Laura Palkoner » Welcome to 8th grade science! & FlameBots

Welcome to 8th grade science! & FlameBots

Welcome to Ms. P's 8th grade science class.  
 
Below is our grading scale for this year:
90-100 A
89-80 B
79-70 C
69-60 D
59 and below F
 
I will send messages to students through Clever messenger.   Please check messenger for important messages.  ALL assignments will be loaded into TEAMS daily!  If your student is absent reminder that they need to check TEAMS.  If they are absent on a day of a test I ask that they email me.  
 

Student Supplies list for class this year:

  • 1 Composition notebook (100 pages) ( possibly two) 
  • Pencils (required EVERYDAY to write with)
  • Agenda or planner to keep up with assignments and due dates/ tests/ assessments.
  • Headphones- to be kept in the backpack daily.
  • Glue sticks for notebook
 

**Occasionally we may need some lab materials in which I will send out an email requesting anything I was unable to acquire**

Classroom Optional Donations:

  • Tissues
  • Lysol Spray
  • Paper Towels
  • Clorox Wipes
  • Glue sticks
  • Markers
 
Common Skyward questions:

Anything marked as 0 & missing in skyward is still eligible to be made up.

Anything marked * & missing has not been graded yet.

Anything that is 0 & NOT marked as missing is that true grade ineligible to be made up.

All assignments are available on TEAMS

All physical handouts are available in the classroom until I run out of copies. 

 

Please remember that I will respond to each and every email I receive but understand that I teach 160+ students a year.  It may take me a day or two to respond but I will respond to your email and concern.  We will have a wonderful year and I look forward to working with each and every one of you!

FlameBots
Welcome to our inaugural year of FlameBots.  We will be competing in the VexIq middle school division.  Students on the team will work with each other to build, code and troubleshoot problems as well as work with other teams to gain as many points as possible during the given time frame. 
 
Once we are able to we will compete two to three times on Saturdays to gain points to make it to the state tournament.  If we will at state we will then qualify for the world tournament.
 
Below is a video of our challenge for this year. 
VEX IQ Robotics Competition : Rapid Relay | 2024-2025 Game (youtube.com)
 
 If your student is interested have them come talk to me and pick up an application.