The Trucker News

Sun, December 15, 2019

C H U R C H L A N D M I D D L E S C H O O L

ChMS: My GPS for Success!

Important Dates:

December 17th - Band/Orchestra Concert

December 18th - Spelling Bee

December 18th - Progress Reports

December 20th - Early Release

December 21st - January 3rd

Winter Break

On Thursday, December 12th, members of the National

Junior Honor Society visited Old Dominion University

for a College Tour and presentation at the Strome Col-

lege of Business. Special thanks to the ACCESS Col-

lege Foundation for sponsoring this informative and

motivational field trip.

Mrs. Branch presenting on her trip

to the San Francisco bay area as the

JASON Argonaut Teacher to the PPS

School Board on Thursday. In that

role, she serves as an ambassador

for the program to other teachers

around the world.

7th & 8th grade Chorus

Winter Concert

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Yearbook Pre-order

Click on the link below to

order your yearbook.

CHmS Yearbook

Available for purchase in the Guidance office

Congratulations to Mrs. Clayton

who has been a 2019-2020 recipi-

ent of a Langley Teacher Mini-

Grant due to her commitment to

education and the youth of Hampton

Roads!

Students of the

Month Competitions!

Beginning with December, every month stu-

dents can earn gift cards, t-shirts, and/or other

prizes for being the top monthly scorer in the

following categories:

- Vocabulary.com

(top number of words mastered for the month)

- Achieve 3000

(most articles read with the top average score

for the month)

- NoRedInk

(highest average for all activities for the month)

We will also award Trucker Bucks to the top 5 scor-

ers in each category (25 TBs). In cases where students

are tied for the top spot, all students in the tie will be

entered into a drawing for the prize and will receive

extra TBs if they do not win the drawing.

ChMS Daily Affirmation

Today, I will take

ownership of my

learning experiences.

Today, I am guided by my GPS:

G - Give respect.

P - Prioritize

responsibility.

And always remember

S - Safety first.

Because ChMS is my GPS for Success!

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PARENT LIAISON

DETRIC AVENTS

Here's how to contact Mr. Avents:

Mr. Detric Avents

office: (757) 686-2512 ext 40114

email: detric.avents@portsk12.com

**MAKE UP WORK**

If your child is ever absent, make-up work

can be found in Google Classroom under

the appropriate grade level. Join using the

following codes:

7th grade absentee code:

ls4id58 8th grade absentee code:

s8m0mid

Extend Your Learning Online...

Access these applications through this link:

CLEVER

Achieve 3000 -(Literacy)

-NoRedInk (Grammar & Writing)

- Vocabulary.com (Vocabulary)

- Gizmos ( Math & Science)

- JASON Learning (Science)

- Discovery Education (All Content)

- Google Apps (All Content)

ChMS Hours

Main Office: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

To reach the main office,

please dial 686-2512, and

press Option 0.

Welcome, Assistant Principal Newby!

We are so proud to welcome Mrs. Newby to our

Churchland Middle School administrative team and our

Trucker family. Mrs. Newby has

extensive ex- perience as a

teacher and in- structional spe-

cialist, in addi- tion to having

served as an assistant princi-

pal at the ele- mentary and

middle school levels. We are

excited to have her on board

and looking forward to ben-

efiting from the expertise she brings to our team to

support our students and staff. Welcome, Mrs. Newby!

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Cruising the Content ChMS: My GPS for Success!

English Seventh grade

This week in the 7th grade, we’ll be continuing our writing workshops as we evalu-

ate the impact of social media in our own lives in a reflective essay- all while mastering the

use of capitalization and sentence structure to become writers of excellence!

There’s never a dull moment in English 7, as we expand our vocabulary and deepen

our understanding of plot structure in the story of “The Treasure of Lemon Brown.” We’ll al-

so be shaking our turkey feathers as we explore the use of figurative language and deter-

mine the author’s purpose in using literary elements to enhance the story.

Congratulations to Mrs. Taylor’s 7th grade

English Honors 1st Block Class!

Eighth grade

It is so hard to believe that the Holiday Break is upon us already! Students have been

very industrious as they focus on completing their reading and writing assignments to

maximize mastery in each skill area we are focusing on in our English classes. The English

teachers are extremely proud of the students’ dedication to their academics. Next week

will include a few pleasant surprises as our activities will be very ‘Grinch’ worthy on Thurs-

day.

The Churchland Middle School English Department would like to wish everyone a very

Happy Holiday and a safe and prosperous New Year!

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For the week of December 16th-20th:

The students will continue to explore

Probability and Transformations. The

students will spiral back to Slope.

There will be a Formative Assessment

on Thursday.

Students will take formative assessment

this week on writing equations in slope-

intercept form as well as identifying in-

dependent and dependent equations.

Please encourage your students to utilize

the online resources to study topics from

class at home (click the links below).

This week students will focus on SOL

G.7, similar triangles. Students have

their "Geometry In The Real World"

Project due Thursday, December 19th

along with a quiz on that day

Students will continue working on SOL

A.8 focusing on direct and inverse varia-

tions.

Online Resources for Mathematics

INSTRUCTIONAL

VIDEOS

Visit Khan Academy

or Brain Genie to

access assigned review

videos on topics covered

in class or search by de-

sired topic

PRACTICE WORK

Visit Brain Genie Quiz-

izz or Delta Math to

complete review work

assigned by teacher or

AAAMath7 or AAAMath8

for all topics

ONLINE

TEXTBOOKS

Log into student portal

to access enVision2.0

(Math 7/7H/8)

Or

Big Ideas Math

(Algebra & Geometry)

SOL PRACTICE

GRADE 7

GRADE 8

ALGEBRA

GEOMETRY

Additional tests

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Social Studies

U.S. History II

Civics and Economics

Students will continue discussing

big business and 20th Century

inventions. Listed is an extra

credit opportunity.

