11/7/25

  Announcements - 

A Christmas Carol - Opening Weekend is this weekend!! Come let GHCDS students entertain you with their awesome talent!  See flyer below.

FRIDAY GATHERING- This next Friday, Nov 14th, 6th graders will be presenting information about five Harvest/Thanksgiving festivals from around the world, that they researched and presented on this last week. There are still a few items we might need. Here is a list of the festivals and items we might need to borrow. You can check with your child to find out what group they are in and what they plan for their outfit. 

Madeira Flower Festival (Portugal) - Floral hat, full skirt (floral or plain), white or colorful shirts for the boys

Indonesian Rice Harvest - straw hats, white shirts, solid or colorful bottoms

Nigerian Yam Festival - yams (I will purchase a couple for the scene), boys in solid or African print shirts or tunics, girl in solid or African print (colorful) shirt and skirt/pants

South Korea Chuseok - solid or print full skirt, white or black women's jacket, solid color shirts for boys, plain solid bottoms

Argentina Vendimia Grape Harvest - White shirts, solid bottoms, red scarves or bandanas, a wooden half barrel or bucket for "grape stomping" (I have one but just thought I'd see if there is another available), and if anyone wants to volunteer to send in a bag or two of grapes that would help. The kids can eat them as snack later :)

• 11/20 - Lower School Taste of Thanksgiving 
• 11/21 - No School - faculty workshop
• 11/24-28 - No School - Fall Break
• 12/8 - Classroom spelling bee
• 12/11 - School spelling bee

 - Ask Your Child About - 

• Morning Meeting, wellness/personal growth
• SEL lesson about Stress! Students identified what being stressed feels like, what things can stress us out, and what of those things they can and can't control
• Native American Heritage - highlighting Native American heritage and specific individuals that have made an impact

• Math
• Algebra! Solving equations to find the value of the variable (ex: X-7= 21)
• Students were challenged to solve more complex algebra problems 
• (ex: 3 (X-2) + 4 (5+X) = 28) Even though some found these more challenging, it was special to hear the "Math talk" happening and the problem solving occurring as we worked through some step-by-step. Their final test won't have anything this difficult, just the basics

• English
• Unit 2: short story "Hey You Down There", read and studies extracts 4-9
• Discuss standard vs. non-standard English, how authors choose just the right names for their characters, how the characters in our story all had different understandings of a situation
• Reflecting on a characters speech, accent, education level; wrote a short letter in the voice style of a specific character

• Science
• Test went great!
• Intro to Science Fair!

• Social Studies/Global Perspectives
• Presented GP projects and reflected on slide design and speaking portions
• Began Mesopotamia unit! Geography and beginning of the world's first civilization

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