Orange Team Weekly Update
Week of 10/28-10/31
Upcoming Due Dates
Click here to see the team’s homework calendar!
November reading starts on Friday! Make sure your student reads over the long weekend.
Breaking News
- Please click here to learn more about the PTO’s new online directory!
- Parents-Just a reminder to check your email/spam folder for an email from Panorama Education . This is a family school relationship survey we are asking our families to complete. The data we receive will help guide our work around character education. Thank you for your participation.
- Join our Remind: Just text @hxorange to 81010 to sign up for text reminders!
- Follow Mrs. Tobey on Instagram to see what’s going on in science class! @tobey.sci
- Families, please join us at Hixson on November 6 at 6pm for an event kicking off a community effort to crowd-source a children’s book about the incredible Black history of Webster Groves. This event features a children's author help us learn how to be story sleuths in uncovering local history, community historians and experts, packets with everything you need to get you going, and a play area for our youngest attendees. Then, you are invited to stay for a play written for young audiences based on Studs Terkel's bestseller, "Race." The 30 minute play will be most engaging for upper elementary age and older. We will provide snacks to help with dinner hour.
- We are excited to be able to offer the opportunity for all of our students to attend a showing of Harriet on November 26th at Ronnie’s Cinema. Harriet is a biopic about Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who, after escaping enslavement, led 70 other slaves to freedom. Please click here to complete the permission slip and turn it into the office no later than November 11th. You can either send in the $10 payment with your form or complete your payment online here.
Classroom Happenings
ELA: Ms. Kraushaar
Science: Mrs. Tobey
This week, students turn their summative test over eclipses and seasons. Next week, students are going to complete our pumpkin drop experiment and start an engineering design project.
Social Studies: Mr. Cahn
This week was focused on the Dharmic religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, their main beliefs and how they are practiced. Next week we will shift gears and travel to the Middle East for the monotheistic religions.
Mark Your Calendars
Friday, November 1st: Rock and Roll Bingo Fundraiser, 6pm-10pm
Friday, November 1st: No School/Teacher PD
Wednesday, November 6th: Race Play, 7pm in Auditorium
Wednesday, November 6th: Hixson PTO Meeting, 7pm in Library
Thursday, November 7th: Firenza Pizza Fundraiser, 4:30-8:30pm
Thursday, November 7th: 7th and 8th Grade Orchestra Concert, 6:30-7:30pm in Auditorium
Contact Us
Ms. Kraushaar: kraushaar.kaitlyn@wgmail.org
Mrs. Tobey: tobey.kelsey@wgmail.org