Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in 6th Grade Update, SEL | Posted on April 10, 2017
Welcome back everyone! We hope that you enjoyed the long weekend and congrats to all of our young actors on their performances! This week is a big week with Enterprise City on Thursday and a lot of our time will be devoted to covering all of the economic concepts and getting each of the businesses ready for our big day.
Here is the overview for the week: WEEKLY OVERVIEW 4-10
We have been using Google Classroom as a platform for accessing and submitting work for the past couple of weeks. We would love to be using it more during our day to day but because of Smarter Balanced testing there has been a high demand for computers. In the mean time students can still use Google Classroom at home to see what teachers have posted and can even find digital copies of assignments. Please make it a habit to check Google classroom at the beginning of the week to help with organizing your work.
Also, Ms. Vas wanted to forward along this memo regarding Lifeskills class starting next week.
Hello,
The week of 17th the Human Growth and Development Unit will begin. The first lesson which will be presented that week is about HYGIENE. The lesson covers care of the body from head to toe and oral hygiene.
As always, please feel to contact me directly with any thoughts you may have.
Thank you, Vas
Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in 6th Grade Update, SEL | Posted on January 18, 2017
Dear parents, faculty and staff I would like to take the time to introduce myself, and share with you my enthusiasm of teaching DARE to the sixth grade students this year. My name is Officer Christopher Poppalardo of the North Hampton Police Department and I am a certified DARE instructor for the state of New Hampshire. I have been in Law Enforcement for over 10 years now, and I can say I truly enjoy being in the classroom teaching. I know some of you have taken DARE in the past like me, but I can assure you DARE has changed in recent years. The DARE curriculum focuses on decision making skills, and how your student can use these skills in all facets of their lives. During DARE we will also discuss alcohol, tobacco and touch upon and maybe answer some questions the students have about drugs. I am sure that as of this writing you are aware of the everyday drug problem that we face in the state of New Hampshire and this country. I want to ensure to you my commitment to the DARE program and my belief that all of us working together can make DARE successful for all students.
Thank you in advance for your support
Sincerely
Ofc. Christopher Poppalardo
North Hampton Police Department
Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in 6th Grade Update, SEL | Posted on January 17, 2017
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Welcome back everyone. We hope that you had a nice long weekend.
Here is the overview for this week: WEEKLY OVERVIEW 1-17
This morning we are leaving for our trip the Seabrook Power Station to learn more about how communities get their energy. Thank you so much to all of the volunteer drivers who are helping to make this trip possible. Just a reminder, we are loading up the cars at 10:40am!
Also, this week the students will begin D.A.R.E. classes. Officer Chris Poppalardo will be the D.A.R.E. instructor. The program will run for approximately 10 weeks. We are very excited to have Officer Poppalardo join us!
Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in 6th Grade Update, SEL | Posted on December 5, 2016
Welcome back everyone. It’s snowing!
Here is the overview for this week: WEEKLY OVERVIEW 12-5
By now you should have received information to access your student’s report card. If you have any difficulties or cannot access them please let us know.
Also, this is our final reminder for those of you who wish to have a parent-teacher conference. We are using PTCFast.com to make signups for parent-teacher conferences as convenient as possible this year. Please click the link below or copy-paste the following web address into your browser window:
https://ptcfast.com/schools/North_Hampton_School
From there please use the prompts to sign up. You will need an email account to register.
If you do not feel the need for a conference at this time please email us indicating that is your preference.
You can sign up for any time slot that is still available and changes can be made up to the night before your conference. Please let us know if you have any troubles or questions.
Best Regards,
Chris LaCroix, Trish Johnston, Wendy Crowley, & Pam Tobey
Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in SEL | Posted on November 28, 2016
Dear Parents,
We hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! This week marks the beginning of the second trimester, new travel groups, and a new beginning for our sixth graders!
Here is the overview for this week: WEEKLY OVERVIEW 11-28
We are using PTCFast.com to make signups for parent-teacher conferences as convenient as possible this year. Please click the link below or copy/paste the following web address into your browser window:
https://ptcfast.com/schools/North_Hampton_School
From there please use the prompts to sign up. You will need an email account to register.
