Swann Lion Times
Your weekly update from your Lion Pride!
8th Grade ELA
Ms.Smith conducts small groups with her students as they discuss formulating their essays.
8th Grade ELA
Ms.Johnson provides individualized support to her student as they discussed the vocabulary in the lesson.
Day At The Farm 8th Grade Field Trip 👩🏽🌾
What a HUGE success!! Thursday our 8th grade classes attended a field trip at the A&T farm.
Students had the opportunity to participate in educational sessions that focused on the 8th grade curricumlum from all subjects. ELA is reading the Omnivore's Dilemma focusing on the food cycle, Science is working on ecosystems, and Social Studies is working on conflict and cooperation in North Carolina, while Math across all we do is a necessity.
It was a day of learning for students and adults. Take a look at the photos below of some of the great things our students had the pleasure of participating in.
Q&A
Students learned lots of great information and had the opportunity to engage by sharing their knowledge gained during the question and answer session.
The Taste Test
Every student was given a tray that contained foods that were made locally, naturally and or processed. Students had to identify which one was the healthiest form and how we as consumers have to make these choices every meal. They had chips, cheeses, pickles, soda and crackers.
The Taste Test
Students had to track their choices throughout the tasting and share it with their peers.
Mr. Stewart
From the A&T library shared the history of how the A&T farm came about and the impact it had on Greensboro community.
6th Grade
In 6th grade, students are putting fractions to work in real-life situations. See if they can apply that knowledge to this scenario.To give their animals essential minerals and nutrients, farmers and ranchers often have a block of salt—called “salt lick”—available for their animals to lick. A rancher is ordering a box of cube-shaped salt licks. The edge lengths of each salt lick are 5/12 foot. Is the volume of one salt lick greater or less than 1 cubic foot? Explain your reasoning.
7th Grade
In 7th grade, students are learning about expressions, equations, and inequalities. See if they can apply the concepts to these scenario. Here are two stories:
1. A family buys 6 tickets to a show. They also each spend $3 on a snack. They spend $24 on the show.
2. Diego has 24 ounces of juice. He pours equal amounts for each of his 3 friends, and then adds 6 more ounces for each.
Look at the two equations to the right. Which equation represents which story? What does X represent in each equation? Find the solution to each equation. Explain or show your reasoning. What does each solution tell you about its situation?
Show Our Teachers Some Love 😍
Please help the PTA treat our hard-working staff! Donated items can be dropped at the front office on Wednesday, February 14th at the beginning of the day. Thanks for your support!
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Sharing our Lion Legacy
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
Parent Academy
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.
Join the PTA Today!
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.
Meet the Counselors!
Ms. Kelly is serving our 7th grade and A-M 8th grade students.
Because our counselors work with students all day, email is a good way to contact them when you need them!
Character Trait of the Month
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?
Winter Sports
It's Winter Sports time! Check the Athletics page of the website for times and dates of games.
Spring Sports
Interest meetings and try-outs are coming soon! Be on the lookout for flyers around the school and announcements in the Swann Lion Times. 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.
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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