Today's Monarch

Mr. Heneghan and some of the 8th graders take a break in a garden on the campus of Marian College.



From Mrs. Bryant...
Seventh grade students will have a DNA have lab tomorrow. Please remind your son or daughter to bring their lab coat to class.

Sixth grade students are exploring plants in science; however, Friday they will learn about thermal energy in a short lab. Please be sure to ask them about it.

Eighth grade students are studying plate tectonics. Ask them where some of the plate boundaries can be found in our world and how our earth is shaped as a result of their pushing, pulling apart, or sliding past each other.

From Mrs. Groves...
6th graders are beginning to study algebraic properties and solve equations.

7th graders are finding percent of a number. They realize that our sales tax is 7%, but were surprised to find out that 7% for a $16,000.00 car added $1,120.00 to the cost!


8th graders are finishing up a unit on formulas—finding volume and surface area of prisms, pyramids, cones and cylinders. After attending the baseball game, we will apply what we know about formulas to find the “on base percentage” of some of the Indians.

Indianapolis Indians Game – Wednesday, April 30th
Reminder: For the Indians game next Wednesday, please be sure the students bring money for lunch. I did not realize that we are not allowed to bring food since we have box seats. For those who are chaperoning please arrive at school at about 9:30.

In Mr. Heneghan’s class...

· 6th-8th graders have finished their Shel Silverstein projects for National Poetry Month. Look for them in the halls starting tomorrow. We hope to share them with the younger kids in school. Mr. Carlstedt has also suggested they record them for an online podcast!
· 8th graders will NOT be going to Eli Lilly tomorrow. It has been rescheduled for next Friday. It is in the afternoon and we are looking for drivers. Contact Mr. Carlstedt if you can help out.
· The 8th graders will present the May Crowing mass on May 1st at 9am. Please join us.