Team Woolloomooloo Newsletter

As an IB MYP school, each 8th grader is required to complete a community service project called the Community Project. This project will take place in advisory from November 19-February 27th. For this project, students will identify one of their communities, an issue within their community, then plan and take action to impact that issue. Students will then present their project at the end of February. Students will attend an 8th grade assembly introducing the project on November 19th during advisory. Be sure to ask your students about this exciting capstone!

Do not hesitate to contact your students' advisory teacher, or Ms. Daniels (IB Coordinator), Caitlin.Daniels@k12.dc.gov, with questions.

For our trips to Costa Rica and France, we are still working to receive final approval and will share registration information as soon as we are able. Please note: the registration deadline will approach quickly, so families will need to move quickly to sign up for the trip and submit all forms.

The number one thing families can do to prepare for this trip is ensure their student has a current passport (valid through November of 2025). If your student does not yet have a passport, we strongly recommend your family move quickly to obtain one.

All students requesting a recommendation for high school must complete the following steps:

1. Have a personal conversation with your teacher to request a recommendation.
2. Complete the recommendation request form (linked below by team).
3. Share your teachers' email on the school's application site.
4. Send the teacher an email to let them know you completed the form and thank them for their time.

As Deal teachers receive many recommendation requests, all requests should be submitted at least two weeks prior to the application school's deadline and will be completed in the order they are received. Recommendations are completed at the discretion of the teacher. Students are responsible for maintaining positive relationships with their teacher and meeting high academic expectations.

While completing this form, students are required to submit complete, thoughtful responses that reflect the time and energy they expect from their recommending teacher. Incomplete or insufficient responses may result in the teacher not submitting a recommendation.

Recommendation Request Links:

• Team Havana Recommendation Request Link

• Team Woolloomooloo Recommendation Request Link

• Team Izu Recommendation Request Link

• Team Kendrick Recommendation Request Link

• Off-Team Teacher Recommendation Request Link

If your student needs a recommendation from a teacher not on these form (including 7th grade teachers), please email that teacher directly.

Attention, all Deal scholars! The National Junior Honor Society has officially launched for the school year 2023-2024. This is a national academic organization that serves to foster and recognize excellence in academic scholarship and community service in our nation’s youth. Every spring, hundreds of our 7th and 8th grade students are inducted into Deal chapter of NJHS and it is amazing to see how hard they work and the profound impact that their service has on our community. In order to participate, students must successfully complete each of the action steps noted below by all due dates.

Nov. 8-Digital application to join NJHS is due. Link is in the newsletters and also below.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7kagKk6zM0qSt5md8rwKMg3E4iKM63JHqyuRN_j1E6lUQ1BLS0M2RzFaRTlVWFBPNEhTNlNQRDkzWC4u

Dec. 13-Students will be formally invited to register for NJHS via Canvas

May 20-All community service and extracurricular club forms are due. Link for community service form is below. Canvas course will close for processing and late submissions won’t be possible.

Fillable_Community_Service_Hours_Form.pdf

June 10-NJHS Induction and Recognition Ceremony at 6:30.

Seventh graders- In order to be inducted in June, you must complete a minimum of 15 community service hours and submit your forms/evidence in Canvas. You must also be on A/B Honor Roll or Principal’s Roll for terms 1-3. Finally, you must participate in at least one extracurricular club and submit your form/evidence of this in Canvas.

Eighth graders- In order to be recognized as an active NJHS member for SY24-25 in June, you must complete a new set of 15 community service hours and submit your forms/evidence in Canvas. You must also be on A/B Honor Roll or Principle’s Honor Roll for terms 1-3. Finally, you must participate in at least one extracurricular club this year and submit your form/evidence in Canvas.

If you have any additional questions, please reach out to me at stephanie.lienemann@k12.dc.gov via email.

All student immunization records are due to be updated by December 1st. If you received a letter stating your student's immunizations are not in compliance, please make sure the nurse receives their updated immunization records no later than December 1st. Please contact the school nurse with any questions or concerns.

Instruction at Deal begins at 8:45 AM and ends at 3:15 PM. To ensure they have time to clear security, visit their lockers, and make it to class before the bell, students should plan to arrive at Deal no later than 8:20 AM. We appreciate your support to build good habits early in the year.

Want to learn more about what's going on in your student's language class? You can find the World Languages Newsletter here: https://secure.smore.com/u/patricia.balestra4

Most of our 8th graders will have the opportunity to be in art class this upcoming year, so please help our art teachers provide our students with all of the necessary supplies to get the most creative work from our talented young people!

Ms. Hargreaves: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/MUK8QEAEHHUO?ref_=wl_share

Mr. Cunningham: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/368Y16JA3GQ30?ref_=wl_share

Mr. Lowder: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/IRPKFUJ90BY?ref_=wl_share

We know that there was a technical issue with the last link, so here is a second try. Please let me know if it still doesn't work.

