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Upcoming Events02/18/19 No School Presidents Day
02/22/19 PTO Reverse Raffle at La Vera Party Center (JOIN US!)
02/27/19 Spring Conferences
03/02/19 Band-O-Rama @ SHS
03/06/19 Marco’s Pizza Night
03/13/19 End of 3rd Quarter 3rd Grade Lottery @ SOI
03/19/19 USA SOI Skate Night
03/25-03/29 SPRING BREAK
04/01/19 Classes Resume
The School of Innovation Middle School Spark Remark
02-15-2019
The W-E School of Innovation PTO Parent Night Out Reverse Raffle is ONE WEEK AWAY! Even though we have grown as a school, tickets sales are down this year. We need your help to continue to support the awesome work our students and staff are doing at SOI. Tickets are on sale for only ONE MORE WEEK! Please go to: http://www.wesoipto.org/event.cfm?id=148 to purchase your tickets and get more information. We would love to sell out again. Please help us make this event the best one yet!
Thank you!
SAVE THE DATE……MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE
FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH FROM 6-8 @ SOUTH HS
PTO Calendar of Events
02/22/19 SOI Reverse Raffle at La Vera Party Center
03/06/19 Marco’s Pizza Night (7th grade box night)
03/10/19 Bowling Day at Wickliffe Lanes (NEW DATE)
03/12/19 PTO General Membership Meeting (6:30 pm)
04/03/19 Marco’s Pizza Night (8th grade box night)
W-E SOI PTO
W-E School of Innovation PTO Officers
President Erin SikoraVice-President Craig RoweTreasurer Hannah OrehCommunication Sec Christine BradyRecording Secretary Dr. Stephen Atkins
Thank you for your willingness to volunteer and support our students!http://www.wesoipto.org
Student Council Monthly Themes & Events:February: Fun in FebruaryElla Gifford, a 6th Grade student, is part of Leadership Lake County and is collecting monetary donations to purchase school supplies for students in need.
March: Choose Kind (t-shirt order on following page)Middle school student will take part in kindness challenges throughout the month. They will also have opportunities to wear their t-shirt to school.
April: Middle School Dance April 26th from 6-8 at South. Student Council will be in charge of planning the dance. They will survey students to determine the theme and some music requests.
Choose KindSOI Spirit Wear - MS
T-Shirts - $10The design is white and green on a navy blue short sleeve t-shirt.
~ Money will go to SOI’s Makerspace.~
Name: _______________________ Grade: _________________
T-Shirts $10
Size ___________
Size ___________
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Total Enclosed: ___________________ (Make checks payable to School of Innovation)
Questions - [email protected]
Orders Due: Friday - 2/22/19 (Attention: Mrs. Withrow)
Sizes Available:
Youth Small, Youth Medium, Youth Large, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult
Large, Adult X-Large, Adult XX-Large
UPDATE: We have earned an additional $392.50 towards our goal.
Elementary students received a special dinosaur collection sheet last week. If they return them according to the directions, they will earn a flexi dinosaur made in our Fab Lab. Middle School students may participate, as well. They can pick up a challenge sheet and participate,too! Last school year, we earned $483.80 for our school from Box Tops!. This school year, our goal is to earn $1,000.00. Our first semester check was for $511.00. With your continued help, we can reach the mark! For more information on Box Tops, including a list of participating products, go to BTFE.com. Be sure to sign up as a member (it’s free!) so you can check out our school’s earnings details and get access to coupons and bonus offers. Thanks for your [email protected]**Box Tops can be sent in at any time during the school year.September: grades 3 & 8 Total raised by both grades is $205.10October: grades 4 & 7 Total raised by both grades is $239.00December: Grades 5 & 6 raised a total of $188.90 !
Dinosaur Challenge
Sixth GradeCapstone 2
Invent Our Future!
Math - Wernet: Our current focus of study will be expressions and touching into some introductory algebra.Wernet/Zampini: With Coach Wernet we are working on probability and data analysis. With Mrs. Zampini, we are continuing our study of Geometry and looking at scale and similar figures.Zampini: Pre-Algebra: We are cruising through chapter 5: rates and proportional reasoning, including similar figures. We should be finishing up this unit next week with a test. Next stop: Percents!
