The Monarch, Thursday October 4

The Monarch
October 4, 2007
From Mrs. Groves...
Wednesday, our middle school students will go to the Indiana State Fairgrounds to help the Salvation Army set up for Coats for Kids. While there, they will sort hundreds of coats, check them for broken zippers, missing buttons, etc., and put them on hangers. They will then place them on the appropriate coat rack according to size. The following weekend, coats will be given away to any child or adult needing a winter coat. In the past, our students left with a new appreciation for the huge number of dedicated volunteers it takes to make an event like Coats for Kids happen. It is a great lesson in service to our community.

From Mrs. Bryant...
Sixth grade students are learning about our solar system. They will have a test probably next Monday. We will review in class on Friday.

Seventh and eighth grade students will have a quiz over atomic structure on Friday. They should study their notes and handouts provided in class. They will be learning about Marie Curie, her discovery of radium, and how to calculate half-lives after their quiz and into early next week. They were given class time today to earn their extra credit points. Several students had completed this online exercise, but neglected to include their names.

All students should have brought home a copy of their detailed grades from science this week to be signed by a parent. I wanted to give them an idea of what they had achieved thus far in the class before report cards came out in the last half of October.




From Mr. Carlstedt...
7th grade: Test Friday on Chapter 3
8th grade: Test Friday on Chapter 3
Technology quiz for 7th on Thursday, for 6th and 8th on Friday.

Please turn in Homework Watcher or Internet Permission slips to the office or Mr. Carlstedt.
Chat
Real-time text-based communication in a virtual environment. Chat can be used in e-learning for student questions, instructor feedback, or even group discussion.
Collaboration technology
Software, platforms, or services that enable people at different locations to communicate and work with each other in a secure, self-contained environment. May include capabilities for document management, application sharing, presentation development and delivery, white-boarding, chat, and more.
Courseware
Software designed to be used in an educational program.
Hub
A common connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a local area network (LAN).
Infrastructure
The underlying mechanism or framework of a system. In e-learning, the infrastructure includes the means by which voice, video, and data can be transferred from one site to another and be processed.
KB (kilobyte)
1,024 bytes.

From Mr. Heneghan
--6th and 7th graders will have Vocab Test 2 tomorrow, Friday.
--8th graders will test over Vocab Unit 2 next Tuesday.
--1st quarter ends Oct. 19th. The following week will be parent-teacher conferences. We will send a schedule of times next week.
--October 23 & 24 are half days for parent-teacher conferences. The 25th and 26th are Fall Break.