Saturday, February 21, 2015

Reminder! Exam Week




Greetings Parents:
Below is the exam schedule and other Newman happenings for this week:

Monday: 1st and 2nd period
Tuesday: 5th and 6th period
Wednesday: 3rd and 4th period
Thursday: 7th and 8th period














March 4: Report Cards

March 6: Career Day! 

8:45 a.m.-12:50p.m.


Funny, beautiful images for springbreak wich you can use on hi5 ...
March 9-13: SPRING BREAK! Woo hoo!!!

Ms. Sanders
ELA-NIAA

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

From 4th to 5th Six Weeks: Here We Go!



Greetings Newman Parents:
Just a quick update:
9th and 10th Grade will continue shifting from poetry to non-fiction and informational text through the upcoming 5th six weeks.
NON-FICTION According to the TEKS:
Including:
Literary Non-fiction or Creative Non-Fiction
------Biography, Procedural and Narratives
Expository Text – explains or clarifies a topic

Informational Text- conveys information about the natural or social world 


We will have 5 Reading Logs Due during the 5th Six Weeks:


March 5th and 6th
March 17th-20th
March 26th-27th
April 1st-2nd
April 9th-10th

Science and Math NIGHT! Grade Level Trip Meetings!
February 19th!
The Senior Class will be serving a Spaghetti Dinner from
5-6 p.m. in the Upstairs Café: $5/person or $20/family up to 5 people!
They’ll be selling baked goods, as well. Following dinner, the PSC meeting is scheduled from 6-6:45 p.m. in the Music Room on the second floor.
Math and Science Night begins at 7 p.m. in the gym,
then everyone will break into their Grade Level Trip Meetings at 8:00!
Lots of information will be shared and discussed, and we need your input.

Exam Week February 23-27











Spring Break 9th -13th



Friday, February 27th is early release 1230pm

Image result for student testing clipartMarch 30th English 1 (9th Grade) STAAR

April 1st English II (10th Grade) STAAR

Ms Sanders
ELA-NIAA

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Reminder: Research Papers Due February 12th

Greetings NIAA Parents,
A reminder that MLA formatted research papers are due Friday, February13th.
Students were first informed of the research paper in December and given ample time and help to complete their work on time. Click here to see original research paper announcement.

All essays are counted as test grades which are 50% of a student's grade average. 

ALL WORK accepted until February 13th 1159pm

For more information on the Research Paper go to:


Please do not hesitate to email me with questions. psanders@newmanacademy.org or plsndrs721@gmail.com

Ms. Sanders
ELA-NIAA