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MMMM 30 November

11/30/2015

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General announcements

Ah, the refreshment of having a week off! Use it as a reset - buckle down to wrap up work and be successful before break
Full contract - 60 points
The week before break is a make-up week
What’s a sheep’s favorite food? Baaa Baaa Q (joke courtesy of Orion Post)
Wednesday at 2:00: BV football victory parade

Teacher info

English
- AM: Research and Independent R&W
  - Advisors, please only approve students for Independent R&W this week if you are confident they can work independently - Christine needs to focus on Research
- PM: Poetry - and more Research
  - special Poetry module courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Centre for Writing
- Word of the Week: doldrums
- Book talk: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (1010 Lexile score)
Math
- AM: Aleks!
- PM: Aleks!
Science
- AM: Rollercoaster physics, vectors, motion - back by popular demand!
- PM: Student Choice - students who sign up will pick topics to study
  - need Science points? this is a great way to go
Social Studies
- BV football team won the state championship!
- AM: Holiday Traditions Around the World
- PM: World War II
Electives
- Other
  - Crossfit - Wednesday
  - Yoga - Thursday
- Candace - off
- Christine - school holidification: gingerbread ornaments, paper snowflakes
  - Tuesday: students who signed up for gov’t trip need to meet with Christine and Graff
- Graff - Tues: gov’t trip meeting; Wed: the Week; Thurs: more current events
- Rachel - movies

Juli Info

Elective today: Safe Schools Survey (this one gives us helpful data we can use for financial support and programs)
Interested in being a peer mediator? talk to Juli today
Please support NOT group with cutting down and quitting

Community Service/Service Learning

Filming for Animal Planet went well! Episode should air June or July
- Made the front page of the Chaffee County Times! (article here)
Monday, Tuesday: Mini Blessings
Wednesday: Computer Recycling
Thursday: German Shepherd Rescue, Mini Blessings, Food Backpacks
Friday: Mini Blessings
Signed up for Preschool? Please go!

Credit Celebration

Jewel - English
Khylie - Careers
Sean - Math

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MMMM 16 November

11/16/2015

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General announcements

Fire drill/evac drill
- Listen - staff will announce where we will meet
  - Outside by the rock
  - Skate park
  - Admin Building
- Stick with your advisor
Congrats to Rachel and Lexi for winning a grant for aquaponics!
NewBee’s thank you note
- They give us a donation each month
- Their check mainly covers the fruit and granola bars available in the entrance
Soccer referees
- Saturdays - paid per game
- Training included
- Interested? talk to Mike
Thanksgiving dinner! Thursday afternoon
- module this week to prepare
- schedule for the day will be a Friday schedule - eat and watch movies, play games
If you don’t want to be asked what you are working on, be in the classroom
- Commons is communal - should be a library atmosphere
We’ve been working on a new logo for the school!
- It incorporates core values: evolve, work, play, commit, connect
- Current iteration of the design: http://99d.me/e/c0vi/y8es6
Clean the kitchen! It will keep getting closed if students don’t clean up after using it
Attendance policy: be here by 8:10 in the AM and 12:45 in the PM
- Teachers have the right to ask to you try again tomorrow if you arrive after these times
Junior Optimist Club
- come to the meetings!
- pretzel fundraisers, sell food, maybe book drive
- probably meeting Tuesday during Elective
- opens opportunities for scholarships only available to Optimist Club members
NOT group is quitting this week - please support their efforts!
CCHS Choir - should be up and going in the next couple weeks
- seniors: talk to Khylie about senior song

