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HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!

Today completes our 9th and FINAL week of school for the 2008-2009 academic year! Everyone have a safe and exciting summer. I will see you all (except you new high schoolers) in August.

IN ADDITION:

6th Grade- Good luck in 7th grade!!!

7th Grade- Good luck in 8th grade!!!

8th- Good luck in 9th grade!!!

7th Grade Study Guide

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Health - Week 8

Friday completed our eighth week.  Students should make their best effort to be present everyday as we enter the final week of school.

IN ADDITION:

6th Grade- Students completed  their Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs unit and presented their Power Point projects today. 

7th Grade- Students completed  their Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs unit and presented their Power Point projects today. 

 8th- Students completed  their Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs unit and presented their Power Point projects today. 

FINAL WEEK!!

It is very important that all students be present in class to close out the year. We still have several grades to take, and it is impossible to make up grades after 5/22. Do your best to make sure your student(s) finish this academic year STRONG!!!

Health - Week 7

Friday completed our seventh week.  Students should make their best effort to be present everyday as we enter the final two weeks of school.

IN ADDITION:

6th Grade- Students completed their Mental/Personal Health units and will begin their Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs unit next week. 

7th Grade- Students began their Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs projects and will continue working on them next week.

 8th- Students began working on their Drug projects. They will present them on Friday next week.

Health - Week 6

Friday completed our sixth week.  Students should make their best effort to be present everyday as we enter the final few weeks of school.

IN ADDITION:

6th Grade- Students continued their Mental/Personal Health units and will test next week. 

7th Grade- Students completed their Mental/Personal Health units and began the Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs unit.

 8th- Students began working on the Alcohol, Tobacco, & Other Drugs unit. They will begin working on their presentations next week.

7th Mental Health Study Guide

Voacbulary terms

1. Stress - physical response to change.  

2. Distress - stress that interferes with your life.                            

3. Stressor - anything that causes you stress.                                                                                   

4. Emotions - feeling such as happiness, sadness, etc.                                                              

5. Personality - unique traits that make you different from everyone else.

Defense Mechanism Grocery List

1. Denial= Refusal - Diet Rite    

2. Rationaliztion=Excuses - Raspberry Eclair                     

3. Repression=Blockout-  Rootbeer   

4. Projection=Blame - Peanut Butter                          

5. Displacement=Feelings-  Dog Food

Health - Week 5

Friday completed our fifth week.  As you are no doubt aware, this week's class schedule was cut short due to CRCT testing. All grade levels were reduced to 30 minute classes in Connections.

IN ADDITION:

6th Grade- Students began their Mental/Personal Health unit on Monday with their All About Me projects.

7th Grade- Students began their Mental/Personal Health unit on Monday with their Goal Setting projects.

 8th- Students spent this week completing their Documentaries.

Health - Week 4

Today completes our fourth week.  As you are no doubt aware, this week's class schedule was cut short due to CRCT prep. In, addition next week's scheule will be reduced to half hour classes to accomodate the CRCT test schedule.

REMEMBER - GET PLENTY OF REST, EAT BREAKFAST, RELAX!!!!

IN ADDITION:

6th Grade- Students completed their unit on "Taking Care of Yourself" unit. We will beginning our Mental/Personal Health unit beginning Monday.

7th Grade- Students' completed their Nutrition unit this week. They wbegan their Mental/Personal Health unit.

 8th- Students enjoyed listening to the Cobb County speaker about Human Growth and abstinence. We will beginning our Mental/Personal Health unit beginning Monday.

7th Grade Study Guide for 4/16 Test

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Health - Week 3

Friday, 4/3 completed our third week. Students are continuing with their unit studies and will be starting new units this week. 

IN ADDITION:

6th Grade- Students cmpleteded their unit on Nutrition. They began the "Caring for Yourself" unit just before leaving for Spring Break.

7th Grade- Students continued their Nutrition unit and will be testing on Thursday, 4/16.

8th- Students completed their Nutrition unit and continue working on their Nutrition Documentary. They will begin Human Growth this week with the speaker.