6th Grade
During the 2nd 9 Weeks, 6th grade students will investigate rate, ratio, and proportional reasoning. They will also start to build a conceptual understanding of expressions!
Team Adventure: Katie Burns
Team Endeavor: Christine Frederick
Team Dauntless: Lindsay Dalton
7th Grade
Our 7th graders will continue their units on reasoning with expressions, equations, and inequalities, and will begin their units on exploring ratios and proportional relationships.
Team Inspire: Lisa Anstey
Team Brave: Jennifer Foncannon
Team Maverick: Kelli Fisher
8th Grade Math
Our 8th graders are continuing work on data, statistical reasoning and exploring real-life phenomena by using systems of linear equations!
Team Shine: Stephanie Humphrey
Team Elite: Jennifer Hale (Department Chair)
Team Tenacity: KaTia Simon
6th Grade Science
During the 2nd 9 weeks, our 6th graders will be exploring energy resources; weathering, erosion, and deposition; soil; and fresh water and the water cycle!
Team Vision: Brandi Lowery
Team Endeavor: Kerri Epstein
Team Dauntless: Bill Wallace
7th Grade Science
Our 7th graders will start tackling classification of dynamic ecosystems and genetics!
Team Inspire: Tommy Davis and Lisa Anstey
Team Brave: Kristi Piantini
Team Maverick: Meghann Yosten
8th Grade
Our 8th graders will begin exploring the core ideas of
Force, Mass and Motion
Relationship between speed and distance
Relationship between Velocity and acceleration
Explanation of Newton’s Laws of Motion in balanced and unbalanced forces
Force to accelerate is proportional to mass
inertia
Kinetic and potential energy
Team Elite: Ebony McDowell
Team Shine: Katherine Nealis
Team Tenacity: Shelby Dudley
6th Grade
6th grade will analyze different economic systems; the benefits of and barriers to voluntary trade in Europe; describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia; compare and contrast various forms of government; and personal money management!
Team Adventure: Caitlin Toney, Katie Burns, Brandi Lowery
Team Endeavor: Laura Ritchie
Team Dauntless: Amanda Pack
7th Grade
7th Graders will analyze different economic systems of Southeast Asia; explain how voluntary trade benefits buyers and sellers in Southwest Asia (Middle East); and describe factors that influence economic growth and examine their presence or absence in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Their focus will then turn to the continent of Africa, where they will explore geography, diverse cultural characteristics of the people who live in Africa; the impact of location, climate, and physical characteristics of population distribution; and the environmental impact.
Team Inspire: Tommy Davis and Cati Rhodes
Team Brave: Diana Harper
Team Maverick: Tracy Jones
8th Grade
8th Grade Georgia Studies will analyze the impact of the Civil War on Georgia; analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia; and evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia during the New South Era.
Team Elite: Ebony McDowell, Kristy Chase, Jennifer Hale
Team Shine: Tina Bouma
Team Tenacity: Yvette Cerbone (Department Chair)