Book Club participants traveled to the Museum of York County for the LCSD Middle School Read In last Friday. Students enjoyed a planetarium show that displayed the constellations visible in the Carolina skies. Students also had the opportunity to explore the various exhibits in the museum. Students gathered together for a pizza lunch before returning to school.

The 3rd nine weeks grading period ends on March 13th. Be sure to complete all missing assignments in time for teachers to grade. Report cards will be published on March 25th. Parent-teacher conferences are from 4:30-6:30 on March 6th.

We want to emphasize the importance of keeping your child home from school, if they are experiencing symptoms of illness. Schools are seeing an increase in cases of flu and stomach viruses. If you are unsure if you should send your child to school, please contact the school nurse for guidance. If your child becomes ill during the school day, we will contact you to pick them up. Schools must have current, up-to-date contact information on file for your student.

Please do not send your child to school if he/she is experiencing:

∙ Fever

∙ Chills, body aches,

∙ Cough, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, headache and /or muscle aches,
∙ Vomiting and/or diarrhea

Your child may return to school once:

∙ he/she is fever-free for 24 hours without use of a fever-reducing medication and
∙ is well enough for routine activities and

∙ all exclusion criteria have resolved

∙ he/she must stay home from school for at least 24 hours after the last episode of vomiting and/or diarrhea before returning to school

* If you are unsure if you should send your child to school, please contact the school nurse for guidance.

Spring sports begin their regular seasons this week.

• On Monday, JV boys soccer hosts Swansea at 5:30 pm.

• On Tuesday, JV girls soccer hosts York at 5:30 pm.

• On Wednesday, JV boys soccer hosts Oakridge Middle beginning at 6 pm.

• On Thursday, Track travels to Buford with the meet beginning at 5 pm.

• On Friday, JV girls soccer travels to Hartsville with a start time of 6 pm, and JV boys soccer travels to South Pointe with a start time of 5:30 pm.

• Finally, on Saturday, Track will be competing in the Bulldog Invitational in Camden beginning at 5 pm.

Please mark your calendars for March 10th at 6:00 pm for the Arts Steering Committee.

S/O to the following students for being the Fastest Typers:Claire Rallings, Maleigha Thompson, and Brayden Humble.

S/O to the following students for being the Most Active: Isabella Mackey, Jazzmine Colbert, and Allie Amsler.

Students in Mrs. Leaphart and Mrs. Connell’s classes presented their Black History Month brochures this week. In writing, they reviewed common and proper nouns and the importance of applying capitalization rules to their writing. Students will continue their procedural writing unit next week, creating their own writings on how to make smores and how to make lemonade.

Mr. Cauthen and Mrs. Jackson‘s classes worked with money skills: putting money amounts in order, reading from price lists and calculating, balancing a checkbook, budgeting a weekly allowance.

Mrs. Bowers had students working on memorizing the Preamble to the Constitution. They are learning the importance of this document to all of us Americans today.

Mrs. Mize would like to say thank you to all the students who have stopped by to see the biomes and ecosystems made by her science classes!

Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs. Estridge’s classes did ELA progress monitoring and solved math word problems.

In Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Faulkenberry’s classes, we're prepping for SC Ready with a vocabulary word study. Students alphabetized a vocabulary list and created interactive Flashcubes with definitions. We are studying multiple-digit multiplication. Students practiced their skills by solving problems, using interactive worksheets, and participating in a competitive IXL group jam.

Ms. Hoyer & Ms. Robertson's classes did progress monitoring in easyCBM for Reading, Vocabulary & Math. They also edited sentences & solved word problems.

The weather has warmed up and students have enjoyed basketball, football and other outdoor activities at Prime Time!

This week, Mrs. Fleming’s class focused on breaking down the TDW rubric for SC READY. We explored familiar terms, tackled unfamiliar ones, and took a deep dive into crafting strong claims and counterclaims.

Math students have been learning about using Math properties to simplify expressions. Honors students wrapped up a unit on solving equations and have started working with inequalities.

In Geography we have been going over Europe and students have begun working on a European country project. Students have had their countries selected.

In Math our current unit is statistics. We are covering measures of center (mean, median, mode, and mean absolute deviation) and measures of variability (range and interquartile range). Students will be comparing data using these measures.

In ELA, we are opening up the unit Moment of Truth. This unit focuses on informational texts that dissect the events and moments that shaped the lives of extraordinary individuals. Students learn how a moment can activate a chain of events that result in dramatic change. At the end of the unit, students will reflect on the events in these texts to produce an informative essay about the power of moments. Applying what they have learned about informational writing, the students will weave together evidence from three texts to explain how a single moment can change everything.

8th Grade Algebra 1 students are getting into the core Algebra standards which will be on their End of Course Test in May. Being present every day is very important to being prepared for this test that will count 20% of their final grade.

Math 8 students are finishing their unit on volume, similarity and surface area of solids. Here’s a quick glimpse of groups collaborating vertically and with a buzzer game: