03/01/10

Dear 7 Blue parents,

We are excited to announce that we are taking the 7 Blue students on a field trip to see the Tim Burton movie Alice in Wonderland at the Megaplex 17 theaters at Jordan Commons in Sandy, Utah. The trip is scheduled for Friday, March 5th. We will leave the school on PCSD buses around 9 AM and return to Ecker at approximately 2 PM. Students will then go to their regular classes until school gets out at 3:45 PM.

EHIMS will pay for movie tickets for each student; however, students may want to bring money for concessions, which will be open before the show.

For lunch on this day, students will have three options:

1. Bring a home-packed sack lunch
2. Pick up a pre-ordered-school-provided sack lunch the morning we leave
3. Bring money to buy lunch at the Megaplex food court

Attached to this letter are the permission slip that must be signed and a school sack lunch menu. Both forms must be filled out and/or signed and returned to your child’s Advisory teacher by March 2nd! Should your child lose his permission slip, you may access another copy on the 7 Blue website.

We are excited to offer this opportunity to our students and to connect the movie to several different learning experiences:

1. Working on percents and ratios in Math
2. Creating illusions in Utah Studies
3. Reading the original Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland in Advisory as part of the One Book, One School program. During this program, each advisory at Ecker has been reading the same novel and participating in the same activities.

Please email Emily Sutherland at esutherland@pcschools.us or any other 7 Blue teacher with questions or concerns. Thanks!

EHIMS 7Blue Team
Field Trip 2010 7 Blue Letter
Field Trip 2010 7 Blue Permission Slip

Hello and welcome to the 2009-2010 school year!  We, the members of the 7Blue Team, are excited to begin the year, meet the students and their parents, and jump start the new year by providing you with important information.

Review this information but please remember that individual teachers will be handing out and reviewing their own class disclosures on the first day of school.

Student Agendas: 7th graders will be expected to bring their agenda to every class.  Agendas are their hall pass, are critical for student success, and are a useful home/school communication tool.

Team Expectations: 7B students will be expected to follow the EHIMS rules:

1. Be Ready
2. Be Respectful
3. Be Responsible

We all make choices:  those student who choose not to live by these road rules will be held to the “3 strikes You’re Out” policy.

Late Work Policy: Students need to be accountable for turning in their work on time.  Assignments turned in on the day they are due are worth full credit, individual circumstances merit individual discretion.

Advisory: At EHIMS, each student in the school will start the day with a 19 minute Advisory period.  Students get time to read, work on homework, or participate in activities that foster school spirit and relationships between peers.  Students on 7 Blue will attend Advisories taught by 7Blue teachers.  Advisory schedule will look something like the following, although schedules may change due to assemblies or other events occurring in the school:

Monday:        Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)

Tuesday:       Homework

Wednesday:  Team Activity

Thursday:     Play!

Friday:           FISH!

Parent/Teacher Communication: Teachers can be reached through their individual e-mail addresses (see below).  The weekly calendar is posted here.  Links to all teacher web pages are also below.  Teachers update their grades in Power School every 2-3 weeks and parents can also access their student’s grades here.

Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences: Conference dates are listed in your agenda.  EHIMS holds student-led cross-curricular portfolio conferences in both the Fall and Spring.  More information will be sent home as we get closer to conference time.

7Blue Advisory Teachers:

Marnie Moody, Science 7, mmoody@pcschools.us, ext. 3119

Jen Hales, CTE, jhales@pcschools.us, ext. 3115

Jeff Schwalbe, P.E., jschwalbe@pcschools.us, ext. 3056

Juleen Smith, Utah Studies, jbsmith@pcschools.us, ext. 3079

Emily Sutherland, English 7, esutherland@pcschools.us, ext. 3077

Annie Wallace, French, awallace@pcschools.us, ext. 3054

Lars Nordfelt, Math, lnordfelt@pcschools.us, ext. 3088

Here are the links to our team calendar.

March 8 – 12

March 1 – 5

February 22 – 26

February 8 – 12

February 1 – 5

January 25 – 29

January 18 – 22

January 11 – 15

January 4 – 8

December 21 – 22

December 14 – 18

December 7 – 11

November 30 – December 4

November 23 – 27

November 16 – 20

November 9 – 13

November 2 – 6

October 26 – 30

October 19 – 23

October 12 – 16

October 5 – 9

September 28 – October 2

September 21 – 25

September 14 – 18

September 7 – 11

August 31 – September 4

August 25 – 29