General Announcements
Thank you so much for spoiling us during Teacher Appreciation Week we are thankful for all the blessings! - The MS Staff
Important Dates:
Mar 23-25 Spring Book Fair
Mar 24-25 8th Grade Musical SchoolHouse Rock LIVE, Jr
Mar 31 Last day of school before Spring Break
Apr 12 School resumes
May 06 GrandFriends Day - details to come
May 12 5-8 Spring Concert at ACS
Spirit Week is almost here! Monday is Jersey day and candy day! Each day at snack break we are selling treats to help raise money for our Compassion kids- Jenevit & Brandi. Each item will be $1 and there is a limit to 2 items to be sure that we have enough food!
Monday Jersey Day & $1 Candy
Tuesday Hawaiian Day & $1 Pop/Tea
Wednesday Old Person Day & $1 Donuts
Thursday PJ Day & $1 Popcorn
5th Grade
Reproductive Education: Ada Christian School is committed to nurturing the whole child - mind, body and soul - in Christian community. To support this mission, we have partnered with Willing to Wait to have a conversation about Reproductive Health for our 5th - 8th Grade students. In the coming weeks, it would be great to find an opportunity to discuss Reproductive Health with your child. After spring break, the 5th grade team plans to begin a short unit on Reproductive Education. Ms. Gerig will be with the girls while Mr. Stepanek will be with the boys. We plan to discuss identity, physical aspects of puberty, as well as treating our bodies with dignity and respect. Please have a conversation with your child before we have this conversation at school. More information and dates will be sent out in the coming weeks.
Art: 5th graders will be learning about color field painter Mark Rothko and experiment with using color to express emotions in some artwork inspired by Rothko’s work.
Bible: This week we learned about the lost sheep, coin, and son. Students are creating comic strips of their own last parables. Ask to see your child’s! Comics are due Thurs, Mar 31. Just a reminder that Ms. Gerig is in Israel through Spring Break.
Language Arts: This week we finished our persuasive letters and started our biography unit. We reviewed the purpose and characteristics of biographies, and students picked out the person they would like to research. Next week we will learn how to take research notes while reading through our biographies. When we finish our research after spring break, students will learn how to write speeches in the perspective of their chosen people!
Math: We are wrapping up our study on adding and subtracting fractions. There will be a test next week Tuesday (Mar 29). Students have a review sheet in the back of their notes packet.
Music - Band: Practice Records are due Mar 31. Videos too! GO BAND!
Music - Choir: Shepherd Songs and Pictures at an Exhibition, and March Mania!
Music - Orchestra: Practice Records are due on Thursday March 31. If you are leaving early make sure you turn this in early as well. If you are interested in summer lessons for strings I am offering them here at school! Here is the link to sign up!
PE: Students have learned the rules and skills of Pickleball. We will be continuing with another racket sport and learning the rules and skills of Badminton.
Science: Students have been learning about food chains, food webs, and ecosystems.
Social Studies: Students are wrapping up their Road to Revolution unit.
6th Grade
Art: 6th grader students will continue to work on creating their torn watercolor landscapes for 1 class period after spring break. Great artwork continues to develop as students continue their work on their art. Please check the homework calendar for project and sketchbook due dates.
Bible: This week we walked through 1st & 2nd Corinithians and Philippians. Students also worked on an OE chicken project with Miss Leah. Just a reminder that Ms. Gerig is in Israel through Spring Break.
Language Arts: This week we finished our paragraphs about our countries’ foods, and we started writing informational paragraphs about topics of our own choice.The rough draft for this paragraph is due on Mon, Mar. 28. The final draft of the paragraph is due on Tues, Mar. 29. We also began making other preparations for our World Fair websites including the collection of photos for each page of our sites! Next week we will continue to write and learn how to build our websites.
Math: We just finished up our study on functions and inequalities with a test this past Thursday. Next week we learn how to find the area of rectangles, triangles, and circles.
Music - Band: Practice Records are due Mar 31. Videos too! GO BAND!
Music - Choir: March Mania, The Sound of Music, Shepherd Songs and Irish Music!
Music - Orchestra: Your March Google Video is due Tuesday, March 31. If you are leaving early make sure you turn this in early as well. If you are interested in summer lessons for strings I am offering them here at school! Here is the link to sign up!
PE: Students have learned the rules and skills of Pickleball. We will be continuing with another racket sport and learning the rules and skills of Badminton.
Science: Students have been learning about and experiencing Newton’s three laws.
Social Studies: Students have an ancient Greece test next week Tuesday, Mar 29. They can use their study guides, social studies notebooks, G.C. notes, and worksheets to review.
