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Students in Semester 1 Health and Fitness classes will receive Comprehensive Sexual Health Education (CSHE) instruction starting on November 20. If your child will be participating in all of the lessons, you do not need to take any action. If after reviewing the curriculum you want to opt out your child(ren) from receiving some or all of the instruction, you will need to fill out the Sex ED Opt Out Form in Skyward (see instructions here). You must opt your child(ren) out for each course, even if you have done so in the past. You may not be able to access the forms on the Skyward app. However, you can use your student's Chromebook, or we will have Chromebooks available at school during conference time. If you do not have access to Skyward, please contact our office at 360-885-6050 for assistance.

Please be aware that students who are NOT opted out through Skyward by November 13 will be participating in CSHE. Parents of Semester 2 Health and Fitness students - Semester 2 CSHE instruction will take place in the spring. You have the option to opt out your students now or wait until spring for further instructions. Click here for more information on the curriculum and how to opt out.

Students brought almost 4,000 Eagle Bucks to our PBIS Store and Drawings in October! Way to go Amboy Eagles!

With all of this good behavior, our supplies are dwindling. If you are able to donate, here are some items that students have requested:

• Hats

• Pop

• Stanley Mugs

• Stanley Toppers

• Headphones

• Hula hoops

• Sports Cards

• Hot Wheels

• Candy Bars

• Stuffed Animals

• Painting Kits

• Chips/Takis

• Balls

• Shirts/hoodies from local businesses

You can also ask your kids for ideas! Thank you for helping us reward our students for positive behavior.

Thank you to Joleanne Stewart, Lori Homola, and Janetta Ek for organizing the Yacolt/Amboy PTO Payback App sale. We earned over $1,000 to purchase items for our PBIS Store and Drawings! Payback Apps are available for purchase all year at paybackmobile.com. Just select Amboy Middle School when you make your purchase, and $10 of your purchase will support Amboy Middle School students.

MATH

5th Grade math will be learning about adding and subtracting fractions. We'll also continue to work on multiplication facts and strategies.

HISTORY

For the month of November, students are delving into Early American Civilizations. We are specifically looking at different Native American groups and how colonization affected them.

READING/ELA

In Reading/ELA students are continuing to learn how cultural beliefs and values guide people as we read aloud Scott O'Dell's Thunder Rolling in the Mountains. In November we will focus on how to write a proper paragraph. We will learn how writing is organized and practice writing both summaries and compare/contrast essays using evidence and elaboration.

CHROMEBOOKS

Just a friendly reminder that Chromebooks are considered to be a school supply, so we need ALL students to come prepared each day with it charged and ready to go. We are still frequently seeing many students with Chromebooks not charged or left at home. If a Chromebook is missing, please help your child locate the Chromebook or report it lost. Our curriculum in all subject areas typically requires daily use on the Chromebook. Also, please remind your students that Chromebooks are only to be used for educational purposes.

40 BOOK CHALLENGE

Keep up the great reading! Remember, in order to read 40 books by the end of the year, you need to read about 1 book/week. Don't forget to read from a variety of genres.

CONFERENCES

We look forward to meeting with you and your child for conferences November 5th-7th. Due to the schedule, conferences will be limited to 20 minutes. Conferences are scheduled back to back, so we'll need to make sure to start and end on time. If you are unable to attend your scheduled conference, please let the teacher know ASAP.

Grade sheets are sent home at least every other week. You can also check Family Access any time. Students are encouraged to check both Skyward and Google Classroom at least weekly.

What we're working on in...

• Science: finishing up metabolism unit

• History: ancient China then ancient Greece

• Math: finishing up ratios and percents and moving on to division

• ELA: Unit 2-Recipe for Success

Please remind your student to bring their Chromebook to school fully charged every day. Also, no wireless earbuds are allowed in the 7th grade classrooms.

We look forward to talking with you about your student at Fall conferences November 5-7.

