Trevista at Horace Mann
ECE - 8th Grade
4130 Navajo Street Denver, CO 80211-2534
Phone: (720) 423-9800 Fax: (720) 423-9850
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April NewsletterApril 2008From the Principal Dear parents. I want to thank you for your help with the CSAP. Many of you insisted your students get more rest and dropped them off earlier to eat free breakfast. Thank you teachers and students for your efforts as well. I hope everyone had a restful spring break and is now energized for the rest of the school year. As the students have heard me say the toughest part of the race is when the finish line is in view. We want our students here everyday, working hard on their academics until the end of the school year. Parents, please help us, know that your child has homework every night. I have free books for students who want to read more. Finally, it looks like we have some great teams; the girl’s soccer team and the boy’s baseball team are looking like champions! Come on out and cheer them on. Mr. Ludwig Queridos padres. Quiero agradecerle por su ayuda con el CSAP. Muchos de ustedes insistieron sus estudiantes consiguen más resto y los dejaron antes para comer el desayuno gratis. Profesores de gracias y estudiantes para sus esfuerzos también. Espero que cada uno hiciera que una primavera relajante se rompiera y sea activado ahora para el resto del año escolar. Cuando los estudiantes han oído que yo digo que la parte más resistente de la raza es cuando la línea de llegada es en frente. Queremos a nuestros estudiantes aquí diarios, trabajando mucho en sus académicos al final del año escolar. Padres, por favor ayúdenos, sepa que su niño tiene la tarea cada noche. Tengo libros gratis para estudiantes que quieren leer más. Finalmente, esto parece tenemos algunos grandes equipos; ¡el equipo de fútbol de la muchacha y el equipo de béisbol del muchacho parecen a campeónes! Venga en y aliéntelos. Sr. Ludwig Vocal Music, Susan Rivedal Do you hear it? Can you feel it? Spring is in the air, and so are the sounds of music! With our big unit on rhythms and music theory completed, we are putting our music literacy standard into action, learning new music. The performing season is coming… Friday, April 11: The 8th grade CHORUS will be performing at the annual DPS Middle School Choir Festival. The choirs attending each perform 15 minutes for all the other choirs between 10:00 and noon at Hamilton Middle School. Thursday, May 1: The 8th grade CHORUS will be joining the North High vocalists for our annual North High Consortium in North's auditorium at 7:00p.m. The Horace Mann Chorus will perform first, followed by North's Concert Choir and their top group, Vikorale. We will begin and end the concert with all choirs united in song. Friday, May 9: We are hoping to hear that the small ensemble called the Shakespeare Madrigal Singers will be accepted for stage time at the 24th annual DPS Shakespeare Festival downtown at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. We find out if we were accepted in the middle of April. The singers did an OUTSTANDING job at their early morning audition the day before spring break! Thursday, May 15: Horace Mann Middle School's Final Concert This will feature both choirs, the HORACE MANN CHORUS and DENVER'S N.W. SINGERS, the Shakespeare Madrigal Singers, and students who participated all year in the after school BAND and GUITAR classes! All concerts are free and open to the public, so we hope to see you, your family and friends especially on May 1st and May 15th! The new 2007-08 MUSIC t-shirts have arrived! Each singer will be bringing home a note requesting $10.00 be sent for them to purchase their performing shirt. Each singer is required to own one for performances and/or special events. Students who sold $75.00 or more in our music fundraiser will receive the shirt for free! Please put the evening concerts on May 1st and 15th on your family calendars. They will be nights to remember for sure. You won’t want to miss them! Thank-you for supporting your child and Horace Mann Middle School’s academic programs, as well as their expressive opportunities in music! News from Social Studies Classes Seventh graders in Ms. Kimball’s classes are learning about the kingdoms and empires of Western Africa. Western Africa’s civilization began to prosper when they learned to make tools out of iron (metal). Farming was enhanced and societies grew and culture developed. During the week of April 7th, students will have an opportunity to participate in a simulation of trading conditions between North Africa and West Africa. Eighth grade students are finishing a unit in slavery and will move on to Civil War and Reconstruction Units. This time period is a very interesting part of US History. To master understanding, students will participate in a variety of activities including Cornell Notes on each topic, videos, short and larger essay questions on these topics. All Social Studies students in grades seven and eight will be involved in a review of topics studied throughout the school year in preparation for the end of the year test. This test will determine student grades for the third trimester. Students will have ample time to study for the test and will be given a second chance for satisfactorily completing the test if they fail the test the first time. April G.T. News On Friday, April 11 four GT students will be representing Horace Mann Middle School at the 14th Annual Youth Summit at the Tivoli Turn Hall on the Auraria Campus. Students will spend from 8 to 1:30 in workshops and sessions to discuss what programs and policies to better the lives of Denver youth. An architect friend of Jacqueline Gonring will be coming to speak with a group of 6, 7 and 8th grade G.T. students about his work in architecture. This group has been meeting during the last 2 periods on Tuesdays, studying and experiencing the principles of architecture. The young architects have been sketching houses in the neighborhood and their own dwelling. The students are looking forward to the afternoon with the guest Architect and a day of architectural activities in Denver, both days still to be determined. Dr. Sweeney will continue to work on literacy projects (including Shakespeare) with grade 6, 7 and 8 students. The Horace Mann Yearbook The 2007-8 Tiger yearbook is going to be the best ever. The yearbook staff has worked long and hard to produce a spectacular memento of Horace Mann’s final yearbook. There are fantastic pictures of every sport and activity going on in our school. You will want to look back at these books to remember the special times at Horace Mann for the rest of your lives! Every student is going to want a yearbook! We will begin pre-sale marketing on the yearbook later in April. The books will cost $20.00. Plan your expenses now so that you will be able to purchase one. You won’t want to miss it! We predict that just like last year, we may run out of books. Don’t delay in ordering yours! 10,000 Steps Per Day Physical education students are taking a fitness/wellness unit for the next three weeks. They are presently using pedometers which our staff just finished using themselves. Pedometers measure how many steps you take and 2,000 steps equal I mile. They recommend 10,000 steps per day to stay fit! Pedometers are inexpensive and available at sporting goods stores. So start walking to be healthy! Field Day May 23 Don’t miss all the activities and the ice cream at our field day this year. There will be some staff vs. student games, possible bicycle relays and maybe some HIP-HOP dancers. See you all there! Boycott Yoplait Yogurt The Denver Dumb Friends man, Mr. Dave, came to our class. He told us that we should crush the Yoplait containers to prevent suffocation of small animals. Animals like squirrels get their heads stuck in the small opening at the top. General Mills refuses to put a warning label on their containers. Join us in boycotting General Mills Yoplait yogurt until they put the warning “(CRUSH) containers to protect all the little animals that can get their heads stuck in it!!!” Horace Mann Tiger Club Kids Helping the Community We are the Horace Mann Tiger Club dedicated to helping the community in a variety of ways. For instance, at Bienvenidos Food Bank, we pack cherries and sausage. We are working with Earth Force to clean up graffiti and storm drains. We also assemble routing slips for the Woodbury Library. At St. Elizabeth’s, we help the elderly make crafts. All in all, we are a club that makes a difference in the community!
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