Middle School Newsletter
 
Social Studies
 
Eighth Grade US History students will start off the year with a very short unit on Sociology.  Some of the topics we will be looking at are cultural differences, privilege, discrimination and societal roles.  Seventh Grade World History students will start out with a weeks look at the Olympics creating reports on the history of the Olympics and events that have surrounded the games.  They will then study Economics for three weeks using the NCEE Financial Fitness for Life material.  Lessons are on concepts such as choice, opportunity cost and the roles of savings and credit in today’s world.  Sixth Grade Geography students will start out with the basics studying the themes of Geography and Maps and map parts.  Students in all classes will be taking a quiz on the rules and routines on Tuesday.  Parents should be looking for Homework Sheets on Monday nights.  The homework sheets give an overview of the week’s lessons, reading and assignments and if signed by parents, give students a bonus point they can use to add to their grades.
 
Activities out of Mr. Myers room week 1
 
A calendar of events can be found on my class page of the school website.  These are the events and meetings for week 1.  Monday will be the KJHS interest meeting.  KJHS is the Kentucky Junior Historical Society and sponsors the Downtown Scavenger Hunt, Student Art Expo and prepares for National History Day.  Student Council homeroom representative elections will be held on Tuesday August 16 in homeroom.  One student from grades 5 – 8 will be elected in homeroom and one student from each grade will be chosen by faculty as a merit representative.  Two students from 4 ^th grade will be chosen as Council mascots.  The first regular meeting of Student Council will be Friday August 19 from 2:30 – 3:30 PM.  Tuesday after school from 2:30 – 3:15 PM there will be an informational meeting on Y-Club and KYA.  The date for this years KYA conference is December 1-3 and will be held at the Crown Plaza in Louisville.  Wednesday the GSS Press Corps will have an interest meeting from 2:30 – 3:15 PM.  The Press Corps is responsible for the weekly news broadcast on Friday recapping the events of the week and informing students on future happenings.  Thursday from 2:30 – 3:15 PM the Aegean Service Club will meet.  The  Aegean help the school and parish in a variety of ways such as outdoor cleanup days, helping teachers and promoting GSS to the parish and community.  Next week the Film Club and Budget Ball will meet and the following week will introduce the Investors Club and Drama Club.