On Tuesday, May 3, there will be a short assembly about AHS summer camps. Rosary during the month of May: Tuesday, May 3 at 8:45 a.m. in the church. Sports pictures on Wednesday, May 4 at 7:25 a.m. Friday, May 6 is April Scrip NUT Day. Check the e-mail to see if you are eligible. [...]
8th Grade Math (May 2-6)
8th graders have been so busy taking Diocesan Assessment Tests, that our Unit 7 Test has had to be delayed. On Monday, it is happening! This is a challenging test, but the 8th graders have worked hard to master the concepts. Encourage them to take their time and avoid silly mistakes. When that test is [...]
7th Grade Math (May 2-6)
7th graders will finish the Unit 7 Quiz this week; then we will move on to reviewing the many kinds of graphs that we have worked with. This includes circle graphs, bar graphs, line plots, stem and leaf plots, and box and whisker plots. Remember that each students must use at least one of these [...]
6th Grade Math (May 2-6)
6th graders will continue their work with circles this week, as we spend a second day on area of a circle and volume of a cylinder. Then we will spend a couple of days working with integers (the whole numbers and their opposites {…-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3…}), comparing them and graphing them on a coordinate grid. We will [...]
8th Grade Information (April 26-29)
8th grade students will be taking the Diocesan Assessment for Science during their Finance Park class time this week. This test usually takes 2-3 class periods. 8B will be presenting the mass on Wednesday, April 27 at 8:45 a.m. in the church. The Spring Music Program and Band Concert will be at 6:00 p.m. on [...]
8th Grade Math (April 26-29)
Testing…testing…testing! That’s what 8th grade math will be busy with this week. We will finish our practice test review on Tuesday, and perhaps do a general review for the Diocesan Assessment Test. We will spend Wednesday and Thursday on that test. Then we will finally be ready to tackle the Unit 7 Test for which [...]
7th Grade Math (April 26-29)
7th grade students continue their work that we started before Easter Break on Solving Inequalities. They helped me write inequalities before the long weekend. This week, we will also work on solving inequalities. We will review key concepts about Box and Whisker Graphs, then actually work on making one ourselves. Plan on the Unit 7 [...]
6th Grade Math (April 26-29)
This week, 6th graders will be focusing on the circle. First, we will clarify all the parts of a circle. Then, we will move on to finding circumference and area of a circle. Finally, we will expand on area of a circle, multiply it times the height of a cylinder, to find the volume of [...]
8th Grade Information (April 18-21)
We enjoyed lots of exciting events this week, so I’d like to share some photos as part of my 8th grade info blog. 1.) The 8th grade students were confirmed at mass last Saturday evening. We enjoyed having Bishop Amos visit and preside over a special sacramental mass. 2.) Please check out the prayers for [...]
8th Grade Math (April 18-21)
The focus of 8th grade math this week is on reviewing and taking the Unit 7 Test. Since there is a lot of challenging material in this unit, we are going to spend a bit more time on review than we normally do. I want to do what I can to make sure the students [...]
