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Issue 15
23 November 2015
Announcements
Monday
November 30th
Tuesday
December 1st
Wednesday
December 2 nd
Science Test
Thursday
December 3rd

Student of the Week

Cal Frame
Happy Thanksgiving! As your STEM Scholar
teachers, we have so much to be thankful for.
Thank you for sharing your children with us.
We have such a awesome group of students
to teach. We are thankful for all of your
support both in and out of the classroom.
As we get ready for the next few weeks prior
to the next Holiday break, please encourage
your children to stay focused and finish the
year out strong.
Please consider supporting one of our very
on STEM Scholars on a used sporting
equipment drive. Any used/new sporting
equipment is welcome. This drive will
support children who are unable to play
sports due to not being able to afford the
equipment. Blue collection bins are located
in the main lobby.
Did you know that thare are many companies
that will match your donations to Laing and
our many programs? Many will even pay a
grant for volunteer hours. Please consider
looking at your company match programs.
Boeing and State Farm are the most recent to
donate/match programs at our school.

ELA Mrs. Jacksa

Kristen_Jacksa@Charleston.k12.sc.us

Thanks to all students who donated to

Operation Christmas Child. Our ELA classes
packed over 50 boxes of goodies and gifts for
children in third world countries while earning
extra credit for their generosity. Thanks for
your hard work packing the shoeboxes in my
absence! Keep brainstorming for your essay

topics and STEM projects over break--we will

pick up where we left off upon our return.
Remember to rest, relax, and RAPP read over
this next week. Enjoy family time and
friends!

Social Studies Mr. Garner

Joseph_Garner@Charleston.k12.sc.us

Please have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! I am

most grateful for the opportunity to teach
History to your students this year at Laing. I am
also extremely grateful to have such
supportive parents. I'd like to give a big shout
out to the parents who assisted with our
extremely successful STEM blitz this past
week. When we return from our break, in
Social Studies class we will wrap up our lessons
on Latin America. I fully expect to have a
short quiz on key terms and definitions by the
end of the week. The following week we will
have our DBQ on Imperialism. Thanks again for
all of your support!

Friday
December 4 th
Math Quiz
After School Activities
Chess Team
Mondays 3:45-4:45
Lego League
Tuesday & Thursday3:45-5pm
FCA
December 8th, 7:30 Media Center
NJHS
December 7th
3:45-4:45.
Odyssey of the Mind
Tuesday & Thursday3:45-5pm
Math Mrs. Modeen
Cheri_Modeen@Charleston.k12.sc.us

STEM Scholars have worked so hard all year

and this week off is well deserved! When we
return from break our Mathematicians will
begin Unit 3 on Algebraic Expressions and
Equations. The standards we will address are
as follows:
Use properties of operations to
generate equivalent expressions
Science Mrs. Healy
7.EE.1 Apply properties of operations as
Jacqueline_Healy@Charleston.k12.sc.us
strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand
linear expressions with rational coefficients.
Happy Thanksgiving!
7.EE.2 Understand that rewriting an
Thank you all for your support. I am so grateful to
expression in different forms in a problem
have such a great group of students and parents.
context can shed light on the problem and how
This week students have been presenting their cell
models and projects. They have been amazing. f you the quantities in it are related. For example, a
+0.05a = 1.05a means increase by 5% is the
are at school, come have a peek at their awesome
same as multiply by 1.05.
work.
When we return from break, we will be exploring
the world of bacteria and protest. We will have a
test on Wednesday or cell function, structure and
process.

The topics for November 30th -December

4th are sequences, properties of operations and
the distributive property, with a quiz on
Friday.