See you in 2020!

Well that's a wrap on the first part of the 2019/2020 school year!

Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness and generosity. I'm feeling really fortunate to get to spend most of my days in a wee bit of chaos with a great group of students.

Enjoy your break! Regardless of the holiday you celebrate, make sure you also take some time to appreciate your awesomeness and celebrate your 2019 successes.

I can't wait to see you in the new year. (well okay...I can wait a couple of weeks)


Merry Christmas to you and your families!
Mrs. C

Quick Note: PowerSchool is going to be down for maintenance as of this afternoon until January 5th, so Mr. Ibbitson and I will be unable to update any marks until we are back after the break.

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to put up a quick post to say that it has been a great first half of the year!  I'm really looking forward to jumping back into the Renaissance in January.  Have a wonderful Christmas, Yuel, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Festivus, Winter Solstice, or whatever you happen to celebrate!

Evelyn wishes you all happy holidays too.

Welcome to the Madhouse

The construction of Rube Goldberg Machines is well under way.  Many shenanigans were had.

Science in the news - Week 2

Just a reminder that our second Science in the News was due last Monday. For those of you that have not yet submitted it, I have attached the article here if you need to refer to it. You can add this write below your Seabin submission or create a new document.

Reminder - 100-150 words - summary of the key points of the article.
                   100-150 words - personal response to the topic.

Health Risks of Vaping

Great 8 Design Challenge

Hello 8-3 and 8-4!

Here is the link to the slides for the Design Challenge! Make sure to bring in any materials you need for building your Rube Goldberg on Monday.  You will be showcasing your completed design on Tuesday afternoon.

Grade 8 Design Challenge

Have fun! We can't wait to see what you come up with.

Unit Review for Squares, Square Roots and Pythagorean theorem

Hello!! I posted a link below to the unit review and practice test for Squares, Square Roots and Pythagorean theorem.  We will go through the Practice Test in our review session tomorrow. I will offer an additional lunch Homework Support session Wednesday if you would like extra support before Thursday's test .


Pythagorean Unit Review and Practice Test

Dec 6 Hums Update

So we have spent most of the week working on our modern interpretations of traditional folk tales.  Just remember to make sure everything is in the shared folder on your Google Drive.  We don't have the computers next week so class time will be dedicated to the artistic portion of the assignment where you guys will produce the illuminated manuscript 'cover' page for the first page of the folk tale.  Remember the final due date for the whole kit-and-kaboodle is December 19th but we are unlikely to have any class time in the last week before Winter Break.

Dad Joke of the Week:
Why did the old man fall down the well?
Because he couldn't see that well.