AdvancEd Survey

Dear Parents and Students,

You are invited to provide insight and feedback to help us improve our school by taking our AdvancEd Survey.  Please consider helping us with this endeavor.  Student feedback is also important and valuable as we continue to strive toward excellence.  Most students were able to participate in Advisory class.  However, if your child did not, there is a link below.

Parent Survey

http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/section/response/begin?surveyConfigId=314528

Student Survey (Grades 6-12)

http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/section/response/begin?surveyConfigId=314534

Thank you for taking your time to provide valuable feedback.  Go Wildcats!

Happy Reading

7th Grade Author Visit

7th Grade Author Visit

David Stricklen

December 11, 2015

Have a passion for writing and creating stories?  Meet Dave Stricklen who as a young adult enjoyed writing and crafting stories.  It was not until he retired from the police department, that he followed his life long dream of writing.  His first book, Beyond Blackwater Pond, was a huge success.  

8th Grade Unit of Study: The Giver

The Giver

Is it possible to live in a perfect society? What do you value more individual rights or common good? Readers are reading one of the first dystopian novels, The Giver.

December 1-5

Make foldable: characters, theme, symbols and questions

Read Chapters 1-4

December 8-12

Read Chapters 5-10

December 15-19

Read Chapters 11-12

Critically view The Giver

Please download and sign the permission slip if your child DOES NOT have permission to view the movie.
https://docs.google.com/a/nvps.net/document/d/1jRZiXO6cDk5c4aGyiSL8U13B8LV8O0lBrENCh4l50Hc/edit

7th Grade Unit of Study: Studying Characters Through Key Details

Studying Characters Through Key Details

The Outsiders

As students read The Outsiders,  they will analyze characters' external pressures and internals strengths to develop theories about the characters.  Readers will collect text evidence to create a literary analysis.  

https://docs.google.com/a/nvps.net/presentation/d/1mhX0nZfwRsVexjmyWxsn7PKZXDDHIwDD9kWXEk4WT9Q/edit#slide=id.p

Week of December 1-5

Create a foldable to track thinking about characters

Read Chapters 1-4.

Homework:  Read Chapters 5-6 and track thoughts about characters.  

Week of December 8-12

Chapter 1-6 Quiz

Read Chapters 7-10

Homework: Read Chapter 11 and track thoughts about characters

Week of December 15-19

Read Chapter 12

Write a Literary Analysis about Character and Theme
See Rubric
 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-39-4UwRXCSV19GSzI0OGFPVGc/edit?usp=sharing

Critically View The Outsiders
Permission Slip to View The Outsiders  (only download and return if your child does not have permission to view)

https://docs.google.com/a/nvps.net/document/d/14vmb4xX3Of4Zh8nG8OJ15mB-uiBl8nGq9U-NKqwm3Tg/edit

Note: Each student was assigned a new copy of The Outsiders to read for this unit. At the end of the unit, students must return the book that was assigned to them.  There will be a $8.00 fee assessed to books with excessive damage and lost books.

8th Grade Grandparent Biography Student Questions

Across Generations Legacy: Grandparent Project

You asked and we answered.  A number of you had questions about the Across Generations Legacy: Grandparent Project.  We compiled your questions and answered them.  Click on the link below to see the questions and answers.

https://docs.google.com/a/nvps.net/document/d/1oX1DvGH1R-lnS8qbAfLOms9oh9Fa6U2cmBzrlsIvHXw/edit?usp=sharing