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7th and 8th Grade

This Week in 7 and 8, Nov. 18

Our 7th and 8th graders spent time dissecting cow hearts as part of their lesson about anatomy and the different systems of the body. They did an excellent job pointing out the different parts of the heart, and they were only mildly grossed out!

In Algebra I part 2, we’re still studyin…

This Week in 7 and 8, Nov. 11

In Jewish History, students learned about the events after the destruction of the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem and the changes that were made to ensure Judaism’s survival. Students also discussed how this connects to ways that we can strengthen and maintain our Jewish identities today.

In Jud…

This Week in 7 and 8, Nov. 4

This week was Theory Week in music and we learned all of our Treble and Bass Clef Notes. Our performer was Eleanor on the piano and our Mimi Award Winner was Mick!

In Algebra I part 2, students are practicing exponential functions, starting radical expressions, and preparing for the SSAT.

This Week in 7 and 8, Oct. 28

In algebra, we’re wrapping up 7.1-7.3 with a mid-chapter quiz.

This week was Instruments week in which the students were divided into groups of three to come up with 4 measures of rhythm notes in 4/4 time. Then their rhythms were passed to another group to try and play the measures using …

This Week in 7 and 8, Oct. 21

Oh my goodness! We have had such an amazing time using our survey about elections during Civics. We have analyzed the data and compared it with the same surveys the teachers did. As a class, we are choosing to expand the survey to 20 questions, and are going to try and reach a consensus as t…