ELA - We finished reading our 3rd quarter literature circle novels, and we are starting our post-reading extension activities. We will be building plot structures, making text-to-world connections, and designing & creating a FAB LAB product using the 3-D printer, BN20, laser, or t-shirt press. These creative pieces will all be showcased during group presentations...stay tuned!
*Reminder - The literature circle presentation will serve as the 2nd book response this quarter. Continue reading independently, as the 3rd book response will be due Monday, March 4.
Welcome to the 2nd Semester! Our new theme is “Invent Our Future.” We will be looking at how people
have created communities and invented new technologies to enhance their world. Each of us is an inventor waiting for our inspiration!
Social Studies - The beginning of the quarter has been a focus on our M.I.C.E. countries but with a look to their modern sides, still looking at each country through the G.R.A.P.E.S lens. Quizzes have been given on Egypt and Iraq. We are working through modern India now and working towards China in the next week or so.
Science - Mrs. Zampini is guiding the students as they look at life science. This week we concluded our study of microscopes and began our study and researching of cells. Over the next 2 weeks, we will be researching and sharing our knowledge on cell parts. We are also working on a PBL in which students are asked to think like bioengineers and design a model membrane with a flow rate of 20-30mL of water flow in 24 hours.
EIE Membrane PBL
Valentine’s Day Design Challenges
News and UpdatesFun in February has begun! If your student choose not to participate in the theme day, they are expected to wear their school uniform. Fun in February Calendar
MathMath 7:We continue to work with percents from CH 2. OUr newest topics include percent of change, percent markup, and percent discount. Success in the second half of this chapter relies on the use of a calculator. Please check with your child if they have a CALCULATOR. Many do not. Moving forward, we are working with values that are not mental-math friendly. To help us along with the steps needed to complete more complex, multi-step problems, we will rely on the calculator.
Pre-Algebra:We have just finished our chapter on algebraic expressions and will use what we have learned to advance our understanding of equations. Chapter 7 focuses on both equations and inequalities. To start, we will be solving multi-step equations and writing our own equations to represent real-world situations.
Math 8:Math 8 students are learning how to solve systems of equations. They can solve systems by graphing, substitution, and by elimination. Students are becoming masters of the word problems!
Algebra I:Students are studying polynomials. They can identify a polynomial’s degree and name it based on the number of terms. Students can add and subtract polynomials. They know how to multiply polynomials using the distributive property, making a table, and using FOIL. Next week, students will learn how to factor polynomials.
ELA Students have completed writing their constellation myths and will be sharing them with classmates after we finish investigating the questions
for our PBL. This week we are taking a deeper dive into topics that pertain to our latest PBL. Students answered the questions: 1) What is overtourism & what are its effects? 2) What are the components of an excellent business plan? After presentations, we will be formulating a business plan format that will be used for the PBL project.
Social Studies We have studied in the past couple weeks the
rise of the Roman Republic, how it was run, and
how it ultimately fell. We also learned how
Rome’s first Emperor, Augustus, came into
power. Rome had many emperors following
Augustus. Some ruled fairly and some harshly,
though none were perfect. To further understand
the effects of an emperor’s rule on the Roman
Empire, we created columns of our own to
represent the rule of Nero, Trajan, Hadrian, and
Augustus.
Science
Students are wrapping up the chemistry unit.
Students know the five things that indicate a
chemical reaction. They have explored chemical
reactions through elephant toothpaste and
mixing coke and milk. Students explored the
concentration of solutions and are able to
identify a mixture as a solution, colloid, or a
suspension using a flashlight.
PBL/Engineering We have kicked off our newest PBL! With the help of retired W-E Schools teacher and former travel agent, Roy McMullen, students will propose business plans that will help reduce overtourism, but provide a vacation experience where customers may experience the ancient ruins, history, and modern culture of Italy or Greece without leaving the United States. Students moving forward with vein finder designs are now working with Coach Legerski each day.
