This Week in Rattler CountryThis Week in Rattler CountryThis Week in Rattler Country

Included:

STUCO

Pep Rally

HC Christmas

Athletics

Class Happenings

Calendar of Events

Principal:

Lindsay Morgan

Counselor:

Jill Griffith

Secretary:

Holly King

408 E. 8th St.

Tolar, TX 76476

P: 254-835-5207

F: 254-835-5208

www.tolarisd.org

TTT OLAR JUNIOR HIGHOLAR JUNIOR HIGHOLAR JUNIOR HIGH WEEKLY CAMPUS NEWSWEEKLY CAMPUS NEWSWEEKLY CAMPUS NEWS Volume 5, Issue 5 September 25th-29th, 2017

Pride in Country, School, and SelfPride in Country, School, and Self

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ATTENDANCE

School attendance is very important. Please make it a priority to bring your child to

school everyday, on time. Each class period provides 45-minutes of instruction. Thus, we

have precious few moments throughout the year to ensure that your child is mastering

grade-level content, and is prepared for the next grade-level. Per our attendance poli-

cy, procedures are in place to deter excessive tardies and absences; beginning with

warnings and ending with Saturday School and/or In-School-Suspension. Should attend-

ance issues persist, truancy may be filed with the courts, per our district attendance poli-

cy. The tardy bell rings each morning at 8:00 a.m. / school is dismissed at 3:35.

Thank you for your partnership!

Cell Phones at TJH

We do not allow student cell phone use in the classroom. Students

are not to have the devices on their person (in pockets, bags, etc.)

while in the classroom, unless specifically instructed to do so by their

teacher. When not used as instructional tools, cell phones represent a

great distraction in the classroom. We are by no means opposed to

the use of technology in education, and have many plans to expand

the use of instructional technology, but rather believe that the stu-

dents must be given parameters of use. Students may store their cell phones in their

lockers and can openly check them during Activity Period, passing periods, and lunch.

Cell phones found during class time will be collected. Per the handbook, the students

will be assessed a $15 fee for the return of their phone (Student Handbook, p. 52).

Hood County Christmas for Children Applications are

available in our office (hard copies) . They will

be due by November 3rd.

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JH Athletics

Schedules / Coaches

2017 Cross Country Schedule

Coach: Misty Cook (click to email)

2017 Football Schedule (click on schedules link)

Coach: Jeremy Mullins (click to email)

JH Football - 7th Grade beat Early 20-0 to move to 2-0 on the year. 8th grade

fought to the end and showed much improvement from week 1. Practice

times will remain the same for this next week. We will be at Waco Reicher on

Thursday at 5:00. We will play a combined 7th/8th grade game, Reicher only

has one JH team. Have a great week! - ALL IN - Coach Mullins

2017 Volleyball Schedule

Coach: Scotty Miller (click to email)

Junior High Pep Rallies: Every Thursday @ 9:40 (the Pit)

*through football season

High School Pep Rallies: Every Friday @ 8:15 (THS)

*through football season / whole district attends via bus

ON FRIDAYS—ALL 7th & 8th GRADE GIRLS ARE TO REPORT TO THE JUNIOR

HIGH CAMPUS ON FRIDAY MORNINGS. THEY WILL BE BUSSED TO THE HIGH

SCHOOL. PLEASE DO NOT DROP THEM OFF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

TOLAR JUNIOR HIGH STUCO

Candidate Speeches: Oct. 5th, beginning at 9:40a (JH Pit)

Online Student Body Voting: Oct. 6th

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6th Grade Math—Mrs. Shawnee Endsley This week we will begin multiplying fractions and mixed numbers while we continue to review the concepts we have covered thus far. Please make sure your student is completing and returning homework and prac-ticing multiplication facts daily.

6th Grade English—Ms. Brenda Walker We will have new vocabulary and a new short story to read. We will have a test on Wednesday which will include poetry, literary devices, and vocabulary. We will then be studying personal narratives and more vo-cabulary.

6th Grade Science—Mrs. Diana Daniels This week we will be working on liquid densities and density of irregular shapes.

6th Grade Social Studies—Mr. Ethan Lunn This week in Social Studies, we will be reviewing Chapter 2 on Monday with a Test on Tuesday. We will di-ve into chapter 3 on Wednesday and begin discussing Earth's Growing Population and what causes it to grow and problems that arise with growth. Also we will begin to discuss how a growing population needs and forms a government.

7th Grade Math—Mrs. Gfeller & Ms. Jordan McCleery This week we will be finishing up percent problems and have a test over them on Wednesday. We will then start learning about similar shapes. Don't forget to study for vocabulary test 3 which will be on Thursday.

7th Grade Science—Mrs. Diana Daniels This week we will be finishing our Texas Ecoregion Brochures and learning about the food chain and how energy travels through it.

7th Grade STEM—Ms. Trisha Bagby Students will continue working on desert island design challenge 1. STEM students will be going on a field trip to the TSTC Challenger Center on Wednesday, October 4th. We will leave from TJH at 7:15am. Field trip forms went home on September 21st. Please return them asap. If your student did not make it home with their form, it can be found on my web page.

