MMMM 3 October

General announcements

• Contract #3, second week
  • Tuesday after school - parent/teacher conferences
  • Wednesday: Diversity Meeting, all school BBQ, School Picture Day - Count Day!
  • Wednesday/Thursday: Mission Wolf overnight (Science)
  • Friday: no school
• Proposed service activity: cleaning up the path behind school to the Community Center
• Laptop issues
  • We tried having laptops stored in classrooms, but that isn’t working - we’re going back to the system of logging out laptops from the cart
  • We are missing two laptops! Help us figure this out and get those laptops bac
• The school is getting pretty messy
  • At the end of the day, we’ll have a general clean-up session 
  • This is our home! Help us keep it in order so it’s a comfortable space for all of us
  • Clean up dishes in the kitchen. It is closed at the moment because students aren’t tidying up after themselves
• Students are taking advantage of breaks in appropriately; be respectful of timing given and come back on time
• On contracts: juniors and seniors, mark days you’re going to be out of the building and check with your advisor (must be approved)
  • Students must work in the building a minimum of 51% of the time
• New Dogs: all skills and Disco work must be done this week, or you’ll be on out of school sabbatical
• BV Crossfit Move Well program
  • weekly CrossFit sessions between October and December
  • earn an entire PE credit for participating! 
  • details on flyer on bulletin board - or talk to Christine or Mike for more info
• Mike needs cooks and sous chefs for Wednesday BBQ

Special Guests

• League of Women Voters (Diane Ladley Jeannie Younghouse) 
  • privilege to vote when you’re 18, but you can register when you’re 16
  • Election Day: November 8
  • Candidate Forum on October 8 (6:00-8:00) at the Community Center
    • earn Social Studies points for going
  • Website with info about voting: http://www.vote411.org
• BV Hope (Beth Richie)
  • Module next week: “Bodies are not Commodities” - Social Studies points, possible extra English points
  • Extra points: Walk for Freedom
    • October 15, 1:00 at Forest Square Park - free t-shirt, food 
  • Slavery is still happening… but it’s called human trafficking now

Teacher info

• English
  • AM: English Skills! (webpage: English Skills)
    • Last week to finish upl… stay focused! 
  • PM: Independent Reading and Writing (webpage: Ind R&W)
    • Get into a good book! Cozy up on a couch and read… 
    • Rare opportunity: also use the week to make up open modules and earn points for contract
  • Book talk: Maze Runner series, by James Dashner
    • Dystopian teen thriller - crazy stuff happening, lots of mystery, good adventure
    • four books in the series, 20 points each (50 points for combined reading and analysis work)
  • Word of the week: facetious
    • “Sometimes I confuse people by being facetious; they think I’m being serious, when I’m actually joking around.”
  • Saturday, September 8: The Princess Bride is playing at Watershed (410 E Main, between Spoon-it-Up/Trailhead and Jailhouse)
    • Bring your own chair and snacks
    • Show up, watch the movie, write a review, earn 10 points
• Math
  • AM: The Martian - movie, math, and Mars
  • PM: Aleks
• Science
  • AM: Eyes and Eyesight
  • PM: Wolves!  Aaaoooooowww
    • Mission Wolf overnight - Wednesday/Thursday
    • 30 points overall because of overnight
• Social Studies
  • AM: Election Process (Electoral College, Amendments, etc)
  • PM: Conspiracy Theories
• Electives
  • Mindfulness/DBT during Elective Tuesday
  • Cory - Games
  • Christine - Art (drawing classes through CreativeBug)
  • Graff - off
  • Rachel - PE

Juli Info

• New Dogs: fill out credit summary for Disco
• ACT scores - you can create an account online to see them
• Scholarship opportunities
  • Colorado Moose Association
  • Aspiring Fashion Professionals, Aspiring Animation Professionals, Aspiring Business Professionals ($1000 each)
  • Colorado Mesa University - event about scholarships coming up
• Seniors going on college trip (October 20-21)
  • Stephenie and Jennifer are trip leaders
  • Meet during elective today to plan - if you have a school you want to see, talk to Juli or one of the trip leaders

Karen info

• No school next Monday… four day weekend for students

Community Service/Service Learning

• Tuesday: Mini Blessings after school
• Wednesday: Computer Recycling (Advisory)
• Thursday: Food Backpacks and Preschool (Adv/Elective), Mini Blessings after school
• Friday: Mini Blessings (1:00 p.m.)
• Saturday: fall clean-up at Mini Blessings

Credit Celebration

• Josh - Discovery
• Jon - Discovery
• Nathan - Discovery
• Tristan - Discovery
• Maisie - Discovery
• Zak - Discovery
• Erin - Discovery
• Ashlin - Discovery
• Ryan - Earth Science
• Katelyn - Life Science
• Chase - Economics