8th Grade Parent Meeting

8th Grade Baby Pictures for Yearbook Please locate a picture of your 8th grader for the yearbook. All baby pictures need to be turned in to Mrs. McNeill or Mrs. Liles by Christmas Break. 8th Grade Baby Pictures for Yearbook

8th Grade Retreat and Palancas Palancas are letters of encouragement sent to your 8th grader on the day of the Retreat. We need them a week prior to the 8th grade Retreat which will take place on October 26th Palancas are due to Mrs. McNeill by Thursday, October 18th (Parent/Teacher Conferences) 8th Grade Retreat and Palancas

Does your child have to go on End of Year Trip or fundraise? NO EOY Trip/Fundraising

8th Grade Fundraising Events Bake Sales Movie Nights 31 Sales Students who do not fundraise or participate in fundraisers are responsible for any balance for the class trip in April. Balances will be discussed mid- April. The cost per child is approximately $500-600. You are welcome to pay the entire balance in full tonight. 8th Grade Fundraising Events

Expectations for Bake Sale Please provide bake sale type items Best Sellers: Cookies, Brownies, Donuts NO NUTS OF ANY KIND Expectations for Bake Sale

Parent Expectations for Movie Nights Please have your child arrive on time and picked up on time. Please aid your child in things they are asked to bring or do ahead of time for Movie Night Please donate one 2 liter bottle of soda for the first Movie Night We ask that all parents pick up at the designated ending time of Movie Night. Please come in and check with Mrs Loken or Mrs McNeill to see if we need further help cleaning up Parent Expectations for Movie Nights

Student Expectations for Movie Night Work Hard Be there from opening to close Do as instructed Work Harder BE Awesome Student Expectations for Movie Night

Please get out your calendars Class of 2018 Dates Please get out your calendars

August 17th : First Movie Night August 17th : First Movie Night. Kids dropped off at 5pm and picked up at 9 pm August 23th Spaghetti Dinner(Open House) 5-6:30 and 6:30-7:30..we will be selling baked goods. This is our first Bake Sale. Please send in baked goods to school for this event. The years past we have been sent in complete cakes unsliced and we have sliced them. This has worked out well. August 23th: Yearbook White Church Uniform Pictures August

September 7th: First Friday of the Month Dress Up Day September 7th: First Friday of the Month Dress Up Day. Refer to the handbook please on attire. First Pizza Hut Trip…TBA September 28th: 8th Grade Boat Races All groups will be discussed and decided upon next week. 8th Grade Parent role at the Boat Races will be to transport the boat to the race and remove the boat from the race. Location TBA and times TBA –Probably the same place as last year, near The Gulf September

October October 12th: 8th Grade Bake Sale October 18-19th: Parent/Teacher Conferences October 26th: 8th Retreat and Halloween MS Dance 7:00-9pm Corn Maze Field Trip will be during October or November. Date will be announced. October

Thanksgiving Feast Friday before Thanksgiving Break November

December December 3rd: Science Fair December 20th: Breakfast at IHOP as a class. We will have a Movie Night December 7th December

Valentines Movie Night this Month. Will be towards the end of the Month February

There will be a Movie Night this month only if are funds look to be in need. End of the Year Trip TBA April

Thursday-Saturday, April 25-27 Date of the Class Trip

School Chaperones are assigned for the 8th Grade end of year trip. Parents wishing to attend are more than welcome to book a trip and travel on their own to Universal during the date we are there. The school is unable to offer transportation, tickets or food for parents Universal Studios

While at Universal students are to be with their designated school chaperone and peers at all times. If you elect to remove your child from the group, they must be signed out for the day from Mrs. Loken or Mrs McNeill

Details of the Universal Trip We will send out details pertaining to the below items closer to the date of the trip. What to bring What to do Be where When Communication NO student Phones or other technology is allowed Details of the Universal Trip

May Fashion Show Thursday, May 23rd 1:00 Graduation Friday, May 24th 5:30 May