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them exactly.  If the directions are not clear, ask the teacher to repeat them or to explain the directions again.
•  RELAX        Reassure your child about the test-taking experience. Students who are calm and sure of themselves do better on a test.
• TRY       Do your best. Even if some parts of the test seem hard, keep trying, and don't give up.
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• Biology II - Jodi Sternhagen
• The Biology II students have been studying the different systems of the body and began the year with a detailed study of anatomical terms.  Each week the students have learned a new set of health science vocabulary terms and at the end of each quarter have a cumulative test.  After learning about the endocrine system, we moved on to a study of the blood.  We will continue with the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and reproductive systems this year.  Each chapter has labs that supplement the chapter curriculum and students have learned how to complete a formal lab write up.  Students will continue to learn the health sciences vocabulary and to practice for standardized testing in the sciences.  Students will conclude the year with a dissection of a fetal pig.
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• 6th Grade ART - Janene Harry
• During this quarter the 6th grade artists did a watercolor painting of birch trees that included mixing colors to make a sunset sky and shadows on the snow. The next project was an Egyptian Cartouche. They used the hieroglyphic alphabet for their name and used colored pencils to fill those in and pastels to blend and make the colors for the background. We did a project changing 2-D into 3-D using construction paper and colored pencils. And the last one was a Monogram design. They designed their first and/or last initial and filled it in with drawings that described them. Look for their work at the Spring Concert and Art Show.
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• 7th Grade ART - Janene Harry
• The 7th graders are studying about the seven Design Elements: Line, Color, Shape Form, Value, Space and Texture. They are doing a variety of projects dealing with each element. During this quarter they are also have a unit over clay. They learn about construction types and how to fire and glaze their project. Be sure to check out their projects at the Spring Concert and Art Show.
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