Head’s Up
  • October 31st – it is a tradition at ACA to have a School Family Event on October 31st.  Middle School students are requested to bring a bag of candy (no nuts please) each, which they will hand out to the younger students.  Please send the candy the day before, or the morning of Halloween.
  • Los Angeles trip next payment due next week, November 8th (see attached document for payment schedule).
  • Thursday is a minimum day, plus no school on Friday.
  • On November 5th, we will have a guest speaker (Ms. Galindo), who is an Immigration Officer with USCIS, come teach our class about the immigration process.  Thank you to Ms. Galindo for reading our newsletters, seeing an opportunity, and volunteering to share her expertise with us!  We love when our community supports us in the classroom!!
This Week’s Assignments not an exhaustive listmore assignments may be added by teachers through-out the week.
  • Math –  CPM, Khan, Math Review, other; assorted due dates (see on Google Classroom), assessment usually on Fridays
  • Science (New Unit “Cells”)- in class lab/assignments (becomes homework if they don’t finish in class)
  • Speech, Virtual Location and TED talk due Tuesday
  • CE #2: Political Ads or Campaign Commercials – due Tuesday
  • Membean (vocabulary) – due Fridays
  • Literature Book (multiple due dates): assigned chapters read & Golden Lines due by Thursdays, Literature Circle discussion on Thursdays, RJWs & Reflections due Fridays, assessments on Fridays
  • Workshop (writing) – in class assignments/may become homework
  • Human Civil Rights Projectstudents are researching and creating a google slide presentation.  Practice presentations will take place on November 5th.  See requirements for this project (attached)