If you do not feel the need for a conference at this time please email us indicating that is your preference.
You can sign up for any time slot that is still available and changes can be made up to the night before your conference. Please let us know if you have any troubles or questions.
Best Regards,
Chris LaCroix, Trish Johnston, Wendy Crowley, & Pam Tobey
Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in 6th Grade Update, SEL | Posted on October 24, 2016
Welcome back everyone!
Here is the overview for this week: WEEKLY OVERVIEW 10-24
This week is Red Ribbon week! Red Ribbon week is an awareness campaign backed by the National Family Partnership, formerly the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth. Its purpose is to promote drug prevention and well-being. Each day of this week has a theme. The themes are as follows:
RED RIBBON WEEK
Grades 4-8
On Friday we hope everyone will wear red!!!
MONDAY – “DRUGS GIVE YOU THE BLUES!” – wear blue to school
TUESDAY – “UNITED WE STAND AGAINST DRUGS!”- wear red, white & blue to school
WEDNESDAY – “BEING DRUG FREE IS NO SWEAT!” –wear sweats
THURSDAY – “TEAM UP AGAINST DRUGS!” –wear sports themed clothes
FRIDAY – FOCUS DAY – WEAR RED! – school assembly
Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in 6th Grade Update, SEL | Posted on October 13, 2016
Life Skills Classes Grade 6.
This is what is coming up!!!
We have been discussing kindness, respect, and bully prevention.
We reviewed the New Hampshire Bully Law and discussed it in kid friendly terms. Our discussions have focused on being an up-stander and they role-played various ways to do that.
We will be having a presentation next week from Haven* that focuses on various forms of harassment and bullying in an age appropriate manner.
Following that we will continue to focus on Digital Citizenship. Check out the website Netsmartz. We will use a lot of their curriculum. Some great stuff on there for parents as well.
Haven’s presentation will cover the following
· Students will define terms playing, flirting, bullying, and harassment
· Discussions about the behaviors they have witnessed at school or around them
· Scenarios will be shared and students will identify what behavior they are
· Bystander interventions and how students can create a safe school are discussed
* www.havennh.org
Posted by nhsgrade6 | Posted in 6th Grade Update, SEL | Posted on October 7, 2016
Dear 6th grade families,
You may be aware that there has been a lot in the news and on social media about creepy clowns in NH trying to scare people. Some accounts have been verified but many have not. This has been a topic of discussion among the students. While we had all the students together today for Life Skills, we discussed this very briefly and shared that we must be careful not to spread rumors and cause more fear. Police in New England are on top of this and there are many procedures in place to keep us safe, particularly in school. Please feel free to research this and speak to your child about it.
The Sixth Grade Team
Thank you to all of the parents who were able to attend our curriculum night. Hopefully you found it informative and worth your time. We understand that everyone has busy schedules so we appreciate you taking time out of your evening.
If you were unable to make it here are some of the important documents and materials that we gave out which you may find helpful:
1. Our Merrowvista slideshow: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39OwYsp9eNgUGJxRm53SWxxdVU/view?usp=sharing (please do not share this on social media)
2. An excerpt from Chip Wood’s book “Yardsticks” about 11 year olds: yardsticks-11yr-olds
3. Information about the Lifeskills Curriculum: life-skills-curriculum
4. Advice for parents of math students: jo-boaler-Math-for-parents
5. A link to the slideshow that we used to frame our curriculum night: http://prezi.com/ghjecm339z9t/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Also, this morning the 6th graders led the first NHS “community meeting”, a whole-school meeting that gives specific grade levels a chance to share exciting things that they have been doing. We shared the slideshow with the school and the 6th graders led a camp sing-along for the whole school. Check it out!
Finally, there is a permission slip coming home with your child today for our field trip to the Waste Management landfill in Rochester on Wednesday. Please sign and return it as soon as you can.
