General Announcements
SEED Market - Join us at SEED Market Jan 28 from 2:00-4:00pm! Please invite people from the community to support our 5th and 6th grade students’ businesses. All proceeds will go to Mission India and World Vision. For more information on Mission India, please read this letter.
iPads - A few reminders for all ACS 5-8 families
Charging: All ACS iPads need to be charged at night so that when they arrive at school they are ready to work. Some students are out of the habit of charging their iPads. Please help with this at home - imagine arriving to work either without your device or with a dead one….. Please help remind your student (maybe have a set place where you expect to see that iPad charging at bedtime just like you would with your phone or device).
Earbuds that work in our school iPads: All students in grades 5-8 need a set of inexpensive wired earbuds that fit their ipad. Please check with your student and help with this!
5th Grade
PowerSchool Grades
We have worked hard this year to establish healthy routines as students have adjusted to Middle School. Fri, Jan 21, Mr. Kiser will be talking with all 5th grade students about how they can view grades in real time on PowerSchool. Please read this important parent letter about viewing grades on PowerSchool.
SEED Market: Join us at SEED Market Jan 28 from 2:00-4:00pm! Please invite people from the community to support our students’ businesses. A final SEED Market update was sent home last Friday. Please review this update with your child. We are also in need of plastic grocery bags. If you have extras at home, please have your child give them to Ms. Gerig. This year all SEED money is going to Mission India and World Vision. See the note below for more information about our partnership with Mission India:
Ada Christian Schools is partnering with Mission India to help boys and girls in India hear the Good News of the gospel and learn of Jesus’ love for them! Through Ada’s SEED Market, students will be raising funds to send students to Mission India’s Year-Long Bible Club program. It costs $24 to send a child in India to one of these programs where they will be discipled for an entire year! The students’ goal will be to raise $960 to sponsor a Club of 40 students by January 28. When their goal is met, there will be a 6-Month Progress Report and 12-Month Final Report to let them know how their gift is making an impact in the lives of the Indian children. Parents, we would love for you to engage this effort through your prayers and support as well. For more information or to give an online donation, visit the following link: missionindia.org/ada For more information on Mission India, please read this letter.
Art: 5th grade will spend their next class period printing their relief prints in multi-color.
Bible: This week in Bible we learned about the temptation of Jesus and the disciples. Students identified someone that they are following and someone that they are leading. Matthew 5:14-16 is due Jan 27.
Language Arts: We have completed Week 3 of BOB! Students should be halfway to reaching their goals, so make sure to check your child’s Week #3 Progress Report to see how they are doing. While students have been working independently on their BOB goals, we have also been reading the book Glitch in class. As stated in the initial BOB parent letter, our goal was to read most (if not all) of this book. Due to the length of the story and our deep class discussions, we will not be able to finish reading Glitch aloud in class before the last day of BOB, so if your student would like to add this book to their goal, they may wish to start reading ahead on their own. In addition, because of our wacky first week of snow days after Christmas break, our new final date of BOB will be pushed back to Wed, Feb 16.
Math: The 5th graders finished up their unit on multiplying and dividing decimals with a test this past Thursday.. Next week Tuesday and Wednesday the 5th graders have their math MAP test.
Music - Band: We are working on full band songs - it’s sounding great. All students should be practicing pages 20 and 21 this week! Ask for a mini concert!
Music - Choir: We are singing, drumming and working on theory.
Music - Orchestra: We are continuing to work on our fiddle tunes. Keep practicing and memorizing the music!
PE: We are wrapping up floor hockey and will be moving into a jump rope unit!
Social Studies: Next week we will continue learning about the 1st colonies!
6th Grade
Join us at SEED Market Jan 28 from 2:00-4:00pm! Please invite people from the community to support our students’ businesses. A final SEED Market update was sent home last Friday. Please review this update with your child. We are also in need of plastic grocery bags. If you have extras at home, please have your child give them to Ms. Gerig. This year all SEED money is going to Mission India and World Vision. See the note below for more information about our partnership with Mission India:
Ada Christian Schools is partnering with Mission India to help boys and girls in India hear the Good News of the gospel and learn of Jesus’ love for them! Through Ada’s SEED Market, students will be raising funds to send students to Mission India’s Year-Long Bible Club program. It costs $24 to send a child in India to one of these programs where they will be discipled for an entire year! The students’ goal will be to raise $960 to sponsor a Club of 40 students by January 28. When their goal is met, there will be a 6-Month Progress Report and 12-Month Final Report to let them know how their gift is making an impact in the lives of the Indian children. Parents, we would love for you to engage this effort through your prayers and support as well. For more information or to give an online donation, visit the following link: missionindia.org/ada For more information on Mission India, please read this letter.
Art: 6th graders have their monster project and artist statements due next Fri, Jan 28. All the instructions for writing the at least 1 paragraph artist statement are found on the sketchbook assignment page and the art google classroom. Next up is watercolor.
Bible: This week in Bible we learned about the early church. While believers were persecuted, the church was rapidly growing! Next week we will look at Paul’s first missionary journey. This week students also recited their “parent choice” verses for one another.
