Exploris Grade 8 Happy Friday Eve! Happy Snow Day tomorrow. Hopefully, your family can use this long weekend (again!) to rest and have some fun together. Stay well! Students should read through Chapter 6 in Crow and complete their summaries by their return on Monday. We’ve had rich discussions this week on historical events around… Continue reading Thursday, January 20
Exploris Grade 8 Happy Friday! We made it through the week. Thank you for being so vigilant about monitoring symptoms and jumping through hoops to get students tested. We appreciate it and are ALL looking forward to a long weekend. Stay healthy and keep us updated on illnesses, quarantines, and test results. We are truly… Continue reading Friday, January 14
Exploris Grade 8 Happy Friday! We had a busy week getting back into the groove of things and MAP testing. We are starting our second novel next week. Please remember students need their copy of the novel Crow next week and remind your student to bring it home each day! They should be reading one… Continue reading Friday, January 7
Exploris Grade 8 Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful break! Thank you for all our thoughtful cards and gifts to round out last year. We are thankful for you and our students and look forward to a solid 2022 with them! We are going to kick off Map testing this week as we… Continue reading Monday, January 3
Exploris Grade 8 We had a great, busy week. Thank you for all your support this week as we wrap our work for 2021! Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Thank you for attending our annual Universal Human RIghts Recitation by The Exploris Class of 2022. This is a time-honored tradition the 8th grade has been… Continue reading Friday, December 10
Exploris Grade 8 We hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving Break! We are back in the swing of things with Trimester 2 well underway! We kicked off our study of Tipping Points, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the second round of electives. Thank you to Dr. Michael Reiskind for kicking off our trimester with… Continue reading Friday, December 3
Exploris Grade 8 That’s a wrap for Trimester 1! Hard to believe these students are ⅓ of the way through their 8th-grade year. We are thankful for you all! Please enjoy your break and we will see you back for Trimester 2 on Monday, November 29! SIGN UP FOR OUTWARD BOUND NOW! The portal is… Continue reading Friday, November 19
Exploris Grade 8 This week we are wrapping up our study of Fever and continuing our Design for Change projects around a water issue. Team Reminders: SIGN UP FOR OUTWARD BOUND NOW! The portal is live! Please complete Step 1 by Friday, November 19! Step 1: Please email each family the link below to sign… Continue reading Monday, November 15
Exploris Grade 8 This week we continued our novel study of Fever, learned about the Declaration of Independence, and kicked off our Design for Change projects around a water issue. Team Reminders: Outward Bound Update: We have confirmed Outward Bound dates for the week of April 18 – 22, 2022! We are working on scheduling… Continue reading Friday, November 5
Exploris Grade 8 We had another great week! We went on a hydrosphere scavenger hunt, water filters and kicked off our Fever 1793 novel study. Your child should be reading two chapters a day! The next quiz is Tuesday on Chapters 7-12. Team Reminders: Intertribal Pow Wow @ Dix Park: 8th grade has been learning… Continue reading Friday, October 29
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