In social studies, we have covered the American Revolution, the Constitution, slavery issues, and are currently competing in the yearly Civil War game. The students have been divided into two groups: half Union and half Confederate. The two sides have been competing against each other as they complete various activities related to the war. This will continue to the end of the year when they will compete in a final battle to test their knowledge of the Civil War.

Congratulations to Joshua Hernandez who advanced to the state finals in the National Geographic Geography Bee this year. Although he did not advance, it was a great experience for him. He will be ready when he returns and wins it all next year.

In math the seventh graders have been busy studying geometry concepts, the 4 operations with fractions, exponents, ration, proportions, and percents.

Seventh graders focus of study was the Animal Kingdom beginning with the simplest invertebrate through the simplest vertebrates. They participated in a four-week scientific action research project determining if the pedagogy of traditional teaching or problem based learning improved learning and test scores. Ecological issues of life and the environment was used for this study.