Middle School Matters – Apr 23, 2021

General Announcements

Dates:

May 07 - Half Day

May 10 - No school, teacher work day

May 17 - 56 Band/Orchestra Concerts (more details coming)

May 19 - 78 Band/Orchestra Concerts (more details coming)

2021-2022 Enrollment - Due Today

Dear Parents,

It is time to re-enroll your student(s) at ACS for the 2021-2022 school year. We ask that you complete the online enrollment form by Fri, Apr 23.

To complete the enrollment form for 2021-2022:

Log into PowerSchool using your web browser (laptop/desktop recommended over a mobile device)
Click on "Forms" in the left navigation menu
Complete the relevant forms

There is a Tuition & Grants section on the form.

The first TUITION amount you see is the calculation for the “Requested” or “Full Cost” amount of tuition.
In the GRANT section, thanks to the generous, ongoing support of the ACS Education Foundation and our annual fundraising efforts, you will see the maximum grant amount you may accept towards your tuition. The grant is available for all families. Families that are able to pay the “Requested” or “Full Cost” of tuition will receive a charitable receipt for the difference (Thank You!).
For families needing additional tuition assistance, you may complete an online application through FACTS, by May 14. Qualifying families will be notified of the assistance amounts no later than June and adjustments to your tuition total will be made at that time.

We have worked hard to ensure our online enrollment process will go well for our families; however, we realize you may have questions during this process. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

5th Grade

Art: Fifth Graders will be finishing their Pointillism Landscapes this week. Next week we will be moving into a new Unit, focusing on Wayne Theibaud.

Bible: This week we have been walking through Jesus’ journeys outdoors to review Jesus’ life and ministry. At each stop students have been reflecting on connections to their own lives.

History: Next week students will be taking the reading MAP test in social studies.

Language Arts: This week we finished researching our biographies and began writing informative speeches. Next week we will finish the final drafts and begin practicing delivery of the speeches for a virtual Wax Museum presentation!

Math: Next week we will be learning about geometry and classifying triangles and polygons!

Music - Band: Keep those practice minutes coming - we are working on our concert music. They are doing a great job!

Music - Choir: We completed our symphony concert this past week. Next up: lots of singing and movement!

PE: This week we finished up playing various baseball/softball games that involved working on our striking skills. We start up a fun olympic week next week.

Science: We’ve been studying plant vascular systems. In the coming week we will continue our study of plants with a look at flowers.

Spanish: This week we finished our cultural study on Peru and Inca and began a new story unit on “The boy who doesn’t like fish.”

6th Grade

Art: Sixth grade students are in the process of building their clay animal bowls and will have 2 more class periods to work on these.

Bible: This week we continued studying the Psalms and took the Psalm 23 quiz.

History: Next week students will be taking the reading MAP test in social studies.

Language Arts: This week students created many new pages for their World Fair websites! They are looking fantastic! Next week we will continue our work. Stay updated on due dates for each page by checking the Moodle Homework Calendar.

Math: Next week we will be learning about statistical measures (mean, median, mode, and rage).

Music - Band: Great video quiz this past week. WOW. Ask for a concert at home! We have a lot of music - a great way to practice would be to play through the band book page 3x, then play at least 3 sheets of full band sheet music each time they practice.

Music - Choir: We are finishing the Sound of Music this week and singing the songs from the show as well.

PE: This week we finished up playing various baseball/softball games that involved working on our striking skills. We start up a fun olympic week next week.

Science: We will be looking at living things under the microscope this week!

Spanish: This week we are working on a story that has clues on how to color a pictorial version of the story - all in Spanish. Great reading comprehension practice!

7th Grade

Art: We are spray painting the Nevelson inspired boxes this week and will be moving into a collage unit starting next week.

Bible: We are going through the paradise walk which follows the life and ministry of Jesus. This is allowing students to discuss all that Jesus is and has done for us and apply it to their lives. We are spending much of our time outside visiting places around campus that remind us of Jesus so students should be prepared for outdoor weather.

History: Students will be taking the MAP Reading Test in class and continuing our study of the colonies.

Math - 7th Math: We will wrap up our unit on measurable figures late next week. Rather than an end of unit assessment, students will be applying their knowledge of area, volume, and surface area to design a city. This project will count as a test grade. Students will also be taking their last round of MAP testing during the first week of May.

Math - Algebra: We will be working through Chapter 11 and learning about statistics. We will also be reviewing probability throughout this chapter as well!

Math - Pre-Algebra: We are just about to finish up our unit on Statistics and Probability. This unit does not involve complicated concepts, but there are some long and tedious problems that we have gone through. It will be important for students to know how to find measures of variability and the Mean Absolute deviation on their test which will be on Thursday. We will be doing our last round of MAPS tests during the first week of May.

Music - Choir: Composition continues along with some listening to Edvard Grief and Serge Prokovief’s music.

PE: This week we finished up playing various baseball/softball games that involved working on our striking skills. We start up a fun olympic week next week.

Science: We have spent some good time getting familiar with the periodic table and elements. Next week we will look at patterns in the table and starting to look at how elements combine to make molecules.

Spanish: Oh the silly stories this week! We had fun acting them and reviewing our class stories. Stories are posted on Google classroom for all to enjoy.

8th Grade

Art: We are finishing up with the Milestones painting this week and next week we will be moving into a Street Art unit due today Apr 23.

History: We’ve finished our study of the North & South growing apart; there is a test Tuesday. Wednesday-Friday students will be taking the MAP Reading test.

Math - Algebra: Students will be finishing our probability and statistics unit with a test on Tuesday. We will be finishing strong with our final two chapters: Solving Quadratic Equations and Radical Functions.

Math - Geometry: We will be wrapping up our chapter about circles this week with a test on Wednesday. We will begin learning about area and perimeter later in the week.

Math - Pre-Algebra: We are nearing the end of one of the most challenging units students have seen this year - solving systems of equations. Students can expect a test on Wednesday, before beginning our final unit on statistics and probability.

Music - Band: We have a band exam - there are 24 scales in this exam - students should be working on their scale videos.

Music - Choir: We just finished Fiddler on the Roof - next up is composition, some singing, the Graduation Song, etc.

PE: This week we finished up playing various baseball/softball games that involved working on our striking skills. We start up a fun olympic week next week.

Science: Students should be well into their dissection keynote. We will learn about the circulatory system and be moving into the nervous system shortly.

Spanish: Students ended the week with a test over unit 11. Next week we will start a new unit that will take us to the end of the year.

Athletics

All spring sports have officially started practice by now and will be competing in games/meets/matches soon.

All 5-8 graders must have a Physical Examination Form completed before they can participate in sports for the 2021-2022 school year. This physical examination should be completed on or after Apr 15, 2021 to valid for next school year.