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Sun, March 1, 2020

C H U R C H L A N D M I D D L E S C H O O L

ChMS: My GPS for Success!

Important Dates:

March 3rd - Teacher Workday

NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

March 9th - Early Release

Parent Teacher Conference

March 10th & 12th - Writing SOL

Whether its Social Studies or Mathematics,

ChMS has some of the best teachers

around. Spotlighted this week are just a

few.

Mrs. Wrenn, U.S. History II

Mr. Freeman, Algebra I

Mrs. Cowherd,

U.S. History II

Ms. Bryant, Math 7 Honors

Mrs. Phillips, Math 7 Honors

Mr. Pollock, U.S. History II

Ms. Jenkins, Math 7/Math 7 Honors

A Message from Nurse Jensen

Coronoavirus is best prevented by taking the following precautions just like you would do for influ-

enza which is another virus:

Wash your hands often and properly. That means using soap and water and rubbing your

hands together for the length of time it takes you to sing "Happy Birthday" through 2 times. The

acronym, FROG, should be remembered: Friction Rubs Out Germs - so rub those hands together

as you wash them.

Keep your unwashed hands away from your eyes, nose and mouth. Many illnesses get into

the body through one of these 3 areas. It is best not to touch these areas at all, if possible.

Be sure to always cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough with a tissue which is thrown

away or into the crook of your arm - and then wash your hands.

Keep away from people who are sick.

Just as a reminder...

District policy states that students who have a temperature of 100 degrees or greater need to

go/stay home and stay home until the temperature is below 100 degrees for at least 24 hours. This is

a good policy for staff, too.

Masks are not to be worn at school. They do not really help with disease prevention, and are best

worn by those who are infected; if a person is infected, they should not be at school.

Hoping we can all stay as healthy as possible. Please contact the nurse if you have any questions.

(Click on the image below to view PPS updates)

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Available for purchase in the Guidance office

Yearbook Pre-order

Click on the link below to

order your yearbook.

CHmS Yearbook

ChMS Clubs and Sponsor A ir Brush Club - Mr . T i pp i t

An ime Club - Ms. Watson

Book Club - Mrs. Peace -Branch

CHARMS (g i r ls Mentor Group) - Ms. Le igh ,

Ms. W i l l i ams & Ms. Wray

CHROME Club - Ms. Gamble

CrAfts Club - Mrs. Gardner

FBLA - Mrs. Bond

Gent lemen Pursu ing Success (Mentor group) - Mr . Avents

Japanese Club - Ms. Cowherd

Nat ional Jun ior Honor Soc ie ty -

Mrs. Myers & Ms. Alexander

Runn ing Club - Ms. Thomas

SCA - Mrs. Jenk ins

ChMS Daily Affirmation

Today, I will take

ownership of my

learning experiences.

Today, I am guided by my GPS:

G - Give respect.

P - Prioritize

responsibility.

And always remember

S - Safety first.

Because ChMS is my GPS for Success!

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PARENT LIAISON

DETRIC AVENTS

Here's how to contact Mr. Avents:

Mr. Detric Avents

office: (757) 686-2512 ext 40114

email: detric.avents@portsk12.com

**MAKE UP WORK**

If your child is ever absent, make-up work

can be found in Google Classroom under the

appropriate grade level. Join using the follow-

ing codes:

7th grade absentee code:

eixrgtn

8th grade absentee code:

m42uwyg

Extend Your Learning Online...

Access these applications through this link:

CLEVER

Achieve 3000 -(Literacy)

-NoRedInk (Grammar & Writing)

- Vocabulary.com (Vocabulary)

- Gizmos ( Math & Science)

- JASON Learning (Science)

- Discovery Education (All Content)

- Google Apps (All Content)

ChMS Hours

Main Office: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

To reach the main office,

please dial 686-2512, and

press Option 0.

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Cruising the Content ChMS: My GPS for Success!

English Eighth grade

Our With one week remaining before the Eighth Grade SOL Writing test, our students are ex-

tremely focused on mastering their individualized focused instructional assignments and applying these

to their assigned essays. The students have been given each writing prompt throughout the past months

to compose thesis statements and complete a brainstorming activity to help them in the prewriting pro-

cess. As always, please remember the VDOE Direct Writing Prompts are available on their website as

are the SOL Practice Test Items for your students to continue their studies in preparation for the upcom-

ing SOL Writing Multiple Choice Exam and The Direct Writing Prompt Essay Examination on March

10th and 12th . Flexible grouping will continue to take place in the library for the next week and will

provide a new perspective on rules of punctuation and grammar components. Classroom teachers will

also include enrichment activities as well as direct applications of these skills within the revision and ed-

iting steps in a student’s sample essay. Again, thank you for all your assistance at home in preparing

your student to rise to his or her academic challenges each day. The English teachers greatly appreciate

it!

Below are some tips to help with the writing process.

“Tell me, I forget. Show me, I remember.

Involve me, I understand.”

- Chinese Proverb -

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Practice Prompts for the Writing SOL ChMS: My GPS for Success!

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Students will compute volume and surface

area using rectangular prisms and cylin-

ders. The students will compute the vol-

ume and surface area with application

problems and non-application problems.

