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WELCOME 6TH GRADERS! I am so excited to tell you about a wonderful opportunity for you and your parents! The Gifted Department takes a long trip DURING SCHOOL DAYS (excused and counted toward perfect attendance)each year. This year our trip is to Washington, DC! We are going by train from Atlanta and will learn so much (that means have so much fun!) on the trip. Everything is included except souvenir spending money -- all food, transportation, admissions, tips, everything!
We will have some fundraisers to help but start planning and saving now!
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IMPORTANT DATES:
August 28: Notebook check - all grades
September 1: Labor Day - NO SCHOOL
September 8: School Pictures
September 9: Open House
September 9 - 12: Book Fair
September 9: Independent Studies checked (8th grade)
September 10: Progress reports go home
September 11: Notebook check - all grades
September 12: PepRally - Football and Volleyball
September 18: Football game at Arnold vs Veterans
September 25: 6th grade hearing/vision screening
September 26: Assembly - Interquest Detection Canines
September 30: Volleyball at Baker(Arnold, Baker,
Midland)
October 1: 8th grade Independent Studies Projects Due
October 1: House Project due(7th grade)
(see project requirements below)
October 1: $100 deposit for Washington due
October 7: Next ABC meeting - 6:00pm Media Center
October 15: Report Cards
May 11-16: GIFTED TRIP FOR 2008 - 2009 School Year
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ABC MEETING SUMMARY - August 26
Twenty-three parents were in attendence. Our officers this year are:
President Brenda Reese
BHReese@aol.com
706-527-7397 cell
706-324-4045 home
Maggie and Laura gave an overview of fundraising suggestions, including selling personized chocolate bars, a bake sale at a partner in education location, Valentine's dance, Tupperware/Avon sale, and the frozen pizza, hotwings, and desserts that were so successful last year. They will contact Ms. Reed, the principal, to get an ok for the fundraisers. Parents will be notified as soon as plans are finalized. Mrs. Kinder gave a presentation on the trip. A deposit of $100 is required by October 1 for each student and chaperone who plans to go. Parents, especially Dads were encouraged to be chaperones. The next meeting date is Oct. 7, 6pm, in the media center.
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Washington, DC trip:
Leave after school Monday, May 11, return, Saturday, May 16, midday
Cost: $500 per person
Deposit: $100 due Oct. 1* non refundable
Final payment due by April 15
Make checks or money orders payable to ABC (Academic Booster Club) and our treasurer will keep an account just for you - like trip by lay-away!
Payments may be made on your account at any time.
All money is due for students and chaperones by April
15, 2009. Chaperone cost is the same as student cost.
Basic Itinerary: Travel by Amtrak from Atlanta to DC, Washington, Monument, Capitol, Smithsonian museums, Holocaust Museum, Arlington Cemetery, ethnic restaurants, other activities to be added. Hotel accommodations: Hotel Harrington (see internet).
Students must maintain a B average in Academic subjects and Gifted, plus good behavior: no ISS for conduct, no suspensions
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Personal Materials – Bring to class daily!
Plastic folder with clips and pockets - this
is to be used only for gifted class
Ruled notebook paper (white)- any width
Hole reinforcements
Pencils and erasers: NO INK UNLESS DIRECTED!
Inexpensive calculator
Room Supplies: Bring and earn a NO HOMEWORK PASS!
6th grade girls: 1 spray disinfectant/cleaner (no bleach) for tables
6th grade boys: 1 roll paper towels
7th grade girls and boys: 1 lg hand sanitizer
8th grade (all): 1 box of tissue
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Odyssey Notes: 2009 Problems are out - see the Georgia Odyssey website
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Mrs. Kinder’s Gifted Resource Class Grade 7
MODEL HOUSE PROJECT DUE ON OCTOBER 1, 2008
To complete our unit “How Much Does It Cost?”, each student will construct a model house of his own design following the guidelines below:
• The house may be no larger than 2ft. x 2ft. x 2ft. in total size. This includes any base it may be placed on.
• The roof must be removable in order to see the inside floor plan.
• The minimum required elements include a kitchen, living room, dining room, bedroom, and bath.
• The house may be made of easily obtained objects like corrugated box material, wrapping paper, construction paper, scraps of fabric, wallpaper, pictures from magazines, etc. A box in itself is not acceptable; you must alter it in size, shape or some other manner to make it you own design. Some other materials students have used in the past include foam board, handmade and purchased miniature furniture, wood, sheet metal, and shingles. Lincoln Logs, wooden blocks, Lego’s, or other toy materials are not permitted for the house itself.
• You are limited only by your imagination. The house is to be your dream house and may be any shape, number of storeys and contain whatever you’d like to put in it as long as it meets the first three requirements.
• The basic one-storey house that meets the first three criteria and is turned in on time will receive a C.
• An A or B grade is made by the personal creativity expressed in the design of the house and its decoration:
1. Windows are covered and decorated.
2. Floor coverings are present.
3. Appropriate furniture is in place.
4. Wall coverings and decorations are present.
5. The exterior has siding/roofing materials.
6. The floor plan is more than the required
elements.
7. Personal creativity is present.
8. The project is neat.
9. It is evident that the student did the work.
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