The HOME MEAL PROJECT will be assigned early in each quarter to allow a
generous amount of time to complete this assignment. The Home Meal Project
will be due on December 17, 2009.
The project must be written in ink or typed. It must include the following
details:
*Date served
*Time served
*Number of people served
*Internet Source (a recipe, table setting, nutrition analysis, historical
information about a certain food,etc) Be sure to include the source.
*Menu (in proper form)
all food groups included
variety of color
variety of textures
flavors
shapes
method of preparation
method of serving
temperatures
heavy and light foods
*Ingredient list, divided into "on hand"/needed to be bought
*Time schedule, showing when each part of the meal is started so everything
is ready at once. Clean-up must be included as part of the time schedule.
*Table setting
*Student comments on experience
*Comments of a minimum of one adult served, but please feel free to have
everyone who shared the meal write a comment.
8TH GRADE FAMILY LIFE
The eighth grade Family Life program covers basic information on human
reproduction and sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. Classes
are planned and taught by Mrs. Maroney or Mrs. Malecki, Middlesex school
nurses, and Mrs. Gail Hannigan, who holds tri-certifications in Health
Education, Family and Consumer Sciences and Special Education. Prior to
theses classes, the topics of self-esteem and assertiveness are reviewed,
and
students are repeatedly encouraged to think about plans they have for the
future and how every behavior has a consequence.
Class discussion rules are strictly enforced, and no slang terms are used.
Parents with questions about the program are encouraged to call Mrs.
Maroney,
Mrs. Malecki or Mrs. Hannigan.
Classes for the first quarter will begin on December 18,2009.
Class discussion rules are strictly enforced, and no slang terms are
used.
7TH GRADE DRUG RESEARCH PROJECT
Seventh grade students are randomly assigned one of the following categories
of drugs to research:
Alcohol
Anabolic Steroids
Cocaine
Depressants
Hallucinogens
Inhalants
Marijuana
Narcotics/Opiates
Stimulants
Tobacco
Club Drugs
Ecstasy
Ketamine
GHB
Rohypnol
Crystal Meth
Students rearch on the websites listed under "links", and report to the
class
the drugs included in the assigned category, what the drug looks like, slang
names (no one is ever going to offer them methylenedioxymethamphetamine!),
misinformation (that might persuade someone to use), true health effects,
who
uses and why, where it is made (pharmaceutical lab, amateur lab, etc)
whether
it has a medical use, and its legal status.
Prior to the research project general drug terms are defined and discussed.
If there are any questions you have regarding any aspect of this class,
please feel free to call Mrs. Hannigan at extension 3222.
