8th grade Auction

The 8th grade auction was a success. Special thanks to Mr.Carroll who donated his time to sell at the auction. There were 170 items including baskets of all kinds, household items, toys, vacations, tickets to theme parks, jewelry, four wheelers, and more. An auctioned item would either start at $5.00 or $100.00 They earned a total of $8,754, and every penny goes to the 8th graders, for their New York trip. Hopefully you will get involved next year!

Students at work!

	8th graders work hard and care about earning good grades.	8th graders work together and share ideas, so that everyone can understand the lesson.	8th grade students are good at paying attention.

Meet the 8th grade teachers

 

 

Angela Fender (Math teacher)

Mrs. Fender has been teaching for 15 years, and 7 of those wonderful years has been for D.S.A. Mrs. Fender is originally from Polk County. This awesome teacher studied at the University of Florida where she earned her BS. Mrs. Fender teaches her 8th graders to write and graph linear equations in slope-intercept form and also in standard and point–slope form. Something her students can and should do is review what they did during class each day. For more practice go to www.interactmath.com

 

Teresa Mosley (Language Arts teacher)

This wonderful teacher has been at D.S.A. for 3 years. Mrs. Mosley has an accounting degree from U.C.F. and teaching degree through P.S.C. She is originally from Haines City. Mrs. Mosley teaches and helps her students with reading and writing strategies. Her students daily assignment is to Read, Read, READ!

 

 

 

Jamie Elwick (Adv. Math teacher)

Mrs. Elwick is a new teacher at D.S.A. This cool teacher attended Florida Gulf Coast University and Edison State Collage. Mrs. Elwick came to D.S.A. because she wanted to be close to her home. Also, she wanted to be in an environment suited for her 2 younger children. She loves this school a lot and hopes to have a great rest of the year!

 

Patti Frier (History teacher)

Mrs. Frier attended Florida State University; where she earned a B.A. and an M.A. in History. She has been working as a teacher for 18 years and 9 of those marvelous years have been at D.S.A. Mrs. Frier decided to become a teacher when she was in high school, were she was inspired by hers. Her mom had also been a teacher for 42 years. One thing she loves about her schedule is that she has the same holidays as her children.

Moises Rivero (Science Teacher)

Mr. Rivero is a new teacher at D.S.A. He attended the University of Florida. Mr. Rivero is from Venezuela, and has been in the U.S. since he was seven. He tells his class that when something doesn’t make sense you should look for more information until you understand it.