Team Woolloomooloo Newsletter

Deal is excited to introduce Ms. O'Brien, our new 8th grade social worker! Her contact information will be shared as soon as it is finalized by DCPS, and she will start introducing herself to students this week. Below, Ms. O'Brien introduces herself in her own words:

My name is Nicole OBrien and I am the new 8th grade Social Worker at Deal MS. I am thrilled to join a fantastic team of professionals at Deal and am so excited to work with the amazing students. I have been a social worker in the District for over 15 years, specializing in behavioral health services for children, youth and families. I hope to bring my passion for providing youth with behavioral services to the academic setting- I truly believe when kids feel well, they learn well.

We will hold a mandatory meeting for all students and families attending world language trips on Thursday, January 9th at 6:30 PM. This meeting is required for students who are already registered for the trip. Students who are not registered should not attend the meeting, as the deadline has already passed.

Meetings will take place in the following locations:

• Costa Rica - Auditorium
• Costa Rica (Spanish Humanities) - E100
• France - Cafeteria
• Taiwan - W100

The National Cherry Blossom Festival, in conjunction with Events DC, invites young designers from District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) in grades 8th-12th to submit unique sneaker designs inspired by the National Cherry Blossom Festival springtime celebration. The top selected designs will be transformed into artistic creations on

sneakers by the youth artists themselves, culminating in a special exhibition.

Information about the competition is available HERE. Students should submit their designs by 5:00 pm on Monday, January 6.

UPDATE! We have 12 hosting families [THANK YOU!] and our goal is 20 families – PLEASE JOIN US 😊

January 25th: 6pm – 8pm

Students and families from all grades are welcome and encouraged to join us for International Night! This time-honored Alice Deal event brings together the Alice Deal community as we celebrate the many cultures and nations represented among our student body. The event includes "Taste of the Nation" tables where families share sample size offerings of foods from around the world.

Please sign up as a host Deal International Night Volunteer Host Tables

Wear your dancing shoes - we will have a DJ! And of course, Deal merch will be on sale.

Join us for this festive night of celebration! Buy your tickets here https://DealInternation.givesmart.com

****International Night is our number one fundraiser for important scholarship dollars for the upcoming 8th grade foreign language trips!

Questions: shannonharrisbehm@hotmail.com

We are excited to invite Deal students and families to attend Dunbar High School Open House! This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about our historic school, academic programs, and vibrant community.

Open House Dates:

• Tuesday, December 12th, 2024 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
• Thursday, January 25th, 2025 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Students are well on their way to planning their projects! Students spent this week writing goal statements and will continue planning next week by creating an action plan. All donation drives will take place at our annual CP Fair on 1/25 from 4:30-6:30 (before International Night).

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

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!

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful break spending time with family and celebrating the holidays. We are back in full swing!

Please be aware that the end of Term 2 is approaching (January 27th).

Have a great weekend!

Upcoming Assessments: None

Homework: Paper HW due Friday. Passed I-Ready lesson due Sunday.

Unit 4 family resources:

• Unit 4: Linear Equations and Linear Systems
• Unidad 4 materiales para la familia Ecuaciones lineales y sistemas lineales

Algebra 1: This week in algebra 1 students reviewed graphing exponential functions and writing expressions to find percent change. Next week in algebra 1, we will continue in unit 5 learning about compound interest.

Upcoming Assessments:

• RCT Unit 5 – week of 1/13

Homework: Paper HW due Friday. Deltamath assignment due Sunday at 10PM.

Unit 5 family resources:

• Intro to Exponential Functions
• Unidad 5 en Espanol

IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS FROM THIS WEEK

• Unit 3 Seminar (FORMATIVE B) - Canvas Assignments, Unit 3 – Students prepare for discussion about our government by thinking about what government must do or provide or not take away from its people, if government is meeting these needs and responsibilities and if the Bill of Rights applies today! This will be handed in before end of this week to show preparation for our Seminar on 6 January!

Happy New year all!

This week, we worked on factors that affect the rate of a chemical reaction.

Next week, we will examine through experimentation how the rate of a chemical reaction can be changed just by physically changing the reactants. We will take the midterm MAP Assessment.

Homework

• There will be homework on canvas.
• Students should bring one Alka seltzer each for their experiment.

Hello everyone!

This week, we reacclimatized ourselves back from the break and did an intro activity for our next novel, 145th Street. Students were asked to think about their own neighborhoods and communities and created a map showing important places to them. Then they wrote out the story of one of the important places.

Next week, we will begin reading 145th Street. We start out with Big Joe's Funeral. Please make sure students bring their copy of 145th Street to school on Monday. Later in the week, we will reading Human Family by Maya Angelou and compare the two texts.

Have a great weekend and happy holidays!

Happy New Year! Let's make 2025 a great year for reading and inquiry! Check out these great resources that the library is offering in January. Check out this month's Library Newsletter below:

https://secure.smore.com/n/veq7k

Library overdue emails were sent out in December and I have heard from several families about books overdue that are owed to different schools. Please disregard titles owed to other sites. At the end of the year, I will send another notice email. Notices will only include Deal items moving forward. Sorry about any confusion!

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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