Happy Long Weekend! Your children are precious! Praying for lots of rest and laughter. Next

Friday morning we will include a video in our 9/11 remembrance. I am including the link so that you may preview if you like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmSTunqmxO0  (5:37)

Kay

Monday (9/7) –

• No school – Labor Day

Tuesday (9/8) –

• ·        History – narration/signature/date

Wednesday (9/9) –

• History – Teddy Roosevelt Quiz

Thursday (9/10) –

• Science – PNN scripts are due … Presentations on Sept. 16
• 12:15 dismissal – Parent Teacher Conferences

Friday (9/11) –

• 12:15 dismissal – Parent Teacher Conferences
• 9/11 Memorial Video please preview if you wish.
• Math – Spiral Review due

All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion.

Upcoming:

September 14 – 7:30 – Campus Meeting

September 17 – Chick Fil A Day

September 17 – Picture Day

October 5 – Home(?) Parent Meeting

Another great week in 6th grade.  Look forward to being together in our meeting on Monday night, August 31 at 7:30 p.m. link for meeting coming from Room parents.

Three things….

We have begun watching World Watch News – which is the broadcast version of World Watch magazine that we have used for 20 years at Perimeter School.  I am previewing each morning and we watch and discuss.  I will not show your children anything that I would not show my own children. There have been a few national issues presented (rioting) that I have skipped over as I think these should be discussed at home.   We discuss and even pray from a Biblical world view.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  I am glad to send the link and my password.  We are all on the same team with this.   If you are uncomfortable with your child watching at school, please let me know.

Also, the students are LOVING Spanish with our own Mrs. McNair….she will update soon.  She’s awesome!

Also, please see Mr. DeMaris’s History class syllabus attached at end of newsletter as well as this link to help study for Geography.

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm

Kay

Monday (8/31) –

• Begin Where the Red Fern Grows novel study
• 7:30 p.m.– Sixth Grade Parent Meetings 
• Team Link for meeting coming from room parents…

Tuesday (9/1) –

• Shurley English Test 1
• History Narration

 Wednesday (9/2) – Chapel – Dressy Enrichment

• Science – Begin PNN Scientist research

 Thursday (9/3) –

• Math – Fractions Quiz
• Study Europe sheet #1

Friday (9/4) –

• Europe Quiz #1
• Math – Spiral Review due

 All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion.

Upcoming:

August 31 – 7:30 – Parent Meeting (virtual)

September 10 & 11 – Half days and Conferences

September 14 – 7:30 – Campus Meeting

 

Perimeter School Sixth Grade History

Ken DeMaris kdemaris@perimeter.org    

Overall Purpose:

Since the history of man has a beginning and an end, students study history in a linear fashion, placing key men, women, and events on the timeline of history.  The history of the world and the nation are included in the sequence, with frequent integration of geography, science, and the literature of the period.  The fallenness of history is recognized not only in the consequences of man’s sin through the ages, but also in the current revisions of history used to promote personal agendas and to attempt to make God irrelevant in the past and present.  Ultimately, we teach history so that our children “would put their trust in God and would keep His commands,” (Psalm 78:7), recognizing His unfolding plan through the ages.

Curriculum:

We cover The Spanish/American War up to the present day (primarily the twentieth century) and learn the countries and capitals of Europe (1^st semester) and Asia (2^nd semester).

 

Example of People Studied:  Sargent York, Desmond Doss, Anne Frank, Louie Zamperini, Jim Elliot, Billy Graham, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., Ruby Bridges, Alan Shepherd, Neil Armstrong, President McKinley thru President Trump (including Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Ronald Reagan, etc.).

 

Students should be ready to learn and discuss serious subject matter including:

The KKK, The Holocaust, Presidential Assassinations, Wars, Civil Rights, and Abortion.

 

Students need to take neat notes for narrations and as a study guide for tests and quizzes.

 

Textbooks:  America Land I Love – ABEKA – Primary Text; 1898-present;

Age of Extremes; War, Peace, and All That Jazz; and All the People all three by Joy Hakim

Possible Read Aloud Books:  Bully for You, Children of the Dust Bowl, Number the Stars,

A Thousand Paper Cranes, Animal Farm

 

Primary source photographs, videos, & We Interrupt this Broadcast radio newscasts

 

Assignments:  1920s Oral Report; Veterans Day Poster; WWII Booklet, Other Misc.

 

Enrichment Days:  FDR’s Little White House, Warm Springs; Right to Life Day;

Jimmy Carter Library & MLK, Jr. Historical Site, Atlanta

 

Class Code:

Be Prepared, Be Organized, Be Respectful, Be Your Best, Honor the Lord!

