MMMM 17 January 2022

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! We will be taking time to honor the legacy of this famed civil rights leader during advisory this afternoon. This day is a powerful reminder of the need to continue fighting for the issues that matter most to us, whatever challenges stand in our way. It can feel daunting to get your voice heard, but the more you speak up, the more likely you are to have voices join yours. 
 
After Rosa Parks’ arrest, Dr. King spoke to the sacrifices that can come in fighting for justice. He said, “And I won't rest; I will face intimidation, and everything else, along with these other stalwart fighters for democracy and for citizenship. We don't mind it, so long as justice comes out of it. And I've come to see now that as we struggle for our rights, maybe some of them will have to die. But somebody said, if a man doesn't have something that he'll die for, he isn't fit to live.”
 
So even if whatever you are fighting seems like an uphill battle, keep at it! Your voice matters.
 
General announcements

• Moments of gratitude
  • James appreciates Natalie and Danny for helping out with Discovery last week
  • Maddie is grateful to Taylor for helping her out constantly last week
  • Taylor is grateful for everyone’s patience with her last week when she wasn’t feeling great
  • Danny appreciates Mason for working through frustration with Math and knocking it out
  • Kelvin is grateful to his friends
  • Christine appreciates the new students for sticking with double Discovery - lots of good happened last week!
  • Jeremiah is grateful to Jeannette for being all-around awesome
• Other announcements
  • Oatmeal breakfast bar in the Commons - help yourself
  • MLK’s family turned this holiday into a day of service: take the opportunity to do community service all week! We will have a school service day later in the spring
  • Also coming up this spring… we have a ski day in the works and a Colorado Rockies game scheduled for May!  
• Schedule notes
  • Diversity meeting tomorrow: Hannah Harn from Ark Valley Voice
• Contract celebration
  • Highest points: Henry (88!)
  • 100% logins: Jordyn, James, Keenan

 
Teacher info
 
Math

• Block 1: Khan Academy
• Block 2: Tech
  • Choose something from the tech menu, Danny will support you working through it 

English  

• Block 1: English Skills 2
  • Boot Camp, continued! All new students will participate
• Block 2: Intro to Argument
  • What makes a good argument? A bad argument? Analyze informational texts and create your own argument

Social Studies

• Block 1: Plan block
• Block 2: The Oil Industry (Economics)
  • Introduction to supply and demand in relation to oil industry
  • How does the price of oil change?
  • Nat Geo documentary on the impact of the oil industry on the economy and politics

Science

• Block 1: Carbon and Combustion and Climate
  • Element carbon - what happens when it burns, and how it affects our climate
  • One burning experiment 
  • Correlates with Amy’s oil industry module
• Block 2: Discovery

Natalie

• Block 2: Discovery with Nancy’s support

 
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

• Tuesday
  • 1:00 p.m. - Mini Blessings - need extra helpers 
• Wednesday
  • 1:00 p.m. - Museum
• Thursday
  • 9:00 a.m. - Food Backpacks
  • 1:00 p.m. - Adopt-a-Grandparent

 
Credit Celebration

• Tyler - Geography
• Madalynn - English Foundations
• Johnny - Science
• Johnny - Earth Science
• Johnny - Geometry A
• De’Quan - Geometry B
• Grace - Economics
• Tristan - Discovery