Eighth Grade

Welcome to Eighth Grade

Marcia Golloway is our 8^th grade teacher. She received her B.A. from Loyola Marymount University and attended CSULA for teacher certification. She taught 1^st and 3^rd grade in her early career and then moved into the middle school grades. She loves teaching 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grade Science along with Math, Literature and Religion.

The Golloway Family came to Washington in 1986. All of her children attended STMS and now are well into adulthood. She enjoys playing with her grandchildren, reading and gardening. One dog, Stella and an Eastern Three Toed Box Turtle share the family residence.

8th Grade Overview

Leadership Opportunities:

Student Council Officers
Lead morning announcements
Lead Faith Families
Safety Patrol Captains

Stewardship:

Monthly senior parishioner luncheon
Campus clean-up after major storms
Lead/Participate in faith tradition prayer services: Living Rosary, Novena, Liturgy of the Hours, Good Friday Living Stations of the Cross

Field Trips:

UW Surgical Simulation Lab “March for Life” and tour of the State Capitol in Olympia (as available)
STM 8th Grade culminating retreat (both parents and students participate) bringing closure to STMS

Other:

8th Grade room is fully equipped science lab for 6th, 7th and 8th graders
Assist in preparations for high school admissions
Block schedule for Science, History, English and Literature
Advanced classes are offered in Mathematics and Literature

8th Grade Standards

Religion:

Trace God’s revelation over time and human history as the foundation of our faith as Christians
Recall and demonstrate full, active and conscious participation in the liturgy
Make connections with the Beatitudes and the Ten Commandments, explain the moral guidance given by God through Moses and Jesus, and how applied in our own lives
Articulate how all prayer forms help us to lead holy lives through blessing, adoration, petition, intersessions, thanksgiving and praise
Practice faith community building as leaders in the school community

Language Arts:

Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English grammar and usage
Produce clear and coherent writing; development organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text is saying
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to characters, setting and plot; to provide an objective summary
Analyze how modern work of fiction draws on themes, patterns of events, or character types from myths, traditional stories, or religious works such as the Bible, including describing how the material is rendered new
Analyze web-based and other resource materials for relevance in answering research questions

Mathematics:

Pre-Algebra

Formulating and reasoning about expressions, linear equations and systems of linear equations
Grasp concept of functions and use them to describe quantitative relationships
Analyze two and three dimensional space and figures
Understand and apply Pythagorean Theorem

Algebra

Building of foundational algebraic skills in expressions, equations, and inequalities
Analysis and problem solving with linear, exponential, and quadratic relationships
Work with descriptive statistics and analysis of data

Middle School Science:

Smithsonian Education Program; Lessons apply science concepts to NGSS engineering design with hands on investigation in the real world.
Physical Science, Life Science and Earth/Space Science units are explored

Social Studies:

Understand key ideals and principles of the US (The Declaration of Independence/ The Constitution)
Understand the purposes and organization of international relationships and U.S. foreign policy
Understands civic involvement and how economic systems function
Understands multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events
Uses critical reasoning skills to analyze sources and corroborate info

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