Week 20

Ruqayah.Zuhair@k12.dc.gov

Michael.Martis@k12.dc.gov

Kelynn.Offley@k12.dc.gov

Kaitlyn.Johnson@k12.dc.gov

Tierra.Peteet@k12.dc.gov

Emily.Bullock@k12.dc.gov

Welcome! In our weekly newsletter we will have updates on events, class assignments, school news, and a little information about your teachers.

At Alice Deal Middle School - Here We Grow!

Are you into adventure and mystery? Do you like graphic novels? Do you want a chance to talk about books with friends? OR are you looking to meet some new friends in 2025? Join us for the Battle of the Books interest meeting on Tuesday, January 21st in W105 from 3:30-4:00. Battle of the Books is a competition with other DC schools about newly-released books. Students of all grade levels are welcome! We hope to see you there. If you have any questions or are unable to attend the meeting, please see Ms. Byrns, Mr. Kirschenbaum, or Mr. Reichlen.

SAVE THE DATE!

International Night

January 25th

6pm – 8pm

Students and families from all grades are welcome and encouraged to join us for International Night!

This time-honored Alice Deal event brings together the Alice Deal community as we celebrate the many cultures and nations represented among our student body. The event includes "Taste of the Nation" tables where families share sample size offerings of foods from around the world. Please sign up as a host Deal International Night Volunteer Host Tables

Wear your dancing shoes - we will have a DJ! And of course, Deal merch will be on sale.

Join us for this festive night of celebration! Buy your tickets here https://DealInternation.givesmart.com

****International Night is our number one fundraiser for important scholarship dollars for the upcoming 8th grade foreign language trips!

Questions: shannonharrisbehm@hotmail.com

Deal will continue to offer an in-person, Summer Math Acceleration Camp (SMAC) and an Online Asynchronous Math Course (Zearn) for our current 6th and 7th graders during July of 2025 (July 7 - July 31; 8:45 am - 12:00 noon).

SMAC Math 7

This intensive course is for 6th graders currently taking Math 6 who become eligible based on the iReady MOY and EOY Assessment. Students who successfully complete this in-person course and the final assessment will be placed in Math 8 in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

Zearn 7

This online asynchronous course is for 6th graders currently taking Math 6. Only students who qualify based on their MOY i-Ready score will become eligible. Students who successfully complete the course and the final assessment will be placed in Math 8 in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year

SMAC Math 8

This intensive course is for 6th & 7th graders currently taking Math 7 who become eligible based on the MOY and EOY iReady Assessment. Students who successfully complete this in-person course and the final assessment will be placed in Algebra I in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

Zearn 8

This online asynchronous course is for 6th or 7th graders currently taking Math 7. Only students who qualify based on their MOY i-Ready score are eligible. Students who successfully complete the course and the final assessment will be placed in Algebra I in the Fall of the 2025 - 2026 school year.

Please remember to bring you math notebook, pencils and device to class DAILY!!!!

Homework for Math Class

2 Weekly PEAR HWs Due Wednesdays and Fridays at 8:00 am

1 iReady Lesson due every Sunday

Deal Math Curiculum - https://im.kendallhunt.com/MS/families/1/index.html

This Week in Mth 6

This week in Math 7

Please click above to see the weekly schedule.

This can also be found on student's Canvas page.

Daily Expectations:

• Math notebook
• Pencils
• Device

Math class is accepting Donations for:

• Tissue boxes
• Clorox Wipes
• Hand Sanitizers
• Pencils
• Index Cards

• Hello scientists!

  I hope you enjoyed the extra long weekend and got the chance to romp in the snow! This past week students took their Term 2 Roots summative and then began our Earth’s Place in the Universe unit. MAP testing has been postponed until later in January due to the snow day schedule disruptions.

  Next week students will continue their journey through the universe as they examine the properties of stars. This will culminate in our Distance vs. Dimness formative, where students will explore the connection between how far a star is and how bright it looks to us on Earth.

  We will not have new Root words until the end of January.

Last Week students continued their map quiz preparation and review through jeopardy review game. After they took the quiz, at the end of the week, students will launch into the theme for their unit on barriers to education, learning the four major barriers or physical geography, poverty, conflict, and labor.

This Week students will begin their case studies of students experiencing the barriers to education in their own schooling. They will fill in their organizer daily. At the end of the week we will look at how to analyze data that shows barriers to school, with a formative exit ticket to conclude the week.

Some items have been changed due to the snow days, please be advised!

Monday – MAP Middle of Year Test

Tuesday – MAP Middle of Year Test

Wednesday – MAP Middle of Year Test

Thursday – On Turning Ten (text) comparison to Tuck Everlasting

Watching the movie and comparing it to the novel has been moved to the week of the 21st due to the snowstorm.

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Library Corner

Happy New Year! Let's make 2025 a great year for reading and inquiry! Check out these great resources that the library is offering in January. Check out this month's Library Newsletter below:

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