*Instead of taking a science test and reading test at the end of the year, students are working on projects in those classes that will be graded as tests. These are a big deal! Please check in with your child to assess their progress and the quality of work. The reading project is due Friday, May 8, and the science project is due Monday, May 11. Both of the projects will be presented to the class next week, and the presentations will be graded as well.
*All students returned their permission slips for Monday’s field trip. Thanks to all who volunteered to drive. All 6th graders must wear their 50 states shirt from our Celebrating America event and uniform bottoms. Each student and driver will need to bring a home lunch. Cell phones are not allowed on field trips.
*All work must be turned in no later than Thursday next week since there is no school on Friday. I will be putting together report cards on Friday, so missing work will have to be recorded as a 0% at that point.
A printed copy of the Summer Reading list is in the Thursday envelope. Here is the information:
At Hope Lutheran School, we value reading, and reading every day during the summer is important. Students at each grade level (1st – 8th grade) are REQUIRED to read books by August 21, 2026.
GOING INTO Seventh & Eighth Grade
For two of them, TYPE a one-page summary of each book you read.
Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced
REQUIRED Reading: Read at least two books from the following list.
All Four Stars by Tara Dairman
Alone by Megan E. Freeman
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
A Place to Belong by Julida Kuo
Call It Courage by Sperry Armstrong
Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson
Downriver by Will Hobbs
Framed by James Ponti
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
I am Malala: Young Readers Edition by Malala Yousafzai
I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda and Caitlin Alifirenka
Northwind by Gary Paulsen
Nothing but the Truth by Avi
Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Restart by Gordon Korman
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
The Finest Hours by Michael J. Tougias and Casey Sherman
The Friendship War by Andrew Clements
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Glass Town Game by Catherynne Valente
The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The House of Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick
The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo
The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt
Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp
Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
Fine Arts Night: Please consider putting in some bids for the 6th grade art project in our auction:
