Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, November 19th also the following Monday and Tuesday,November 23rd and 24th. The hours are 4-7:30 for Thursday and Monday and 12-7:30 on Tuesday.Staff will be on break from 4:30-5 on Tuesday. The parent teacher conferences will be student led.Many activities will be happening during the conferences such as book fair and the main stairwell lobby will have presentations. Presentations are offered in partnership the Ohio State Extension office and SNAP and are scheduled for the following times:

• Thursday, Nov. 19 4:30 = Digital Life 101
• Thursday, Nov. 19 5:30 = Be Smart, Snack Smart
• Monday, Nov. 23 4:00 = Be Smart, Snack Smart
• Monday, Nov. 23 6:00 = Digital Drama
• Tuesday, Nov. 24 Noon = Be Smart, Snack Smart
• Tuesday, Nov. 24 3:00 = Rules of Digital Engagement
• Tuesday, Nov. 24 5:30 = Be Smart, Snack Smart
• Tuesday, Nov. 24 6:30 = Cyber bullying 

Boney School

Today in science we made paper skeleton to help study for our big skeleton test. The kids cut out the different bone in your body. Some interesting fact about your skeletal system are that your skull is called your cranium and your collarbone is called your clavicle. A way to remember your bones is to sing a song that goes to the tune head shoulders knees and toes. In Mrs.Morris's science class she was able to get a real live dead skeleton from Mr.Rollin's homeroom in the high school. Did you know that and infant has 270 bones but some fuse together and an adult human has 206. We hope to learn more about our skeletal system. See you back with more info next Friday!!!!!!

Student Studies (Week 1)

We’re going to do something new each week. It’s called Student Studies. Each week we will interview a 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grader.

6^th

Holden Reichert was born in Van Wert, Ohio. His favorite color is orange. He’s on team Storm. He likes Ohio State. His favorite teacher is Mrs. Gemmer. His best friend is Gavin Flickenger. For fun he likes to go outside and his favorite sport to play is football.

 

7^th

Zac Tomlinson was born in Van Wert, Ohio. His favorite color is blue and he is on team Stars. He like the Buckeyes. His favorite teacher is Mrs. Gemmer and his best friend is Lennon Bartley. He loves to play basketball and to sleep. He loves to watch baseball.

 

 

8^th

Julia Springer was born in Van Wert, Ohio. She loves the color purple. She is on team Impact. She likes the Ohio State Buckeyes. Her favorite teacher is Mr. McElroy. Her best friend is Cassidy Meyers. She loves to run. Her favorite sport is Cross Country. 

Rube Goldberg Machines

By: Stephanie Geething and Brianna DeAmicis.

The 7^th graders had to build a Rube Goldburg Machine for GTT (Gateway to Tech). A Rube Goldburg machine is a long chain of events that completes a series of simple events that in the end completes a simple task. They learned about the six types of simple machines. They had to use at least five of the simple machines to build their machine.

Inclined plane: an inclined is a inclined flat surface that allows you to exert your input force over a long distance.

Wedge: a wedge is a device that is thick at one end and tapers to a thin edge at the other end.

Screws: a screw is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder.

Levers: pulling a nail from a board with a claw of a hammer

Wheel (and axle): Ex screw driver (handle=wheel and shaft=axel)

A wheel & axle is a simple machine made of 2 simple circular or cylindrical objects that are fastened together and rotate a common axel.

Pulley: Ex: raising and lowering a school flag each day. A pulley is a grooved rope or a cable wrapped around it. When you pull the rope you change the amount & direct of your input force.

7th Grade Stars Team

LANGUAGE ARTS- Dystopian Literature: We are reading novels about dystopian societies. These are some of the books we are reading: The Maze Runner, The Last Book in The Universe, Matched, and The Giver. We are making a brochure about the place in our book and trying to make it like a place you would want to visit.

SCIENCE-  We are learning about Energy and students are designing investigations to study energy transfer. We are also learning about experimental design.

SOCIAL STUDIES- We are finishing learning about the fall of the Roman Empire and the causes of it failing, including Germanic tribes attacking. We are preparing for Byzantine Empire.

MATH-We are studying variables and patterns. We did jumping jacks to help us figure out how to make graphs. We are also studying tables and graphs. gr

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6th grade intramurals

6^th graders get an opportunity to sign up for various sports throughout the year. They get randomly put into teams and whoever gets the most points in the end wins. We have a two loss elimination bracket and keep going until we have a champion. Mr. Moody and Mr. Myers are two referees and the people who organized the whole thing. We asked them a few questions:

Why do we do intramurals?     To give 6^th graders the opportunity to do sports in school because it is not offered. It’s also an organized opportunity that promotes teamwork, positive relationships and an energy releaser.

Why are you the referee?       Mr. Moody and Mr. Myers are the referees because they organized the whole thing. Also, to make sure people follow rules in an organized positive manner.

How many times a week do we do it, when and why?       We do it every Tuesday and Thursday because it fits the schedule.

What type of intermural do we do throughout the year?          We do football, soccer, basketball, dodge ball, and whiffle ball.

We have already done football and are almost done with soccer!


 -Stephanie Geething & Brianna DeAmicis

 

Mathmatical B-Days

 

The following pictures are of both 8th Grade Algebra classes having mathematical birthday parties. You see, 4 high school students asked these two classes to split into groups and plan theoretical birthday parties for them. Of course, to be a high stakes party there had to be a high price limit. Personally, I think 5,000 dollars is more than enough for a party, but that's just me. Overall, the 8th graders did very well and even the superintendent got to see them!