By: Beau 12-16-04

Seventh grade is a small class of only 34 students. Each student believes that the jump from 6^th to 7^th grade was a big one. Last year, they had every basic subject every day. This year the 7^th grade has a different schedule called block scheduling. To the students, not only is the schedule hard to understand, but their new information is difficult for them to comprehend. The 7^th grade is looking forward to this new school year, but not so much the homework.

A total of four teachers teach the basic subjects in the seventh grade. Mrs. Bahmer teaches Religion, Spelling, and English and is also the 7A homeroom teacher. Mr. Hardesty, another 7B homeroom teacher, teaches 7^th and 8^th grade math. Miss Ward, the 8B homeroom teacher, teaches the 7^th grade both Literature and Social Studies. Last but definitely not least, Mrs. Falanga, the 8A homeroom teacher, teaches science to both the 7^th and 8^th grade.

Mr. Hardesty There are many great teachers at Immaculate Heart of Mary and Mr. Hardesty is one of them. Mr. Hardesty teaches 7^th grade Math. He has been a educator for 34 years of his life. He was a principal for 20 of those 34 years. When he wasn’t a principal he taught high school. This is his second year teaching 7^th grade. Mr. Hardesty feels that his previous teachers and coaches influenced him to be a teacher himself. This year, the 7^th grade will be learning Algebra 1 and bits and pieces of geometry. Mr. Hardesty believes every math class is a fun and exciting occurrence. Miss Ward Miss Ward teaches 7^th grade Social Studies and Literature. She has been teaching at Immaculate Heart of Mary for three years. She feels that her History teacher influenced her to become a teacher herself. In Social Studies, the students will be learning about knights and kings through simulation. In Literature they will be learning idioms and elements of literature. Mrs. Bahmer Mrs. Bahmer has been teaching at Immaculate Heart of Mary for quite some time, but she has been teaching 7^th grade for only 2 years. In 7^th grade she teaches Spelling, English, and Religion. When she was in 8^th grade, she did a lot of work with the nuns and children at school. At the time, the 8^th graders went to certain classes to teach the younger kids and help them like a substitute teacher. She really enjoyed working with the children and was quite good at it so she became a teacher. Mrs. Bahmer is teaching the 7^th grade about the Sacraments in Religion class. In English the kids will be learning sentence structure and will be taking part in creative writing. In Spelling, 7^th grade will be learning root words and Latin prefixes. Mrs. Falanga Mrs. Falanga has been teaching for 25 years. All but two of those years, she has been with a 7^th grade class. Our school has been lucky to have such a great teacher in the 7^th grade for 19 years now. Mrs. Falanga became a teacher because she loved working with students, especially teenagers.

Every 7^th grader believes 7^th grade is quite different from 6^th grade. The block scheduling, which puts certain classes every other day, was difficult to understand. Although the schedule is one hard part about this year, they all think the year won’t be that bad. “My teachers are nice, and what we are learning is intriguing,” said one 7^th grader. Each one believes that their future trip to West Virginia will beat out any other thing they will be learning this year.

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