Hello St. Leander Middle School Families,
I hope this newsletter finds you well in these trying times. I am here to let you know
that I will work with your students in any way that I can and will remain extremely flexible
in getting summative assignments turned in. I understand that this year has been
extremely hard for the students of St. Leander Middle School and I will be doing my best to accommodate your students.
Parents, please urge your students to be diligent with their work on Khan Academy
and Mathletics program. Lots of our students are not completing their daily work and it has shown an effect on their skill level. Please note that I am available to chat through email and Google Hangouts from 8:00 am and 3:00 pm Monday through Friday in case a student needs additional help.
The tentative schedule for the remaining six weeks are:

6th grade

In math, the sixth grade will advance their skills in geometry for the next 3 weeks.
This will include learning how to find the surface area of different shapes and conclude
with a week-long review of the geometry section. The final three weeks of our school year will conclude with a section on data and statistics. This introduction to data and statistics will include learning the basics of mean and median and prepare us for more advanced statistical analysis in the 7th grade.

In Science, The sixth grade will continue reading relevant articles from the internet
pertaining to the sixth-grade common core curriculum. Upon reading the articles they will share with me a brief reflection on what they have learned and why they think this material is important.

7th grade

In math, the seventh grade will advance their skills in geometry for the next 3
weeks. This will include learning how to find the volume of shapes, proportions, and touch on the beginnings of the Pythagorean theorem and conclude with a week-long review. The final three weeks of our school year will conclude with a section on statistics and probability. This introduction to data and statistics will include learning the basics of and how to compare separate data points and prepare us for more advanced statistical analysis in the eighth grade.

In Science, The seventh grade will continue reading relevant articles from the internet
pertaining to the seventh-grade common core curriculum. Upon reading the articles they
will share with me a brief reflection on what they have learned and why they think this
material is important.

8th grade

In math, the eghth grade will advance their skills in geometry for the three-week
finishing learning of the Pythagorean Theorem. This will include learning how to find the
distance between two points using the Pythagorean Theorem and conclude with a week-long review. The final three weeks of our school year will conclude with a section on data and modeling. This lesson will include learning the basics of and how to read graphs and scatter plots, reading data tables, and modeling data and prepare us for more advanced statistical analysis in high school.

In Science, The eighth grade will continue reading relevant articles from the internet
pertaining to the eigth-grade common core curriculum. Upon reading the articles they willshare with me a brief reflection on what they have learned and why they think this material is important.

Thank you very much
Sean Funcheon