Can you believe first quarter of the 2015-16 school year is already gone? What a great quarter it was! Students completed the quarter by raising money and then purchasing groceries for the Food Bank of Lincoln. This is the thirteenth year for this community service project, and it was a huge success! Students raised over $1,400 dollars. One student even asked for money for her birthday party to give as a donation instead of receiving presents. With this money, students were able to purchase 1,675 pounds of food! Thank you to all who contributed! You made life better for many people in the Lincoln community!
On October 26, we will start Unit 2, Week 5. Testing day will be Friday, October 30. That means the first week of November will be the Unit 2 test. We will take our day 1 test on November 4 and the day 2 test on November 5. Unit 3, Week 1 will begin on November 9.
Students were to hand in their rough drafts of their descriptive essay on October 19. I have made comments and suggestions for improvements on each essay. Students need to have the final copy done by November 2.
Literature groups continue to meet on Thursday. I have been impressed with the students ability to be prepared and discuss their books. I appreciate this remarkable group of students!