In this post...
- First Semester Final Assessments
- Screenagers
- What We Are Learning...highlights from Arts and Math programs
- Things To Do in our Community
First Semester Final Assessments
Since last week, we've made a few small tweaks to the schedule for First Semester Finals. The full updated schedule can be found here. As I wrote last week, the week includes a mix of final assessments, time to study and connect with teachers, Arts, Design, and PHE.
Schedule for Final Assessments:
- Tuesday, January 17:
- Review Day
- Wednesday, January 18:
- 6th Grade Language & Literature
- 7th Grade Language & Literature
- 8th Grade Science
- 8th Grade Chinese
- Thursday, January 19:
- 6th Grade Individuals & Societies
- 7th Grade Science
- 8th Grade Langauge & Literature
- 7th Grade Chinese
- Friday, January 20:
- 7th Grade Individuals & Societies
- 6th Grade Chinese
Screenagers
On Monday Jan. 23rd we are screening Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age, for students in grades 4-12 at 8:15am in the Kemper Theater. We will follow the screening with small group discussions in advisories. It is especially important for students to be on time that day.
In the evening, we will hold an additional screening for parents and community members at 6:30pm in the Kemper Theater. We highly encourage everyone to attend to allow for discussions as a family about this important topic. The parent screening will be followed by a Q&A with Angela Heath, AWS Educational Technology Director, and Nikita Midamba from the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) at Seattle Children's Hospital. For more information and registration visit http://www.aw.org/page/community/speaker-series.
What we are learning...
This week, we highlight our Arts and Math programs!
7th Grade Music students are studying the Baroque period, the compositional device of Counterpoint, and the influences of the Monarchy & Revolution on music making. They selected Bach Minuets to learn and are creating original GarageBand pieces using Counterpoint.
8th Grade Music students are completing their unit on New Orleans Jazz, performing’ The House of the Rising Sun’ and will begin experimenting with Bebop Jazz.
The semester is winding down quickly for students in Visual Arts. In 8th grade they have been in the pottery studio creating pots or masks based on their research of the Art and Culture of Costa Rica. They have also been presenting their research and I am very proud of the depth of their research projects and the questions and conclusions that are being presented. Ask your student what question they asked and what they think about the globalization of cultural art in Costa Rica.
7th Grade Visual Arts students have been working under the SOI of Auditory rhythms can be interpreted, changed and represented visually. They were charged with picking a rhythmic musical composition and then interpreting those rhythms visually. Choice of medium and composition are also used to help enhance the interpretation. Which rhythms did your student find were present in their auditory song? How did they interpret those rhythms?
6th Grade Visual Arts have been working on “imagining a hopeful future”. After surveying community members students used the information gathered to design a piece of public art. The proposals will be considered for an actual mural to be painted and put on a building in the McKenna neighborhood. The submissions truly show how students at AWS are compassionate, empathetic, and open-minded and hopeful for our future.
6th Grade Math students are wrapping up their unit focusing on ratios, rates, and percent problems. This unit allowed for student to see how math directly applies to their lives. Highlights of the unit include creating real life ratios (which included a comparison of real Christmas trees to fake Christmas trees), discovering how to determine their letter grades from fractions, and determining which breakfast burrito is the better buy. Things To Do in our Community...
- Looking for ways to explore Tacoma and Seattle? Stay up to date with the events calendar on The Tacoma Weekly and Visit Seattle.
