Volume:8 Issue:8 March 2011
Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Ready To Learn
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In This Issue
Page 1...St. Patrick’s Day
Page 2...Classroom News Patrick was a Christian Saint. He was born around
385 AD as a Roman in Kilpatrick. His parents were
Page 3…Track Results Calpurnius and Conchessa who lived in Britain at
the time. When he was fourteen, he was taken to
Ireland. He was an enslaved Sheppard. His captiv-
ity lasted until he was 20 years old. In his dream,
God told him to run to the coast and he will escape
Ireland. He became a bishop in March 25th, 433 AD.
He was also known for leading snakes out of Ire-
land. He died in March 17 Th, 461 AD. We wear
School Breakfast is proven to green on St. Patrick’s Day because the Irish flag is
be good for children’s bodies green. That is why celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on
and their minds. Research March 17 and wear green on that day.
shows that breakfast eaters Kimbrielle Collins and Joshua LaSalle
have improved memory, prob-
lem-solving skills, verbal flu-
ency and creative abilities. It
also shows that breakfast skip-
pers rarely make up for the nu-
trients they miss out on at
breakfast later in the day-so
skipping breakfast can affect
the after school activities they
love.
www.nutritionexplorations.org
T he E a gl e Page 2
CLASSROOM NEWS Reading Reading
In Mrs. Guidry’s 8th read- Ms. Brignac’s 7th grade
Science In Mrs. Thomas’ 8th
ing class, we worked on getting reading class is reading a
grade class we are learning about the atmos- book named, “the Devils
ready for the Leap Test. We went
phere. There are four layers in our atmosphere. Arithmetic. The Devil's Arith-
over old notes and took new
The troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and metic is a novel that 7th
notes. We even took several quiz-
thermosphere are the layers of the atmosphere. grade is reading about. This
zes to make sure we are learning
Also we are learning about the four seasons. We is novel about the Jewish
what we need to learn. Mrs.
are learning why we have seasons. This is what Holocaust during WWII. On
Guidry is really pushing each and
we are learning about this month in Mrs. Thomas Holocaust Remembrance
everyone one us, because she
class. Day, we remember the vic-
wants every single one of us to
By: Bryson Johnson tims of the Holocaust and
pass on to the 9th grade. This is
what we worked on in Mrs. commemorate the martyrs
Guidry’s 8th grade reading class. and survivors. The Devil’s
By: Jason Vallet Arithmetic is an extremely
well written and moving
novel of the holocaust.
By: Christian martin
Science
In Mrs. Kidd’s 7th grade science class they are
doing camouflage math game (Adaptation
Study), Microscope I.D. (body tissue, plant tis-
sue), a pungent square game, and sea lab In Mr. Rogers’s 8th grade
(scientific Inquiry). Getting prepared for the ileap class, we are learning about doing
math constructed responses and solv-
in April.
ing equations. We need to restate the
question and write the answer for the
constructed responses. An example
-Ronald Boutte of solving equations is 5+g=7.
-Kimbriell Collins
In Ms. Landry’s 8th Grade Louisiana’s history
class, we are studying our wars and when the 13
colonies became the United States. We are
In Ms. Bergeron’s 7th grade math class they are
studying the American Revolution (Britain v.
reviewing all their work so far. They are getting ready to
13Colonies), The War of 1812 (Britain v. 13Colo-
take the iLEAP. They are really studying hard for that up-
nies), and the Mexican War (Mexican v. United
coming test.
States). We are still working on our Black History
-By Joshua LaSalle
project. Currently we are on the Antebellum
(period before the Civil War.) I CAN’T WAIT TO
SEE WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NEXT!!
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Congratulations to JMS track team for an outstanding performance at the Cardinal Relays. Those
who received medals were:
Girls-
Tasheka Stevens .............. Silver ..................... 400 meter relay
Kendrelle Washington ...... Silver ..................... 400 meter relay
Maytaja Jeanlouis ............. Silver ..................... 400 meter relay
Courtney Matthews .......... 2 Silver .................. 400 meter relay, 100 meters
Boys-
Ronald Boutte ................... Bronze ................... 400 meter relay
Travis Jones...................... Bronze ................... 400 meter relay
Lavonti Navy ..................... Silver ..................... 800 meter
Paul Richard...................... 2 Bronze ................ 800 meter relay, 400 meter relay
Darien Keil ......................... Gold & Bronze ...... 100 meter hurdles, 800 meter relay
Tidas Trim ......................... 3 Bronze ................ shot put, 100 meters, 400 meter relay
Shawn Clavelle ................. Silver, 2 Bronze .... 400 meters, 400 meter relay, 800 meter relay
Congratulations to the JMS track team for an outstanding performance at the Eagle Relays.
Those who received medals were:
Girls
Quinesha Nicholas………..Bronze……………..800m relay
Courtney Matthew………...Silver&Bronze……400m relay, 800m relay
Mytaja Jeanlouis………….2Silver&Bronze…..long jump, 400m relay, 800m relay
Tasheka Stevens………….Silver&Bronze…….400m relay, 800m relay
Kendrelle Washington…...Silver……………….400m relay
Boys
Denzel Matthews………….Bronze……………..1600m relay
Tyrone Carter……………...Bronze……………. 1600m relay
Travis Jones……………….2Silvers…………...800m relay, 400m relay
Levonti Navy……………….Gold&Bronze…….800m run, 1600m relay
Jared Trimble……………...3Bronze…………..100m hurdles, 800m relay, 1600m relay
Tidas Trim………………….Bronze&Silver…..100m dash, and 400m relay
Shawm Clavelle…………...2Silvers&Bronze..800m relay, 400m relay, 400m dash
Darien Keil…………………Gold&2Silver…….100m hurdles, high jump 800m relay
Paul Richard………………Gold&2Silver…….200m dash, 800m relay, 400m relay