Newsletter, May 27th

 This concludes our final full week at OMS, summer is approaching quickly and final project deadline sare coming up.  

 

Please let us know if any scholar will miss days around the last day of school.  Learning and teaching will continue through the last day with many final projects due those days.

 

Clubs at OMS:

• Homework club runs every Tuesday and Thursday 4 PM to 5 PM - no sign-up needed.  

• Art club (open studio format) will meet after school in room 205 Mondays 4 PM to 5 PM - no sign-up needed.  See Ms. Touhey for information.

• Deutschklub (German Club) meets monthly. Our last meeting will be in May after the Seussical has wrapped up. See Frau Wochenske for information.

• Green Team Environmental Club - Contact Mrs. Krucas for more information.  Tuesday 4 to 5 PM.

Upcoming dates:

• No school May 30th

• Last day of school - full day - June 7th

Quick links to help:

• Our team blog

• Our Facebook Page

• Homework blog

Class
Counselors’ Corner  (Severson)
English (Ripp)	Please look for any books that may be hidden at home.  If you would like to donate a lost book to our class, take a look at this wishlist. We are getting ready for our debates on June 3rd, scholars are either debating gruesome fairytales and their characters or a self-chosen topic with research embedded.  I look forward to seeing them shine in this final unit.   Deadlines: Shared resource document due May 31st - one per team Opening statement due June 2nd - individual assignment  Closing statement due June 3rd - one per team Read 2 hours + outside of English every week Debates ready to go June 3rd Bring back books! Get your late work in Questions to ask: What is your motion? How did you do on the logical fallacy test? What are your summer reading plans? Are you prepared to write your opening statement?
English (Gunst)	We are finishing up the year with a Debate Unit.  Currently, your student has selected a topic and created a specific motion to debate.  They are currently researching the topic for their debate - they have to prepare both sides as they don’t know what side they will be arguing for.  Final debates will be June 3 and 6.  If your student is going to be absent on June 6; it would help if you notified me.
Geography (Stoller)	We are working with the photographs from Peter Menzel when he did ‘Material World’.  It was a photo essay about statistically average families from 20 countries around the world.  Students are exploring aspects of life in different parts of the world. QUestions What was the reason that Mr Menzel set out to do this project? What were some of the countries he photographed? What does ‘statistically average’ mean? What did you learn about ‘standard of living’? What did you learn about the standard of living in the USA compared to other countries??
Geography  (Howe)
Math 7 & 8 (Gratzl)	Math 7: Questions to ask: How did you do on your Filling and Wrapping Quiz?  Do you plan to correct it?  If so, when? Do you know what your survey question will be for your final project?  (Students will pick their questions no later than May 31st in class) Math 8: Questions to ask: How do you think you did on the final exam you took on Thursday and Friday? What do you think you would do differently the next time you have to study for an exam like that?
Math (Malloy)
Science (Grady)
Science (Krucas)	This week students learned about the process of photosynthesis, how to determine the age of a tree using tree rings, and about the anatomy of leaves.  Next week students will learn about flowers and wrap up learning to identify monocot vs. dicot plants. Deadlines: Flower project due Fri 6/3 Plant Unit Test Mon 6/6
Literacy Lab (Tanner)	Workbook and Lessons
Health (Balbach)
P.E. (Faulkner/ Fleming/Lund)
Spanish (Cognac)
Spanish (Landsverk)	Unit 4 Listening Final is this week Wednesday (Day Orange) and Thursday (Day Black).  Retakes will happen during classes the first week of June.
German (Wochenske)	We are completing our final summative tasks for the unit, and year!  Wed., May 25 - was the deadline for any missing/late/redo work up to that point. Fri., June 3 - deadline for any written summative work missed due to absence last week.
Bilingual (Lofgren)	Los estudiantes están compartiendo su último proyecto (un viaje virtual a un país).  Y en los últimos días de clases haremos actividades divertidas.  Haremos un juego de preguntas sobre los estudiantes en séptimo grado (Para la diversión, y práctica de español)  y veremos un documental inspirante
Orchestra (Black)	Congratulations to the cast and crew of “Seussical The Musical”! I was blown away and enjoyed seeing so many orchestra students involved in this production! This week we are putting the finishing touches on our soundscape compositions for performances next week!  We’ll be doing a bit of playing on our instruments this week and next, too! Now’s a great time to think about summer orchestra activities! FOTO scholarships are available HERE (English) and HERE (Spanish) Whitewater String Camp Private Teachers Please send in your Bill’s receipts before summer break. Looking to donate to FOTO, please use our Venmo account Friends of the Orchestra@FOTOtreasurer
Band (Seiter, Dorn, Cornale)
STEAM (Fischer)
STEAM (Stansfield)
Choir (Rattmann)	This week…Continue to work on your Music of My Life Project.  Slides and reflection questions due June 2.  Presentations on June 2 and June 7.  Please consider joining the Oregon Choral Boosters!  Only one meeting/month.  Low key and low commitment.  Email Mrs. Rattmann at her@oreognsd.net if you will consider joining us!
Art (Touhey)