Team Woolloomooloo Newsletter

Make-up photos will be taken on Wednesday, December 4.

We are excited to announce a Jackson Reed High School Night for all interested families will take place at Deal Middle School on Thursday, December 5th from 6:30-7:30.

Come learn about the exciting programs, organizations, and sports opportunities offered at Jackson Reed. The evening will feature a Gallery Walk, where you'll have the chance to explore detailed information about our academic programs, extracurriculars, and athletic teams. In addition, there will be a Student Panel where current students will share their experiences and answer your questions about life at Jackson Reed.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Thank you to everyone who joined Deal's virtual High School Night this week. We are sincerely appreciative of our colleagues at DCPS and the high schools who shared with us. If you were not able to join, please review the slides about the DCPS High School application process and feel free to peruse the recorded sessions below:

• DCPS High School Application Process - Slides Attached

• Bard High School - Session Recording Link

• Duke Ellington School of the Arts - Presentation Link

• MacArthur High School - Session Recording Link

• McKinley Technical High School - Session Recording Link

• Phelps High School - Session Recording Link

• School Without Walls High School - Session Recording Link

Big thanks to our wonderful 8th grade counselor, Ms. Travers, our high school colleagues, Ms. Books and Ms. Womack, and all our high school visitors for their work to make High School Night a success.

Please submit all transcript requests to DealTranscripts@k12.dc.gov and check your team newsletter for details about teach recommendation requests. If you have any questions about this process, you can connect with your team teachers or Ms. Travers at Johnett.Travers@k12.dc.gov

The Deal world language team is excited to announce the 8th grade world language trips are officially approved and registrations are now open. These trips are entirely optional, funded by families, chaperoned by Deal staff, and open only to Deal 8th grade students in good academic, attendance, and behavioral standing enrolled in a language class. To register for the world language trip, please visit the following links and complete the registration process by the trip deadline is:

• Students enrolled in grade-level Spanish - Register for the Costa Rica trip here

• Deadline - Saturday, November 23rd

• Students enrolled in grade-level French - Register for the France trip here

• Deadline - Saturday, December 7th

• Students enrolled in Spanish Humanities - Register for the Costa Rica Humanities trip here

• Students enrolled in Chinese already received information from Mr. Zhi and Ms. Liang

Trip leaders will be in touch soon about any additional paperwork or requirements. Please submit a valid email when you register, as this is the email the trip leaders will use to communicate essential information.

Thanks to our generous ADCA, DCPS, and our travel partners, Deal has limited financial support available for qualified families. Students who meet the financial and grade requirements to receive a scholarship will be contacted directly by the school.

Families who do not register by the November 22nd deadline may be charged a late penalty or may not be able to attend the trip. We acknowledge this is a quick turnaround for families, and we appreciate your understanding as we navigate the DCPS approval process.

Indoor Track Team Interest Meeting

• December 3 at 3:30 pm in E103

Try Outs

• Long Distance/Field - December 5 at 3:30 pm

• Short Distance - December 6 at 3:30 pm

Call Backs

• By Invitation Only - December 13 at 3:30 pm

Come and be part of Deal Student Winter Market on Saturday December 7 and Sunday December 8 from 10 AM to 1 PM. To participate as a student vendor, please visit the registration link HERE for detailed instructions. Kindly note that student vendors must complete registration by November 29.

Whether you specialize in baked goods, handmade art, sports coaching, or resale clothing, all innovative ideas are welcome! Let's make this weekend one celebration of creativity, entrepreneurship, and community spirit.

It is that time of year again at Deal Middle School for our Annual Winter Sale. This year it comes with a little twist.

Pre-Order Seasonal Items: Purchase Here
Pick up pre-orders on Saturday November 29th & Sunday December 1st! On-site sales will also take place!

On-Site Sales of Seasonal Items: Saturday December 7th & Sunday December 8th.

Join us for our inaugural Student Winter Market!

Discover the incredible talent of our aspiring young entrepreneurs at our festive Winter Market. Our students will be selling unique handmade crafts, artwork, treats, and baked goods, all created by their own hands. Come and support our students and discover one-of-a-kind treasures for the holiday season.

When:

• Saturday, December 7th, 10 AM - 1 PM
• Saturday, December 8th, 10 AM - 1 PM

Where: Deal School

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.

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.

Hi Woolloomooloo Families,

I do hope ya'll have a great Thanksgiving Day break. If you're traveling, please be safe! And if you're hosting/staying in town, I hope ya'll enjoy the Thanksgiving Day feast!

Upcoming Assessments:

• Tuesday, December 3 – Vertical and Horizontal Lines Investigtion
• Friday, December 6 – Quiz on Linear Relationships (slope, slope-intercept form, and vertical and horizontal lines)

Homework: Paper HW due Friday. I-Ready lesson due Sunday. (no homework the week of Thanksgiving)

Unit 3 family resources:

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

Algebra 1: This week in algebra 1 students completed an investigation on transformations of absolute value graphs, learned about rewriting functions and reviewed for the unit 4 end of unit RCT that will be on Monday, November 25th. Next week in algebra 1, students will take the RCT on Monday and complete an IB summative D (real world applications) task about Mars on Tuesday. The week after Thanksgiving break we will begin unit 5, “Introduction to Exponential Functions.” There is a lab that students will need M&M’s (plain) or Skittles to complete. If you are able to start sending those in to prepare, that would be greatly appreciated.

Upcoming Assessments:

• Unit 4 RCT – Monday, November 25th
• Mars Task – Tuesday, November 26th

Homework: Paper HW due Friday. Deltamath assignment due Sunday by 10pm. (no homework Thanksgiving week)

Unit 4 family resources:

• Functions
• Unidad 4 en Espanol

******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!

Next week, we will begin extensive properties of matter (Density, volume, and mass).

• There will be no homework for this week.

Hello everyone!

This week, we took the Reading Plus benchmark. It is back! The weekly assignments for Reading Plus won't start until the week after Thanksgiving break. Students will be required to complete 5 assignments total (at least 2 readings and 2 vocabulary and then the other they can choose).

Next week, we will begin a mini writing unit on informative writing. We will go through the process of writing an informative essay using the two articles we read previously.

***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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