Back to School Night

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Back to School Night

• Eighth Grade
• Class of 2010

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Welcome!

• Please
• Ensure you have handout
• Contact Information
• Science Curriculum

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Teacher Web Pages
• Curriculum
• Important Dates
• Lunch Program
• Contact Information/Questions
• Room Moms

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Welcome

• Introductions
• Room 8
• Mrs. Visser
• Room 8A
• Mr. Detanna

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8th Grade Teacher Web Pages

• http//teacherweb.com/CA/SaintHedwig/Detanna/apt1.
  aspx
• http//teacherweb.com/CA/SaintHedwig/Visser/apt1.a
  spx

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Curriculum
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Religion

• History of the Church
• Origins through reformation
• Morality
• Social Justice tenants
• Family Life
• Family Planning

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Social Studies

• Medieval and Early Modern Times
• Study of Ancient Empires
• Historical Perspectives
• Appreciation of word cultures
• Roman Empire, starting point
• Research and presentations
• Critical thinking
• Technology

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Literature

• Literature Text
• Selected short stories
• Novel Studies
• The Giver by Lois Lowry
• Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne
  Frank
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• Unit on Poetry
• Ballad, lyric, couplet, epic, elegy, ode, sonnet
• Personal Reading
• 1 book of a different genre per quarter
• Lexile Reading Level

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English Composition

• English
• Grammar
• Parts of speech, verbals, participles, phrases,
  clauses, parts of the sentence, etc.
• High School preparation
• Writing
• UCI Writing Project, 6 Traits, Nancie Atwell
• Persuasive, descriptive, narrative, research, and
  expository in accordance with the California
  State Standards.
• Laptop Computers

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Word Dissection/ Vocabulary

• Word Dissection
• First half of year
• Tests every Thursday
• Vocabulary
• Second half of the year
• Tests every Thursday

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Responsibility Training Program

• Reports and Rewards
• Begin week with 100 points
• Five points (5) are deducted for a violation
• Parents receive weekly written report
• Parents sign and return it
• Due The Next School Day
• Weekly report averaged for report card grade
• Serious infractions will receive immediate
  intervention and consequences
• Students are to communicate reasons for all
  deductions

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Homework/Participation

• Homework
• Turned in on time and complete Full Credit
• Turned in late No Credit
• Except for Excused Absences
• Agendas have been provided for each student
• Mandatory
• Absences
• Students responsibility to obtain any missed
  work/homework.
• Students have equal to the amount of days they
  are absent to make up the missed work.
• Participation
• Participation will be a combination of class work
  and student involvement in the lessons.

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Grading

• GradeLink
• Updated on a weekly basis.
• Based on a point system.
• The final grade at the end of the assessment
  period, the following school-wide grading scale
  will be used
• 100-93 A 79-77 C 62-60 D-
• 92-90 A- 76-73 C
  59 or Below F
• 89-87 B 72-70 C-
• 86-83 B 69-67 D
• 82-80 B- 66-63 D

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Important Dates

• 8th Grade Hot Lunch October 16 23
• Museum of Tolerance November 12th (Drivers
  needed)
• 8th Grade Retreat December 10th (Drivers
  needed)
• Valentine Luncheon- February 11th
• 8th Grade Graduation Hot Lunch- March 26
• May Crowning- May 14th
• 8th Grade Dance- June 4th
• Disneyland- June 9th
• Graduation Awards Night- June 10th
• Graduation- June 11th
• Other field trip(s) are being investigatedstay
  tuned for further information!

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Curriculum Fees

• Sacred Heart Retreat- 11.00 per student
• Museum of Tolerance- 12.00 per student
• Due by Friday, Sept. 11th 23.00

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Hot Lunch Program

• CHILDRENS CHOICE
• Web Address www.ChoiceLunch.com  
• Cost of lunch - 4.70
• Emergency lunches  Additional 1.45
• Childrens Choice will bill parents for an
  Emergency Lunch. 

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Other Important Information/Questions

• Mrs. Visser
• Email svisser_at_sainthedwigparish.org
• Mr. Detanna
• Email bdetanna_at_sainthedwigparish.org

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Room Moms

• Peggy Holloway
• Rose Lewis
• Grace Masterson
• Christine Fults