Title I, for the second semester has been going very well.  I have worked with many students and feel that most are working at their very best potential.  There is still much work that needs to be conquered before the state assessments.  Some of the items that could be reviewed at home are:  Reading a short story and then retelling that story.  It is also helpful to review prefixes and suffixes.  Whenever one is encountered in a passage, discuss the meaning of the word and the prefix or suffix.  This will help students become aware of different meanings of words.  Also practice using context to get the meaning of words.  This is a good practice for all to use.

In Math some of the items that could be reviewed at home are:  telling time using an analogue clock, measuring time, counting money, addition, subtraction, multiplication and divisiion facts, fact famiies, names of shapes and the formulas for finding area and perimeter, and mean, median, mode, and range.

If help is needed in finding things to study these items, please stop by the Title I Resource room on the second floor and speak with me.  I will help in any way that I can.

Scholar's Bowl

SHCS held a Scholar's Bowl on January 26, 2012.  There were five schools participating.  The results were:  7th Grade:  1st - Dodge City Middle School; 2nd - Larned; and 3rd - Meade.  In the 8th Grade, the results were:  1st - Larned; 2nd - Sacred Heart Cathedral School; and 3rd - Dodge City Middle School.  The other school that competed was Kepley Middle School in Ulysses.  Congratulations to all teams.

The rest of the season includes:  February 7 at Ulysses, February 16 at Ellinwood, February 23 at Hoisington, and February 28 at Dodge City Middle School.

Thanks for the support of the Title I program and Scholar's Bowl Teams,

Brenda Martin