FYI

Volume 8 Issue 24 February 15, 2011

Congrats!

Our homeroom has many students to congratulate from the past few weeks. Isn’t it wonderful to see such great accomplishments?

CONGRATS to the classroom 4-H art poster contest winners. The first place winners will go on to compete at the county level.

1^st Place: Samuel Hutchinson; Noah Lytle

2^nd Place: Corey Jones; Dallas Knight; Jack Brandes

Honorable Mention: Trinity Terry

CONGRATS to the students from our class who placed in the MMS National History Day competition.

NHD DOCUMENTARY (GROUP)

Samuel Hutchison & Augusto Diedrich – “Rise and Fall”

Sydney Tall & Dana Banouvong – “The Vietnam War”

NHD PERFORMANCE (GROUP)

Tanner West & Josef Garcia – “Isaac Newton”

Liam Dougherty & Noah Hubbell – “Expect the Unexpected”

NHD WEBSITES

Trinity Terry – “Title 9”

CONGRATS to the students from our class that received first place ribbons at the Meigs Science Fair.

MMS 2011 SCIENCE FAIR FIRST PLACE WINNERS:

Jack Brandes: “Restaurant Bacteria”

Elizabeth Gillis: “Which Stain Remover Works on Dried Stains?”

Samuel Hutchinson: “Enamel Erosion”

Corey Jones: “Red Means Stop, Green Means Grow”
Noah Lytle: “Magnet Madness”

Quizlet…

Mrs. Knight who so faithfully makes our spelling Quizlet each week wanted to

remind kids to take advantage of the speaker feature that available to pronounce each word and definition. Quizlet has proven to be a valuable asset to our vocabulary!

Reminders…

1. The February Book is a book connected to African-American History Month. This book is to be non-fiction and at least 75 pages. The February Book is due March 4.

2. The Vanderbilt fractions study will be Thursday, February 17, and Monday, February 21.

3. Spring pictures are Wednesday, February 16.

Mr. P’s Student of the Week…

•February 14-18, 2011

Chris Jookar

Be sure to read about Chris on the electronic “Student of Week” board in Mr. Parsons’ room and on the Student of the Week board.

Next week’s student of the week. . . Trinity Terry

Items to Bring. . .

Ÿ Red Tuesday Folder Signature Chart…

Ÿ CORRECTED WORK…

Dates to Remember…

02.15.11 Betty’s Brain team project DUE…

02.16.11 Spring Pictures…

02.17.11 Vanderbilt Math Study…

02.18.11 Progress Reports…

02.18.11 General Store…

02.22.11 4-H Interactive Exhibit DUE…

03.02.11 Dr. Seuss Read Across America Day…

03.04.11 February Monthly Book DUE…

03.11.11 pi Day…

25pts: Secret Word = •see the website…

For Additional News Items & Info Check:

http://www.flyparsons.org/notehome.html

On The WEBSITE ONLY:

EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA…

It pays to check the website, too…

This Week’s SECRET WORD (February 15):

25pts: Note Home Secret Word = “marsh”

Mr. P’s SECRET INFORMATION LEAK:

www.flyparsons.org/everybodysomebody.html

TEAM SHIRTS…

As always, please watch the website to know which days our class will wear our class shirts in the future! The next date to wear class t-shirts is Wednesday, February 16, and maroon class shirts is Friday, February 18.

[GRADESPEED]: Check it Out…

UPDATE! Gradespeed.com will update again later this week The updates will reflect the past week. Late work has been recorded as of February 14. Notice any missing assignments. Please submit them each week with the Tuesday Folder Sheet.

A Special Coupon…

Print and clip this coupon below for a special REWARD. To get the reward, please obtain a parent’s signature that states your parent has checked gradespeed.com.

COUPON

Student’s Name ______________________________________________________________

Parent’s Signature ______________________________________________________________

Date: _____________________ Secret Word: _______________________________________

Classroom Reminders…

1). Click on the button labeled “GRADE 6” for links to our on-line textbooks!