General Announcements
Hot Lunch Menu
Feb Hot Lunch Menu (3 MB PDF)
Parking Lot Safety
Now that the snow has begun to fall. Please have your kids ready to exit your car on the sidewalk side as soon as you pull into the loop. Once you come to a complete stop, have your kids get out and shut the door. If they are not ready to get out please do another loop around or pull into the parking lot. There are lots of cars that use this every morning and we have to be patient but yet prepared to use it.
5th Grade
Art: Next week we wrap up the printmaking unit by mounting, titling, and numbering our 4 best prints.
Bible: This week we began our miracles unit by studying the feeding of 5,000. Students wrote an interview about this event from Peter’s perspective. Ask your child to read you their writing! The next Bible memory is the Beatitudes! Matthew 5:3-12 is due Fri, Mar 04.
Language Arts: This week completes our fourth week of BOB! The final day of BOB is Wed, Feb. 16. Students should be over halfway towards meeting their goals. Next week we will continue BOB and take the Language Arts MAP test on Jan 31 and Feb 01.
Math: Students wrapped up MAP testing this past week and have started learning about expressions and patterns. We are beginning to focus on the importance of the order of operations and will also be graphing later next week.
Music - Band: All students should be practicing pages 19-21 in their band books and also the Star Wars song as well. Each song should be played at least 3x on 3 different days before next Thurs, Feb 03. All band students who play anything larger than a clarinet will now have their own cage in the cage room to store instruments.
Music - Choir: We are learning theory - in particular sharps and flats.
Music - Orchestra: Continue to work on your fiddle pieces. Practice records are due on Tuesday. Also the fiddle concert is Mar 01. Sorry for any misprint.
PE: 5th graders have begun a jump rope unit!
Science: This week, we took time to experience and study chemical and physical changes. Students will continue this study by learning about mixtures and solutions next week.
Social Studies: Students participated in two simulated colony projects! Next week, they will explore some of the first colonies.
Spanish: This week students finished their unit and took a test. They also enjoyed some Senor Wooly. Ask them about the “gross” song!
6th Grade
Art: 6th graders started a watercolor unit this week. We are doing a flipped classroom model for this unit where students will watch various selected watercolor technique videos via google classroom, take notes on the watercolor techniques, and then experiment with these techniques back in class the following week. Students will need to have their green watercolor sheet filled out by next class. Please check the homework calendar project and sketchbook due dates.
Bible: This week we started reading about Paul’s first missionary journey. We’ve talked about how God works all things for His good - even our suffering and hardships! Romans 8:35, 37-39 is due Fri, Feb 11.
Language Arts: This week we finished our Case for Christ letters and created Vision Statements for our Got Yolk business with Miss Leah. We will take the LA MAP on Jan. 31 and Feb 01 of next week, and we will learn more about culture alongside Social Studies class.
Math: Students wrapped up MAP testing late in the week after some days of review. Next week students will continue learning about expressions. Look for a quiz next week and a test the following week.
Music - Band: All students have a practice assignment and piles of music to work on! They should all be practicing at least 3x per week. All band students who play anything larger than a clarinet will now have their own cage in the cage room to store instruments.
Music - Choir: Our Sound of Music unit is underway.
Music - Orchestra: Continue to work on your fiddle pieces.Also the fiddle concert is Mar 01. Sorry for any misprint
PE: 6th graders have begun a jump rope unit!
Science: Students took time this week to study how weathering and erosion have shaped our country's most beautiful landscapes. Students began a small project on these effects, that will be due next Tuesday.
Social Studies: Students have been learning a lot about culture! Next week their Culture Web Projects are due.
Spanish: This week students finished their unit and took a test. They are very good at talking about opening and closing doors as well as talking about time :) I was very impressed with their short stories and hope to share those soon.
7th Grade
Art: 7th graders started a portrait project, but portraits in the style of Lego. Students need to complete questions 10 & 11 on the pink Lego sheet for class next week. Please check the homework calendar project and sketchbook due dates.
Bible: The 7th Graders are spending Bible class evaluating sermons. They should be becoming experts in sermon notetaking!
History: We’re finishing up our study of the Industrial Revolution in the North. The test is Thursday.
Language Arts: We continue to study Trouble, by Gary Schmidt.
Math - 7th Math: We are learning to solve and graph one-step inequalities. We will have a quiz on Wednesday.
Math - Algebra: We have started a new chapter about exponents and radicals. Students have learned many exponent rules and practiced using them this week. Next week we will be using radicals and learning about exponential growth and decay. There will be a quiz in the middle of the week.
Math - Pre-Algebra: Pre-Algebra Students are starting off on Chapter 8. As we move through the chapter the problems that we work through will become longer and more complicated; this will make it more important for them to show their work while completing there homework. Test corrections on the chapter 7 test are due back with a parent signature on Thursday, Feb. 2.
Music - Band: We have a quiz due on Thursday Feb 3, either in person or via video. All band students who play anything larger than a clarinet will now have their own cage in the cage room to store instruments.
Music - Choir: The musical unit continues!
Music - Orchestra: Continue to work on your fiddle pieces.Also the fiddle concert is Mar 01. Sorry for any misprint
PE: 7th graders are reviewing the basics of jump roping and a variety of different jumps this week.
Science: We have been talking about the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park. We are analyzing all of the repercussions after they left and now are back.
Spanish: TEST next week! See google classroom for resources to study.
8th Grade
Art: 8th graders are making good progress on creating their family shapes out of cardboard. Next week we will start plastering our assembled portraits. Please check the homework calendar project and sketchbook due dates.
Bible: We have finished reading The Last Battle and are beginning a poster project this week. The poster will connect the themes of a reformed worldview to three scenes from The Last Battle. Our memory verse for this week is Isaiah 40:28
History: We have a couple of days of MAP testing (reading), then we start a very brief unit on Reconstruction–How does a country recover from a brutal civil war and repair the pain left over?
Language Arts: In the following week we will conclude our study of The Giver and continue learning how to correctly integrate commas in our writing and work our way to semi-colons.
Math - Algebra: We are learning about systems of linear equations and inequalities. We will have a test on Tuesday.
Math - Geometry: We have started to learn about quadrilaterals and all of their different characteristics!
Math - Pre-Algebra: Pre-Algebra Students are starting off on Chapter 8. As we move through the chapter the problems that we work through will become longer and more complicated; this will make it more important for them to show their work while completing there homework.
Music - Band: All band students who play anything larger than a clarinet will now have their own cage in the cage room to store instruments. We just had a quiz on some of our music and there were a lot of great performances.
Music - Choir: Work on the musical continues!
Music - Orchestra: Continue to work on your fiddle pieces.Also the fiddle concert is March 1. Sorry for any misprint
PE: 8th graders are reviewing the basics of jump roping and a variety of different jumps this week.
Science: This week we have studied reflection of light. Next week we will be looking at the property of refraction with light.
Spanish: TEST for 8H and 8S next week! See Google Classroom for study resources.
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