We are finishing up our unit on the Renaissance.  They will test over this material the week of April 14th. 

We will then start the South American unit, focusing on the Native American peoples of Mexico and South America.

We are finishing our unit on South Asia and will test over this material the week of April 14th.

Service Information:  the 7th graders received their service information for their eighth grade year today.

	This information needs to be placed an a newer, neat binder dedicated solely to their service project.
	They should take this binder with them when they perform service so the evaluation sheet can be signed by the supervisor.
	Please review this information with your students and ask them for their ideas about their summer service projects.
	Program Description
	Service Reflection Sheets
	Please contact me over the summer if you have any questions about the program.  Jabdoulaye@stmalachy.org

Their food projects are due at school on April 18th.  This is the only day that it can be brought in.

Their NGO (Non - Governmental Organization) sheets are due on Wednesday, April 16th.   Some helpful websites are listed below:

	www.doctorswithoutborders.org
	www.crs.org
	www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.map

We are finishing our unit on Westward Expansion.  We will test over this material the week of April 14th.

Washington, DC Information:

	We need to collect shirt sizes from the parent chaperones asap in order to order the trip t-shirts.   Please email your preferred size to Miss Swihart at jswihart@stmalachy.org
	Thank you to those who have sent in their final payments.  We have a few more to collect. :)
	In the next week, I will post more information about packing and the  itinerary.