Aloha and Welcome to our 7th grade classroom! 

 We have a very exciting year of learning planned. We have a Hawaiian theme in our room to strengthen the concept that our classroom is an “ohana” or family, treating each other with kindness, and knowing that “no one will be left behind or forgotten.”  We will discuss the power of “yet”--helping students realize that success is possible even when things are difficult—rather than “I can’t”, using instead "I cannot do it YET!" We also continually reinforce the traits of our Character Counts program.

I am looking forward to having a class of 7th grade students only–allowing me to be 100% focused on these students.   Students will be  guided to continue their quest to achieve through self-motivation, determination, and perseverance.  We will follow our adopted curriculum: McGraw-Hill’s StudySync for language arts and for math–Kendall Hunt Illustrative Math, as well in science and social studies.

Please make sure I have your current cell phone number and email address.  I will have a Class Dojo page that I will be requesting you join.  I post updates and important information there, perhaps even  homework help if needed.  I will continually use this site as a preferred means of communication.  Having raised 5 children myself–and being a working parent, I know telephone calls do not always occur at the most convenient time. Additionally, my goal is to keep your child’s progress/grades updated consistently so that you are able to check regularly through the parent portal rather than only at progress report and trimester report time (no surprises).

We will have many projects and activities throughout the year. Looking forward to an incredible year! 

Mrs. Jackson