If you're child is looking for a high school recommendation, please have them follow these steps:

1. Ask the teacher (in person) for a recommendation.
2. Fill out the form to help teachers best respond.

THANK YOU!! We can't thank you enough for donating supplies. We appreciate your thoughtfulness and dedication to helping and supporting our students!

With your donations, you are helping us reward our students with their Mooloo Mulah!

Click here to access our Amazon Wishlist.

Hello Woolloomooloo Families!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Our team breakfast celebration could not have been a success without the help of our parents/guardians. We had so many good snacks/breakfast treats for everyone (and whoever brought "Call Your Mother Bagels", they were amazing!); it was a great way to celebrate the end of Advisory 1. It's truly one of my favorite times to have with our 8th graders, and I know that they too appreciate the celebration/food as well.

Parents, we are asking that students keep their electronics (iPads, headphones, apple watch, etc.) at home or with their Yondr pouch. Unfortunately, throughout the year these will often get misplaced, broken, and even stolen in some cases so we are asking that parents have these conversations about keeping electronics locked in their Yondr pouch or keep them at home. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Upcoming Assessments:

Wednesday, November 13 - RCT unit 2

Homework: No Homework this week

Unit 3 family resources:

• Unit 3: Linear Relationships
• Unidad 3 materiales para la familia Relaciones lineales

Algebra 1: This week in algebra 1 students continued practicing domain and range of functions and were introduced to piecewise functions and absolute value functions. Next week in algebra 1 students will complete an investigation on transformations of absolute value graphs, learn about inverse functions and review for the unit 4 end of unit RCT that will be on Monday, November 25th.

Upcoming Assessments: None

Homework: No paper homework this week. Deltamath assignment due Sunday by 10pm.

Unit 4 family resources:

• Functions
• Unidad 4 en Espanol

IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS FROM THIS WEEK

• Battle of Lexington and Concord Work – Paper worksheet with a source to annotate about the Battle of Lexington and Concord and questions to answer about what the battle was, why it’s significant and what might come next
• Political Philosophers Debrief – Canvas Assignment asking questions about Enlightenment thinkers and their contributions to the formation of U.S. government based on Station Walk Organizer worked on in class Wednesday, 11/13
• UNIT 2 FORMATIVE – 1-2 paragraph typed response in Canvas Assignments taking on the question of whether colonists were right or wrong to go to war with Britain based on work done in this unit so far! Feedback given to students upon request in class Friday, 11/15 and Monday, 11/18 before grade goes on for Criterion D (Thinking Critically)

******FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITY: I NEED YOUR HELP!*******

On December 11th, Team Woolloomooloo will go to the International Spy Museum. We have a large number of students this year and in order for this trip to be successful we are asking for your help! If you are able to chaperone this trip it would be greatly appreciated. You will be in charge of 10-15 students throughout the day. Chaperones need to be at Deal by 8:45 AM and we will be back by 2:45-3:00 PM. Chaperones need to have DCPS clearance to attend the trip. I have attached the guidance on how to obtain the clearance below this blurb. Please email me at caleb.selph@k12.dc.gov if you are able to chaperone this trip.

DCPS Clearance Process!

• There was no homework this week.

Next week, we will complete the thermos design project and begin unit 3 (Chemical Reactions). At the end of this week, students will be able to identify and compare the physical and chemical properties of matter. Students will be able to calculate the density, mass and volume of a regularly shaped object.

• Homework will be available on canvas.

Hello everyone!

This week, students worked on their multi-genre response on the American dream. Students were to pick a genre of their choice to create a response that shows their understanding of the American dream from texts we used in the unit. They got really creative! Students were also asked to explain in writing how their piece showed the American dream. Ask about what they did if you get the chance.

• This assignment was due on Friday, November 15th
• It can be found on Canvas in Multi-Genre Response: Talking About the American Dream

Next week, we will be taking a look at some texts that that will be themes for Unit 2: Community and Connections. Students will be working on annotating and understanding informational texts.

***We will begin reading our next book, 145th Street, in about a month. If you haven't already purchased it. It would be great if you could so the student can have their own copy for in book annotations and assignments for homework. If you are able to buy more than one copy, we'd appreciate to have extra copies for other students.***

Have a great weekend!

The latest library newsletter has arrived! Check it out at the link below:

https://secure.smore.com/n/9vs8z

If you would like to contact us, please feel free to do so using the links below. Expect a response from teachers, during school hours, within 1 to 2 business days, of the time your communication was received.

Haller - Michael.Haller@k12.dc.gov

Beliveau - jacqueline.beliveau@k12.dc.gov

Selph - caleb.selph@k12.dc.gov

Mbanwie - Brunhilda.Mbanwie@k12.dc.gov

Turchetta - nicholas.turchetta@k12.dc.gov

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