Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! We will be taking time to honor the legacy of this famed civil rights leader during advisory this afternoon. This day is a powerful reminder of the need to continue fighting for the issues that matter most to us, whatever challenges stand in our way. It can feel daunting to get your voice heard, but the more you speak up, the more likely you are to have voices join yours. 
 
After Rosa Parks’ arrest, Dr. King spoke to the sacrifices that can come in fighting for justice. He said, “And I won't rest; I will face intimidation, and everything else, along with these other stalwart fighters for democracy and for citizenship. We don't mind it, so long as justice comes out of it. And I've come to see now that as we struggle for our rights, maybe some of them will have to die. But somebody said, if a man doesn't have something that he'll die for, he isn't fit to live.”
 
So even if whatever you are fighting seems like an uphill battle, keep at it! Your voice matters.
 
General announcements

• Moments of gratitude
  • James appreciates Natalie and Danny for helping out with Discovery last week
  • Maddie is grateful to Taylor for helping her out constantly last week
  • Taylor is grateful for everyone’s patience with her last week when she wasn’t feeling great
  • Danny appreciates Mason for working through frustration with Math and knocking it out
  • Kelvin is grateful to his friends
  • Christine appreciates the new students for sticking with double Discovery - lots of good happened last week!
  • Jeremiah is grateful to Jeannette for being all-around awesome
• Other announcements
  • Oatmeal breakfast bar in the Commons - help yourself
  • MLK’s family turned this holiday into a day of service: take the opportunity to do community service all week! We will have a school service day later in the spring
  • Also coming up this spring… we have a ski day in the works and a Colorado Rockies game scheduled for May!  
• Schedule notes
  • Diversity meeting tomorrow: Hannah Harn from Ark Valley Voice
• Contract celebration
  • Highest points: Henry (88!)
  • 100% logins: Jordyn, James, Keenan

 
Teacher info
 
Math

• Block 1: Khan Academy
• Block 2: Tech
  • Choose something from the tech menu, Danny will support you working through it 

English  

• Block 1: English Skills 2
  • Boot Camp, continued! All new students will participate
• Block 2: Intro to Argument
  • What makes a good argument? A bad argument? Analyze informational texts and create your own argument

Social Studies

• Block 1: Plan block
• Block 2: The Oil Industry (Economics)
  • Introduction to supply and demand in relation to oil industry
  • How does the price of oil change?
  • Nat Geo documentary on the impact of the oil industry on the economy and politics

Science

• Block 1: Carbon and Combustion and Climate
  • Element carbon - what happens when it burns, and how it affects our climate
  • One burning experiment 
  • Correlates with Amy’s oil industry module
• Block 2: Discovery

Natalie

• Block 2: Discovery with Nancy’s support

 
Practicum

• Monday: Advisory or all school activities
• Tuesday: Adulting
• Wednesday: Clubs
• Thursday: Office Hours and Study Hall

 
Advisory

• Tuesday: Taylor/Amy Mindfulness; Danny/Nancy advisory
• Wednesday: Off - if you have permission from your advisor
• Thursday: Taylor/Amy advisory; Danny/Nancy Mindfulness

 
Community Service

• Tuesday
  • 1:00 p.m. - Mini Blessings - need extra helpers 
• Wednesday
  • 1:00 p.m. - Museum
• Thursday
  • 9:00 a.m. - Food Backpacks
  • 1:00 p.m. - Adopt-a-Grandparent

 
Credit Celebration

• Tyler - Geography
• Madalynn - English Foundations
• Johnny - Science
• Johnny - Earth Science
• Johnny - Geometry A
• De’Quan - Geometry B
• Grace - Economics
• Tristan - Discovery

General announcements

• Moments of gratitude
  • Nancy is grateful Harmony, Jordyn, Grace, Kayla for a beautiful moment last week
  • Taylor is grateful to Danny for bringing her season four of Yellowstone
  • Jeannette is grateful to students who helped take down the decorations at Adopt-a-Grandparent
  • Nancy is grateful to have Keenan, Trevor, and Tristan back
  • Taylor is grateful to Jeannette for helping with and helping clean up New
  • Karen is grateful to Amy for stepping in for MMM mindfulness
• Other announcements
  • There is a work session at the school board meeting tonight if you want to give input on future location and programming for CCHS. Join us at the Admin Building (behind the heritage museum on Main Street) at 6:00 p.m. to listen in on the conversation and share your thoughts or questions
  • Natalie will be leaving CCHS at the end of the month to continue her counseling career with Solvista. If you have questions or need to process this transition, you can talk with Natalie or any of the staff this month
  • Upcoming trips - student leaders needed! Counts toward Advisory
    • Fountain Valley
    • Government trip
  • Covid protocols: please mask up if you are sitting within 3 feet for more than 15 minutes. This will mean most classes… we know masks are unpleasant, but so is working from home! We want to stay in the building as much as possible
  • A new round of clubs will start on Wednesday. Input on ideas? 
    • Ideas shared so far are primarily for Elective credit - no core credits or PE options suggested yet
    