7th Grade
Art: 7th graders will continue to work on painting their Lego self-portraits for 1 class after spring break. The portraits are starting to have an uncanny resemblance to the artists as more and more of the paint is added. Please check the homework calendar for project and sketchbook due dates.
Bible: In Bible we are taking time to look at some of the leaders of the Old Testament. The stories seventh graders are looking into give us good examples of how to be strong leaders in our communities.
History: Now that we’ve finished learning how and why tensions and divisions over slavery heightened in the 1800s, we start our study of the Civil War on Monday.
Language Arts: 7th graders are making great headway on their ProCon projects. So far they have learned about bibliographies and how to organize their notes according to body paragraphs as they research. This process involves spinning a lot of plates, but the kids are doing great! Next week we’ll be discussing how to appeal to an audience with ethos and pathos rather than just logic. We may start drafting next week. There is a parent assignment due This Thursday, but will be accepted later if necessary.
Math - 7th Math: The 7th graders have been learning about circumference, the area of a circle, and the area of composite shapes. Next week we will be learning about volume and surface area. We will have one more quiz before spring break, and have a project and test when we return to school.
Math - Algebra: In Algebra we will begin Chapter 9. Next week we will specifically focus on solving radicals before we jump into solving quadratic equations after Spring Break. We also are going to begin focusing on our course review as we prepare for a final exam at the end of the year.
Math - Pre-Algebra: We are working to get Chapter 9 done before spring break. A test is scheduled for Thur, Mar 31. It will be important for student to put in time and effort outside of class to make sure they are prepared for it. Students are welcome to come in and work during noon room and before and after school.
Music - Band: Practice Records are due Mar 31. Videos too! GO BAND!
Music - Choir: March Mania, Chitty Chitty, (quiz next week), Theory and Listening.
Music - Orchestra: Your March Google Video is due Tues, Mar 31. If you are leaving early make sure you turn this in early as well. If you are interested in summer lessons for strings I am offering them here at school! Here is the link to sign up!
PE: Students have learned the rules and skills of pickleball. They are finishing up their pickleball unit with a class tournament.
Science: To end this week we combined our knowledge about cells with our knowledge of photosynthesis & cellular respiration. We will continue next week learning about trees.
8th Grade
Art: Family shape projects and artist statements are due on Wed, Mar 30. Students are welcome to complete their project at lunch, before or after school. Next up in art we will be considering past and future milestones in artist life and create an artwork based on these milestones. Please check the homework calendar for project and sketchbook due dates.
Bible: 8th graders are continuing with work on their Plumb Bob project. The students have been brainstorming Bible verses which are meaningful to them, and have been investigating those verses in depth. They will have (or already had) a conversation with a parent or trusted elder about their plumb bob verse selection.
History: We’ve finished our study of WWI and are moving into a combined unit on the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression (1930s).
Language Arts: The 8th graders are moving quickly through The Diary of Anne Frank. Next week the students will receive a preview of a mini-memoirs project that is tied together with art. A week or two after Spring Break, students will receive more information and prep materials for the end-of-year exam. Time is flying!
Math - Algebra: 8th graders have been working hard to master factoring the past few weeks. Looking forward to next week, we will review on Monday and test on Tuesday/Wednesday. Thursday we will begin some exam prep, which will continue when we come back from spring break.
Math - Geometry: In Geometry we will spend some time reviewing some of our Algebra skills before we jump into Chapter 10 about circles. We also will begin spending time reviewing and preparing for our final exam.
Math - Pre-Algebra: We are working to get Chapter 9 done before spring break. A test is scheduled for Thurs, Mar 31. It will be important for student to put in time and effort outside of class to make sure they are prepared for it. Students are welcome to come in and work during noon room and before and after school.
Music - Band: Practice Records are due Mar 31. Videos too! GO BAND!
Music - Choir: The dress rehearsal went SO WELL! Two evening shows to do as this is getting ready to be published. Great singing and acting and dancing and everything! SO FUN.
Music - Orchestra: Your March Google Video is due Tues, Mar 31. If you are leaving early make sure you turn this in early as well. If you are interested in summer lessons for strings I am offering them here at school! Here is the link to sign up!
PE: Students have learned the rules and skills of pickleball. They are finishing up their pickleball unit with a class tournament.
Science: We have been working on our dissection, the keynote to summarize our dissection learning, and the learning the paths of the circulatory system.
Athletics
Spring sports are starting up practices in the upcoming weeks, game schedules should be released prior to spring break for all teams.
We are in need of a ⅚ boys baseball coach. Please let Mr. Meyaard (gro.naitsirhcada@draayemc) if you are interested or someone you know may be interested.
ACS Athletics Summer Camps:
Basketball Camp (June 27-30): Information and to sign-ups.
Volleyball Camp (July 25-28): Information and to sign-ups.