Teacher info

English
- AM: Research and Independent R&W
  - Students who want to do Independent R&W - talk to Christine
- PM: Debate, part II - for students who took it last week
  - Debate will be Wednesday!
- Word of the Week: lambast
- Book talk: Jackaby (920 Lexile score)
Math
- AM: Aleks
- PM: Thanksgiving Prep (counts towards Elective points)
  - planning, cooking, choosing movies
  - turkeys, stuffing, potatoes, etc.
Science
- AM: Rollercoaster Physics, continued
  - You don’t have to have taken the module last week to do it this week
- PM: Science in the News
Social Studies
- AM: Amistad - World History
  - Slave trade in Africa
- PM: Grapes of Wrath - American History
  - Great Depression
Electives
- Other
  - Junior Optimist Club - probably Tuesday
  - Crossfit - Wednesday
  - Yoga - Thursday
- Candace - watch either Bob’s Burgers
- Christine - Mystery Box writing contest (see http://chaffeecountyhsenglish.weebly.com/mystery-box-contest.html)
- Graff - chess, board games
- Rachel - off

Juli Info

Peer mediators: we’ll start up a training program again
- see Juli for more info and to set up a schedule
PLACE (Public Lands Agencies Careers Exploration) applications - see Juli
- if you attend 8 session, you’ll earn a Science credit
- trail work, fish population maintenance, etc.
NOT is being switched from Tuesday to Thursday advisory

Karen Info

Smart Recovery - possibly re-scheduled for Tuesdays

Community Service/Service Learning

shoveling today - talk to Jeannette
Animal Planet filming Mini Blessings this Saturday!
Tuesday: Mini Blessings
Wednesday: Computer Recycling
Thursday: German Shepherd Rescue (might be a different day this week), Mini Blessings, Food Backpacks
Friday: Mini Blessings

Credit Celebration

John - Math
Seth - Cultural Studies
Tyler - History

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MMMM 9 November

11/9/2015

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General announcements

contract #6; check is November 20
- early release Wednesday
- 60 point contract
electives - please participate! if it’s difficult to manage, we’ll have to change the plan
recycling bins are now more centrally located in the Commons: please use them!
watch your language - it doesn’t reflect well on CCHS
it’s embarrassing when CCHS students are smoking in front of elementary school kids! be respectful and use discretion if you must smoke
we’re up this year for earning credits from this point last year
on check week, work is due at 12:00 on Fridays
- miss the cut-off? the points will still go towards credit but not for contract
don’t eat food in the kitchen unless it’s marked as up for grabs - please ask before eating!
if you go on Sabbatical, you need to wait for re-entry meetings on Friday
- thanks to the students who are helping lead those meetings
Veterans Day on Wednesday - Diversity Meeting Wednesday
Junior Optimist Club: meeting tomorrow during Elective
laptops: cart is closed today because laptops are not being taken care of
- please sign out laptops, return them, and plug them in!
- seniors have priority for desktops

Teacher info

English
- AM: Debate, week 1: research and organization
  - this is a two-week module; if you sign up today, be ready to take it again next week (for the actual debate)
  - option for ten extra points! if you write an essay on top of doing the debate
- PM: Research (also, talk to Christine if you want to do Independent R&W)
- Word of the Week: sluggard
- Independent R&W changes: you’ll now get points for reading as well as the write-ups; points are determined by a book’s Lexile score (determined by complexity)- so finishing a book will now be worth between 40 and 60 points instead of 25!
Math
- AM and PM: ALEKs
Science
- no Science this week - Rachel is still out, will be back next week
  - if you only need Science, talk to Mike
Social Studies
- AM: Current Events with the school’s periodicals (New Yorker, Time, Pueblo Chieftain, Christian Science Monitor, The Week, Field and Stream, etc.)
- PM: Causes of World War I
Electives
- Other
  - Tuesday: Junior Optimist Club meeting
  - Wednesday: Diversity Meeting, Veterans Day
  - Thursday: Yoga
- Candace - paint your own pottery at Indian Paintbrush
- Christine - games in the Commons, MythBusters in the English room
- Graff - off
- Rachel - movies in her classroom

