MMMM 15 January 2018

General announcements

• Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
• Thanks, Jennifer, for donuts! Jennifer is a CCHS grad who loves to spoil us :D
• Coffee shop:
  • black coffee $0.50
  • coffee with cream or sweetener $0.75
  • tea $0.50
  • hot chocolate $0.75 
• Bakery:
  • Andes brownies $1.00
  • Almond Joy cookies 2 for $1.00
• Ski/snowboard trip tomorrow
  • don’t have your waivers in yet? they need to come in today! you will not be skiing or snowboarding tomorrow without those forms signed
  • if you need gear, talk with Natalie and Jeannette 
• Short modules this week - 10 pts each
  • Monday: breakfast burritos, MLK presentation, community service in advisories (5 pts for contract), short modules this afternoon
  • Tuesday: ski day (10 pts for contract; mandatory trip - you’ll be in the lodge if you don’t have forms signed. Unexcused absence if you don’t show up)
  • Wednesday is early release
• Marimba class - Mike has heard of some interest; talk to him if you are still interested
• Health credit
  • 1 week structured module
  • options for rest of credit - CMC class, online work, B&G Club module, etc.
• Personal finance: we’ll be including more work from outside instructors

Teacher info

English

• 1: Reading and Writing
• 2: English Skills
• 3: Optimist Contest: either essay or speech
  • two-week long module
  • earn 30 points! 5 extra points for submitting essay or performing speech

Math

• 1, 2:Google Classroom
• 3: No module
• Next week: guest teaching a robotics module!
  • worth Tech points
  • 10 slots - sign up on Cory’s door (priority will be given to students who need Tech credit)​

Science

• ​1: Minorities in Science
  • includesHidden Figuresmovie (which is awesome, by the way)
• 2: The Martian
  • movie plus science - what would it take to live on Mars?
• 3: Chemical Bonds

Social Studies

• ​1: We are Marshall
• 2: History of Comic Books
• 3: Doomsday!
  • (all the ways the world could end)

Natalie Info

• Yay service today!
  • Breakfast burritos after MMM
  • MLK mini presentation with Graff
  • service with your advisory 9:30 - 11:40
    • Cory: picking up trash along river and Main Street
    • Christine: helping fix/build sandbox and supporting classrooms at Preschool
    • Graff: cleaning at bus barn
    • Rachel: cleaning goat farm barn
• Jr. Optimist Club meeting Wednesday right after school (1:30ish)
  • planning fundraiser for Valentine’s Day
• Disco is third block this week

Community Service

• Mini Blessings module 2nd block - 2-3 mentors needed for the next several weeks
• Thursday morning: Food Backpacks at 9:15 a.m.
• Friday: Adopt-a-Grandparent

Credit Celebration

• Ryan - Work Experience
• Shelby - Contemporary Fiction
• Kathlynn - Ceramics
• Kathlynn - Senior English
• Kathlynn - Careers
• Sam - Social Studies
• Sam - Careers