Discovery Update for Families
Hello,
We hope you are staying warm and safe.
Due to the Weather situation Discovery will be closed on Monday January 26. We expect to resume school on Tuesday January 27.
Come enjoy our students performing Planet Possible this
Thursday January 29 at 6:00pm.
In ELA, the children are finishing to revise and finish their essay analyzing plot, characters, or language in two excerpts from stories depicting utopian or dystopian communities.
In social studies we are reading articles about communities where some resources are limited (food, medicine) and how it transforms the relationships between people and governments. They are responding to questions using the R.A.C.E. format.
In science, after an experiment exploring heat radiation and distance, we will explore “goldilocks planets” and what needs to be “just enough” for life to be sustained.
In math level 4 is working on using a place value chart to name decimals, level 5 is using visual models to make sense of multiplying fractions, level 6 is working on unit rates before exploring percents, level 7 continues to solve problems involving proportional reasoning, and level 8 is looking at angles and their relationships.
In Art, younger students are learning how to blend color and shade with oil pastels while the older students start painting on canvas with acrylic paint.
We are inviting our level 4 and level 5 to a show at NJPAC on Thursday morning and would love to have a few parents help us chaperone as we walk from school to NJPAC. Please let us know if you can come along.
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8th graders:
The Essex County Tech schools application has now closed. Keep checking your email for an invitation to the next test or for interviews.
You should also complete your applications on Newark Enrolls before January 30 for district high schools and on Newark Common App for charter high schools.
If you are applying for a district magnet high school, check their websites for interviews, auditions, or open-houses. The magnet high school test is on Saturday February 7 at 8:00 am.
Please reach out if you have questions.
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Reminders:
- Students are marked late starting at 8:20 am. We open our doors at 7:30 am for students who need to come to school earlier. We dismiss our students between 3:45 and 4:00 pm.
- Students need to wear tops with the school logo. You can purchase these at Land’sEnds. You can find more details about the dress code on our school uniform page..
- Remember that you can access the 25-26 school calendar, and that you can access the Parent Portal on Realtime, or download the Realtime Parent Link app (Apple store or Google Play)