each student will receive up to two (2) invitations to the closing exercises.  Attached to this letter is a form for you to fill out the names of your guests.  Please list the given name of each guest (no nicknames).  You will be given invitations with each name written on them.

·      You will be issued the number of invitations (up to 2) equal to the number of names you provide.

·      Everyone over the age of 5 must have an invitation with their name on it to enter the closing exercises. Children without invitations MUST sit on their parents’ laps.

·      Due to space restrictions and fire regulations, NO strollers or baby coaches will be allowed in the auditorium.

·      NO blank invitations will be issued or accepted at the door.

·      NO Balloons are allowed in the auditorium.

·      No school-age child may attend closing exercises without his/her own parent or legal guardian.

·      Invitations are not transferable.

·      All names for invitations are due to the principal by Friday June 10, 2013

·      Students who do not provide a list of name will not receive tickets.

The day of closing ceremony

-       Students should arrive at school by 9:00am

-       Guest will be allowed to enter (Parrish Street Auditorium entrance only) by 9:20am

-       Invitations will be collected at the door

  

DRESS CODE FOR CLOSING EXERCISES AND LUNCHEON

STUDENT DRESS CODE:

Students are wearing gowns but NOT caps.  Caps are reserved for graduation from high school and college.  Please do not send your children with a cap—they will not be allowed to wear it at closing exercises.

**Under the gown, boys should wear dress pants, a dress (collared) shirt and dress shoes (NO sneakers).  Girls should wear a nice dress or pants outfit.  Girls’ shoes should NOT be flip-flops, if they wear sandals, they must have straps on the back.  If they wear heels, PLEASE make sure they can walk comfortably without falling!

++++The 8^th grade luncheon (students only) will be held on Friday, June 14^th during school hours.  Students may wear appropriate nice clothes instead of uniforms: Boys may wear nice long pants (no jeans) and a button down or collared shirt (NO t-shirts), no low pants or underwear visible.

Girls may wear a nice dress or pants outfit (no jeans). NO visible cleavage, bare shoulders, bare midriffs, mini-skirts, or shorts. Sandals should have straps around the heel.

**Students not adhering to the dress code will not be allowed to attend the luncheon.

Calendar of Events

June 14^th, 2013            Eighth Grade Luncheon (Hosted by the Home and School)           

June 20^th, 2013            Closing Ceremony

Thank you,

Kristin Luebbert, Jeffrey Rupertus, 8^th grade teachers

CC: Yvette Duperon , principal

Report Card Conferences THIS WEEK

Report card conferences are this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 1:10-3:00 PM.  Students will be dismissed at 12:09 on conferences days. Students have brought home a letter and schedule, pleas ask them to show it to you.  All room 20, 8th grade parents will need to have an in person conference this marking period; I will not send any report cards home without a conference with a parent. Thank you.

++++We are out of tissues, hand wipes, and desk wipes for the classroom.  I will not be personally replenishing these supplies anymore, so if your child has allergies or a cold, etc... please send them to school with tissues.

Project Alert!

Projects Coming Due for Grade 7 AND Grade 8, Advisory 24:

Students and Parents,  Grade 8 (24 only) has their African-American Poet project due on Monday,  2/25/13.

Grade 7 has their Africa Project due on Thursday 2/28/13.

Please remember that ANY and ALL projects in my Reading, Social Studies, and Writing Classes MUST be word processed/typed in 12 point font in Times New Roman.  NO handwritten projects will be accepted.  Please do not have students bring projects to me on a flash-drive or email them to me.  Students MUST print out their own projects and hand them in.  

If you do not have a printer at home The Free Library of Philadelphia has printing services available at low cost.

CORRECTION:  The next Current Events in due 2/28/13! Topics: City tax increase, Federal Budget, OR School Closures.  Please remember: a copy of the article MUST be included with the summary.

Next Current Events Assignment

Students:  Your next Social Studies Current Events Assignment is due NEXT Thursday: February 21, 2013.  The topic is one of the following:  City real estate taxes, the Federal (U.S.) budget, or school closings. Please remember to include the article with your summary

REPORT CARD CONFERENCES COMING IN FEBRUARY!

As you are aware report card conferences are scheduled for the following days:

Wednesday, February 13

Thursday, February 14

Friday, February 15

Dismissal these days will be at 12:09 PM.  Conferences are scheduled for the hours between 1:10PM and 3:00 PM.  In order to accommodate your busy schedules, we have decided to allow parents to select the day and time they would like to meet with their child’s teacher.

             Teachers will have sign up sheets on the outside of their doors.  Conferences will be on a first come – first served basis.  Please sign the sheet when you arrive at the classroom so the teacher will know the order in which parents arrived.

            Please remember that conferences during these hours are limited to 10 minutes.  If you need a longer time, please make arrangements with your child’s teacher for another day.

            We are looking forward to productive and informative conferences.

7th GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT:  7TH GRADERS are working on an important project on Africa.  Please ask you child to show you their project requirements or access them via EDMODO (link on the right of this blog page).