Week of September 19

This week we will focusing on verbs. Students usually breeze through action verbs but when we get to linking and helping verbs is where we run into some trouble. This week we will be working through various activities to knock out the confusion.

REMINDERS

-popcorn money is due September 27
- 1st six weeks exams are next week. Let's start studying.

Week of September 12

This week we will be covering the following topics:
-       Possessive Nouns: Singular & Plural

-       Verbs: Linking & Helping


Reminders:
- Popcorn Fundraiser: All students must sell 15 bags of popcorn. Student representatives are encouraged to sell 30 bags of popcorn.

- Progress Reports will be issued out this week. If you are not satisfied with your grades, make sure to communicate with your teachers about missing work or extra credit opportunities.

- Attendance Challenge: Let's remember that we have been challenged by Mrs Gonzalez to attend school everyday.

Student Council Representatives

This week the buzz around campus was who would be our class representatives for our 2016-2017 Student Council. Ladies and Gents, the results are in!! In 8th grade, the results are as follows:

Vanderbilt University

HECTOR GARCIA

AYELI SOLIS

Stanford University

DANIEL TREVINO

JOSE DIEGO CHAPA

Rice University

KIMIN RHEE

JC DE LA CRUZ

Princeton University

EDUMAR GARCIA

ELIZABETH GONZALEZ

Cornell University

ALEYDA RODRIGUEZ
JULIANNA RIVERA

After today's elections, our Student Council Officers are as follows:

President

Kimin Rhee

Vice President

Hector Garcia

Treasurer

Edumar Garcia

Secretary

Diego Chapa

Reporter

Ayeli Solis

The first week of school was amazing! We learned, practiced, and put into action our class rules and procedures. There were a few glitches here and there but with practice and consistency, we will have it down in no time. Team building is a critical attribute of successful students; therefore we took on a team challenge and learned quality traits about ourselves and each other when working as a team under pressure. The following are a few pictures from our proud Falcons working in groups.

Welcome!

This Writing class is designed to help you improve your communication skills through writing, vocabulary, and grammar exercises. There will be a large amount of writing in this class. You will be working on improving grammar, vocabulary and written and verbal communication through your writing. There will be some research presentations and you will be doing one formal paper this year, along with informal, weekly writing exercises.
To succeed in this class, you must be willing to put forth the effort. There will be writing assignments, papers, reports, and projects. You can expect homework periodically, for a grade. It is important to be organized and responsible and turn in assignments on time. Although you may be involved in extracurricular activities, your first responsibility needs to be to your schoolwork.

The materials needed for this class are as follows:

1 ream of colored paper

1 composition notebook

1 three subject spiral notebook

1 three prong folder

Scissors

Can't wait to meet you all! :)