Welcome back to our 6th grade Scholars’ Bowl team! We have a lot to do as we prepare for the county tournament in February!

This is our schedule for January 2011:

January 4th………….no practice
January 11th………..match at Thompson 6th Grade Center
January 18th………..practice at HMS; pick-up students at 4:30pm in front of school
January 25th………..practice at HSM; pick-up students at 4:30pm in front of school

Next Tuesday, January 11th, we will travel from HMS to the Thompson 6th Grade Center (the former Linda Nolen Learning Center) immediately after school which means I will need a couple of parents to volunteer to drive our team to that location. Here are the directions to Thompson’s 6th Grade Center:

Directions to Thompson 6th Grade Center

Take I-65 South to the Alabaster/Saginaw exit (highway 31)

Turn right onto Highway 31

At the next light, turn left onto Highway 119.

You will go through two traffic lights. After the second light, you will cross railroad tracks, and the 6th Grade Center is on the right (you will turn right immediately after the railroad tracks.

Parking

Once you turn in, drive all the way around the athletic field (it will be on the left) and turn left into the parking lot behind the school. Park in one of the spaces close to the athletic field. There will be TSGC team members waiting outside to escort you to my classroom.

For those of you who will volunteer to drive, please email me by Friday to let me know and I’ll share the particulars with you via email.

Our county tournament/competition is during the school day in February. It will be an excused absence for our team members. I will announce the dates of the tournament as soon as we find out from Central Office.

Welcome back to the 2nd half of your sixth grade experience at HMS! You guys are seasoned veterans of 6th grade at this point and well aware of the expectations for your academic performance. We have many topics of study for this semester and I am anxious to get busy with our learning for the 3rd Nine Weeks!

SOCIAL STUDIES
We will begin studying World War II, its causes and effects, various WWII dictators and their respective countries, and the events that brought the United States into the war. This week will focus on Section 1 of Chapter 26, “The Road to War”.

SCIENCE
Our focus of study will be on Chapter 18, The Climate.

PARENTS! Report cards wil be distributed to students this Friday, January 7th. Be on the lookout for this important piece of information from your child!