Important Updates
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6th-grade pumpkin carving to usher in autumn 🎃
This form was sent home last week. If anyone would like to order a calendar from the Ripley Women's Club, its not too late! Just send the money in an envelope with your name and labeled "Women's Club". Thank you.
Fifth and Sixth Grade Families: Just a reminder that students will have their first social studies test on Tuesday, October 10th. This test will include the Mid Atlantic states that they have been studying. A study guide was given out last week. Secondly, we're planning another "states and snacks" party to celebrate knocking out another unit. We're planning to do this on Wednesday. If you can help on this, please shoot me an email. harrison.pedigo@stmichaelripley.com Thank you so much for all of your help, and congratulations to your students for all of their hard work!
6th Grade Families:
We finished reading "My Side of the Mountain" today - what a great journey! I just wanted to clarify that the upcoming essay is not meant to be homework. We will have time to knock it out in class, and I'm lenient with the due date. Your students are working very hard in both of my classes - I'm trying to keep homework to a minimum.
God bless,
Mr. Pedigo
Back to it!
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Good luck to our students showing projects at the fair! Please send us pictures!
Just a heads up, row 3 (where we will be) is back in the elementary parking lot on the side closest to the baseball field.
Fifth and Sixth Grade families,
Thank you for your responses to our New England states "party" tomorrow; I really appreciate your help! Shareable dishes can be sent in with your student(s) or dropped off at the office. Note: we have a few students with peanut allergies in our class. Again, I really appreciate your help and the hard work of your students!
6th-grade language arts students have had a great start to the year! We've been studying "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean George and "The Elements of Style" by Strunk and White. "My Side of the Mountain" is a beautiful story about self-reliance and nature. Last week, we took the opportunity to put theory (from the novel) into practice by starting a flint and steel fire and identifying "Fomes fomentarius" (used as a reliable fire-starting tinder in damp conditions).
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach..." - Thoreau
Good evening! Just a reminder that 5/6 grade social studies students have a model/craft project due on Monday. I'll tell you right now, we have a really excellent class this year. Looking forward to seeing some student creations. Email me with any questions harrison.pedigo@stmichaelripley.com
Today Lucia Burrows, Ashleigh Boldman and I signed the "Constitution Proclamation" agreeing to faithfully support, protect, and defend our Constitution. Thanks to Carol Stivers and the Daughters of the American Revolution for including SMS!
Modulars are in the parking lot.
Huge thank you to State Representative Adam Bird for helping to move our modular building project along!
4th Grade Science Earth Day Art Projects! The students turned nature into art and creative stories. I love their imaginations. Sorry I didn't get a picture of everyone but they all brought them home today.
This is a reminder that students may wear shorts when we come back from Spring Break. Uniform shorts are black, loose fitting, walking/classic chino dress shorts. Athletic shorts, tight fitting shorts, cargo shorts, etc are not uniform approved.
Chess Club will NOT have 2nd round of Chess Masters Tournament today due to student illness. We will complete our 2nd round on Monday March 6th after school in Mr. Hyde's Room. Good luck to all of our final four contestants! It is a close scoring system right now, so any of them could win the Pawn of Champions!
Our Final Chess event this year is the Tournament of Champions where our final four will take on a prestigious panel of international chess masters. I will need Champions Queen Kowin Offutt, Griffin Ernst, Gideon MacRae, and Cooper Bonar Monday after school to battle. They will each play our Russian, Sweedish, and English Chess Masters for a final Battle Royale trophy.
Chess Club Semi-finals. Tomorrow I need Kowin, Theo, Luke, Abbey, Griffin, Cooper, Gideon, Jordan. l
Let me know if you have any questions. Parish Hall after school until 4pm.
SMS school-wide chess tournament starts tomorrow after school in the parish hall. i need Miah Santoro, Cooper Bonar, Luke Brookbank, Juston Nead, Abbey Burns, Dominik Cropper, Jordan Poole, Brayden Heslar, Griffin Ernst, Gideon MacRae, Lincoln MacRae, Kowin Offut, and Theo Lovett