Sixth Grade Sedulous Scholars

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Badges, Bubbles and Birthdays

The week rounded out last week with celebrations all around. The Headmaster Honor Roll Students and Dean's List Students received ribbons commemorating their hard work and efforts.

Scholars enjoyed their daily Hanukkah gift as they blew bubbles around the room, and McKenna was celebrated for her birthday!

The December Schedule is up in the classroom and here for your information and preview. We will need drivers for our Mountain Ridge visit. Please contact Mrs. Tracy if you are able to drive let her know how many seats you have available in your vehicle. If you want to drive and have not yet been cleared at the front office, you need to bring in your license, and proof of insurance so we can get you all set up! Thank you for helping us on our service day!

Dec 4 - Latin Test
Dec 7 - Spell/Vocab/Essay
Dec 11 - Science Test
Dec 12 - Math Test Algebra
Dec 14 - Spell/Vocab/Essay
Dec 17 - Latin Test - Service Project Mountain Ridge Assisted Living 2:00 - 3:00
Dec 18 - History Test The Enlightenment
Dec 19 - Voluntary Event - Terrace Plaza Playhouse - A Christmas Carol (more info to follow)
Dec 20 - Early Release/ Party all day! :)

Not too busy so that we can all focus on family during this month. There will not be a book report due until January.

Headmaster's Honor Roll First Quarter

Dean's List First Quarter

The whole gang!

bubble mania

Happy Birthday McKenna!

Friday, November 30, 2012

...Just the Way We Work.....

Back to the workplace today found the teacher up at 3:00 in the morning and attempting to reschedule herself to function in the classroom! We have so many activities to pack into the next three weeks, with so much to learn and assimilate that it makes one's head spin! At the same time, this is what we love about our educational system at GFA...there is a prodigious amount of knowledge to learn and pack into our lives and memory banks, and therefore we never find ourselves bored!

Today we presented book report projects. There were a number that were done quite well and there are a few pictures as I was trying to grade and shoot at the same time! We also got our Forensics shirts and were able to wear them to show them off. Scholars may add these to their normal uniforms to wear anytime to school. Ballots were handed back at club yesterday and discussed. The rest will be handed out in Speech Class this morning.

Thursday was the second day of Hanukkah since it began at sundown on Wednesday. Bella is the youngest in the class so she is lighting the candles each day. We will be playing dreidel with their new driedels and enjoying our little Hanukkah presents each day. The scholars learned the Hebrew phrase Baruch Atah Adonai which begins each evening of Hanukkah in a Jewish home. Blessed be the Lord our God.

The December schedule will go up sometime over the weekend. Be on the lookout. We will have a field trip the second week of December to Mountain Ridge Retirement Home for our service project. we will go spend a couple hours in a checker tournament with the residents and enjoy some Christmas music. We will be working on making small gifts for them this coming week. As soon as we know the date we will be looking for drivers both there and back.

Have an excellent FRIDAY!

Under the Same Stars

The Hobbit

Looking professional!

This is what we do!

Hanukkah day two.....

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have so much to be thankful for this season. I have a wonderful group of young scholars to hang out with in my suite....I have tremendous parents that go out of their way to make my day easier, and make learning experiences sensational for their children, and I have a precious new grandson who makes every minute with him a joy.

Be grateful for all we have scholars, thank your parents for loving you so well, and be appreciative that you are a GFA GUARDIAN! :)

How I am spending my time! :)

How Mason spends his! :)

Friday, November 16, 2012

Forensics Fury!

Our feet are in pain after walking/running so many miles last night, but we can all breathe a little bit easier now that we've been through our first Forensics Tournament together! The scholars worked extremely hard last evening to use all they have learned over the past couple months, and I am very proud of their overall performance. We filled our building with "speechies" and made new friends from area schools. The whole evening could be termed "priceless" in the life of a child and their mental/emotional/educational growth. Thank you parents for your incredible support in taking care of our judges and coaches. The complements from the other teams were overwhelming. They all want to return to GFA and enjoy another well run debate....we'll be inviting them back in the spring...can we build an addition by then??? lol..... Many of the rounds were extremely close and came down to numbers of excellence on the ballots and minutes of time spoken. GREAT JOB SCHOLARS! YOU ROCK!!!
Here are the final Tabs....

November Tournament 2012 – Final Standings

Storytelling

3^rd – Braylee Earnhart – GFA

2^nd Grace Campbell – High Mark

1^st – Katie Bloker – Central Davis

Prose/Poetry

3^rd – Evelyn Lowe – GFA

2^nd – Alexsis Kemp – GFA

1^st – Jacqui Earl – GFA

Duo

2^nd-Vincent Bonacci & Asher Litchfield - West

1^st-Clara Tsao & Alexa Johnson - Maeser

3^rd-Annelisa Kingsbury - West

2^nd-Sadie Seddon -West

1^st-Samantha Kelcey - West

Impromtu

3^rd-Micheal Tao - West

2^nd-Alexa Johnson – Maeser

1^st-Sam Pope – GFA

Oratory

3^rd-Sam Pope – GFA

2^nd-Garrett Krizek – GFA

1^st-Carraleene James – GFA

SWEEPS TROPHY TO GFA BY ONE WIN!!!!

Enjoy the photos from the evening. We will be recuperating in the suite this morning and attempting to distribute the many crockpots that I left there last night. If you have one at school, please claim it as I will not be back until the 29th. The final photo you will see today is my reason for taking a much needed break!
I am moving the History test to Monday, and the Science Test to Tuesday. Scholars will have a math test on Unit 6 while I am away, but that will be determined by my sub, Mrs. Cardinal.