    
• Schedule notes
  • Full week - check is Friday

 
Teacher info
 
Math

• Block 1: Discovery
• Block 2: Khan Academy

English  

• Block 1: Reading and Writing
  • If you are behind with your goals, this would be a good time to catch up!
• Block 2: Plan

Social Studies

• Block 1: Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Compare MLK and Malcom X - their lives, their roles in the Civil Rights Movement, their legacies
• Block 2: Discovery and Econ R&W - Rich Dad, Poor Dad
  • R&W can count either toward SS or R&W for SS (English)
  • Only for students who don’t need math or Health

Science

• Block 1: Human Body Systems
  • Are you breathing? Pooping? Moving? 
  • DOK: pick the system you feel is most important, advocate for why
• Block 2: Upstairs and Downstairs Health
  • Mental and sexual health
  • Two guest speakers coming to answer questions: Jane Cole (registered nurse) and Heather McFadden (school psychologist)
  • DOK: friend needs help - what resources would you offer? What misconceptions could you clarify for them?

Natalie

• Discovery all day, every day this week
  • Meet at the Community Center

 
Practicum

• Monday: Advisory
• Tuesday: Adulting
• Wednesday: Clubs
• Thursday: Office Hours and Study Hall

 
Advisory

• Tuesday: Taylor/Amy Mindfulness; Danny/Nancy advisory
• Wednesday: Off - if you have permission from your advisor
• Thursday: Taylor/Amy advisory; Danny/Nancy Mindfulness

 
Community Service

• Monday
  • No Ark Valley volunteers for now because of covid numbers
• Tuesday
  • 1:00 p.m. - Mini Blessings
• Wednesday
  • 1:00 p.m. - Museum
• Thursday
  • 9:00 a.m. - Food Backpacks
  • 1:00 p.m. - Adopt-a-Grandparent

 
Credit Celebration

• No credits this week… but there are credits waiting to be completed! Fill out those credit summaries!

 

Welcome back, everyone! Here we go with a new semester. And a special welcome to our new students! We’re glad you are joining us and hope you feel right at home here. Returning students, please help the new students feel welcome and comfortable at CCHS. 
 
General announcements

• Moments of gratitude
  • Natalie is grateful that her friends in Boulder are safe
  • Natalie is also grateful for Jordyn’s carmel corn before break
  • Nancy is grateful for Kelvin’s cat
  • Taylor is grateful to Christine for making the staff lunch yesterday
  • Kelvin is grateful to his parents and for his new watch
  • Nancy is grateful to Jeannette for watching her dogs New Year’s Eve
  • Danny appreciates Nancy for setting up the bowling field trip and for everyone who 
  • Amy is grateful to see everyone back here and for new faces
  • Christine appreciates everyone getting up early on a cold morning to come to school
• Other announcements
  • Clubs will start up next week. Give input to your advisor so we can create the best possible options for everyone and look out for a survey to share your preferences
  • Bring back your food backpack bag!
• Schedule notes
  • All school meeting during advisory tomorrow to talk about what to expect next year as we transition into a new space for CCHS
• Contract #9
  • Check: Friday, January 14
  • Minimum points: 61
• Contract celebration
  • Highest points: Jordyn (83!)
  • 100% logins: none

 
Teacher info
 
Math

• Block 1: CCHS Skills
  • All new students - orientation to CCHS
• Block 2: Paradoxes
  • Logical paradoxes - contradictions, or things that seem to be contradictions but are actually true
  • Mind puzzles

English  

• Block 1: New Year, Better Goals
  • Refresher on building smart goals, create a vision board
• Block 2: English Skills 1
  • New students - pre-assessment, digging back into basics

Social Studies

• Block 1: Who Invented Democracy? [World History or Elective SS credit]
  • Spoiler alert: it was the Greeks
  • Do simulations of direct and representative democracy
• Block 2: Food and Culture [Geography or Elective SS credit]
  • Read, watch Chase the Nation - how does food impact culture?

Science

• Block 1: Bad Science
  • Have you ever read contradictory headlines? How do you figure out what is true?
  • Figure out how to analyze news, how to find and use good sources
• Block 2: Reading and Writing for Science
  • Read articles, debate - depends on how many sign up

 
Practicum

• Wednesday: Advisory
• Thursday: Office Hours and Study Hall

 
Advisory

• Wednesday: None - Monday schedule
• Thursday: all school meeting

 
Community Service

• Thursday
  • 9:00 a.m. - Food Backpacks
  • 1:00 p.m. - Adopt-a-Grandparent

 
Credit Celebration

• Trevor - Economics
• Trevor - General Science
• Grace - Algebra 2A
• Grace - Reading and Writing for Social Studies
• Henry - US History