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Students have been learning how to diagram subjective complements as well as direct and indirect objects in sentences. They have written an original composition creating a mythological creature and describing it. They also worked in groups creating origami figures that will become the basis of an original myth. These writing experiences tie in with their study of ancient Greece in social studies. Also, the students are improving their observation skills by completing their observation journals every two weeks. In social studies we have wrapped up our study of Ancient Greece, and have moved on to the Ancient Romans. The Romans, like the Greeks, contributed much to our modern society, including architecture, art and a modern bureaucracy. The 7th grade continued their study of the Greek culture in Reading class as well by focusing on some myths. The students read about Prometheus, Arachne, Pandora and others. What is the purpose of reading Fiction? This was a question that was given to the students as they worked together on in a SOLE, a self-organized learning experience. Students took a short amount of time to research the question, take down notes and put together a two minute presentation for the class and what they discovered. In Math the students finished up their study of scale drawings and are now continuing with a similar topic of introducing proportional relationships. The class recently learned about the constant of proportionality and looked for it as equation or figuring it out from a table. In Science our students have just concluded a unit on our atmosphere and the unique features of each of its five layers. They are now beginning to explore how scientists describe and predict weather. While in Religion we have continued to learn more about Jesus and gain an understanding of the importance of having a friendship with Jesus.