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South Canton Scholars Charter Academy 

Superb 7th Grade Sharks

Weekly Newsletter for October 8 th -12 th  

 October 

MEAP- Begins Oct. 8th-26th 

Spirit Shirt Money Due- Friday Oct. 12 

No School for Students- Friday Oct. 26th 

Wacky Wednesday- Wednesday Oct. 31st  

 Arrival to School

As a reminder students are not to be in the

building until 7:45am. There will be no

supervision before 7:45am and your

student will have to wait outside. Please

make sure you don’t drop them off too earlyin the morning. Thank you.

 The 7th Grade t-shirt money is due today!!!

We are ordering the shirts over the weekend

in hopes to have them out to students for our

next Spirit Day. Thank you to all who

ordered shirts and we hope that your

students like their new design for the year  

Our second annual mixer will be held on

December 14 from 5:00-7:00pm. If you areinterested in chaperoning or planning this

mixer please contact Ms. Textor. Mrs.

Morgan will be our head/go to mixer parent 

this year. Once all volunteers have contacted

Ms. Textor we will forward your email toMrs. Morgan so you can begin planning  

October: Respect  

This month we are moving from wisdom, and

are focusing on Respect for this month’s moral

focus. We have talked to the students about

what respect means to them and asked themreal life situational questions that make them

use critical thinking skills to solve moral

dilemmas. All while finding a respectful way to

problem solve.

We encourage talking to your students about

the importance of respect and how they can

use in in their lives daily.

This past week students h ave had the opportunity

to begin Media Monday! They were able to discuss

the characters in the show and infer what they

think about those characters. Students received a

weekly assignment on Monday and they have one

week to complete it. The class has continued to

work on their narrative writing piece within the

limits of the setting and characters of the story.We will continue building our characters next 

week.

Towards the end of the week the classes have

begun their first in class novel together, ‘The

Hunger Games’. Students worked together in their

book club groups to understand more about the

book before we begin reading next week. Next 

week, the classes will begin reading chapter one.

Students are allowed to bring books in if they

own their own set. There will be a spelling and

vocabulary test at the end of the week.

I Can… 

Compose the setting and characters in

my narrative fictional writing.

Evaluate the author’s perspective on

the books they have published

Science/Social Studies withMs. Walkuski 

Science: This week in science, students arebeginning a chemistry unit on physical and

chemical properties of matter.

Social Studies: This week in social studies

students are working on a mini economicsystem where they are trading with other'countries'.

Moral Focus Wisdom Respect   Gratitude 

Self-Control  Perseverance

Courage Encouragement  

Compassion  Integrity  

Math with Mr. Vantiem

This past week in Math, we have been

working with integers with the students in

course two. In the course three, we have

been focusing on graphing ordered pairs on

the coordinate plane. We have had MEAP

this week so there hasn't been much

instruction time or homework. I want to

make sure that the kids can concentrate

almost strictly on the MEAP and being

prepared. Students are encouraged to bring

something to read or do after they finish

MEAP.

Dismissal ProcedureWe appreciate all of your hard work and attentivene

with dismissal. We are all working together to make t

as smooth and possible and we thank you for your

cooperation in this manner. Please make sure that y

have your sign for students so we know when you ar

pulling around the corner  

This month is bully awareness and here at South Canto

Scholars we are taking this matter very seriously. We ha

been talking to students about bullying and had in clas

activities that discuss bullying behavior and the differen

between mean behavior and bullying. We will NOT

TOLERATE any bullying of any kind to ANYONE, includi

adults in the building. This is a matter that we do not ta

lightly and we ask that you speak with your students at ho

about their actions and words or things they say both

positively and negatively that can affect others in thebuilding. Thank you.

 The, the, the… the MEAP!

MEAP testing will continue next week for our 7th grad

students. Below is the schedule and subject of when studewill be testing. We strongly encourage that all students g

good amount of sleep, eat a good breakfast and come to

school on-time. Students are allowed to bring gum ONL

WHILE THEY TEST. No mints or candies will be allowed

your student is late on a MEAP testing day they will n

be able to enter the classroom. Check below for the daof testing.

October 16th- Math

October 17th- Writing