8th Grade Weekly Newsletter

November, Vol. 6

Students of The Week!

This week's student's of the week were D'ontae Love, Khamari Floyd, Omar Gonzalez-Garduno, and Skylar Harne. However, they were not able to interview Skylar.

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D'ontae Love

How do you feel about being a student of the week? ¨I feel very good¨
What´s your goal for this quarter? ¨My goal is to get good grades and pass all my classes.¨

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Khamari Floyd

How do you feel about being the student of the week? “I feel really honored to be the student of the week. ¨
What´s your goal for this quarter? ¨To have a good GPA and grades.¨

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Omar Gonzalez-Garduno

How do you feel about being the student of the week? ¨It feels pretty good. I feel very honored to be student of the week.¨
What´s your goal for this quarter? ¨To get straight As¨

Writing Club

The writing club also known as “Future Problem Solving” is an international writing competition. This competition includes students in four teams who have to complete a twenty-page packet in two hours. The writing club is currently working on insects as their topic but they do work on various things throughout the year. These students spend each Friday after school talking and writing about challenges we are facing and how our society can make changes to them. Congratulations to Akira, Taven, Malachi, Rylan, Kyla, Damien, Quinn, James, and Nina for working hard in the writing club this year!

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Entertainment: Educational Games

Legends of Learning is an educational game. Legends of Learning has math and science games for grades K-8. Games that are on Legends of Learning increase engagement in subjects and scores on tests. There are thousands of Math and Science games available on Legends of Learning. When teachers use Legends of Learning there is faster comprehension. Legends of Learning can be a useful educational game for students to play and learn.

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Funnies!

“This was definitely a classic moment that I heard through my cooperating teacher during my student teaching experience. I still laugh at the thought. While grading science tests for her third grade class, this teacher noticed a memorable response to one of the questions. It said: ‘Please list the three states of matter…’. The reply was, “North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky.” The three states THAT matter! HA!” - https://truthforteachers.com/kid-stories/

School Threats Around America

Many schools are under threat of a school shooting. About a week ago, Jefferson High School got three school shooting threats. Many schools in this district have been under threat. RPS205 has posted on many social media apps about the threats and violence in different schools.

The threats are something very serious but luckily there have been ways to avoid getting a school shooting. Some ways people can avoid getting in the violence of a school shooting is getting notified and not going to school that specific day just in case something happens.

There have been lots of angry parents because people think RPS205 is not taking these threats seriously. They say they are trying their best, but parents don't agree. Lots of parents have not been sending their kids to school in fear for their safety.

People think that RPS205 is not taking things seriously and that they don’t care about it. People are scared about the fact that there can be a school shooting at any time, and that their kids or family could get seriously injured or in the worst situation, killed.

RPS205 is in constant contact with police to try and stop these threats from happening. If you see or hear anything please tell your school or the police, as soon as possible, so we can remain safe!

I really feel bad about Children and Kids going through all this violence. I started seeing the difference between living in Anaheim, California and living in Rockford, Illinois. I have seen many differences in violence since I've moved from California. - Alejandro Pina

I think that the violence and the school threats happening in schools right now is something schools and RPS205 have to take top priority right now because people are living with the constant fear of something happening to their loved ones. - Rafael Esquer

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Student Advice - Anger Management "What To Do When You Are Angry"

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#1 Preventing

We all get angry from time to time and sometimes it's hard to control that anger. When we get upset we tend to forget to think before we act or we act on impulse. I was always told to “count to three” but who has time for that? One thing you should do is first prevent it. Preventing is the best thing you can do, stay away from the drama and issues and people who test you. If you still have issues when you try to disengage from the other person thats a bully you have on your hands and you should report them to the nearest teacher or trusted adult.

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#2 Think

Think before you get mad, think about the things you say and do. Always think “Will what I say get me in trouble” or “Will it offend someone”. For a few seconds, I would say about 5 just so you can process what's going on.” Or you ask your teacher or guardian if you can leave the room just to think on it.

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#3 Talk It Out

Talk it out with the person you angry with. When we are upset or not having a good day we tend to get mad at another, for the simplest reasons. We usually feel better when we talk about our problems, especially with the person we are angry with. Everyone gets mad from time to time, but you can not let it control or take over your day. Most of the time the people we are mad with do not even know we are upset with them. Simply talk it out with the person who did you wrong, you will feel so much better and not as angry.

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#4 Apologizing

Apologize . When we are angry we lash out on the wrong people, say the wrong things and hurt one another physically and mentally. We all understand what happens when we are angry, but it still does not make it okay to treat people badly. It is always good to apologize when you do something wrong. Just stop, take a breath and think about the others person’s feelings and how your words and actions hurt them.

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#5 Understand

Another way to handle anger is to try to understand the other person's point of view in the situation such as if you are having an argument with someone about a topic such as if you are having an argument about someone over the pronunciation of a word try to understand how the other person could have come up with the pronunciation and instead of getting angry or yelling at the other person try to explain to them as calmly as possible of why the pronunciation may be wrong by using evidence of the actual pronunciation and try to civilly end the argument.

Upcoming School Events

November 15th: Girls Basketball Playoffs

What Time : 4:45 - 6:45

Jv@Flinn V@Marshall

November 16th: Boys Basketball Game

What Time: 4:45 - 8:00

Grades playing: 6th, 7th & 8th

November 17th: Girls Basketball Championship

What Time: 4:45 - 6:00

Where: Kennedy Middle school

Teams playing: JV & Varsity

November 20th: Varsity Regionals

What Time: Times will very

Place: TBD