MATH

The math classes have finished up Unit 2 Proportional Relationships. We will be starting Unit 3 Circles next. The Advanced class finished a project that goes along with Unit 2 and will start Chapter 3 in the Pre Algebra book.

ELA

In ELA students are working in Unit 2 and the theme is adolescence. Our guiding question is "How do the challenges of adolescence contribute to our growth?". Students will be reading non-fiction, short stories, and poetry throughout the unit. There will also be lessons in introducing evidence with context and adding reasoning to writing. The unit will finish in late November with a literary analysis essay with a focus in figurative language.

SCIENCE

In science we have been learning to identify variables and learning to create neat, accurate graphs to display data. In addition, we are reviewing plate motion that students learned about in previous science classes. We will soon be starting a project in which students will apply some of their motion knowledge to local geologic events and linking this knowledge to why fossils are found on different continents.

HISTORY

We will be studying Washington territory and statehood. Road to statehood of how land was developed and cities were formed. Snack donations would be appreciated for students who do not have snacks.

High School and Beyond

We will be having a guest speaker in our ELA classes on November 25-26 about high school programs, the process, and other pathways to graduation, plus interest surveys that will list many career opportunities of possible interest to them.

ELA

We will be beginning Unit 2 on Conveying Courage, which looks at how poets and speechwriters convey a message of courage through their poems or speeches.

HISTORY

We are identifying the events or acts that led the American Colonies to rebel against their king. This will lead into an analysis of the Declaration of Independence.

SCIENCE

Students are understanding how to get supplies to an area after a natural disaster occurs. Researching, designing and testing students apply their knowledge and what they have learned about forces and collisions to design an emergency supply pod drop.

MATH

We are entering Unit 3 focused on ratio and proportions represented in tables, equations, and graphs with an emphasis on slope.

ALGEBRA

Students are creating and solving linear equations. They are also learning how to set up Systems of Linear Equations to solve word problems: (Age, Work, Mixtures, RTD, Equal Values)

HOMEWORK

There is no homework policy but students are expected to complete assignments at home if not completed in the time allotted at school or have been absent from school.

I want to say thank you for the donation of protein bars that I received this week. It is very much appreciated and came from a family who has not even used the Eagle's Nest. In the past, most of the snacks I gave out in the Eagle's Nest were donated by WinCo. Most of the rest I bought myself. WinCo no longer makes donations unless it is for a fundraiser. If your family has the ability to donate any food items to the Eagle's Nest, it would be greatly appreciated. We welcome any healthy snacks such as granola bars, bottled water, cheese & crackers, peanut butter & crackers, etc. I can repackage things like bags of popcorn, pretzels, boxed cereal, granola, trail mix, tortilla chips, and crackers into Ziploc bags. Please consider donating a food item to the Eagle's Nest the next time you are shopping.

October's character trait was respect, and it was also national bullying awareness month. November's character trait will be perseverance. Please ask your student how they can show perseverance in their daily lives.

You can restrict your child's meal account purchases; for example, no charging, no breakfast, cash only a la carte.

If you would like to restrict your child's meal account purchase options, please complete the form or contact our Skyward Meal Account Specialist at 360-885-6653 with details.

Please note: If your student has allergy (dietary) restrictions, please go through your school nurse to ensure all personnel are adequately notified.

The Battle Ground Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Information about the district's nondiscrimination and sex-based discrimination policies and grievance procedures are located on the district's website at https://www.battlegroundps.org/notice-of-nondiscrimination/. The following employees have been designated to receive and respond to questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator: Tom Adams, Director of Student Services, Battle Ground Public Schools, PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604, adams.tom@battlegroundps.org, 360.885.5415 and/or U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Title IX inquiries may also be referred to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator/Section 504/ADA Coordinator: Michelle Reinhardt, Executive Director of Human Resources, Battle Ground Public Schools, PO Box 200, Battle Ground, WA 98604, reinhardt.michelle@battlegroundps.org 360.885.5481