Cycle 1 Week 11 Midweek Minute

Good evening,

Students have been working hard on their final projects. They are decided what physical features they think are most important to the development of civilizations and are designing a civilization and constructing an analogy to compare the parts of the civilization to the parts of a cell. They will be discussing how their civilization has been shaped by and shapes the geography of their region.

Important Dates and Reminders

Student-led conference sign-up 

Student-led conferences will be held on Thursday, December 4, and Friday, December 5.

Thank you to all who have signed up. If you have not yet signed up, you can use this link to choose your conference time.

When signing up for your conference, please remember that Ambassador conferences are student-led and students must be present for the conference. 

Monday, November 17th – Final Project Presentations

Parents are warmly invited to join us in the Peace Ambassadors classroom for final project presentations which will begin at 9:00 and should be done by lunchtime. We cannot be certain how long they will take or when any particular group’s presentations will happen. Please let us know if you plan to join us so we can be sure to have enough chairs set out.

Tuesday, November 18th — SW Theme Test

Students should be working on preparing for the theme tests using their review sheets. We shared what you may bring to the test and suggestions for how to prepare in the Week 8 Midweek Minute. Here is the document discussing how to prepare  and what you can bring to the tests.

Wednesday, November 19th — NW Theme Test

Friday, November 21st — Personal World Final Projects due

Tuesday, November 25th — Last Day of Cycle 1

Wednesday, November 26 – Friday, November 28 — Thanksgiving Break

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email us.

Take care.
Hannah and Pearl

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