Drama
Club Play
The fall comedic play, Who’s Dying To Be A Millionaire? will be presented
on Friday, December 5th and Saturday, December 6th at 7p.m.. The cost is $5 for
students and $7 for adults. Hope to see you there!
Counselor's
Corner
We would like to welcome all the 7th and 8th grade students to the 2008-2009
school year. We extend an especially warm welcome to all students and
families who are new to the Stow and Munroe Falls communities. By now,
students have settled in to their routines and are hopefully off to a
good start.
We also welcome our new Registrar in the Guidance Office, Ms. Sandy Korogi.
If you should have questions regarding your child’s school records
or Parent Access login information, please feel free to contact her at
330 689-5282.
We encourage you as parents to contact us when you have questions or
concerns about your child’s academic or social-emotional develop.m.ent.
We look forward to talking with you and we look forward to working with
your children over the course of this school year.
Fred Yoak – Counselor for the 7th grade class
Eva Scarsella – Counselor for the 8th grade class
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
The Science
Olympiad Team is off to a great start. There are plans being readied
for our invitational meets already. We will participate in the Solon
meet on Feb. 7 and the Mentor meet on Feb. 14.
TEAM 7-1
Team
7-1’s journey to the Naturealm was quite a success. The weather
was beautiful, the reptile man was very informative and the birds ate
right out of our hands. We are following books-on-tape in our advisories
to enhance fluency. Our thinking with data unit is now leaving the social
studies classroom and heading towards the math classroom. We’re
also excited about our upcoming bowling field trip. TEAM
7-2
History is currently working on an Egyptian drama project. Math
is discovering algorithms for integers and equivalent expressions.
Science is studying
storms and storm safety. language arts are understanding and applying
context clues through SSR and other media. Art is currently involved
in a project about panoramic landscapes.
TEAM
7-3
Students on Team 7-3 are off to a great start. In Language Arts,
students are reading the novel Tangerine. Weather and climate are
being studied
in science. In math, the order of operations, coordinate grid and
integers are being explored. Civilizations on the Asian Continent
are being
investigated in social studies. An Awesome Autumn Alternative Learning
Day was held
on Friday, Oct. 24.
TEAM
7-4
Team 7-4 has had a great opening to the 2008-2009 school year.
Both staff and students have completed the introductory process
and are
now working
through the standards of the first quarter for each subject. Our
students have had the opportunity to indulge in some culinary delights
and nutritional
background during their stay in Family Consumer Science. In language
arts, students have completed their independent book reviews over
Newbury award winners, many citing this is the first time they
have completed
a book on their own. In math students continue to work on the order
of operations and working to achieve the ability to verbally express
themselves
in an extended response format. In science the students have finished
up their observations of weather and are completing a five-step
project as their assessment. In history, the students have completed
their
reviews of ancient river valley civilizations and are turning east
toward India
and China. Staff and students are eagerly awaiting conferences
and the second quarter to see what educational delights are next.
MATH RESOURCES
Mathematics resources for helping at home are available and still growing
at two of our district mathematics sites: http://www.smfcsd.org/math/athomelNDS.htm (for grades K-5) and http://www.smfcsd.org/math/athomeCM2.htm (for grades
6-8). These pages include a new, growing collection of homework help
videos, links to pages that include specific help for most individual
units and lessons in each grade, ideas for fluency practice (online
and offline), suggestions for helping students with writing about math,
fun math activities that can be done at home, and a variety of other
resources. For less frequent internet users, one possibility is to visit
this site once and print everything that you might want; then, you have
access to it at any time.
ACRODUNK IS COMING November 24th!!!!!!
Each student who sells 2 magazines will be admitted to a special assembly
given by ACRODUNK. †They are an acrobatic basketball team that
have been featured at the NBA playoff games. †The team sends
the students the positive message about staying in school and doing
the right thing!!! Visit their website at
www.acrodunk.com
All proceeds from the Kimpton Magazine Fundraiser benefit
the students! http://www.qsp.com/
You will then be asked the school number.
The school # is 425070511
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TARDY / ATTENDANCE
INFORMATION
Students’ attendance is a key part of success in school. By law,
students must be in school daily and on time. It is understood that
there are times when students are late or absent. In these cases, appropriate
notification by a parent is needed. Please call the school prior to
9:00 a.m. if a student is sick or will be late due to a medical appointment.