Language Arts: This week we have been working our way through the writing process to complete our Case for Christ letters for Bible class. Students brainstormed, planned outlines, and drafted their letters. Next week, we will revise and edit the letters. The final drafts are due on Thurs, Jan 27. After we finish up our letters, we will learn more about culture alongside Social Studies!
Math: The 6th graders will be having their math MAP test on Thursday and Friday. We have just begun learning about expressions and will continue to do so next week as well.
Music - Band: We have an in-person quiz on This Train (is Bound for Glory) - ask for a concert! (We either did it yesterday or else on next Monday)
Music - Choir: We are starting our Sound of Music Unit, singing and drumming!
Music - Orchestra: We are continuing to work on our fiddle tunes. We also had a google video that was due on Thursday. Keep practicing and memorizing the music!
PE: We are wrapping up floor hockey and will be moving into a jump rope unit!
Social Studies: Next week we will continue learning about culture!
7th Grade
Art: In art students will be moving on to non-traditional portraits next class. Next Thurs, Jan 27 the sculpture project is due. Students may work on completing their unfinished all next week at lunch recess, before or after school. Please check the homework calendar for sketchbook and project due dates.
Bible: We are in our sermons unit. We will spend this week watching sermons from different pastors and learning how to take good notes during a sermon. Bible Memory is Colossians 2: 2-3 due on Thurs, Jan 27.
History: We finished MAP testing and returned to our study of the Industrial Revolution. We’ll continue that next week paying special attention to urbanization and the first reform movements.
Language Arts: We are making great progress through Trouble, and discussing how the themes from “The Danger of a Single Story” fits in with the narrative. We are also examining relationships between characters and how they deal with conflict. Students will be taking the LA MAP test on Monday and Tuesday (Jan 24 & 25)
Math - 7th Math: We are working through chapter 6 on equations and inequalities. This week we learned about one-step and two-step equations. Students will take a quiz today on one-step equations and can anticipate a quiz on Wednesday on two-step equations.
Math - Algebra: We have wrapped up Chapter 5 on Systems of Equations and students did really well grasping the concept. We will begin Chapter 6 about radicals and exponents. Students will also complete their MAP testing on Wednesday and Thursday.
Math - Pre-Algebra: We will have our test on Chapter 7 on Monday Jan 24. After we will begin Chapter 8 on solving equations. During this chapter we will see more time taking notes in the classroom and less time on homework; this will mean that students may see a rise in the homework they are taking with them every night.
Music - Band: We have an in person quiz on “Blow Away the Morning Dew” (either did it yesterday or else will play it on Monday)
Music - Choir: We continue with singing, drumming and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
Music - Orchestra: We are continuing to work on our fiddle tunes. We also had a google video that was due on Thursday. Keep practicing and memorizing the music!
PE: We are wrapping up floor hockey and will be moving into a jump rope unit!
Science: We are looking at ecosystems and how the organisms in an ecosystem interact.
8th Grade
Art: 8th grade next week in class will spend time working on creating their Stella family shape project shapes out of cardboard and assembling them together. Please check the homework calendar for sketchbook and project due dates.
Bible: We continue to read The Last Battle, while also exploring Bible verses and thinking about how we see God’s faithfulness in our lives - past, present and into the future as well.
History: We’re finishing up our study of the Civil War. We’ll conclude with a test on Thursday. After the test we’ll take 3 days on the MAP reading test.
Language Arts: Now that NHD is finished, we are focusing more on reading skills and conventions. Soon, students will be able to apply some of the themes to The Giver to some creative writing. Students will be taking the LA MAP test on Monday and Tuesday (Jan 24 & 25)
Math - Algebra: This week students took a quiz on solving systems of linear equations. We MAP tested yesterday and today and will continue with systems of linear inequalities next week. Students should anticipate a quiz next week Tuesday or Wednesday.
Math - Geometry: We wrapped up our chapter about the relationship within triangles and MAP testing. We will begin a new chapter about the properties of quadrilaterals.
Math - Pre-Algebra: We will have our test on Chapter 7 on Wednesday Jan. 26. After we will begin Chapter 8 on solving equations. During this chapter we will see more time taking notes in the classroom and less time on homework; this will mean that students may see a rise in the homework they are taking with them every night.
Music - Band: We have/had a playing quiz (LIVE) either yesterday or next Monday.
Music - Choir: We were on stage today - YAY!
Music - Orchestra: We are continuing to work on our fiddle tunes. We also had a google video that was due on Thursday. Keep practicing and memorizing the music!
PE: We are wrapping up floor hockey and will be moving into a jump rope unit!
Science: We have moved from sound waves to light waves. We are starting by looking at the basic properties of light waves.
Athletics
Girls basketball games have officially begun. Please check your TeamSnap for your team’s full schedule.
The 2022 ACS Spring Sport Registration is now open. Please click here for more information on each sport opportunity for your son/daughter. More specifics dates and details will be sent out once sign-ups close. Follow this link to sign up.
Athletic Opportunities with GRCMS