Team Woolloomooloo Newsletter

Please review the information regarding NJHS. The link to the application is below. Just a few reminders as well are included.

• Submit 15 hours of Community Service and extracurricular club forms due by May 2, 2025. The form must be completed. The community service form is available here - Fillable_Community_Service_Hours_Form.pdf
• Be on the Honor Roll/Principals Honor Roll for terms 1-3.
• The Ceremony is scheduled for June 10 at 6:30 pm
• A student is not eligible to qualify for NJHS if they receive a suspension during SY 24 – 25.

Please fill out the application. Your student must be on Honor Roll for Term 1 to fill out the application. The digital application is live at this time and is due November 8th. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7kagKk6zM0qSt5md8rwKMg3E4iKM63JHqyuRN_j1E6lUQ1BLS0M2RzFaRTlVWFBPNEhTNlNQRDkzWC4u

Students who meet the grade criteria are invited to register for NJHS on Canvas.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me at stephanie.lienemann@k12.dc.gov.

Deal MS will have the opportunity to visit Duke Ellington School of the Arts during the school day on Friday, November 8th. If your student is seriously considering applying to DESA and is interested in the trip, please contact our wonderful 8th grade counselor, Ms. Travers, at Johnet.Travers@k12.dc.gov for more information. Space is limited, so please be aware that not all interested parties will be able to join.

If your student is not able to join this particular trip, please keep an eye on the DESA website for additional details about open houses.

Students and teachers/staff may wear a school appropriate costume on October 31. Costumes may not interfere with learning. This means no masks or costumes that restrict movement or vision, prevent sitting at desks, or prevent participation in physical education class. Additionally, costumes must not obstruct movement in the hallways.

• Costumes may not promote violence or have accessories or props that could be used as a weapon.
• Masks are not permitted.
• Make-up or face-paints are permitted.
• You must be able to sit, walk, breathe, see and hear (no masks that cover the face).
• Costumes cannot promote use of drugs, alcohol or weapons of any kind.
• All school rules will be enforced (i.e., no bikes, skateboards, roller blades, etc.).
• Students should not wear costumes that make fun of others.

We are asking students to only bring 5 or fewer pieces of candy to school on November 1. Large bags of candy will be confiscated and returned to students after school.

Eighth grade Spanish 2 students have been reading a book about immigration this advisory and will end the unit participating in an immigration panel and having one-on-one conversations in Spanish with students from Cardozo International. We are looking for VOLUNTEERS to speak on our immigration panels on Friday November 15th from 8:45am-3:15pm.

We need: Spanish speakers who they themselves have immigrated or have families affected by immigration, or people who work in the field of immigration and would be comfortable sharing their knowledge/ experience with our students.

The panels will take place in each period all day from 8:45am until 3:15pm, in 50-minute slots. You could come for one or stay for all five! If you are in a position to help or know someone who might be willing to, please let us know by signing up on this document or emailing Kathryn.wooten@k12.dc.gov and/or anna.henderson@k12.dc.gov . Feel free to reach out also with any questions you may have before committing.

Thank you for your consideration. In the past, our students have found this to be a very valuable experience in terms of understanding the themes of this unit and their growth as language learners. We are looking forward to it and appreciate your support!

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.

Deal will be hosting a virtual High School Night (HSN) Thursday, November 21, from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to hear from DCPS application high schools. Additionally, a DCPS Enrollment team representative will speak to families about the high school application process and how to navigate through myschooldc.org. More details will be shared in team newsletters as we get closer to this event.

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

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.

High School Recommendation Form

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!

I hope you all had a great week! We are looking forward to the end of the 1st Advisory coming soon in 2 weeks. I want to make sure that parents are checking their scholars ASPEN grades and making connections with team teachers (on and off team) and ensuring that all things are turned in before teachers close their gradebook.

I hope everyone enjoys the beautiful weather and the fall foliage this weekend!

Math 8: This week in math 8 students were proving similarity using sequences of transformations and students took a summative C on Thursday. This will be the first assessment grade of advisory 2. Next week in math 8 we will begin unit 3 with a review of proportional relationships.

Upcoming Assessments:

Homework: Paper homework assigned Monday and due Friday. I-Ready lesson due by Sunday.

Unit 2 family resources:

Unit 3: Linear Relationships

Unidad 3 materiales para la familia Relaciones lineales

Algebra 1: This week in algebra 1 students continued working with function notation, graphs of functions, function rules, and average rate of change. Next week in algebra 1 we focus on graphing by interpreting, sketching and comparing different graphs.

Upcoming Assessments:

• Thursday, October 31st - Mid Unit 4 Assessment

Homework: Paper homework assigned Monday and due Friday. Deltamath assignment due Sunday by 10pm.

Unit 4 family resources:

Functions

Unidad 4 en Espanol

IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS FROM THIS WEEK

• UNIT 1 SUMMATIVE: 2 EVENTS, 2 PARAGRAPHS – Canvas Assignment where students select 1 focus group

This week in science, we discussed how changes in average kinetic energy affect the temperature of a pure substance, the different processes involved in phase change, and how to interpret and sketch a phase change graph. Also, we completed the temperature conversion assessment.

Next week, Students will be able to identify good conductors of heat and insulators. Also, we will learn the three modes of heat transfer conduction, convection, and radiation.

• Homework will be available on paper and it's due on Wednesday.
• All missing assignments should be turned in for grading no later than 10/29/24

Hello everyone!

This week, we did some analysis of the characters in A Raisin in the Sun in a stations activity. We also worked on adding dialogue to a narrative to help reveal aspects of characters and push the plot forward. Students then took a summative on utilizing dialogue in their continuation of a scene in A Raisin in the Sun. This can be found in Canvas under Dialogue Summative.

Next week, we will be taking ANET 1 at the start of the week and then ending the week by finishing Act II of A Raisin in the Sun.

Have a great weekend!

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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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