Lila Rupe and Emelina Oliferchuk were caught being GR-8! Both of these girls have shown their kindness to others by giving of themselves. Thank you for being GR-8!
Mrs. White’s LA2 students made Bloom Balls after reading The Fall of the House of Usher. The various pieces of the ball had very specific directions that required students to cite, order, identify, or summarize passages. Then, the students had to add illustrations to the pieces as well. Finally, the pieces were put together into the amazing Bloom Ball!
From Mrs. Anderson:
"This week, students played Build Your Stax. This is an investment simulation, the game simulates the stock market in a 20 year period. Students learn about savings interest, CD's, Index Funds, Single Stocks, Government Bonds, and crop commodities. The students compete against each other to see who has the best investment portfolio by the end of the 20 year period. At the end of the game it shows students what years the game simulates and the companies they were investing in if they invested in single stocks."
From Mr. Underwood:
"Students were working on creating and placing sprites (characters) in code. The goal at the end of our unit is for students to be able to take their sprites and place them into a video game that they have created."
Today is FFA Greenhand Initiation Day! Our first year FFA members will receive their Greenhand Degree tonight! The Greenhand Degree is the first degree given to FFA members.
Miss Dailey's students continue to make progress in small group reading!
#Tiger Nation- It is our plan to start a new way to connect to our community. On Thursday's we want to honor our traditions and past and post some pictures! #THROW BACK THURSDAY! If you see yourself or folks you know please comment and interact with us!
There is a food drive tonight, and tomorrow, in La Monte for the basketball jamborees. Please see the attached flyer.
Both Tigers basketball teams will participate in their respective jamborees this week. Both of these will be in La Monte, and the time are the same both evenings 5:00, 7:15, and 8:00 p.m. The boys will be Tuesday night, and the girls will take place on Wednesday night. The cheerleaders and pep bands will be going to both as well. Good Luck TigerNation!
The GR VIII CSIP Team has been putting in work in the month's of October and November and will convene again in January to finalize GR VIII's new CSIP Plan. The district's CSIP plan is the district's road map- the vision and mission of the district as well as, the pillars in which our beliefs are rooted. A big thank you to the CSIP Committee consisting of: Parents, teachers, BOE members, students and district stakeholders in order to make GR VIII the place to grow, learn and lead! TIGERNATION!
From Mrs. Miller: "7th grade Life Skills is learning about Social Emotional Learning. Today they were presenting to their class, and they did a really good job!"
From Mrs. Schreck:
"Today we learned the three states of matter! Students observed that a root beer float contains all three states of matter! The ice cream is solid, root beer is a liquid and when the two come together the carbonation creates a gas. YUM!"
From Mrs. Dove:
"Mrs. Lamar’s Kindergarteners enjoyed their free day in STEAM Lab. They earned it after five weeks of good behavior in Library and STEAM!"
From Mrs. Schreck:
"4th graders in Mrs. Schreck’s class learned about the rock cycle with a sweet treat! We learned about each rock formation. Depending the step, a smore can represent an igneous, sedimentary or metaphoric rock!"
“Winner winner chicken dinner!" Missi and Stephanie have been having a contest to see if elementary or high school can get their attendance in first the most amount of days. High school won, so Stephanie treated the HS teachers to sonic drinks and “chicken” sugar cookies made by Ms. Carrianne. GR8 job JH/HS teachers!! (Stephanie also had a sign and a t shirt made to celebrate the occasion. They aren’t competitive at all in the office!!! 😉)
From Miss Hilt: "In Bio II, we have been learning about fungi, so we decided to experiment with growing mold on bread! Students were able to pick off pieces of mold to look at under the microscope. They were able to identify what appeared to be fungal spores in many of the pieces! We are still working on this experiment and analyzing how different conditions affect mold growth!"
What a spectacular Veteran's Day Assembly!
From Mrs. Anderson: "FBLA Officer Nicole Rounds met with legion members many times to make the assembly a success. FBLA Officers who spoke this morning are pictured with Daniel Avegalio. We would like to thank him again for the wonderful speech he gave at the assembly!"
Congratulations are in order for GR VIII'S Terrific Tiger Teachers of the Month.
Mrs. Stephanie Nevels / Jr High Math and Mrs. Tonya Lamar/ Kindergarten.
Terrific Tiger Teachers are nominated by their peers for their efforts , passion and energy!
Great job! #TigerNation!
Tigernation:
Tomorrow is our celebration of Veteran's Day. Please support our efforts to honor those that have served our country by wearing patriotic colors.
GR VIII School District (#TIGER NATION) would like to thank all who have served and those who or are serving. We would also like to take a moment to remember those who never made it home. (POW/MIA).
We are thankful & grateful for your service.
