Good Afternoon,

This morning in our EL class we did a listening activity about the history of Halloween and how the celebration came to this country.  Ask your son or daughter what he or she learned.

A couple important reminders -

• 2 hour delay tomorrow (11-1)
• No school next Tuesday (11-7)
• Vocabulary Quiz in EL Class next Friday (11-10)
• End of Trimester next Friday (11-10) - This one is VERY IMPORTANT!  Several students are missing some assignments in my class and in other classes.  In my class if they are not turned in by next Friday, they become zeros and cannot be turned in for a grade later.  Most of the grades in my EL class come from the iLit program that we are using and from the vocabulary quizzes.  If students are behind in iLit (they should have completed everything through week 7 by this Friday), they need to spend some time at home getting caught up.  

Please double check with your student to see that he or she has all of the required school supplies.  This includes ear buds of some sort that will work with the Chromebooks.  These are often needed in class and students should have them in their pencil bags so that they are always prepared.  

Thank you for your support and encouragement of your student!  It is very important that students know that their parents value education and expect them to try their best.  As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at debra_skarsten@plsd.us or call the school at 614-830-2200.  

Have a great day!

Good Afternoon,

I hope that all of you are receiving the Tuesday newsletters from Mrs. Bertke, our principal.  They are sent via email to the address listed on Infinite Campus.  If you are not receiving them, please check your email information on IC.  If there is an error or something that needs added or changed, please let the office know. 

Tomorrow is our Panther Prowl.  This is a new event this year and a way that the PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) is trying to raise money for student events in the school.  All students and teachers will be walking around the track 2 times in the morning during first period.  Students are encouraged to wear shirts/hats from their favorite sports teams if they wish.  If it is raining, we will walk inside during that time.  Please dress appropriately. 

As always, please make sure you are checking your student's grades in IC regularly.  8th grade English has a 5 paragraph essay due on Thursday.  This is 50% of the grade for this grading period (district policy).  7th grade will be writing their essay next week.  A great deal of practice has gone in to this to try to help students be successful. 

Thank you to those of you who came to Parent Teacher Conferences.  This is always a helpful time for parents, teachers and students to talk and make sure that we are all doing the best we can to help each student be his/her best.  If you were unable to come to conferences, (or even if you did come to conferences) please feel free to email teachers any time if you have a questions or concerns. 

Have a great day!

WINTER SPORTS PRE-SEASON MEETING

Any student interested in playing a winter sport, there will be a mandatory pre-season athletic meeting THIS Wednesday, October 18th at 6:00pm in the gym at Lakeview Junior High. The meeting will cover OHSAA and PLSD eligibility rules and regulations.

If you attended the Fall pre-season meeting you DO NOT need to attend.

At 6:30pm you will have an opportunity to meet your head coach and receive information on open gyms, tryout dates, and schedules. We look forward to seeing you on the 18th!

Good Afternoon Parents and Caregivers,

Some news to be aware of for this week -

• Interim grades were posted for students on Friday.  If you have not checked Infinite Campus recently, please check.  We are half way through the grading period.  The period ends on November 10.  We do not send home paper interim reports in Junior High so the only way to see the grades is to check IC. 
• No school on Friday 10/13 or Monday 10/16 for students.
• Monday 10/16, Thursday 10/19, and Tuesday 10/24 are Parent-Teacher Conferences.  If you have not scheduled one but would like to, please let me know quickly.  Available times are decreasing.  Also I need to know if you would like an interpreter or not.  Thank you to those that have already scheduled! I, and the rest of your child's teachers, look forward to meeting with you. 
• Vocabulary quiz in my class on Thursday of this week.  Students have the lists and definitions and can use Quizlet to practice their words.  
• We started something new in my class last week.  Each day when students enter the room, they are to write on the board what they will do to be great in school today.  It is an attempt to get students to think about the role and responsibility they have in their own learning.  Ask your student what he/she wrote each day.  
• We are getting the problems with iLit worked out.  I will start taking grades on it this week.  Some students are behind and need to catch up.  Week 4 assignments will be graded this week.  All prior work needs to be done before Week 4 assignments will show up.  We do some work on this in class daily but some students will need to do some work outside of class to catch up. 
• 8th Grade - Science project due on 10/13!!  

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please feel free to email me.  Have a wonderful week!

Good Afternoon,

A couple brief reminders:

*Make sure you are checking your child's grades on Infinite Campus from time to time.  If you are not sure how to do that, ask your child.
*Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up in October.  Please let me know as soon as possible if you want a conference and if you need an interpreter at your conference. 
*Tonight is the Homecoming football game with extra ceremonies at game for the occasion. If your child has never seen this, it might be fun to attend.

*****8th grade only - Independent Reading Project in English 8 was due today.  If it was not turned in today, it must be turned in on Monday to avoid losing points.   Also, science project is due October 13 and students should be working on this daily.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Good Afternoon,

I hope you have had a good week!  I know many students are looking forward to attending Teen Night at the school tonight.

This week in my class we started working daily on a program called iLit.  We had a few technical difficulties today but it was a good first week.  I will be posting grades from the assessments given as part of this program beginning next week.  I'll tell you more then.

This week in my class we worked on a 5 sentence paragraph.  The paragraph should be 1 topic sentence, 3 detail sentences, and one conclusion sentence.  Some common mistakes were - forgetting to indent the first line of the paragraph, capitalization errors, and not sticking to the prompt.  We will continue to work on writing throughout the year.  The format for this paragraph is the format I will expect students to use.

We also started our weekly vocabulary words.  Students will get 8 new words next week.  A quiz over all 16 words will be next Friday. (matching) Practice is set up for students on Quizlet to use as they wish.

8th grade only - There is a science research project that students should be working on.  It is due October 13.  Students should spend some time each day working on this.

Please make sure you are checking your child's grades on Infinite Campus.  Some students are very behind in their work and need to improve their study efforts.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Monday Parents,

I am going to try something new.  I hope it will work.  I set up this blog because it is linked with Google Translate.  My hope was that I could share the same information with all parents, regardless of language.  I can see from the pages that I view that it is rarely being looked at.  Perhaps it is hard to remember to check it from time to time?

Therefore, I have set up an EL Parent email and used the emails from Infinite Campus.  I will include a link to the blog in the email.  That will hopefully be an easy way to check the blog and you can use the Google Translate feature as needed.

I wanted to make everyone aware that Parent-Teacher conferences are coming up in October.  The dates will be October 16 from 11AM - 7PM (no school for students that day) and October 19 from 4PM to 7PM and October 24 from 4PM to 7PM.  If you are interested in a Parent Teacher Conference, please let me know at your earliest convenience.  I need to know what date and time you prefer.  I also need to know if you would like an interpreter or not.

Have a wonderful week!