1st week in March 2009

This week the students will be taking the ISAT test. There will be no assigned homework in math.

Please remember:

• get plenty of rest
• eat breakfast
• bring sharpened pencils to take the test
• do your very best!

Have a great week! :-)

Week of February 23-27, 2009

This week we will be doing in-class activities and a review for the ISAT test which will be next week. There will be no work assigned outside of class!

Dates to note:

• Mid-term is Wednesday, 2/25.
• Thursday, 2/28 is the Mathcounts Competition that 8 of our students will be competing in.
• Friday, 2/27 is 8th grade career day at LLC.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Buescher

Week of Febrary 17-20, 2009

Mon.: No School
Tues.: Jr. High Skating Trip ** Early dismissal: 1:20 p.m.

7th grade
Wed.: Pretest
Thurs.: L. 59
Fri.: Test

8th grade
Wed.: Pretest
Thurs.: L. 80
Fri.: Test

Week of February 9-13, 2009

Hello! Please check out the Notices/Reminders posting that goes over various upcoming dates. I also want to make you aware of the changes to the school schedule due to the days that school had to be cancelled.

3rd quarter mid-term is Feb. 25
3rd quarter ends on Mar. 27
April 9 will be an early dismissal (at 1:20 for the Jr. High)
4th quarter mid-term is April 29
The last day of school is June 1 with a dismissal at 10:20 that day.

Assignments for the week of Feb. 9th are as follows...

7th grade:
Mon.: L. 56
Tues.: L. 57
Wed.: L. 58
Thurs.: L. 59
Fri.: no homework

8th grade:
Mon.: L. 74
Tues.: L. 76
Wed.: L. 77
Thurs.: L. 79
Fri.: no homework

Usually in math class we stick to the topic of math and so my posts on here on usually just general math information. However, I read a newspaper article in the "Journal Gazette" yesterday that I felt I needed to share with my students. It referred to teenagers getting into trouble with the law due to what they were sending around on their text messages (inappropriate pictures of themselves or people they knew). I shared this with my students in the context that I know that good kids sometimes make really bad choices. I wanted them to be aware that this is going on and people do get in trouble for it. The students' responses were very interesting and led me to believe that it goes on in Neoga, too. Why do I post this on here? Because we are often asked for suggestions on how to deal with kids. I think one of the biggest things is to make sure that parents know what is going on with their kids. For example, is it okay for parents to check their child's cell phone, Facebook account, myspace account, etc.?? Just something to think about!

Have a good weekend!

We really do have good students here!

Study Session on Mon., Feb. 9

I have scheduled a study session on Mon., Feb. 9 from 3:20 - 4:00 p.m. to give students an opportunity to come in for some extra help in math.

Notices/Reminders

Hello to all! I had a parent e-mail me about the upcoming freshman parent meeting and that prompted me to post a few notices/reminders about various Jr. High happenings... Not that I think your kids would ever forget to tell you something! :-)

• Mon., Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. - Meeting for the parents of 8th graders regarding next year; information on freshman pre-registration will be presented

• The 8 students who are on the Mathcounts Team will meet at 7:45 a.m. on 2/10, 2/17, and 2/24 to prepare for the competition on 2/26 in Salem, IL.

• Mid-term is Feb. 18th.

• The 8th graders will participate in a career day at Lake Land College on 2/27.

• A fun website to check out sometime is www.mathforum.org/dr.math There are answers on there to hundreds of commonly asked math questions.

Hope you are having a great week!

Mrs. Buescher