Deborah R. Boisvert
boisvedr@pwcs.edu
703-791-0727

2018-2019 Class Schedule:                                             

SIGNET Announcements:

High School Specialty Program Information Nights
Where do you want to go to high school?  Check out this High School Specialty Program Open House Information: HS Specialty Program Information

What's Up in SIGNET in Quarter 2?  

6th Grade:
-Analyzing the qualities of a Great Thinker and creating a Great Thinker Trading Card
-Individualized learning while in Centers
-Designing a balanced video game in Gamestar Mechanic 

7th Grade:
-Analyzing their mindset while applying it to solving challenging puzzles such as Matrix Logic,
Crossmatics, and Paint by Number
-Individualized learning while in Centers
-Discovering the shapes of the SOMA set and building the SOMA cube and other shapes
while drawing the answers in a 3-D format

8th Grade: Roars and Whispers 
The Orange Group will meet next during the week of 1-22
-Developing the theme "OASIS"
-Completing the publicity for the Submission Competition
-Checking in and evaluating the submission competition entries
-Individualized learning while in Centers
     
8th Grade: The Antarctica Project
The Yellow Group will meet next during the week of 1-7
-Researching the existing science stations and the working conditions for scientists
overwintering in Antarctica
-Designing a 1st draft of an Antarctica Science Station that will meet designated
requirements to overwinter 6 scientists  
-Analyzing the 1st draft of the Antarctica Science Station using Excel spreadsheet
-Designing a 2nd draft of the Antarctica Science Station that will take in to account the data
collected from the prior analysis

     
2nd Quarter Evaluations
All 6th and 7th grade SIGNET students will receive their SIGNET Progress Report and classwork from 2nd Quarter on Friday, January 25, 2019.  Ask your student to see his/her manila envelope with all of these important papers once they have them.

Differentiated Service Plans were sent home with students in this way:
1st Quarter:
-placed in the SIGNET Portfolio (manila envelope)
-sent home at the end of the quarter 11-1-18
2nd Quarter: 
-given directly to the students
-on the first day of SIGNET along with the SIGNET Syllabus
3rd and 4th Quarters:
-placed in the homeroom teachers' boxes 11-8-18
-given to the students by their homeroom teacher

Mrs. Boisvert's SIGNET Target Calendars can be found under the Files and Documents link on the left of this page. 


How do I find SIGNET on my schedule?
6th and 7th grade SIGNET students
Your SIGNET will be listed on your schedule as STUDY. 

8th grade SIGNET students who are not taking music
Your SIGNET will be listed on your schedule as STUDY.

8th grade students who are in PE and Music everyday
You will be pulled from PE for 1 week out of each month.  You 
will be given a pass this week to attend your first day of SIGNET, and then you will be given a schedule for when you will attend SIGNET for the year.

The SIGNET Identification Process
If your child has not been identified for SIGNET, and you would like to have your child start the identification process, please contact Mrs. Morse at morserj@pwcs.edu. 

How to Set-up Calendar Alerts:
If your child is in my class, and you would like to receive email alerts for items posted to my calendar, you may view step-by-step directions here: https://bentonms.pwcs.edu/class_pages/teacher_pages

Please note: You will receive a separate email alert for each calendar to which you choose to subscribe.