Girls on the Run Lemonade and Treat Sale 5/26

Tuesday, May 26th, from 3:15 to 4:30, Girls on the Run will host a lemonade and treat sale as their community impact project. Lemonade and treats will be sold after school in front of the building for 50 cents each (or a donation) to raise money for the purchase of a tree for the playlot. We'd love to have you and your child join us for a tasty end to the day! Thank you for your support!

PE Year in Review Video!

Hi Everyone,

I have created a video to show everybody all the great things we have done this year in PE here at NPES! We have come a long way since the fall, and have been learning about and playing many games this year.  I hope you all enjoy this glimpse into your student's year in my class!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F59Im2cVfq8

-Mr. Hirsch

Civil Rights Project

This week, the 8th graders are working in pairs to research an event from the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.  They will then create a presentation to teach the information to the class.  Next week, they will use primary sources from these events to discuss the impact of the Civil Rights Movement in a Socratic Seminar.

Trebuchet's and final exam

This week in 8th grade math we are continuing to work on our trebuchet's.  We have been going over to the church gym and launching the trebuchet's over and over again to get data.  We have one more day in the gym to get as much data as we can.  Then, on Thursday, we will take the 50 question multiple choice comprehensive final exam.  Then, on Friday and on Tuesday of next week, we will graph our data and learn how to create an equation for the flight of the ball.  Then, on Thursday of next week, we will have the trebuchet competition.

Week 36: 8th Grade Science

Week: 36

Topic: Mendel’s Work

Students will be able to: 

Describe the results of Mendel’s experiments. 

Identify what controls the inheritance of traits in organisms.  

Essential Question:

Why do we look the way we do?

This week:  This week we will look at the experiments of Mendel, do some test crossing, and take a class survey to see if traits are controlled by dominant alleles more common than traits controlled by recessive alleles.  

Key Terms:

heredity

trait

genetics

fertilization

purebred

gene

alleles

hybrid

Differentiated Instruction:

inferring

predicting

developing hypotheses

interpreting data3

36: 

Cold War Continues

Last week, the 8th graders finished up their unit about the early Cold War and took their test last Thursday.  This week, they will do a mini-unit about the Eisenhower years and take a quiz on Friday.  The last unit of the year will be about the Civil Rights Movement.  Students will do research on an event and then discuss them in a Socratic Seminar.

Questions for your 8th Grader:
Tell me about some of the 1950s commercials that you saw.
What effect did the arms race have on the culture of the United States?

8th Grade Language Arts: Book Project

To conclude the eighth grade reading unit students will present a character impersonation and reenactment of events in their novel.  This will be a similar activity to when professional actors dress up as historical figures and speak at schools as if they were the person telling stories about his or her life.  Students will choose main characters from their novel and create a five to ten minute presentation about themselves.  They will talk about important events from the novel they have experienced, what it is like to live in the setting from their book, what it is like to interact with the other characters, and any other relevant information that will allow them to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the book.  They will need to write their script, dress in character, and speak in character.  Students will present on Thursday, May 21st.