Students will begin working on SOL 8.7

transformations this week focusing on

translations, reflections, and dilation.

Geometry will be still focusing on circles

by looking at their properties (SOL G.11).

We will have a quiz on Friday, March 6th.

Students will begin working on SOL

A.2c factoring trinomials.

Online Resources for Mathematics

INSTRUCTIONAL

VIDEOS

Visit Khan Academy

or Brain Genie to

access assigned review

videos on topics covered

in class or search by de-

sired topic

PRACTICE WORK

Visit Brain Genie Quiz-

izz or Delta Math to

complete review work

assigned by teacher or

AAAMath7 or AAAMath8

for all topics

ONLINE

TEXTBOOKS

Log into student portal

to access enVision2.0

(Math 7/7H/8)

Or

Big Ideas Math

(Algebra & Geometry)

SOL PRACTICE

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

ALGEBRA

GEOMETRY

Additional tests

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With the ending of our classification unit. Get ready to jump into Ecology! This week

students will be introduced to food webs. For one of the activities, students will learn about

the Menhaden, a fish found in their local ecosystem.

Science 8 students and families...we are READY for WEEK 25!!! This week we are con-

tinuing 6th grade review. On Monday we will have a lesson on Estuaries and we will talk

about their important role in our Watershed, the Chesapeake Bay. Tuesday is a teacher work

day so please make sure you’ve submitted all assignments because we will be finalize

grades for the Progress Report that will go out on this Friday, March 6th. Wednesday will be

a review day for our upcoming TEST this Friday on ecosystems, biomes and watersheds.

Thursday, LAB DAY we will build a river. Come ready to get in groups and have blast seeing

how the parts of a river are formed. Can’t wait to learn and grow with you this week!!! And

remember...when YOU are your BEST...it leads to SUCCESS!!!

Mr. Tippitt’s after school art class exploring the idea of using

chemical reactions to create modern, non-objective art. They used

acrylic paints mixed with water, silicone and other mediums to

create brilliant effects.

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Upcoming Events

March 6th - Progress Reports

March 9th - Parent/Teacher conference day.

Please contact your child's teacher directly to schedule an appointment.

March 10th - March 16th - 8th Grade Writing SOL

March 17th - High School scheduling conferences begin

March 18th - Chart Your Course Night at Churchland High School

All 8th grade students zoned for CHS are encouraged to attend along with their parents.

March 19th - Chart Your Course Night/Student Showcase at ChMS.

All 7th grade students are encouraged to attend along with their parents.

Spanish I We will be celebrating National Foreign

Language week March 2nd-6th. Foreign

languages help students appreciate other

cultures and have a better understanding

of their own language and culture. A few

benefits of learning a foreign language

are increased job opportunities, improved

memory, and it is sometimes required or

preferred in universities and colleges.

This week students will participate in ac-

tivities that will reinforce the importance

of knowing a foreign language.

Electives

CTE The CTE department is looking for students taking

Mrs. Bond's/Mrs. Leigh's classes to join the FBLA-

Future Business Leaders of America! A few ad-

vantages of this student organization are that it aims

to develop future leaders, offers scholarship pro-

grams, and opens unique doors of opportunities.

Performing Arts

This week in 8th grade Band and Orchestra, the students will continue to work on develop-

ing the fundamentals of playing their instruments to include tone, pitch, scales/rudiments

and rhythm. This is in preparation for the All-City Middle School Band and Orchestra SOL

Assessment Concerts beginning March 25 - April 10. New music has been selected and

students will be expected to learn their individual parts accordingly.

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Gifted and Talented

Gifted classes will be cancelled due to

testing on March 3, 2020 which is a

Teacher Workday. Classes will re-

sume on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.

The Gifted and Talented Teachers

Ms. Fly and Ms. Kee

Physica l Education & Health :

We welcome back the 8th graders to

Health and PE on Tuesday. Mr. Church,

Mrs. Riggs and Mr. Simmons are in

Health this week. They will continue

working on the body system. Mr. Banks,

Mr. Freeman and Mrs. Rudolph will be in

gym and we will be introducing bowling,

touch ball and floor hockey.

Monday, March 2, 2020

FACULTY MEETING - 4PM

ANIME CLUB - RM 106

RUNNING CLUB

ATHLETIC PRACTICES

Boys & Girls Track Conditioning

Competition Cheer (6-8pm)

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

TEACHER WORKDAY

NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

CRAFTS CLUB - RM 101

CHROME CLUB

JAPANESE CLUB - RM 106

RUNNING CLUB

SCA MEETING - RM 117

ATHLETIC PRACTICES

Girls Track Conditioning

Competition Cheer (6-8pm)

Thursday, March 5, 2020

ANIME CLUB - RM 106

ATHLETIC PRACTICES

Boys & Girls Track Conditioning

Competition Cheer (6-8pm)

Friday, March 6, 2020

NO AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES

T THE TRUCK STOP

Athletics & Afterschool Activities

Practices and Events

for the Week...

Athletics

Admission Prices:

Teachers Free w/PPS Badge

High School/Adults: $4

Middle School — Age 6: $2

Under Age 6 : FREE