MMM 20 April

​Thank you to everyone who made our testing week go so smoothly! We appreciate all the students who participated and were excited to see so many points of growth - score increases, cut scores, and post cut score bumps. Your hard work is demonstrating itself!
 
With testing behind us, we are truly in that sprint to the finish. You all have hard work ahead of you to finish the year strong, Please look out for each other and offer support, recognizing each person in the building is overcoming challenges each day to wrap up assignments, modules, and credits.
 
Seniors, you now have three weeks to finish work leading up to the May 7 deadline. Work with your advisors and teachers to establish goals and make sure you are keeping track of those final assignments and responsibilities. And please join me at 2:00 today (towards the end of block 2) for our re-scheduled senior meeting. 
 
General announcements

• Appreciations!
  • Natalie: District Office People applauded that everyone was quiet and productive at testing. 
  • Karen: Nurse said Trevor, Johnny, Izek, and Mason were polite and well-behaved 
  • Steve: Gage for working hard and getting credits done
  • Christine: Jeremiah, Sam D, De’Quan, Johnny who went above and beyond to go climbing after testing
  •  Robiny: Jeannette for spending the day together for CPR/First Aid
  • Jeremiah: During climbing, everybody helped everybody else
  • Natalie: shoutout to the BVHS students who worked so hard on the spring musical!
• Other announcements
  • Daniel’s student focus group will be during Advisory tomorrow. 1-2 students from each advisory will take part; talk with your advisor if you are interested. We’ll be ordering breakfast burritos/quesadillas from The Blend and meeting at the district Board Room so we can spread out and talk.
  • Great to see so many students make progress on testing!
  • Need a part-time job? See the board for information on a cleaning job. There are also positions available at Simple Eatery and Brown Dog
• Contract #16
  • Check: April 30
  • Minimum points: 68
• Schedule notes
  • Senior meeting at the end of 2nd block today
  • 4 day week: Tuesday adulting, Wednesday clubs, Thursday office hours
• Contract celebration
  • Highest points: Henry (84!)
  • 100% logins: Shon

 
Teacher info
 
Math

• Block 1: Probability
  • Weather, world news about Coronavirus - probability is all around us
  • Conceptualize and calculate probability
  • Play Yahtzee and Monopoly, Texas Hold ‘Em and Blackjack to put probability skills to the test
• Block 2: Khan Academy
  • Seniors have priority

English  

• Block 1: Reading and Writing
• Block 2: Note-Catcher in the Rye [Be Curious]
  • Listen to the audiobook while following along
  • Practice different note-taking skills

Social Studies

• Block 1: Travel as a Political Act
  • Explore traveling through the book by Rick Steves
  • How can we broaden our thinking about other countries through travel?
• Block 2: Senior Seminar - Reputation
  • Juniors should start taking these Senior Sem modules! 
  • If you need to take a day off, Wednesday is the day

Science

• Block 1: Plan block
• Block 2: Service Learning Support
  • Sign up if you are a senior who hasn’t finished the credit yet - we’ll check in, make plans and schedules, and help you stay on track

Natalie

• Seniors - watch your e-mails, as Natalie will be sending updates about what you still need for College and Careers and/or Health
• Thanks to students who met with Kristen from CMC
• Diversity meeting next week: Climax Mine
• If you are a senior and don’t have enough Diversity/adulting, be in school Tuesday afternoons!

 
Practicum

• Tuesday: Adulting - “Happy 18th Birthday! Now What?”
  • What rights and responsibilities come with turning 18?
• Wednesday: Clubs (continued)
• Thursday: Office Hours and Study Hall

 
Advisory

• Wednesday: Robiny/Steve Mindfulness; Danny/Nancy advisory
• Thursday: Robiny/Steve advisory; Danny/Nancy Mindfulness

 
Community Service

• Talk with 
• Tuesday
  • 10:00 a.m. - starting Habitat ReStore next week
    • Bring back those releases!
  • 1 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

• Daniel - World Studies
• Izek - Earth Science
• Keenan - College and Careers
• Gage - Geometry 1B
• Gage - Government
• Gage - Internship 1
• Gage - Internship 2
• Gage - Analysis of Historical & Scientific Literature
• Gage - 21st Century Communication
• Gage - Reading Studies
• Jared H - Life Science
• Jared H - Earth Science
• Tyler T - Physical Education
• Kaileb - Geometry B