MMM 27 September

Good morning, everyone! 
 
We have a couple big weeks coming up:

• Discovery concludes this week!
• Our first all-school overnight of the year is this week - Wednesday and Thursday. Unfortunately, given the rain in the forecast, we might need to rethink our camping trip. We will discuss in advisory today and make a final call on our plan.
• Fall conferences are next week - October 5 and 6 (parents/guardians, contact your student’s advisor or Karen to schedule a time)
• NWEA testing is next week - October 5 - 7

 
General announcements

• Moments of gratitude
  • Nancy is grateful for the rock climbing trip last week
  • Taylor is grateful to Christine and Natalie for helping out when she was out
  • Nancy is grateful for the Van Gogh Alive trip - for students for going, for 
  • Christine is grateful to students impacted by teacher absences on Friday; thank you for being flexible and patient!
  • Karen is grateful to Mason’s mom, Michol, for bringing in snacks for the front basket
• Senior Meeting Friday at 12:00 with pizza
  • Talk about College and Careers, Senior Trip, other senior support
• Jr. Optimist Meeting this Friday morning
  • You don’t need to believe the cup is half full, but you need to believe there is a cup!
  • Meet at 8:00 to talk about what fun activities we can do
• School spirit
  • Staff are the team winners - coffee bar in Christine’s office tomorrow
  • Kelvin wins for participating every day!
  • Maddie and Jeremiah win for rocking PJ day
  • Trevor winsfor rocking Western Day
• Other announcements
  • Little Annie: we might need to shuffle our plans based on the weather forecast, unfortunately! We will still do an overnight… what else could that look like? What if we do a school sleep in? Are there other local spots where we could go that provide more shelter and comfort? We will discuss duinr Advisory this afternoon
  • NWEA next week - stay tuned for details
  • School photos are Monday, October 4
    • All students and staff will get a photo taken for ID purposes; students, if you want to order prints, Karen has the forms
• Contract #3
  • Check: October 7
  • Minimum points: 80 (includes overnight points)
• Contract celebration - we’ll do next week for contract #2 to give Danny and Taylor time to process contracts

 
Teacher info
 
Math

• Block 1: Plan block
• Block 2: Discovery support

English  

• Block 1: Reading and Writing
  • Check in with Taylor each day
• Block 2: The Folklore, the Myth, the Legend (and Fairytales)
  • Learn about stories and oral tradition - and write your own myth

Social Studies

• Block 1: History of the Environmental Movement in the US
  • Combo module with Science
  • High Creek Fen field trip tomorrow
  • Roots of environmentalism
• Block 2: Little Annie Leadership - 4-5 students
  • Organize camping gear
  • Counts as leading a field trip
  • Leave No Trace principles

Science

• Block 1: Science Skills
• Block 2: Fen
  • What is a fen? A type of wetland - rich, biodiverse
  • Field trip: citizen science (water quality monitoring, hiking)

Natalie

• Last week of Discovery 

 
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

• Monday
  • Ark Valley training today at 1:00
• Tuesday
  • 1 p.m. - Mini Blessings
• Wednesday
  • 1:00 p.m. - Turner Farm
• Thursday
  • 9:00 a.m. - Food Backpacks

 
Credit Celebration

• De’Quan - Geometry A