Grading:

Below is the grading scale according to the Perimeter School Handbook:

 

Numeric Grade	Letter Grade
90-100	A
80-89	B
75-79	C
70-74	D
0-69	F

 

Grades will be calculated as follows:

• Classwork and Homework: 30%
• Quizzes: 20%
• Tests and Projects: 50%
• Late assignments will incur a 10% penalty per school day.
• It is not the teacher’s responsibility to ask students for late assignments.

 

*Please refer to the Student Handbook for further details.

Great week…many God stories.  Thank you for your prayers and for sharing your children with me.  

Please encourage your children to check the Family Portal on RenWeb for daily assignments, documents, upd

Have an awesome weekend.

Kay

Monday (8/24) –

• Begin Shurley English Grammar Review

Tuesday (8/25) –

• History – Narration

 Wednesday (8/26) –

• History – Spanish/American War Quiz
• Math – Review Quiz

Thursday (8/27) –

• Science – Density Talk … Narration

Friday (8/28) –

• Introduce “Where the Red Fern Grows”
• Science – Density Quiz

 All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion.

 

Upcoming:

September 10 & 11 – Half days and Conferences

 

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”    

                                                                   Col. 3:23

Dear 6^th grade Lee Homeroom Class of 2020-21,

I will be your homeroom/POD teacher and I can honestly say (after many years of teaching) …. that I have never been so excited to start the school year!   This will be a year of great growth and HOPE and I am thrilled to be with you and your awesome families.

Mrs. Ericson, our awesome Bridge teacher, and our 5th teacher on the team will serve us well.

I began praying for you by name as soon as I received our class list and will continue throughout the school year.  We can add our homeroom pic to the top of this blog the first week of school.

I have many details to share and will answer any questions.

You will be in my classroom first thing each morning for homeroom and BIBLE.

Our 6th grade teacher team includes Mrs. McClesky (math), Mr. Hudson (earth science) Mr. DeMaris (history), Mrs. Ericson (Bridge) and I will be your language arts teacher.   Yes, you will have different teachers for various subjects but we are all teaching in our area of degree and certification which means we LOVE our subject and can’t wait to share with you!  As you have probably heard, the first nine weeks the teachers will move from room to room.

Caroline Gile’s parents will be our room parents this year.  They are the warm, wonderful and fun….and have already had a daughter go through middle school at Perimeter.

The Giles are planning a class get together for Thursday, August 6th at their house.  They have a lot of outdoor space so we can social distance – 9480 Riverclub Parkway, Duluth. This is the subdivision directly across from the school.    We will be outdoors.

• A little bit about me – born and raised in Atlanta, my greatest joys are…being wife to Britt, married 29 years as of  August 3rd!     and mom to…  
• Annie, 25, lives in Birmingham, Alabama – works in music at Advent Birmingham Church
• Katherine, 21, senior at the University of Georgia
• Jack and Brittain, twins, 18, seniors, ½ days at JCHS and ½ day on tennis courts
• All of my children went to PCS and what a difference it made for our family! 
• I love reading, spending time with family, walking, fixer upper projects, watching tennis, my dog Chipper and TEACHING you!  

See you very soon!

Mrs. Lee

May 11-15, 2020

It was so good to see most of you on Friday in the Perimeter parade and then yesterday in my sweet surprise drive by.  Thank you for this sweet blessing.  All of you love so well and I see it in your children.

I hope that Mother’s Day has been a sweet one for all of you very worthy mom’s.  I am grateful and really feel like I need to be celebrating you this year for doing my job as teachers.

Cristina and my daughter did a cool video.  See link.

Drive by Birthday/TA from Lee homeroom

 

Monday (5/11) –

• Optional Spelling Bee 1:00 – link to Zoom call for those participating will be in Language arts.
• Students should set up Book Chats throughout the week as they finish with their novels and information page.

Tuesday (5/12) –

• Math Contest 3
• Science – Space Exploration Project DUE
• Book Chats with Mrs. Lee

 

Wednesday (5/13) –

• Math Contest 4
• Science – Space Exploration Test
• Books Chats with Mrs. Lee

 

Thursday (5/14) –

• History Review Test
• Book Chats with Mrs. Lee

 

Friday (5/15) – Catch-up Day

• Last day for book chats with Mrs. Lee

 

All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion.

Upcoming:

May 18-19 – Students clean out lockers (time tbd)

May 20 – Online Talent Show 

May 21 – Online Chapel 

Hi Lee HR Families,

It was great to see everyone’s faces last Monday night on class meeting.  We will be praying for all requests but especially the Jones family as Kevin recuperates and for the Gaines as Dina serves on the front lines.

