Team Leader: Mr. Voccio rvoccio@cpsed.net
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Team News
Happy February to all!
The first full month of winter has passed with only one relatively small snow storm that had to be dealt with. Bad news for the snowbirds, but at least the school calendar has not been extended! Anyway, February is a short month, only twenty-eight days, but wait … this is a leap year. Still, February is the shortest month out of the twelve. In fact, there are only 16 school days during this month. Believe it or not April has only 15 school days making that month the shortest on the school’s calendar (excluding June of course, unless we get a lot of snow days …!)
2nd Quarter report cards will be sent home on February 3rd. Please sign and return those for Monday.
9th Grade recommendations will be sent home on February 8th. Please review those recommendations with your child and sign and return that form. If you would like to make any changes to the recommendations please indicate that on the worksheet and include a day time phone number so the guidance department can contact you as soon as possible.
Your child will need to have a 7 period schedule completed. With Health/Physical Education plus English, Science, Math, and Social Studies there is only room for 2 more classes. For many students the 2 additional classes might be a foreign language and band, orchestra, or chorus. Some students might have an art class that fills up one period.
If you select an elective that is a minor class, designated with a letter M, you will need to select another elective that is a letter M. In other words, two minors equal a whole. This can be confusing for students who do not have older siblings (and parents who have not had this transition experience before). So if you have any questions about the transition to high school, please attend the Open House at Cranston East on February 15 at 7:00 pm or call Mrs. Spirito at 270-8092.
In ELA classes there are two exciting things going on this month: a Historical Fiction project and The Hunger Games writing contest! First, the Historical Fiction project: for the next five Tuesdays and Thursdays students will be given class time to work on one of the thirteen projects which were emailed last week. These projects vary to address all types of learners; tailoring the projects to meet individual’s needs is encouraged. The projects all have a written component which is the majority of the grading; creativity is also a part. One of these five class periods will be in the library and one will be in the computer lab. Students must have their own project, but collaboration is acceptable. Presentations will take place Thursday, February 16th. In order to score “above expectations” it should be evident that they have been working on the project outside of school!
Speaking of outside of school, in the latest monthly book order is a writing contest for a chance to win a trip to The Hunger Games movie premier! The deadline for entries is February 10th. If your child is a fan, and is interested in writing a story about the future gone horribly wrong, have them pick up a flier with all the information. The prize is all expenses paid so come on, send it in!
Finally, please check the teachers’ web-pages for content updates and homework assignments. The Voyager Team is also collecting data about our Team’s link on the Park View Web-site, so if you read the February newsletter please send an email to rvoccio@cpsed.net that indicates you have read this edition. Thank you.