Swann Lion Times

Be sure to talk with your Lions each night about what standards they are working on and what activities they are doing to master those standards! Here is some general information to get the conversation started.

In Math, students use the Open Up curriculum. Click here to see the Open Up lessons for all grade levels! Click here to see the Math 1 Open Up lessons. 6th graders are working on fractions; 7th graders are practicing with expressions, equations, and inequalities; and 8th grade working on functions and volume.

In ELA, students are working on their second set of book studies. This unit they are reading informational texts. 6th grade is reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, 7th grade is reading Patient Zero, and 8th grade is reading Omnivore's Dilemma.

In Social Studies, 6th graders are learning about ancient China, 7th grade is learning about WWI, and 8th grade is exploring the industrial revolution.

In Science, 6th graders are working on waves, 7th graders are learning about weather or genetics, and 8th graders are learning about ecosystems.

In 6th grade, students are putting fractions to work in real-life situations. See if they can apply that knowledge to this scenario. Find the unknown side length of the rectangle if its area is 11 m2. Show your reasoning. Check your answer by multiplying it by the given side length (3 and 2/3). Is the resulting product 11? If not, revisit your work for the first question.

In 7th grade, students are learning about expressions, equations, and inequalities. See if they can apply the concepts to these scenario. A sandwich store charges $20 to have 3 turkey subs delivered and $26 to have 4 delivered. Is the relationship between number of turkey subs delivered and amount charged proportional? Explain how you know.

In 8th grade, students are learning about functions. See if they can apply their learning to this scenario. Jada fills her aquarium with water. The graph shows the height of the water, in cm, in the aquarium as a function of time in minutes. Invent a story of how Jada fills the aquarium that fits the graph.

Our students had such a BLAST today! Check out the photos below to see all the great things they enjoyed today!!

Mr.Chadwick's math students have been working hard to be Math Stars and improve their math skills. They have shown tremendous growth in many areas of math and we are proud of them!🦁🐾

On Feb. 5 and 7, students will take their mid-year NWEA assessment. NWEA assessments are an important part of our data collection process. They allow us to see student growth over time and make predictions about student performance on EOGs. Please be sure your student comes to school with a fully charged Chromebook on testing days!

All sixth-grade students will be having hearing screenings in the next few weeks. The screenings only take a few minutes, and if your child has any difficulties with the screening, you will be notified. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our speech therapist Ms. B. at the school.

We have about 150 students with library books due back to the media center. Please ask your students about returning books and help us get everything accounted for! If your student is one of the ones with a missing book ,you'll receive a ConnectEd call soon.

Do you have an 8th grader who's interested in a choice program for high school? Are you a rising 7th or 8th grader interested in learning about all the middle school choices GCS offers? If so, visit the GCS Choice Program website to learn more about the offerings, application process, and timeline: https://www.gcsnc.com/Page/2113.

*If you are a 6th or 7th grader currently enrolled in the Spanish Immersion or STEM Choice programs, you DO NOT have to reapply to continue those programs at your new schools next year.*

Our Swann Community Celebration Committee is planning many ways to bring the larger Swann Pride together throughout the year to celebrate Swann's final year as a middle school. One of those is to collect and share photos of Swann/Aycock's past. These could be historical photos or ones you've taken over the years. Use the link here to share them with us: https://forms.gle/6WLd4rboLBiZk1QH8

GCS Parent Academy is a great resource to helps support families with a variety of things such as homework help, digital resources, resume assistance, homeownership, and much much more. Click on the link below to explore the many benefits of being a part of the GCS Parent Academy.

GCS Parent Academy

Swann is a proud PTA school! Click here to join our PTA as a parent, student, community, or staff member. If you are interested in serving on the Board, let us know and we will put you in touch with the current PTSA reps! School is better when we work together!

For more information, please reach out to swannpta@gmail.com.

dorseyc2@gcsnc.com

Ms. Kelly is serving our 7th grade and A-M 8th grade students.

kellyc2@gcsnc.com

Because our counselors work with students all day, email is a good way to contact them when you need them!

Ms. Kelly and Mrs. Dorsey are working on student schedule change requests for semester 2 starting January 19th. The deadline to request a schedule change is February 6th, all requests need to be submitted to either counselor. In the event students do not have two encore classes listed on their schedule, Ms. Kelly and Mrs. Dorsey will be making the needed corrections. Students requesting a schedule change should follow their assigned schedule in PowerSchool until they receive a notification from a counselor stating their request has been fulfilled.

In February, students will be talking about PERSEVERANCE in their Friday SEL lessons. Watch this video about perseverance with your student: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY-SCapwK3g. What does it mean to have grit? What was a time in your life when you showed perseverance? Share that experience with your student. Let them share an example with you? Why is persevering hard sometimes? How does this idea relate to students' experiences in school?

It's Winter Sports time! Check the Athletics page of the website for times and dates of games. It's a few months away, but students interested in Spring sports, go ahead and make sure you have all needed forms now! All necessary forms are also posted on the website. Remember that any athlete must have a current physical on file to participate.

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2/5 NWEA Reading Test

2/7 NWEA Math Test

2/20 State of the School Family Night

2/21 NAEP testing for selected 8th grade students

3/5 7th Grade Raleigh Field Trip

3/12 Math 6-8 Interim Assessment

3/20 7th Grade Symphony Field Trip

4/4 8th Grade Civil Rights Museum Field Trip

4/9 NWEA Reading Test

4/10 NWEA Math Test

4/16 ELA 6-8 Interim Assessment

4/17 6th Grade Grasshoppers Field Trip

4/23 Science 8 Interim Assessment

5/24-31 EOG Testing

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