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Cat’s Connection

News

Cat’s Connection

News

Cat’s Connection

Principal: Mr. Doug Herron

Asst. Principals: Mrs. Beverly Cornelius Ms. Meredith Durastanti Mr. Willie Gilliard

Principal’s Message:

With the start of the Fall Season, Hardee Junior High School continues to focus on student growth and achievement. With 2 months of school behind us, we’ve already held our first benchmark assessments in reading, math, writing, and science. Information from these important assessments has been shared with both students and parents and our teachers are using the results to monitor both what is being taught (curriculum) and how it is taught (instruction). I have no doubt that all of these efforts will pay off in aca-demic growth for all of our students. As parents, you can do your part by insuring that your child is pre-sent and on time daily, prepared for instructional activities and learning, and working on enriching activi-ties at home. Encouraging your child to read at home is also very important. Although we’ve said it many times before, it’s still true that by working cooperatively together, we can best insure success for our stu-dents.

Douglas Herron Principal

November 2011

Parent Involvement The School Improvement Plan is available at http://www.flbsi.org/1112_SIP/

Login.aspx and in the school’s front office. Parental input can be made by call-

ing the school principal or assistant principal. Copies are available upon request by calling the school office at 773-3147.”

“The School Public Accountability Report (SPAR) is available at “http://doeweb-prd.doe.state.fl.us/eds/nclbspar/index.cfm” and in the school’s front office. Cop-

ies are available upon request by calling the school office at 773-3147.”

"The Parent Involvement Improvement Plan is available at "the link for your

school's website" and in the school’s front office. Parental input can be made by

calling the school principal or assistant principal. Copies are available upon re-quest by calling the school office at 773-3147.”

School Improvement Plan Reading:

On the 2010-2011 FCAT, 61% of Hardee Junior High students made learning

gains in reading. Objective:

The goal is for 65% of the students at HJH to make learning gains on the 2011-

2012 FCAT.

Title 1

Hardee Junior High School is a Title 1 school for the 2010-2011 school year. If you have any questions about Title 1, please contact Federal Programs at (863)

767-0662.

Non-HQ and Out-of-Field

Ginger Lanfier (reading) Angela Wandrey (reading)

Out-of-Field (ESOL Only) Hallie Crosby, Darian Dumont, Tracey Encapera, Heather Lane,

Sheyla Nazario, Samuel Rivera, Angela Wandrey

8th grade math is currently working on

Graphing and Equations.

Algebra is finishing up Section 3 which is through Lesson

30. It's dealing with solving equations, analyzing graphs,

functions, and relations.

Parents/Guardians! Please periodically check your

child progress through our Grade Portal.

November 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Football vs Desoto 2 Student Council 3:15

room 607

3 4 5

6 7 Basketball tryouts 8 Report Cards

Honor Roll breakfast

Basketball tryouts

9 8th grade Art Club

3:15—4:00

10 SWAT 3:10-4:15 room 910 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 Great American Smokeout

Day—SWAT

18 Dress Down Day 19

20 21 Fall Holiday 22 Fall Holiday 23 Fall Holiday 24 Fall Holiday 25 Fall Holiday 26

27 28 29 30 NJHS meeting 3:30—

4:15 8th 3:30—4:00 7th

“Under the Microscope”

6th Grade: Students will continue using the scientific method for investigations along with mapping and graphing data. Our next unit is on weathering, ero-

sion, deposition and landforms.

7th Grade is also working on Earth Science including the rock cycle and plate tectonics. Mr. McCandless would like to encourage ALL parents to set aside

time every night for review and STUDY. His students and parents can visit

him on his site www.mc-science.com for study guides and links to Think

Central , the science book’s website. From there students can access their

book online, have passages read to them, multi-lingual glossaries, online virtu-

al labs and interactive lessons! 8th Grade will be moving to Big Idea 5, Earth in Space and Time. They will

be focusing on the Universe and stars which is Unit 2 of the Fusion text book.

SCIENCE FAIR NEWS : Students should have already turned in the Scien-tific Question, Hypothesis, Materials List and Bibliography to their science

teacher by September 30. Next big deadline was October 7th when Proce-

dures, and necessary paper work should be turned in. Mrs. Miller’s science lab students have been going back in time to measure

and compare how our continents have moved and changed over millions of

years. The next focus will be on what causes Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and mountains. From there we will begin our Energy Investigations, Big Idea

7.

Language Arts and Reading

The Language Arts and Reading Department here at Hardee Junior High School is encouraging you and your child to “Fall

into a Good Book.” Each grade level has begun reading a novel in class. Sixth grade is reading Touching Sprit Bear, seventh

grade is reading Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer, and the eighth grade is reading The Hunger Games. During the month we will

be focusing on vocabulary. Students will use context clues to infer meanings of unfamiliar words, analyze phrases and word

relationships in context, and analyze multiple-meanings of words in context.

Social Studies

8th Grade Social Studies classes have just completed the Revolutionary War. We

had a lot of fun recreating the original Boston Tea Party. Our classes performed outdoor activities to re-enact this. We will begin reading a novel in our classes

about a boy fighting in the Revolutionary War and all the things he experienced at

an early age. This will complete our unit on the Revolutionary War.

6th grade is learning about : Egyptian Culture, Ancient Israelites, and the Birth of

Judaism.

7th grade is learning about: Maps, reading maps, learning about latitude and

longitude, scale, and direction.

HJH is collecting Box Tops for Education so please help us out by sending in box tops with your child. There are many products in the grocery store that contain

the box top logo and HJH will earn money for every one we send them.