SIRIUS spirit

At our last all team meeting students were asked to create a tabloeau " a tabloeau is a term used in theater that means a group of indevidules that are motionless in a visual picture." that represnted SIRIUS spirit. We split in to three different groups. Each group would have a couple of mintutes to get into a creative pose. Here is what we came up with. 

Dog Star student of the month

Anja Samson is the SIRIUS student of the month. A student each trimester receives the dog for having each of these qualities. Spirit, Imagination, Responsibility, Introspection, Ubuntu, and Service. Anja was recognized in front of all of team SIRIUS. Star dog will be in care of Anja until our next ATM.

Congratulations Anja!

Endangered

Endangered is a book by Eliot Schrefer. This is one the books we are reading in Humanities. This book is set in the Democratic Republic of The Congo. A teenage girl, named Sophie, buy's an infant banobo on the way to her mom's work. Throughout the book, she builds a bond with her banobo, Otto. But later on the sanctuary gets attacked and Sophie and Otto must leave and survive in the forest. 

Multiplying polynomials in Algebra

In 8th grade algebra we are learning how to multiply polynomials and trinomials. The process is broken up into three different processes: Disributive property, the Matrix method, and the F.O.I.L. method. Distributive property is when you distribute two values and multiply them by the second polynomial((4x+3)(2x-3)= 4x(2x-3)+3(2x-3)). The Matrix method is when you put each polynomial on the outside of a 2 by 2 square and multiply them together. Finally the F.O.I.L. method is when you multiply the first numbers, the outer numbers, the inner numbers and the last numbers. That is what we are lerning in 8th grade Algebra.

African Day

On Tuesday March 29th team Sirius had an African celebratory day! This fun day was filled with African dance, skype calling with one of the students uncle who had gone to Africa many times, watching a video about disabled citizens of Africa and, playing a game involving food! At the end of the day we performed what we learned in the African dance class in front of the whole team. It was a good break from everyday school life and I believe every one had a good time, I know I did!

Spirt Week

Next week is MSMS's annual spirt week. Each day is dedicated to some way to dress, to show unity and spirt throughout the school. Monday is monochrome or stripes vs. plaid. Tuesday is TA uniform day. Wednesday is superhero or PJ day. Thursday is professional day, or dress a profession day. Friday is wacky hat day. Everyone is encouraged to dress up, but it is not mandatory. Team Sirius is going to be going big to show are gaterness!!!

Our New Dog Star Owner!

Congrats to Havvah Keller who has received our dog, Star, to take care of for the next month. Someone who gets the Dog Star award works hard in and out of school. They have spirit, introspection, responsibility, Ubuntu, ( I am because we are), imagination, and service. Havvah is an eighth grader, she is hardworking, kind and just a good person to be around. Star now resides in her dog house in Mr. Rosenberg's room and we are all very proud of Havvah. CONGRATULATIONS!

Africa Unit

         Recently in humanities we have been learning about Africa, and the various customs and traditions there.  This book, "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind" takes place in Malawi, and it gives a window into the life of everyone in that part of the world.  William, the subject of the book, spends several months trying to get the proper parts together to build a windmill after being forced to drop out of school for the lack of fees.  His family had just barely survived a terrible famine, and his vision was that a windmill could provide power, pump water, and spare them from repeating a terrible event.  He built a smaller model to test his concept, which worked perfectly and inspired to build a full scale version, which would provide electricity for his home.

Dog Star Drama Performance

Every month our Dog Star Drama group puts on a performance for the rest of team SIRIUS during our all-team meetings. Dog Star Drama is a group of students from team SIRIUS that put on a short  skit usually about something that we are working on in class like geography. This month they have decided to pick a more silly topic; frogs. Their skit is called "How the frog went to heaven"  it is about a frog helping a man named Kiamana marry a sky maiden. We are really looking forward to seeing it all come together. Here are the students not in the beginning phases of the process.

Student of the month!

During our last all team meeting last week our team dog, Star was awarded to a new person. This months receiver of the dog was Lucian. The dog is awarded to a student on team Sirius who shows all the Sirius qualities, spirit, imagination, responsibility, introspection, ubuntu, and service.