Grade 7 and 8 Newsletter        

Week of September 24-28, 2007


* If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us:

Trisha Moulton:      grade 7 math, writing, 876-4301, ext. 38, or tmoulton@sad4.com
Robyn Rich:            grade 7 & 8 reading, 876-4301, ext. 37, or rrich@sad4.com
Rex Webb:              grade 7 & 8 social studies, 876-4301, ext. 45, or rwebb@sad4.com
Kay Shuster            grade 7/8 Title 1, grade 8 homeroom, 876-4301, ext. 42 kshuster@sad4.com
Ruth Rothberg:       grade 7/8 Title 1, grade 8 homeroom, 876-4301, ext. 42 rrothberg@sad4.com
Sue Watson:            grade 6 –8 special ed. 876:4301, ext.  33, or swatson@sad4.com
Ann Dall:                grade 8 math , writing 876-4301, ext. 42, or adall@sad4.com
Paul Draper:           grade 7 & 8 science, 876-4301, ext. 40, or pdraper@sad4.com

QSP magazine drive ends today.  Please be sure all final sales are turned in by Monday, 10/1.

Challenger Learning Center trips:  The 7th grade homerooms will be attending the Challenger Learning Center mission simulation next week.  Each class will attend on a separate day.  Students must arrive at PCMS at 7:15 AM for a 7:30 departure time.  Our missions begin promptly at 9:00 at the Bangor facility.   We will be stopping at the Union Street - McDonalds for lunch.  Students may bring a bag lunch from home or school if they prefer. We will return to PCMS at 2:00 in time for regular dismissal.

School pictures:  Monday, October 1

Challenger Schedule:

Tuesday, 10/2 – Mrs. Rich’s homeroom

Wednesday, 10/3 – Mrs. Moulton’s homeroom

Thursday, 10/4 – Mr. Webb’s homeroom w/Mr. Draper

Early Release Day:  Friday, Oct. 5

October Break:  October 8 - 12

What’s Going on Upstairs:
Mrs. Rich’s 7th grade LA classes have been working on Challenger Learning Center prep activities.

*Mrs. Rich’s 8th grade LA classes are finishing the word study unit.

Mr. Webb’s social studies classes are focusing on local elections.

Mrs. Moulton’s 7th grade math classes are drawing, measuring, & classifying angles in geometry.

Ms. Dall's 8th grade math classes are studying polygons and the area of polygons will be introduced.

Mr. Draper's 7 & 8th grade classes have been studying the metric system and the periodic table of elements, comets and Challenger prep.

Mrs. Allen's health classes: Grade 7 students are using the Inspiration application to organize their research on a disearse/illness/health condition that is genetically inherent in theirf families.

Grade 8 students have just completed their unit on Infant CPR.