7th Grade Writing—Ms. Stephens, Mrs. Griffith, and Mrs. Morgan We had a super busy week and are going to push the grammar test to Monday. We are going to begin look-ing at expository essay writing.

7th Grade Reading—Ms. Hailey Wooten We will continue analyzing "Barrio Boy" and "A Day's Wait".

7th Grade Writing—Ms. Hailey Wooten We will continue working on our personal narratives.

7th Grade TX History—Mr. Scotty Miller This week in Texas History, we will take a look at early people of Texas in chapter 4.

Theatre Arts—Mrs. Claudia Whiteley Students will prepare for their full costume (including papier mache mask) in-class skit performance. Stu-dents will also continue with pantomime and mime unit.

8th Grade Math—Ms. Jordan McCleery We will continue the slope unit. We will start graphing slope and there will be a vocabulary quiz on Thurs-day.

Advanced Algebra I—Mrs. Gfeller This week we will be learning how to solve word problems in Algebra. Don't forget to study for vocabulary test 3 which will be on Thursday.

What’s Going On in Your TJH Classes?

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8th Grade Reading—Mrs. Casey Keith We will be working on creating a Utopian society this week. Step 1 will be assigned Monday, and due on Friday. We will continue to read The Giver this week, and take notes. We will be working on vocabulary for the first part of the book. Students will create their own vocabulary list. There will be a spelling quiz Friday over List 1. Friday we will also be rechecking library books, so be sure to bring yours to class. Stay on top of your grades. There are multiple ways to bring your grade up in my class. Use my website for extra credit, and correct anything that you got below a 70 on. All extra credit and corrections will be due no later than Thursday, October 5. 8th Grade Science—Ms. Trisha Bagby Students will learn to predict what changes will occur in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.

8th Grade Concepts of Eng. Ms. Trisha Bagby Students will continue looking at what is engineering. They will begin looking at specific engineering disci-plines. 8th Grade Teen Leadership—Ms. Trisha Bagby Students will be exploring the importance of accepting positive comments and the problems of basing one's self-concept on performance. 8th Grade Teen Leadership—Mr. Scotty Miller This week in Teen Leadership we will discuss ‘To Build a Fire’ as related to self-concept. 8th Grade U.S. History—Mrs. Casey Keith We will be starting Unit 2, Representative Government. We will be taking notes and talking about the im-portance of a government that represents the will of the people. Wednesday I will give you a map test review sheet. There will be a map test Thursday. This will be over all the maps we have done up to this point. Friday we will work on Atlas work. Stay on top of your grades. There are multiple ways to bring your grade up in my class. Use my website for extra credit, and correct anything that you got below a 70 on. All extra credit and corrections will be due no later than Thursday, October 5. 8th Grade Speech—Mrs. Claudia Whiteley Students will complete the nonverbal communication unit with learning basic sign language. Students will begin working on their informative speeches and be introduced to better listening in the communica-tion process.

Tech Apps/CTE—Mrs. Claudia Whiteley Students will continue with the keyboarding and word processing unit using Microsoft 2016. Students will also continue on the computer literacy emphasizing current and past technology trends. Junior High Band—Mr. Matt Nelson 6th Grade Beginning Band will learn about the different parts of there instrument, participate in call and response exercises, and learn how to articulate with there mouth pieces. Junior High Band will be review-ing daily warm-up 1, all region etude 33, 25 or 6 to 4, and lips are moving. Students will play concert F scale and m. 9-16 for the class, so take your instrument home and practice! 6th Grade P.E.: T.R. Varnado This week in PE class, we will be learning how to escape a snake when it is forced upon you.

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TJH Counselor’s Corner

Mrs. Jill Griffith

For the last week of September, we will discuss

cyber safety and bullying with seventh graders during

activity period. This is a very serious topic and we need

parents to continue these conversations at home. Re-

search tells us when these messages are reinforced by

parents, students are more likely to “buy-in!”

Next month we will learn about trustworthiness.

October 23-31st is Red Ribbon Week and Trooper Dub

Gillum will be here to present students with the first of

four drug prevention/awareness programs.

As always, I would encourage you to look at my web

-page under TJH counselor. There are many resources

available for parents and students. Some of these in-

clude: Tolar Community Resource Guide, information on

bullying and prevention, and a link to my college and ca-

reer information website for students and parents. It is

never too early to think about your student’s future af-

ter high school.

**As always**If you are concerned about anything going on with your child at home or at school, and think the school should be made aware; please let us know so we can better serve you, your child and the school!

6th Grade Math—Mrs. Shawnee Endsley 6th Grade English—Ms. Brenda Walker 6th Grade Science—Mrs. Diana Daniels 6th Grade Social Studies—Mrs. Pam McGlothlin

6th Grade STEM—Mrs. Diana Daniels 7th Grade Math—Mrs. Megan Gfeller 7th Grade English—Ms. Aubrey Hemphill

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Mon—09/25: JH VB vs. Brock@Brock4p

Tue—09/26:

Wed—09/27:

Thur—09/28: JH Pep Rally @9:40a JH Pit

JH Combo FB vs. Waco@Waco 5p

Fri—09/29: HS Pep Rally @ THS 8:15a

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