MMMM 10 APRIL 2017

General announcements

• Busy week with testing
  • Do your best on these tests! Reaching cut scores on them is required for graduation and can help you get your diploma sooner.
• 9th grade - testing Monday and Tuesday
  • AM module options Wed-Fri: SS or ALEKS
  • PM module options Wed-Fri: R&W
• 10th grade - testing Wednesday morning
  • AM module options - ALEKS or Science
  • PM module options - Science or R&W, also SS starting Wednesday
• 11th grade - test prep Monday morning, SAT tomorrow, PARCC Wednesday
  • AM module options: 
  • PM module options: R&W or Science, or SS starting Thursday
• April 27 - Rockies game
  • Building will be closed; all students and staff will be going

​Teacher info

English  

• AM: Research
• PM: Independent Reading and Writing
  • two options now: read a book as usual, or read nonfiction magazine articles and blog about them (see Christine)
  • Did you know? we have subscriptions to National Geographic, Time, New Yorker, Field & Stream, The Week, and more!
• Word of the week - we have printouts of the 100 most common words from the SAT
  • adulation: high praise
  • deleterious: harmful

Math  

• AM: ALEKS
• PM: Human Development for Senior Seminar
• Next week: Moneyball module

Science  

• ​AM: open-ended topic
• ​PM: Bandelier trip prep!
  • cliff dwellers in northern New Mexico, 50 square miles
  • first week of May; leave Tuesday - camp, hike, stargaze, climb, make s’mores - return 
  • two prep modules (this week, one in a few weeks), one history module… lots of points!
• Next week: Chaco (actually Bandelier) trip prep
  • trip will be in May
  • if you need trip leading experience, talk to Rachel

Social Studies

• supporting testing for 9th graders Monday and Tuesday
• AM and PM starting Wednesday: Academic investigation papers or famous people in history

Electives  ​

• it’ll be flexible this week because of testing - check in with your AM teacher

Juli Info

• Fort Lewis college tour in the works
• NOT will meet Thursday

Community Service/Service Learning

• Jeannette needs help folding lots and lots of flyers
• Tuesday: Mini Blessings after school
• Wednesday: Mini Blessings
• Thursday: Food Backpacks, Mini Blessings after school, Preschool
• Friday: Preschool, Mini Blessings 

Credit Celebration

• on hold this week - lots waiting to be given out!