Juli Info

GARNA - Kate
- Greater Arkansas River Nature Association (https://garna.org)
- PLACE - working with public lands agencies to get outside
- Mostly in the spring, but one activity between Thanksgiving
  - shadow rangers
  - trail work with Forest Service
  - climbing in conjunction with Patagonia
  - ecological restoration
- Wild Connections - inventoried/explored public lands along Ark River
  - leading a hike around Cotopaxi after Thanksgiving
- Interested? talk to Juli before Winter Break
  - you don’t have to complete every activity, but if you do, you get a stipend
  - you can also get Science credit (probably points for each activity or a whole credit for all 8)
Local scholarships - there are a few new scholarships on the table
NOT meeting Tuesday during elective

Karen info

Smart Recovery - sometime this week, but schedule for this week will be determined
Immunization clinic tomorrow at high school - serving uninsured, underinsured… check flyer on notice board for more info

Community Service/Service Learning

Mini Blessings - 10:30 and 1:00 most days
- Please help! This is an important program to maintain - CCHS students are invaluable supports for younger students who go
Computer Recycling - Wednesday
Food Backpacks - Thursday
Preschool - if you signed up, please go!

Credit celebration

Dylan - English Skills
Lexi - Math
John - Social Studies
Jacque - Math
John - Math
Seth - Math
Seth - Work Experience
Cassady - English Skills

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MMMM 2 November

11/2/2015

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General announcements

Advisory
- required every day - please honor that
- stay in advisor’s classroom unless your advisory is off
- this week: discussion about school logo
  - Mike is bringing in designers (online) - wants input
  - animal to represent school?
  - school colors? what should we emphasis? (technically, our colors are burgundy and maroon, silver, and black)
- Mike is proud of the work happening in the building
Khylie’s service learning project update
- Movie Night fundraiser this Thursday, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
  - four rooms with movies showing, video games and food in the Commons
  - you can bring guests, but they must be signed up ahead of time
- choir with accompaniment (guitar, drums, piano)
- seniors: help picking out senior song
Scott Colvin
- Habitat trip
  - Historic tie-in: Los Alamos (site of first atom bomb)
  - Help build a house - framing this year, work with other volunteers
  - April 10 - 15
  - Stay at a local church
- Junior Optimist Club
  - local branch of an official organization - supported by CCHS, but it’s independent of the school
  - looks good on a resume or job application
  - select one project as a group that will make the world a better place - similar to service learning project
    - last year was a book drive
    - pretzel giveaway? (options are wide open)
    - can also volunteer with regular Optimist Club activities
  - start up this week
    - meet in Rachel’s room Wednesday - Mike will work on timing

Teacher info

English
- AM: Research
  - Students who have already been doing Independent R&W can talk to Christine about continuing this week
- PM: Graphic Novels: a legitimate form of literature?
- Word of the Week: bifurcate
Math
- AM and PM: ALEKs! opportunity to finish up credits
  - only take it for one module - not both this week
  - this afternoon: Mini Blessings included
Science
- No modules this week - Rachel is out for a couple days
Social Studies
- AM: The Men who Built America: four great American entrepreneurs - Carnegie, Rockefeller, Ford, JP Morgan
- PM: The History of Rock and Roll
- Incidentally, Broncos are still undefeated
Electives
- Other
  - Tuesday: diversity meeting with Mary Banks (director of CMC)
    - info about CMC, next steps after high school
  - Reba: expressive writing
    - Tuesday - Thursday (embrace empowerment, get rid of anger)
  - Thursday: yoga
- Candace - journaling today, art Wednesday, hike Thursday (or watch Parks and Rec if weather is bad)
- Christine - off
- Graff - PE of sorts
- Rachel - none

Juli Info

Careers - if you didn’t finish, submit your applications in (most schools want students to apply around October)
NOT will be Thursday this week
Wrapping up EQ meetings
Smart Recovery 10:00 in Rachel’s room on Wednesday

Community Service/Service Learning

Monday: Mini Blessings
Tuesday: Mini Blessings
Wednesday: Computer Recycling/Habitat Re-Store
Thursday: German Shepherd Rescue, Mini Blessings, Food Backpacks
Friday: Mini Blessings
Animal Planet has contacted Mini Blessings, planning to film a show there!

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