8th GRADE
ELA“The best laid schemes of mice and men go often
askew”This comes from the poem, “To a Mouse” which students analysed for meaning and its link to the novel, “Of Mice and Men”. Students also identified similar themes which they found in both, and wrote about how this theme was developed in both. We are now getting into persuasive writing.
SOCIAL STUDIESStudents were given artifact boxes filled with objects (old and new) that represented events, ideas, and people from 1800 to 1820. They discussed and inferred what each object represented, then did some more reading to confirm or adjust their ideas. They also mapped out territory that the U.S. gained as a result of treaties and purchases.This will lead into an essay where students identify which treaty or purchase was most beneficial to our country and why.
SCIENCE ● Great Start on Unit 6● Students can:
○ Explain the direct correlation to the shape of beak to food source availability in an area.
■ Completed Beak Lab activity.○ Explain the 4 parts of natural selection.
■ Give detail on exponential growth through green pepper seed lab.
○ Describe Darwin, Lamarck, and Malthus and their contributions to Life Science.
● Next Week:○ Looking into common structures, DNA, &
embryology.
Algebra● This week we worked with Coach
Palmer’s science class for a period to create exponential equations that simulated population growth of green peppers.
● Coming up… working through Chapter 8 which covers Polynomials and Factoring.
Geometry ● Currently we are working on Chapter
6, Polygons. ● Students are doing quite a bit of
independent learning during the class period and checking in with Coach Boerner when needed.
Math 8● This week we took out Systems of
Equations Test.● We are moving onto angles in the next
Chapter.
All Classes are now using MathXL!
SPANISH
Hola, We are continuing with our storytelling, with Question and Answering as well as learning new Verbs each week and how to use them in sentence structures; such as ser/estar verb and to say where people, places and things are located.
We will also be learning about the very different things done in Spain as the culture is represented.
PBL SNEAK PEAK
Great in Grade 8!
SOI ENCORE PAGE
P.E NEWS
3rd Grade: Focus on class the next couple weeks will be on the elements of fitness. We started, this week, with Cardiovascular Endurance and the importance of working the heart to make it stronger. We will continue with exercises focusing on Cardio and moving onto strength next week.
Middle School Health: We started our unit on Nutrition with watching “SuperSize Me” and will continue our talks about making health food choices the next couple weeks. Operation Keepsake will beging for Health class starting March 3rd. Papers will be sent home next week detailing the week.
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6th Grade Computers: Students are working on Unit 2 Websites on
code.org. They are using html to complete the coding for their personal website. Currently they are working on the content. They will move onto the style next.
8th grade Art and Design: The students are working on grid design.
They will find their own image to draw using a grid.
MUSIC NEWS
Band A Rama is coming soon. Due to the length of the concert,
we decided to try hosting the performance on a Saturday this
year (03/02/19). There will be two different start times,
depending on the band. The concert will be held at South.
5th, 6th & 7th Grade: 12:00 Start (arrive by 11:30)
8th Grade Band: 2:00 Start (arrive by 1:30)
Students are to wear their school uniform (no shorts) or nicer.
Writing/Book Club
Writers just finished a narrative in-the-round. Ask them about Agent #7. Next up, a story with a mix-up.
Our group will continue to meet on Wednesdays from 2:45-3:45 in the loft.
DRAMA NEWS!
Students performed the Aristocats play for the Middle School on Friday February 15th. It was a great performance and Coach Royko was very proud of the actors and their hard work! A special THANK YOU goes out to the stage crew and all the supportive family members!
App Creators
8t Grade Unit 1
Documentation, documentation, documentation! There is a strong emphasis being placed on this concept as the students plan and write their applications. 1.8 Build a body is underway and going well. This will likely take us through next week and then an assessment will be given on Unit 1.
7th Grade (code.org)
The interactive card is being graded right now and a rubric with grade is being returned so parents can look for this. We are a couple of weeks away from the big project of students making their own games.
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What’s Going On In The Fab Lab?
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What’s Going On In The Fab Lab?
Grade 6 students are designing for their PBLs. They watched a Geoff Shorts video to help unlock some creative blocks.Grade 7 students are getting ready to wire their vein finders.