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8th Grade News

School Mission:

Invictus Prep exists to empower scholars with

the academic and ethical foundations necessary for excellence in high

school, college, and life.

Integrity

Courage

Excellence

Determination

General Announcements -Congratulations 8th Graders on successfully completing your ELA exams!!!

- The 3rd Quarter ends April 21. Please check Jupiter for updated grades. Students on the PID list must attend coach class in order to improve their grades.

- Congratulations on those students who have accepted their Round 1 High School Placements!!!

Spring Break April 8-18

April 21 3rd Quarter Ends

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April 19 Parent Leadership Meeting

Board Meeting April 25

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It is only as we develop others, that we permanently succeed. - Harvey S. Firestone

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS Congratulations!!! You have completed the ELA exam. The months of hard work and dedication have paid off. We will be moving into our next unit, which focuses on investigative journalism. We will be

working on a culminating project where we will take on the roles of investigative journalists, exposing injustices in our society.

MATHEMATICS MIT: In April, We will start our Statistics Unit. This unit will

combine 8th grade and algebra material. This will include scatter plots, two way frequency and relative tables, data displays such as measures of center and spread, data distributions, histograms and box plots. All other 8th Grade classes: We will be finishing our geometry unit. This will include Pythagorean theorem and volume of cylinder, cone and sphere.

SCIENCE For the month of April, we will continue preparing for

the upcoming state exam. Students will be conducting experiments that will help develop their scientific inquiry skills.

SOCIAL STUDIES

8th grade Social Studies will be transitioning back into US History content from our ELA testing shutdown. Students will be introduced to and engaged in units on both industrialization and immigration. It is expected for all students to come to class everyday prepared with the necessary materials to learn and participate in class. As we move closer to the end of the school year, the goal in social studies is to prepare students for their global history class in ninth grade. The remainder of the quarter will be challenging, but purposeful. Please remember that coach class meets on Thursdays after school for extra help.

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INTERVENTION

The 8th grade intervention classes will be focusing on specific skills needed for our students to do well on their upcoming state assessments. Students will be completing assignments based on their current skills, in order to improve their overall proficiency.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

8th grade Health will begin their Personal Health and Physical Activity Unit once we have finished the Nutrition unit. 8th grade PE is participating in a volleyball unit and heading into a Line/Wall Soccer Unit.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

Students will be working on individual goals as well as pre-requisite skills needed to be successful in ELA and Math class. In ELA, we will be reading The Westing Game and will continue to reinforce skills taught throughout the year. In Math, we will be very intentional about our focus on developing and refining those skills necessary to be successful on the Math exam.

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FROM THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

Scholars and Parents, It is important that we are putting forth our greatest effort to graduate from 8th grade on time, while earning attractive grades for high school. This includes: • completing and submitting all work on time • making up any missing assignments • studying for tests/quizzes • attending Coach Class with your teachers Let's get to work! If your child is in Promotion in Doubt (PID) status, he/she receives a weekly tracker report showing their current grades and the grades they need to overcome PID status. These reports must be signed by a parent /guardian and returned to the Advisory teacher. Students on PID must also attend Coach Class to revisit the standards they need to learn for the next grade level and to make up any missing work. Keep in regular contact with your child's teachers to be up to date on your child's academic progress. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Cupid at acupid@invictusprep.org or (917) 502-9455.

IPCS ATHLETICS

Congratulations to both the boys and girls basketball teams. In the Championship game, the boys put up an impressive fight against Unity Prep, but ultimately lost by a margin of 7 points. The undefeated Lady Honey Badgers won the Brooklyn Championship and will play for the City Charter School Championship on April 1. Good Luck Lady Badgers!!!