Dear APA Families and Staff,

  

APA Color Guard has been invited to participate in the opening flag ceremonies of a city-wide Armed Forces Day and Veterans of Madison County celebration on May 15^th.

The celebration is to say “THANKS” to all our past and present military men and women. The Color Guard will do the Flag Retreat presentation. The celebration is to start at 2pm. I am requesting all APA Color Guard members to promptly arrive at 1pm. The day of “THANKS” will include various entertainment and dinner. The VFW Post from Kokomo will be performing the Military Rites and the Boy Scouts of America will have a flag burning ceremony that evening.  

Color Guard Arrive 1pm

Practice 1pm-1:50pm 

Armed Forces Day Opening Ceremonies

Location: 3607 E. 10^th Anderson, IN 46012

  

 

Your support is greatly appreciated,

 

Civil Air Patrol

 Natalie  Carter 

Lt. Col Larry Lopshire/ Chair Aerospace Studies

2Lt Michel Edwards/ Director Military Culture

2Lt Natalie Carter/ Cadet Programs Instructor

 

Dear APA Color Guard Families & Staff,

APA Color Guard has been invited by the Veterans of Madison County to participate in the opening ceremonies, of the Armed Forces Day. The Color Guard will be participating in a city- wide military ceremony for National Armed Forces Day. The Color Guard's performance will start promptly, at 14:00 hours (2pm) on May 15th at the Veteran's of Madison County located at 3607 E. 10th Street. The planning of the day is to say, “THANKS” to all our past and present military men and women. The Day of “THANKS” will include various entertainment and dinner. The VFW Post from Kokomo will be performing the Military Rites and the "Boy Scouts of America" will have a flag burning ceremony that evening.  APA Color Guard needs to arrive at 13:00 (1pm) for practice and set up time.

This event is MANDATORY for All Color Guard Members.

APA Color Guard will Arrive at 1pm

Practice 1pm-1:50

Armed Forces Day Parade 2pm

3607 E.  10^th St Anderson, IN 46012  

Your support is greatly appreciated,

 

-Natalie Carter: Cadet Programs

 

Civil Air Patrol

Col Larry Lopshire Chair Aerospace Studies

 

The SSC has not been on a normal schedule for this week due to ISTEP.  We have been working on make up work and missing assignments this week.  We will be sending progress reports home to SSC 3 cadets today.

Cadets are working hard to learn their multiplication facts, they need to be working on these at home as we are still testing on this.  In Language Arts the cadets are working on writing a 5-6 paragraph essay.  The cadets have just finished assessment tests and NWEA testing and next week will be ISTEP. 

The cadets are presenting their Thematical projects Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  If cadets are receiving a grade D or lower in any SSC subject the cadet will be bringing home a progress report to be signed and returned by 4/02/10.

SSC cadets have a science project that is due today.  The students in SSC will be taking math assessments and Language Arts Assessments in SSC for over the several days.  They will be presenting their projects to the class on 3/31/10.

The students are working hard.  Today in class we had Social Studies Vocab, a Longitude/Latitude quiz, and a Science project that includes a report worksheet and a presentation.  These are all due on Tuesday of next week.  If the cadets do not complete these today they are to work on them at home as we do not have classes on Monday.  The quiz is not homework.  Along with all of this the SSC cadets are working on a science project in their general science class as well.

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In SSC we are working on our Compass Learning Programs.  For homework the cadets are to practice their multiplication facts.  They are to have these memorized and we have started testing their multiplication facts.

This six weeks is over! We are no longer excepting work from this six weeks.  We will be acuity testing next Friday for SSC level 3 students. 

All SSC students will have a written quiz over the book Freckle Juice on Friday.

 Cadets are working on the following in class for the week of 1/25/10:

Language Arts - Reading and Summarizing the book Freckle Juice, and plotting what we read.

Math - Adding and subtracting money

Social Studies - Egyptian Culture

Science - Measuring heat and the construction of matter

This week we are working on Summarizing what you read in Language Arts, In Math we are doing a lesson on banking an money, Science we are learning about matter, and in Social Studies we are learning about the Geography of Egypt.

 No homework this week.  Students will be making up missing assignments on Friday.

For all,

Starting second semester all SSC students will be required to attempt their general studies academic work for a grade in SSC, this includes homework.  We will not be assigning homework in SSC unless it is a special project, studing for a test or quiz, or making up missed assignments, this allows are students to attempt general studies work.

 

In SSC we will be working on the following lessons:  Math- counting money, making change, and money story problems.  Language Arts - we are reading Freckle Juice and will be working on summarizing, compare and contrast plotting etc.  Science - we are learning about matter and will be doing several experiments that involve matter.  Social Studies - we are learning about Egyptian history.

We are planning a fun and exciting semester for the SSC Room!

All SSC students have a powerpoint presentation that is due today in Social Studies it is worth 100 points.  Those that do not get to theirs today will do theirs on Wednesday.  We will be working hard to get all missing work and quizes done for the nine weeks.  This is a last chance for students to bring their grades up before the end of the six weeks which is Friday.

Last Tuesday I went over all missing assignments with each student individually, offering additional help if needed.  I informed all students that missing assignments will be entered into the gradebook as a "0" on Friday 12/04/09.  I also discussed with the students that "0" entered into the gradebook will lower their grades.

 

We are currently working on three big projects in our class.  These projects are two part projects, and that the first part should be completed as of 12/04/09.

Social Studies - We are creating a powerpoint presentation based on the state report project that we have been working on the past three weeks, these projects will be presented to class.