I am grateful for your “positivity”  and prayers for our homeroom families.

Not sure if this helps everyone, but several of you have asked for an overview of assignments for each week.  So, we are Back to the Blog!  Please always let me know if I can help in any way.  I am available every day from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. if not on a school meeting or helping a student online.  I would love to catch up.  My cell number is 7708426899.

We are all in this together!   Kay

Monday (4/20) –

Chapter 17 of The Hobbit with short writing assignment

Tuesday (4/21) –

• LA Zoom sessions – 10:00 and 1:00 if student needs help with writing assignments.
• Math Test – Ratios and Rates
• Chapter 18 of The Hobbit with short writing assignment
•  Fun Run

• Asia Quiz #4
• Final Chapter of The Hobbit read on PCS Covenant page Facebook Live by Mr. Scott at 10:00 a.m. Video will be available to those that don’t have FACEBOOK. 

 Thursday (4/23) –

• Science Quiz – The Sun, Our Closest Star
• Science Zoom sessions – 10:00 and 1:00

Friday (4/24) – Catch-up Day – no new assignments

• Math Zoom sessions – 10:00 and 1:00

 

 

All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion.

 

Upcoming:

 

Asia Test (1-4) – Date to be determined

 

 

 

 

Monday (3/9) – Service Projects – 12:15 Dismissal

Tuesday (3/10) 

· Boosterthon Kickoff – Wear western wear!

·Wednesday (3/11) –

· Science Vocab Quiz

· History – Narrate/Signature/Date

Thursday (3/12) – 7:30 Grammar Help with Mrs. Lee

·Friday (3/13) – Comprehension Bucket Quiz covering Chapters 6-7 in The Hobbit

All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion.

Upcoming:

3/16 – Camp Highland Chaperone Meeting – 6:30

3/16 – Parent Meetings – 7:30

3/18 – Boosterthon Fun Run

4/1 – Arts Festival

4/6-4/10 – Spring Break

Monday (3/2) – 

• History – Narrate/Signature/Date 
• Language Arts – review student rubric for narrative writing in workbook and work on short story with dialogue 

 Tuesday (3/3) – 7:30 Math Help with Ms. Tejeda 

• Science – Finalize preparation for The Great Minnesota Mining Debate! 
• History – Five Question Quiz 

• History – Study Asia #2 
• Language Arts – work on short story with dialogue  

 Wednesday (3/4) –  

• Science – Minnesota Mining Debate 
• History – Study Asia #2 
• Language Arts – Review student rubric in workbook again and work on short story 

 Thursday (3/5) – 7:30 Grammar Help with Mrs. Lee 

• Asia Test (study sheets 1 & 2) 
• Beauty and the Beast Jr. spring musical – 4:30 
• Put final touches on short story  

 Friday (3/6) – Last Day of Third Quarter 

• Math – Statistics Test (Measures of Center, Measures of Variability, Box Plots, & Histograms) 
• Beauty and the Beast Jr. spring musical – 4:30 & 7:00 
• Turn in short story 

 All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion. 

 Upcoming:  

3/9 – Service Projects (Teacher Workday) 

3/10 – Boosterthon Kickoff – Wear western wear! 

3/16 – Camp Highland Chaperone Meeting – 6:30 

3/16 – Parent Meetings – 7:30 

3/18 – Boosterthon Fun Run 

4/1 – Arts Festival 

4/6–4/10 – Spring Break 

 

Monday (2/24) – Kylie Day – Wear Yellow or Smiley for Kylie attire.  Jeans also!

• Science – Temperature Graph DUE … Give 1-minute speech
• History – Narrate/Signature/Date

Tuesday (2/25) – 7:30 Math Help with Ms. Tejeda

• Language Arts – Grammar Test
• History – Study Asia #2

Wednesday (2/26) –

• Science – Test on Weather and Clouds

Thursday (2/27) – 7:30 Grammar Help with Mrs. Lee

• Asia Quiz #2
• Telescope Night with the 5^th graders – ballfield at 7:30

Friday (2/28)

All quizzes, tests, assignments, and due dates are subject to change based on teacher’s discretion.

Upcoming:

3/5 – Beauty and the Beast Jr. spring musical – 4:30

3/6 – Beauty and the Beast Jr. spring musical – 4:00 & 7:00

3/6 – Last Day of Third Quarter

3/9 – Service Projects (Teacher Workday)

3/10 – Boosterthon Kickoff – Wear western wear!

3/16 – Camp Highland Chaperone Meeting – 6:30

3/16 – Parent Meetings – 7:30

3/18 – Boosterthon Fun Run

4/1 – Arts Festival