MMMM 25 September 2017

​General announcements

• It’s a reverse schedule at BVHS. We don’t really need to reverse - but students who 
• To be eligible for homecoming, you must be sufficient on your contracts
• Spirit Week 
  • themes
    • Monday: Pajama Day
    • Tourist Tuesday
    • Wacky Wednesday
    • Teacher Impersonation Day
    • CCHS Gear Friday
  • activities: advisory wars during advisory
    • Monday: parking lot games
    • Tuesday: 
    • Wednesday: 
    • Thursday: 
  • winning advisory gets pizza or ice cream or something 
  • advisory off? if you want to work something out with your advisory, go for it. This is an opportunity to do fun things as a school, so hopefully you’ll choose to participate!
• BV Strong dinner tonight!
  • The last hour of today, we’re going to help set up tables, table coverings, chairs, etc. (Serenety’s service learning project!)
  • Afterparty at Watershed from 8:30 - 10:30 (Taylor’s service learning project!)
• Also happening today… outside evaluators will be around the district to check in on what we do every day
  • evaluators will be here around 1:30 today
  • it is a great opportunity to show people what we do here
• Leave the door open when you’re done so it’s obvious no one is in there
  • please honor our bathrooms :) 
• Break passes will now include an option for in-school break
  • If your teacher gives you an in-school break, carry the pass with you in case teachers ask what you’re up to
• Phones: if you’re on your phone in the commons - and you aren’t on break - Mike will engage you in conversation
  • In classrooms, understand your teacher’s expectations
  • Learn to manage phone use so you aren’t addicted
• Count day
  • October 2: however many students are in the building on this day, that’s how much funding we get for the entire school day. PLEASE BE IN SCHOOL to help our budget! 
  • We’ll do a fun BBQ on Monday
  • School pictures will be that day
• Senior work
  • Senior Seminar - Race this week
  • Personal Finance - third block this week
• Please sign up to help with the take-down after the dinner tonight!
• Graff is out all week - he’s moving this week (within BV)
  • John Toepfer is here to be Graff
  • Advisees, check in and out with John
• Next Thursday is New Dog Overnight at Little Annie campground
  • (more info will come)

Teacher info

English

• 1: English Skills
• 2: Reading and Writing
• 3: CCHS PowToon
• Books!
  • The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton(136 pages, 750L —> 15 reading pts)
    • Novel about teens who are organized into gangs as social statuses - and surviving on their own, no adults
    • author was 16 when she wrote the book!

Math

• 1and2: Google Classroom and/or ALEKS
  • start in Cory’s room
• 3: Personal Finance (first module for Personal Finance/Econ)

Science

• ​1: Senior Seminar - Race
• 2: Fishing
• 3: Soils

Social Studies

• 1: Protest Songs - Music for Social Change
• 2: History of American Music
• 3: Protest Songs - Music for Social Change

Natalie Info

• Disco is third block this week
• BV Strong dinner diversity meeting points
  • take pictures! aim for 10 different pictures that show community and diversity

Community Service

• Jeannette will be out Wednesday through next Tuesday
• Hours for helping with BV Strong 
• Food Backpacks on Thursday… teachers will sort out how to get students there

Credit Celebration

• Anthony - English Skills
• Anthony - Technology