Updates and announcements
How is it already May! Students
are persevering to the end of the year.
On Friday, students will get to
tour the Prep building. This tour will be led by Prep staff.
We are looking forward to
honoring our fifth-grade scholars promotion to sixth grade at on Wednesday, May
23rd at 5:30 pm. Students should wear semi-formal clothes of their choice to
this event. Boys should wear trousers, a collared shirt, and dress shoes, and
girls may wear an outfit appropriate for a religious service or wedding, such
as a nice dress. Students’ clothing should cover the same amount as their
uniform polos and shorts. If ladies would like to wear a strapless or spaghetti
strap dress, they should wear a cover as well. Students should arrive by 5:15
and will be directed to sit with their class. We will have a ceremony for
the students and the PSO will have refreshments to enjoy after it is over.
Please let me know if you have any questions or if you know your child will not
be able to attend. We are excited to celebrate with you!
Our week in learning
In language arts this week, students will learn about the
appropriate use of semicolons and colons. They will be reviewing the parts of
speech and previous grammar material in preparation for a quiz on Friday.
Students should spend a few minutes every night ensuring that they are familiar
with the parts of speech. They will continue Spalding as usual, and will
continue working through Across Five Aprils with the expectation of finishing
the novel next week.
Students will have their 25 roots
test will be on Wednesday, May 9th.
This week in science, students will take the endocrine system unit
test on Monday and will begin learning about the nervous system on Tuesday. The
study guide will be handed out early this unit so that students will have the
opportunity to work on it nightly. The nervous system unit test is scheduled for
Monday, May 14.
Students have almost finished their study of westward expansion!
Their study guides are due on Tuesday, and the unit test is on Wednesday. They
will also have the chance to showcase their knowledge while working on an
advertisement for westward settlers in small groups this week in class. This
should be an entirely in-class project, and students will have the chance to
present on Thursday.
This week in history, students will continue their study of
angles, diving into studying different types of triangles as well as angles in
a quadrilateral. There will be a brief quiz on Thursday that we will review for
in math groups, so students should be well prepared.
