Spring is HERE!

Greetings NIAA Parents on this First Day of Spring!

7^th, 8^th and 10^th grade are taking a closer look at poetry this six weeks. Students will understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.

We will read, understand and analyze the poems of Billy Collins, Naomi Shahib Nye, Langston Hughes and Robert Frost just to name a few.

Our goal is not only to understand the structure and use of figurative language in poetry but also to understand the meaning and message of the passages we will read in class.

See Awakeningthe Heart: Exploring Poetry by Georgia Heard for reference.

Students also have a poet biography reading log due 

March 25^th , a final six weeks essay analyzing poetry and a poetry portfolio which will contain every assignment associated with poetry which will count as a test grade. Students will need a folder with page protectors to organize their work. The due date of the portfolio is April 17^th. (subject to change if students have more projects due from other classes at the end of the six weeks).

UPDATE on activities here at Newman International Academy!

Yearbooks! You can order yearbooks ONLINE!

March:

Mar. 18: Civil Air Patrol Informational

Meeting for Parents 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Mar. 21: International Day

Mar. 25: Walk-a-Thon Kick Off in POWWOW

Mar. 25-27: Secondary Cheer Clinic (Parents

can watch on the 27th) 3:45-5:30 p.m.

Mar. 28: Cheer Try Outs (Closed) 4 p.m.

Apr. 1-4: Mini Cheer Camp for Elementary

Students 3:30-5 p.m.

Apr. 7-11: Scholastic Book Fair

April 8: Wellness Night

STAAR TESTING:

Monday, March 31-- STAAR English I (10^th Grade)

Tuesday, April 1—STAAR 7^th Grade Writing/ 8^th Grade Math

English II (11^th Grade)

Wednesday, April 2—7^th STAAR Reading/8^th Grade Reading

A FEW THINGS:

Make sure students have a good night's sleep and a protein packed breakfast.

Wear a WHITE long sleeved tee under their Newman Uniform shirt because jackets and sweaters are NOT allowed during testing.

NO CELL PHONES can be used during testing, so they will turn them into to the proctor before testing and received them back after testing is complete and they are moving to their next class or simply leave with at home.