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 The Cougar News

Message from the Principal

Dear Parents:

Kennedy Road Middle

School is committed to

continuous school im-

provement and fulfilling

the school’s vision through

quality teaching and learn-

ing. As a part of our efforts

to improve communication

between stakeholders and

the school, we are improv-

ing procedures to keep you

informed. Teachers will be

making information avail-

able through a monthly

grade-level newsletter and

through daily teacher

blogs. The newsletter,

which is attached, will con-

tain a snapshot of the cur-

ricula to be covered during

that month. Teacher blogs

will be updated on a daily

basis and will be available

through Kennedy Road’s

webpage. Blogs will pro-

vide specific information

regarding daily class as-

signments, homework,projects, and assessments.

Additionally, to keep you

current on student pro-

gress, at least three grades

will be entered on a weekly

basis in Infinite Campus,

our student information

system. Specific informa-

tion regarding each assign-

ment can be viewed by

clicking on that assign-

ment ’s name.

Also, procedures for log-

ging into Infinite Campus

were mailed during the

summer. However, if you

do not have a current pass-

word and login or are ex-

periencing difficulty log-

ging in, you may contact 

Mrs. Shropshire at Ken-

nedy Road for assistance.Sincerely,

Brenda James - Ford

Dates to Remember

Band Concert /

Parent Work-

shop

10—11:00 am

12/9

Basketball vs.

Rehoboth

Starts at

5::00 pm

12/10

Lunch with the

Principal

12/14

Basketball

At Upson Lee

12/15

Chorus Concert/

Parent Work-

shop

10-11:00 am

12/16

Basketball vs.

Manchester

Starts at

5::00 pm

12/17

Special points of

interest:

• Writing Workshop

for 8th grade stu-

dents

DATES:

• Saturdays—

December 11 and

18

• Saturdays—

January 8 and 15

• The assessment

will be on Janu-

ary 19th

What’s Going on in 6th Grade?

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December 7 ,  2010 

V olume  1 ,  Issue 1  

6th Grade Language Arts & Literacy—Ms. Ponder, Ms. Worley, & Ms. Wyche

Students are currently

working on expositorywriting, using the 6+1

Traits of Writing. Our

classes are reading Bud,

Not Buddy, a novel by

Christopher Paul Curtis.

Also, we are discussing

the elements of litera-

ture, figurative lan-

guage, and vocabulary,

in addition to analyzingand evaluating main

ideas and themes. Stu-

dents participate in

Daily Grammar Practice

each day, which

includes the

parts of speech,

sentence parts,

clauses, sentence types,

sentence purpose, capi-talization and punctua-

tion, and sentence dia-

gramming. By December

17th, students should

have read 1200 pages

for the school year.

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For the month of December we

will be working on an algebra unit 

in sixth grade math. We will be

learning the following skills: writ-

ing and evaluating

algebraic expres-

sions, solving one-

step equations using

basic operations,

and analyzing and

creating algebraic

equations from ta-

bles and graphs.

Our classes have just finished the

unit on fossil evidence and plate

tectonics, and will be taking an

assessment on Dec. 8 - 9. We will

be beginning our unit 

on earthquakes soon.

Students have been

assigned a First Se-

mester Project, and

have been given in-

formation related to

the project.

We are learning about the econ-

omy. We are discussing the differ-

ent ways in which goods are pro-

duced, distributed, and con-sumed. We are also examining

the various economic systems

throughout Europe. We are focus-

ing on three different economic

systems: traditional, command,

and market. In order to empha-

size the differences between each

system, the students created skits

describing each economic system.

Accessing Blogs

All teacher blogs can

be accessed by visiting

the school website. If you navigate to

www.gscs.org, you can

select Kennedy Road

from the link under

our schools.

On the Kennedy Road

website, hover over

the link for facultyand staff. You may

then click on the link 

for 6th grade teach-

ers. On this page, you

will find a link for

each teachers’ email

address and his or her blog. The

blog will give you a daily update of 

what is occurring in each class.

6th Grade Mathematics—Coach Sanders & Ms. Evans

To encourage and reinforce good

behavior, 6th grade teachers have

implemented the Stars and Strikes

program. Each class period, stu-

dents have an opportunity to be

chosen as receiving a star or a

strike, based on classroom aca-

demics and performance.

Students who earn stars are given

special incentives, such as a “Fast 

Pass,” which allows the student to

jump to the front of the line at 

lunch, good behavior celebrations

for up to 15 students, lunch with

the principal, or cougar bucks.

On the flip-side, stu-

dents who receive 3

strikes are put on a be-

havior plan that limits

movement throughout 

the day, locker breaks,

and designates the stu-

dent to silent lunch. While stu-

dents can remove strikes by earn-

ing stars, as students earn more

strikes the consequences increase,

which could include a parent con-

ference or having a parent sit with

the student 

for part of the school

day.

Stars and Strikes

Volume 1 , Issue 1Page 2 

6th Grade Science— Ms. Cheek & Ms. Traylor

6th Grade Social Studies— Mr. Posey & Ms. Traylor

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