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Classroom Updates! STUDENT SHOUT OUTS! th Math: 8th grade and Math 1 will be The Catamount School 6 Grade: Tyee Jones Tyee is a very, quiet student, but he sure knows launching their unit on linear functions. We how to lead a group. Tyee has such a kind will be working on this for about 9 weeks. Newsletter heart. He is also very respectful to other Sixth graders are still working in their unit students and his teachers. Tyee is a very on geometry-- this week we will focus on trustworthy student, many of the teachers will surface area and volume of 3-D shapes! trust him to different jobs. He is also very Seventh graders are continuing to work on diligent with his school work. their scale models of roller coasters and th connecting proportional reasoning and 7 Grade: Nevaeh Quick scale factors to their science projects. Nevaeh is a compassionate student who always cares about other people with a sweet All 3 grades have Social Studies: personality. She is very responsible with her completed map quizzes, they have wrapped Important Dates and Events: work and demonstrates much maturity/respect SS 101 projects, published their final in everything she does. We couldn’t be more products, and continuing mastery of their Sept 3-12: Registration opens: GOTR thankful for who she is! maps. They’ll start new units on Monday. Sept. 19: Staff Mtng/PTA help with car duty 8th Grade: Drew Poston Language Arts: Please make sure that Drew is a wonderful friend to all, and is your student has turned in his or her Sept. 24: GOTR Begins always an extremely diligent student; who is permisison slips for the library trip on the Sept 25: Library trips in ELA goal focused. He is always accepting new 25th! 8th grade's presentations on challenges and thinking outside of the box. At their Most Dangerous Game projects were Sept. 27: Village Recess any given time, he will always offer a helping awesome! 7th grade dove into the 1960's hand. We couldn’t be more possibly thankful to with a webquest focusing on the SE Hinton Sept. 27: Bring your parent to PE week! call Drew a TCS catamount. novel, The Outsiders. Students will dive Sept. 30: No School headlong into this novel next week! From the Principal’s Desk: 6th grade has spent their week creating Parents, their own myths as part of their Greek FIELD TRIPS: As we plan our fieldtrips, we need parents and mythology unit with Ms. Bishop. Students th students engaged in fundraising activities with the will continue this study next week as they 7 Graders: PTA to help offset student expense. Please be active begin a cross-curricular unit that parallels and engaged in the planning and implementation of what they're doing in ELA in Social Studies. • these efforts. Our next PTA meeting is scheduled for CAMP GREENVILLE Packets went home this week: October 3 at 6PM, President Liz Wike can be reached Science: In science, the 7th graders • Deposits due September 20 at [email protected]. interviewed Mr. Steve Jackson, the head of • Make checks payable to WCU Mr. Cody maintenance and building at Carowinds. They asked him all sorts of questions about • Theatre Arts: The Outsiders Co-Te ach ing Corner what it takes to be an electrical engineer • There are six models of co-teaching that your and what happens to build a new roller Theatre students auditioned for roles in their children will see throughout the year. The first that coaster in the park. The 6th grade is production of the OUTSIDERS this week! Students they have seen so far in ELA and Math class is developing producers and consumers read this classic novel in Language Arts, and are Parallel teaching. In parallel teaching, adapted to live on alien planets, and the excited to present the play in December! Cast list the teachers are both covering the same eighth grade is learning to read the information, but they divide the class into two will be posted on Tuesday next week! periodic table. The snake is back, and he's groups and teach simultaneously. gotten lots of love. Take Your Parent to PE Week! Friday September 27th The Catamount School is participating in Take Your Parent to PE Week! Sponsored by the Active Schools movement, Take Your Parent to PE Week is a nationwide campaign that highlights the importance of physical learning in schools and helps keep parents involved in all aspects of their child’s education. We invite you to come participate in PE class to witness the fun and engaging ways we are helping your kids feel better, work together as a team, reduce anxiety, maintain focus in the classroom and develop lifelong healthy habits. Friday September 27th 8th grade- 11:55-12:45 6th and 7th grade- 12:35-1:25 Check out www.activeschoolsus.org/pe-week for more information, including a toolkit for parents, and once you’re here, be sure to tag #ParentsLovePE and @ActiveSchoolsUS to share the fun! RSVP to Nicole Kaysing at [email protected] by September 23rd to participate! September: Sept. 19: Staff Meeting/PTA to help with car duty November: Sept. 24: GOTR Begins Nov. 7: 5pm SIT Meeting, 6pm PTA Meeting Sept 25: Library trips in ELA Nov. 11: No School/Holiday Sept. 27: Village Recess Nov. 13: Library Trips in ELA Sept. 27: Take Your Parent to PE Week! Nov. 18: WCU Day Trip Sept. 30: No School Nov 21: Staff Meeting Nov. 22: Village Recess in Enrichment October: Nov 27-29: No School/Thanksgiving Break Oct. 3: 5pm SIT Meeting, 6pm PTA Meeting Oct. 3 & 4: Purchase Knob Trips December: Oct. 10 & 11: 7thto Camp Greenville Dec. 5: 5pm SIT Meeting, 6pm PTA Meeting October 17: Staff Meeting/PTA help with car duty Dec. 6: Theatre/Dress Rehearsal October 18: No School Dec. 7: Theatre Arts Production @ UC Theatre October 25: Village Recess Dec. 8: GOTR 5K in Asheville October 30: Library Trips in ELA Dec 19: Staff Meeting, PTA assist with car duty Dec 20: Village Recess TBA: Catamount Cabaret Chip Cody [email protected] Principal Beverly Carnes [email protected] Administrative Support Specialist Amie Broyhill [email protected] Social Studies Amanda Clapp [email protected] Science Holly Pinter [email protected] Mathematics, WCU – TCS Liaison Beth Poteat [email protected] English & Language Arts Katy Elders [email protected] Arts & Enrichment Amber Henry [email protected] Exceptional Children/Intervention Nicole Kaysing [email protected] Health & PE Tammy Barron [email protected] E.C. Director Mark Leamon [email protected] School Resource Officer Counseling Services Mikayla Baldwin Buchanan [email protected] Cristina Franklin [email protected].