Mr. Long

by Jett Knight Good vibrations are coming from Room 8 this week! Mr. Long is starting a whole new unit. PHYSICS. It’s going to be awesome. We started the unit with making interactive posters about a specific topic. Some of the topics include Einstein’s equation, kinetic energy and potential Energy. They all look pretty cool…. [Read More...]

Dear parents/guardians, This week we had story telling night when we students had to tell a story about something that happened to us in our lives to a group of about 30 people. Most of us, if not all were quite nervous about telling our stories to strangers, but we did well. The stories were… [Read More...]

By Tristan Barreras During this week we have had countless battles that are involved with our Fertile Crescent unit we started on Monday. This week, we were given our tasks within our tribes that are due by Monday. These tasks may involve writing a speech, making a model, writing a song, etc. We also started… [Read More...]

by Alyssa AnDyke After two days of excited waiting, we had our first overnight field trip of the year last Wednesday. We visited the Warm Spring Museum where we listened to a Warm Springs Indian woman talk about her heritage. Even though it was hard to hear her, what we could hear was really cool…. [Read More...]

Parents and Guardians of children in room eight, As you may have known, last week we began working on our story unit. This week we were to write a story about an adventure or an exciting event from our lives. We are working on throwing out the silly details and focusing on the more important… [Read More...]

It’s has been a hot week in room #8.  The students have done a great job of concentrating despite the fact that our classroom temperature has topped 82 degrees every day this week.  We spent our time working well as a team, constructing homemade globes, continuing the study of word roots, and honing the craft… [Read More...]

The middle school has been spending much of this week establishing healthy routines and building strong relationships. Room 8 has been no different. We should all know each others’ names by now, and we have all acquainted ourselves with different learning styles by filling out an informal tally sheet. I found out my most prevalent… [Read More...]

I am so excited to get back to the classroom and to see everyone.  Don’t forget a pencil, a binder and a great attitude Monday morning.  We’ll all figure out the rest.