Students will continue discussing checks and balances and separation of powers.

This week in 7th grade science, student will be learning about how populations of organisms change

over time. Students will be covering key words such as mutation, adaptation, natural selection and extinc-

tion. For this weeks lab, students will complete the owl family natural selection lab. In this lab students will

see how gene mutations can lead to variations within a population by playing the role of an owl parent de-

livering food to their children. And on behalf of the 7th grade science team we wish all of our ChMS family

a safe and enjoyable winter break!

Hello awesome Physical Science Families!!! It’s the last week before our Winter Break and we have

such fun activities planned. We will begin our Sixth grade review of Moon Phases. Monday we will make

foldables and a flip book to ensure we are able to apply our understanding of the standards when we test

in the spring. We will do the Oreo Moon Phase activity Tuesday...and yes they can eat them if they follow

the directions and work together. Wednesday we will make a flip book for the Seasons of the Northern

Hemisphere ams Thursday we will have a virtual lab day with the Seasons Gizmo. Friday we will redo the

Cloud lab so that the students get the hands on experience on how to make a Cloud in a Bottle. Be ready

for the fun learning we have planned...it’s going to be AWESOME!!!

“Success is the sum of small efforts-

repeated day in and day out “

- Robert Collier -

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The Governor's School for the Arts is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year. All 8th

grade students who are interested in applying for their Visual or Performing Arts programs should vis-

it www.gsarts.org and complete the online application form by December 19, 2019.

Applications are now available for the summer BLAST program at Old Dominion University. This is a free,

statewide STEM program for current 8th and 9th graders. Students will have an opportunity to engage in

innovative, hands-on activities while residing on a University campus. Those who are interested should

visit vsgc.odu.edu/blast/.

Spanish I The students will review the three steps

for conjugating -ar verbs in the present

tense.

They will also review classroom objects

and school vocabulary.

Electives

The Performing Arts Churchland Middle School

Performing Arts Department Presents

"Wintertime Favorites"

Winter Concert

Presented by the Intermediate Band and Orches-

tra

Tuesday, December 17th @ 6:00 p.m.

Ms. Sandie Davis, Director

Mr. Edward Ricks, Director

Come out and enjoy music selections to get you

ready for this holiday season.

String students will report to the chorus room

and band students to the band room at 5:30 p.m.

dressed and ready to perform.

CTE The CTE department is looking for students taking

Mrs. Bond's/Mrs. Leigh's classes to join the FBLA-

Future Business Leaders of America! A few ad-

vantages of this student organization are that it aims

to develop future leaders, offers scholarship pro-

grams, and opens unique doors of opportunities.

We are selling Trucker holiday ornaments for

only $5 each. If you would like one, please con-

tact Mrs. Bond or Mrs. Leigh.

Art 8th grade Art students are getting excited

about their upcoming field trip to The Chrysler

Museum of Art in early December. They will be

examining art from different cultures and peri-

ods in history.

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Gifted and Talented

Hello Everyone,

Gifted classes will be held this week.

The Gifted and Talented Teachers

Ms. Fly and Ms. Kee

Plug into Health:

In our Health classes we are learning

about internet safety. Please bring

your earbuds to class.

Guidelines for Students in After-School Activities and Events

We encourage all of our Truckers to participate actively in all of our clubs, teams, and events at the

school. Our after school activities and events help us extend students' learning and help our students

practice leadership skills and develop life-long character skills.

As a reminder, the PPS Code of Conduct applies during all after-school events, including clubs, ac-

tivities, and athletic games and matches. In addition, students must meet grade requirements to partici-

pate in after-school activities and teams.

For students attending games, please remember that students must be picked up from the event

within 15 minutes of the end of the game. Students who are on campus after 15 minutes will be prevented

from attending any future games. We have implemented this rule to ensure student safety.

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Monday, December 16, 2019

SCHOLASTIC BOWL MATCH VS CRADOCK

LOCATION: CHMS @ 4PM

AIRBRUSH CLUB - RM 102

ART CLUB - RM 101

ANIME CLUB - RM 106

RUNNING CLUB

Athletic practice:

Boys & Girls basketball

Cheer

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

PTA MEETING - 6PM

JAPANESE CLUB - RM 106

NJHS MEETING

Athletic practice:

Boys & Girls basketball

Wrestling

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

PBIS HOT FRY PARTY

AIRBRUSH CLUB - RM 102

ART CLUB - RM 101

CHROME CLUB

JAPANESE CLUB - RM 106

RUNNING CLUB

Athletic practice:

Boys & Girls basketball

Cheer

Wrestling

Thursday, December 19, 2019

ANIME CLUB - RM 106

SCA MEETING - RM 117

Athletic practice:

Boys & Girls basketball

Wrestling

Friday, December 20, 2019

PEP RALLY

EARLY RELEASE - 12:20 PM

NO AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES

T THE TRUCK STOP

Athletics & Afterschool Activities

Practices and Events

for the Week...

Athletics

Admission Prices:

Teachers Free w/PPS Badge

High School/Adults: $4

Middle School — Age 6: $2

Under Age 6 : FREE