Language Arts - We are creating comic strips using proper dialogue.

Math - We are creating a math problem based on the theories of multiplication.  The student will then present their problems to the class for the class to solve.

Science - We are learning the phases of the moon, and are getting ready to preform a science experiment based on what we have learned.

Students are currently working on creating Power Point Presentations of the states they researched.

Students are also working on individualized education programs on the computers.

In English, students continue to work on mechanics, finishing up the unit on punctuation.

In Science, students have covered the variables, independent and dependent, constants and control groups.

 

All SSC students have a comic strip and a writing assignment to go with this assignment due on Wednesday for Language arts this is worth 100pts.  They have been working on this project for a week.   In Social Studies the students have a state report that is due on Wednesday as well.  They have been working on this for a week as well and it is worth 100pts. 

ALL MAKE UP WORK AND MISSING ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE ON FRIDAY, EACH STUDENT HAS A PROGRESS REPORT WITH MISSING ASSIGNMENTS HIGHLIGHTED.  THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE TO BE COMPLETED OUTSIDE OF CLASS, AS THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN CLASS TIME TO WORK ON THEM.  ANY ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE NOT TURNED IN BY FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN A 0 (IF A STUDENT RECEIVES A 0 THIS WILL LOWER THEIR GRADE EVEN MORE).  PARENTS ARE TO SIGN THESE AND RETURN THEM TO THE SSC ROOM.   

The 7th grade Color Guard, 9th grader Andrew DeGies drummer, will be Presenting the Colors at  the Anderson Airport on December 4th for the Airport's Facility Dedication.

All Color Guard cadets need to be at the school at

07:00am and will return at 10:00 am.

This time may be subject to change.

If you have any questions Contact:

Colonel Lopshire at

llopshire@goapa.org

 

  

All SSC students have been working on sentence structure and punctuation in Language Arts.  In Social Studies we have been having in-class discussions on the Mesopotamian Government.  In math we have begun working in depth with multiplication.  Students that bring in a package of index cards will receive 10 bonus points in Math.  In Science we are working on the Earth, Moon, and Sun.  We will be working in these lessons for the next few weeks.

PARENTS SUPPORT GROUP MEETING MINUTES

 

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Mr. Hayden provided information about the Title 1 program. The purpose of the program is to ensure that all children work to learn challenging state academic standards and have the opportunity to receive help to be successful. Funding comes from federal tax dollars and the amount of funding depends on the economic levels of the community and school.

Cadets are chosen for the program by a system that ranks their test scores and GPA and are taken in order of greatest need. The program is designed to provide math and language arts tutoring in a small group setting, on the computer customized to each student and small group assistance with school assignments that are based on the Indiana academic standards.

An athletics boosters club is being organized.

The Girls Basketball team is selling donuts to raise money to purchase warm up jackets. If you would like to donate donuts or other breakfast items for them to sell please let Coach Warner know or Annie Keller.  Donation would be greatly appreciated.

The middle school dance is Friday, November 20 from 6 to 8. Tickets will be sold during lunch this week and will cost $2 in advance $3 at the door. Items are still needed and include 6^th grade—cookies, 7^th grade – lemondade and 8^th grade—chips. Chaperones are also needed. Contact Kelli Zard 765-278-7264 kellikzard@fastmail.fm or Annie Keller 765-278-1501 montica99@yahoo.com for more information.

The bazaar has been rescheduled for the spring. More information will be coming in January.

The possibility of having a technology night was discussed.

Next Parent support group meeting is December 10 at 6:30

Friday November 20th from 6pm -8 pm

Tickets will be sold this week during lunch for $2 each and the night of the dance for $3

Pictures will be available for $2 each with the proceeds going towards purchasing a camera for the yearbook staff and for school activities use.

Snack donations needed: 6th Grade - Store bought cookies    7th Grade - Pre-mixed Lemonade  8th Grade - Chips or any kind

If you would like to volunteer to chaperone or help with clean up please contact Kelli Zard  765-278-7264  kellikzard@fastmail.fm  or Annie Keller 765-278-1501 montica99@yahoo.com

"Be there or be square"

Reminder*****

School Dance - Theme is 80's 

Friday, November 20th  6pm - 8pm

Tickets will be sold this week during lunch for $2 and $3 the night of the dance.

Photos will be available to purchase for $2 each with the proceeds from photos going towards buying a camera for the Yearbook staff and School events use.

Donations are needed for snacks:

6th grade: Store bought cookies

7th grade: Pre-mixed Lemonade

8th grade: Chips of any kind 

 If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help chaperone or clean up please contact Kelli Zard 756-278-7264  kellikzard@fastmail.fm or Annie Keller 765-278-1501 montica99@yahoo.com

"Be There or Be Square"!!

 

 

For all students - There is an out of class assignment in Science.  The students have been given an article about the moon and its phases.  They are to write a paragraph explaining why the moon has different phases.  This is a 40 point assignment that is due on Tuesday.  We are working on the earth, moon, and sun in science.  We are working on sentence structure in Language Arts.  Study multiplication facts for math.

All grades will be having a quiz on Thursday 11/12/09 over exclamatory, imperative, declarative, and interrogative sentences.  Also study multiplication facts.  If their english - write 20 sentences spelling all words correctly, math- write 10 word problems using multiplication with reprouping, science - identify 12 science vocab. words, write definition, and draw a picture to go with are not done from last Wednesday they are homework and due this Thursday.  ALL STUDENTS HAVE STARTED LOSING POINTS FOR NOT COMING TO CLASS WITH HEADPHONES.