MMMM 29 August 2016

General announcements

• New contract! 
  • #1
  • 54 points (no school next Monday)
• We have turtles! they aren't named yet, but we’re taking suggestions. Be nice to the turtles! they do bite. No hands in the tank!
  • Red-eared Sliders
  • Rachel needs students to take care of them (water changed, food) - Science points
• There’s also a bearded dragon in the Science room - Rachel needs a student to help with that, too
• Our new dogs broke the name game record - a whopping 1.8 seconds!
• Accuplacer will be this Wednesday for anyone wanting to take CMC classes
• Why is Peter Pan always flying?
  • Because he can never Neverland
• We need a student to take over the hydroponics (service learning project)
  • Interested? talk to Lexi
• Advisory/Elective schedule this year
  • Monday: advisory is right after morning meeting - time to create contracts; elective 10:00-10:30
  • Tuesday: Mindfulness and DBT for Advisory and Elective
  • Wednesday: Cory and Christine advisories off (advisory activities for the other two groups); elective as usual
  • Thursday: Graff and Rachel advisories are off (advisory activities for the other two groups; elective as usual 
  • Friday: no advisory or elective
• Front door locks at 8:10 and 12:30 - if you come after the door is locked, you need a guardian to excuse you
• FYI (Family and Youth Initiatives) is having a free picnic today! open to everyone
  • 6:00-8:00 p.m. by the softball fields
• We’ll be having an evac drill sometime this week
• Parent teacher conferences will be coming up soon - more on that closer to the time
• We have a new superintendent this year - Lisa Yates

Teacher info

• English
  • AM: Outdoor Writing (module webpage: Writing in the Great Outdoors) - use the great outdoors as prompts for writing
  • PM: English Skills! (module webpage: English Skills)
  • Word of the week: loquacious
    • “I was late for school this morning because the barista at the Roastery was so loquacious.”
  • Book talk: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman
    • Little boy grows up in a graveyard after a guy kills his family, and ghosts raise and protect him. … but the guy who killed the boys’s family is coming after the boy, too.  Great adventure, fantasy, mystery, suspense.
• Math
  • AM: Fantasy Football - a full module plus opportunities to earn extra points throughout the semester
  • PM: Aleks
• Science
  • Why don’t you use cheap adhesive? Because it’s tacky...
  • AM: no module - Rachel is with Disco
  • PM: Environmental Science class
    • earn points for CCHS and a college credit from CMC - six modules throughout the year
    • you can take the module just for CCHS credit, too
  • Next week: backpacking trip Wednesday - Friday
• Social Studies
  • AM: Age of Exploration - first Americans
  • PM: The Olympics - looking at the broader aspect of how the Olympics affects the host cities
  
  
• Electives
  • Other
    • Wednesday: Diversity Meeting (co-founder of Mini Blessings
    
    
  • Cory - PE (football and basketball)
  • Christine - board games
  • Graff - art
  • Rachel - PE (disc golf, yoga, etc)

Juli Info

• “If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”
  • We have so many freedoms at CCHS, self-motivation is huge! think about what motivates you - what will help you keep going?
• Disco will be in Rachel’s room this week during the AM module
• CMC classes: if you are interested in taking a class this semester, talk to Juli
  • paperwork must be in today!
  • CCHS can pay for up to two classes per semester if you pass (if you fail, you have to pay the fee independently)
• NOT will start soon (Not On Tobacco)
  • for students working on an addiction - gives you skills on how to quit something unhealthy
  • talk to Juli if you are interested

Karen info

• Thanks to everyone who has brought paperwork back! If you haven’t, please bring in your paperwork
• New Dogs - sign in and out at the front desk until computer logins are set up
• Recycling bins are by Karen’s desk and next to the laptop case
• If you want a locker, talk to Karen
• If you want to get lunch at APE, talk to Karen to get you set up 
  • students will get IDs; Miss Ellis and Mr. McFarland will be coming to talk to students about procedure and appropriate behavior
  • make sure you have money in your account first
  • if you qualify for free/reduced lunch, bring in your paperwork!

Community Service/Service Learning

• Mini Blessings schedule is in the works
• Wednesday: Computer Recycling
• Interested in doing community service at the Preschool? talk to Jeannette
  • Getting program set up for Mini Blessings with Preschool
• There may be opportunities to help Jennifer with the community garden at the middle school
• Every student needs 5 hours of community service for each semester enrolled at CCHS

Credit Celebration

• Jennifer -  Storytelling, PE, Geometry
• Taylor - Life Science, Fiction Studies
• Ryan - Technology
• Kane - Narrative Writing
• Jacque - 21st Century Writing Skills