Otherwise, tardies and absences will be marked “unexcused”.
Kimpton has a series of consequences in place for unexcused absences
from classes, and these along with Truancy Referrals to the Summit
County Juvenile Court will be issued as dictated by procedure and law
directives. In the case of medical appointments, parents are asked
to get medical excuse forms from the doctor’s office to bring
to school.
Music
News
The 7th and 8th grade Kimpton String Orchestra will perform at John S.
Knight Convention Center in Akron on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at 4 p.m.
for the Holiday Tree Festival which benefits Akron Children’s
Hospital.
Kimpton
Ski & Snowboard Club
Kimpton students have an
opportunity to ski or snowboard at Brandywine at a reduced rate through
the Kimpton Ski and Snowboard Club. Students
ski on Wednesdays. They leave Kimpton around 4:00 and return at approximately
9:15 p.m. (all sessions depend on weather conditions). Additional information
is available in Room 319. Follow directions on the information sheet
and return the forms and money to Mrs. Bartek in Room 319 by Nov.
14 to get your free passes to use over winter break.
Cross
Country
All 43 runners are working hard and improving their times. The Cross
Country girls have 4 wins and 2 losses. They placed 5th out of 28 teams
at the Woodridge Invitational, 1st at Wadsworth and 1st at the Stow Invitational.
The boys are also 4 and 2 and finished 9th out of 27 at the Woodridge
Invitational, 1st at Wadsworth and 2nd at the Stow Invitational.
Football The 7th and 8th grade wrapped up their seasons this October on high
notes. Each squad performed admirably, working diligently each week
to prepare for the next challenge before them. Each player, coach and
parent should be congratulated for their efforts this year. Woody Hayes
once said, “You win with people,” and though every outcome
wasn’t a victory, because of the dedication and teamwork of each
of the gridiron units, the season has been a successful one.
Kimpton String Orchestra
The 7th and 8th grade Kimpton String Orchestra will perform at John
S. Knight Convention Center in Akron on Wednesday, November 26 at
4:00p.m. for the Holiday Tree Festival which benefits Akron Children's
Hospital.
TEAM 8-1
In science, the students studied Newton's Laws of Motion and
launched their Estes and water rockets that were developed in class.
In language arts, they read the non-fiction novel October Sky and focused
on theme, plot, character types, and vocabulary skills. Math concepts
the students learned included surface area, volume, and the Pythagorean
theorem. In history, students celebrated Constitution Day on Sept.
17 and were recognized in the Oct. 15 edition of the Stow Sentry.
The Family Consumer Science curriculum included important life skills
such as laundry, sewing construction, communication, friendship, dating,
careers and financial literacy. Our team continues to look forward
to educating students throughout the remainder of the year.
TEAM 8-2
Team 8-2 is blasting off. We built and launched our water rockets
recently. Students are also reading about space and rockets in
language arts
with October Sky by Homer Hickam and Letters from MIR by Dr. Jerry
Linenger. In American History, we are studying the American Revolution.
The entire team is preparing for the Ohio Achievement Test. TEAM 8-3
Team 8-3 has had a good start to the school year. Our bowling field
trip will be on Friday, Nov. 21. In Language Arts we are starting
the novel Stuck In Neutral. In social studies, we are starting a unit
on the Revolutionary War. Measurement will begin in Math and earthquakes
and volcanoes will be the focus in Science. Also, a NASA video conference
will be coming in November.
TEAM 8-4
Mrs. Groom's Science class learned about the forces of motion
and gravity, as well as rocketry during the first nine weeks. Students
also built and launched rockets of their own. In connection with the
science unit, students in Mr. Ladner's Language Arts class read
October Sky, the story of Homer Hickam Jr.. An Alternative
Learning Day on Wednesday, October 8, incorporated what we learned
in science
and language arts. In the second nine weeks, language arts students
will be researching a career and designing a pamphlet related to that
career. They will also make oral presentations about their career.
Parents are encouraged to discuss career plans with students during
this unit. This is one of several units that will also include short
stories, and the novel Stuck In Neutral. Mrs. Edgar's American
History class will be studying the Revolutionary War as well as the
Colonial time period. Team 8-4 students will be taking the practice
OAT tests during the first week of December. The next exploratory rotation
for Team 8-4 students is Art with Mr. Abell.
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