Ray Fall After-School Registrations Open!

Ray Fall After-School Registrations Open! 

Fall 2018 session registrations are open for the following programs. Many classes start the second week of school so please register soon! Please sign up to Ray ENews here--it is THE BEST way to receive timely notifications about after-school programs and other school news.

Renaissance Knights chess: K-8 grades, Mondays, 4-5 pm, register here. 

Artifice Robotics beginner: 4-8 grades, Wednesdays, 4-5 pm, register here. 

Artifice Robotics advanced: 4-8 grades, Thursdays, 4-5 pm, register here.

Kids W.A.Y Acting Academy: 1-8 grades, Tuesdays, 4-5 pm, register here, pay here.

Ray Ultimate Frisbee: 3-6 grades, T and Th, no cost, register here. 

Latin Matters: M and W, 7:40-8:45 am OR T and Th, 7:40-8:45 am, register here.

We Got Game soccer: K-3 grades, Mondays, register here (new start date: 9/17).

We Got Game basketball: 1-4 grades. Fridays, register here. 

Kenwood School of Ballet - Hip-Hop: K-8 grades, Wednesdays, register here.

Kenwood School of Ballet - Acrobatic dance: K-2 grades, Thursdays, register here. 

Kenwood School of Ballet - ballet: K-2 grades, Fridays, register here. 

Registrations now open for UofC's ArtShould! 1-3 grades, Tuesdays, 4-5 pm, 

register here (start date is 10/15).

The following programs led by University of Chicago students will start later in October: Creative Writing (1-8) and Debate It Forward. Stay tuned through the Ray PTO ENews!

See after-school calendar here. Send questions to raylsc.parterships@gmail,com.

Open House this Thursday from 4:30 to 5:30.

The Back to School Open House will be Thursday, September 13th from 4:30-5:30 pm


I will be in my room for parents to say hello, get information about mathematics in 7th/8th grade, and ask questions. There will not be formal conferences.


Administrators will be set up at tables to talk with parents on the first floor.


8th grade parents will have a DC trip meeting at 5:30---look for flyers tomorrow for further info.


Parents are welcome to attend the LSC meeting in the cafeteria at 6 pm.

Homework for week 9-10-18 to 9-14-18

7th Loyola

7th: UChicago

8th: UIC

8th: DePaul

Math Week 9-10-18

7th Loyola: We will begin the year learning about how proportional relationships can be modeled visually with graphs.

7th: UChicago: We begin the year with ratio and proportion. We will look at what makes something a ratio and how ratios can be expressed in many ways.

8th: UIC: We begin with polynomial expressions and how to create equivalent expressions using properties of number, number operations, and exponent rules.

8th: DePaul: We start with the rules of exponents-- base and power!

Beginning of Year NWEA testing for 7/8th graders

Beginning of Year NWEA testing for 7/8th graders will be 9-10-18 and 9-11-18 (Monday and Tuesday next week!)

Mathematics for week 9-4-18

ALL: This week we will practice with rules and routines. We will also set classroom norms and establish our vision for teaching and learning in the 2018-19 school year. Finally, we will begin our mathematics thinking using Youcubed.org's Week of Inspirational Math, which posits that anyone can learn mathematics when he/she has a growth mindset. 

Check out this great video here.

Homework due 9-7-18

ALL: Sign up for Khan Academy and Google Classroom. Class codes will be sent home on Tuesday and be updated here at the end of the day Tuesday.

Homeroom 304: Return parent (and student as needed) signed forms.

• Ray Parent and Student Handbook acknowledgement page
• New Emergency Contact form 
• Family Income form--this form is crucial for us to get funding from the state

Log-in to your CPS email and go to the Classroom app. Click join and us the code below to join your assigned math class for this year.

Class Name       Code to join Google Classroom

8th UIC                             hndv80i

8th DePaul                         unc5v5m

7th Loyola                          7vmwiy9

7th UChicago                      4vtg8w

KHAN COACHING CODES:

1. Go to khanacademy.org/join
2. Enter your class code and press “Add”.
3. If you don’t already have an account, press “Create a new account”. Enter your date of birth, then sign up using Google, your school email, or by creating a username.

Class	Code
8th UIC	ED2T5U8T
8th DePaul	YNBPP4G6
7th Loyola	N2WFH84T
7th UChicago	MCHYJQ2W