'M'MMM 6 September

General announcements

• Second week of first contract
• Today: elective, but no other advisory
• Senior meeting next week
• Students shouldn’t be going out the back door 
  • If you leave out the back door without communicating, that could be grounds for dismissal for the day
• Computers: our laptops are actually good - please take care of them! 
  • The first time you log on to one of the computers here, it’ll take a while because it’s loading your profile. Be patient.
• We were pretty lenient with school expectations last week because it was the first week of school - that was last week! 
  • It’s important to stick to our expectations with tardiness, language, behavior, etc.
  • Don’t be mean muggin’! Work hard. Be nice. 
• The third BV Strong dinner is September 26. We are getting tables for the school. Come join us!
• Mike will be out on Friday
• Cory teaches one class at BVHS every afternoon. We’ll have a sub every day at 2:00 (Reba)
  

Teacher info

• English
  • AM: English Skills! (module webpage: English Skills)
  • PM: Independent Reading and Writing (webpage: Ind R&W)
  • Word of the week: incommodious
    • “The New Dogs are being patient with CCHS’s small classrooms, which fit 5 comfortably but are a smidge incommodious for 14 students.”
  • Book talks: 
    • My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George (810L, 177 pages)
      • Boy runs away from the city to live in the mountains - great adventure/survival story
    • Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver (1160L, 352 pages)
      • Nonfiction book about living for a year on food grown locally - really interesting experiment, well written, new perspectives
  • Watershed BV upcoming events
    • Photo and poetry exhibit/reading September 10 (10 points for going)
      • postcard freewrite to prompt - 3 pts per card (talk to Christine for more info)
    • Creative writing session - September 24 (10 points for going)
  • Western State poetry slam workshop - October 18
    • sign-up on Christine’s door
• Math
  • AM: Co-teaching with Rachel: topo maps
    • backpacking trip Wednesday, back Thursday
  • PM: Aleks
• Science
  • AM and PM: Topo Maps and Backpacking trip
    • earn Math and Science points
• Social Studies
  • AM: Colonization
  • PM: no module - helping with Disco
• Electives
  • Mindfulness/DBT during Elective Tuesday
  • Cory - board games
  • Christine - art
  • Graff and Rachel - PE

Juli Info

• DBT theme for the week: Analyzing Behavior
• Next Wednesday - ropes course day (Trails West)
• Little Annie overnight trip - Wed, Sept 21 for New Dogs, then all students Thurs, Sept 22
• Seniors - Juli needs two students to plan the college trip week of Oct 17
  • October 20-21: senior college trip
• Students who took CMAS last year: Juli is giving results back (will pull students out to see)
• EQ survey is this week during Advisory
• CMC classes: registration closes today
  • Great opportunity to get free college credit!
  • If you are taking a CMC class, we need a check to hold in the event you drop the class (we don’t deposit if you pass)

Karen info

• If you are interested in receiving a Food Backpack, talk to Karen
• Enrollment paperwork - bring stuff back to Karen!

Community Service/Service Learning

• Wednesday: Computer Recycling (9:30)
• Thursday: Food Backpacks
• Friday: Mini Blessings
  

Credit Celebration

• Stephenie - Government
• Stephenie - Fiction Studies
• Chase - Economics