Service Learning Project

Last week, Grade 7 students started to work on this year's Service Learning project. To begin with, they were asked to answer the questions "What makes you happy?" and "What is happiness?"

Here is a word-cloud created with some of their answers:

They then connected their answers with the idea of sustainability, after watching this video:

The story of stuff

Today, students learned and discussed about the Carbon Cycle, and their own carbon footprint. In order to develop this further, students have been asked to fill out a worksheet at home, with parents' assistance. The worksheet is due next Wednesday, November 30th. 

We thank you in advance for your support!

Parent -Teacher Conferences

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow you and your child are invited to attend parent-teacher conferences. Conferences will be held in the main gym from 8:30-4:30. If you have already had a conference with the HUMS team, you are welcome to still come and meet with your child's other teachers. Due to the number of parents that we hope will attend, we kindly ask that each conference (per teacher) stay under seven minutes. If you need longer with a teacher, you can contact them for an extended conference time on a different day. We hope to see you and your child there!

Best Wishes,
Stacey Henderson
Grade 7 Team Lead

Rome Day 2016

ROME DAY 2016 PICTURES 

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears!"

ROME DAY 2016!

As an end to our Rome and Byzantine unit, seventh grade participated in the sixth annual "Rome Day" celebration. Dressed in their finest Roman garb, patricians, plebeians, legionaries, and slaves alike attended the Colosseum for theater, the Circus Maximus for chariot racing, and tested ancient math and science skills through the use of Roman numerals and strategy games. Infamous emperors and the usual meal of baked dormice were replaced by the finer aspects of ancient Roman influence. The day ended with a feast of delicacies and the Thieves of Ostia movie. And, as for these exuberant seventh-grade Romans: “They Came. They Saw. They Conquered."

Ancient Roman Technology Museum

ANCIENT ROMAN TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM 

Grade 7 students acted as docents as they presented their research on a variety of ancient Roman technologies to Grade 6 and 8 students and teachers. After identifying credible sources, they gleaned marked knowledge and understanding of Roman technologies like amphitheaters, arches, columns, insula (ancient apartments/flats), aqueducts, and atriums, to name a few. To liven up their presentations, they designed and built model replicas of their topic. We expect the ancient Romans feel very honored to be remembered so vividly nearly 1600 years later. Long live the memory of the Senate and People of Rome!

CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OF TODAY'S EVENT 

Fall Trip Updates

Hello all & Happy Friday!

We would like to invite you to check our daily Fall Trip updates on our Grade 7 portal. To do so, simply go to the "Fall Trip 2016" tab at the top of this page.

Remember that you can also check our Youtube Channel for daily videos of the trip as well.



Stay tunned!