'M'MMM 8 November

11/8/2016

General announcements

Election Day!
- During elective, we’ll do Mindfulness and then a mock vote for president and some of the ballot measures on the table this year
- Come to our Election Night Extravaganza tonight!
  - free dinner
  - watch election results live
  - play strategy games about domination (Risk, Carcassonne)
  - watch political-related movies
  - earn points for English or SS
  - engage in our political process!
Contract #6 starts today (54 pts minimum)
Advisory meeting to discuss Optimist Club, Inspire Grant, decision making for the school
- If you met with Windy a couple weeks ago, keep your ears open
- Tentative meeting Wednesday afternoon at 1:00
Students may not smoke on this campus!
- That includes the road in front of school (even though it’s technically on campus)
- We recognize some students have a nicotine addiction, but we don’t encourage it and don’t want to be associated with it
- If students are found with nicotine on campus, it will be confiscated; nicotine products (including vape pens) are prohibited on campus
- Want to quit? Great! Join the NOT group this Thursday during Elective
We are still having issues with laptops not being signed out
Kitchen sink is full of dishes - if it’s not cleaned this morning, the kitchen will be closed again this week
- this is our home! take care of it.

Teacher info

English
- AM: Research (webpage: Research)
- PM: Jimmy Santiago Baca: from Prison to Poetry (webpage: Jimmy Santiago Baca)
  - Writing vignettes - learning from a man who learned to write poetry while in prison
- Book talk: A Place to Stand (264 pages, not sure the Lexile yet)
  - Jimmy Santiago Baca’s autobiography - learn more about the guy, earn more points!
- Word of the week: coalesce
  - “Our country needs to leave differences behind and coalesce.”
- Check module tracker in the English room - talk to Christine if you don’t think it’s up to date for your completed modules
Math
- AM: Ingress
  - Geocaching around town
- PM: Aleks
  - Top three topic earners get to work in the Commons the next day
  - Must update credit
Science
- AM: Science of Science Fiction movies
  - iRobot
- PM: Water
  - Water Treatment Plan field trip on Thursday
  - This counts towards CMC Environmental Science class
Social Studies
- AM: The Dustbowl and Great Depression
  - from The Worst Hard Time - “Life without water does strange things to the land…"
- PM: Colorado History
- Gradebook is getting up to date - talk to Graff if you’ve taken a module to be sure it’s correct
Careers
- PM: fill out college and scholarship applications
- Meet in the Commons
Electives
- Mindfulness/Election
- Cory - PE
- Christine - board games
- Graff - art/The Week (earn up to 10 extra SS points)
- Rachel - study hall

Juli Info

NOT group - students committed to quitting smoking!
- quit date is in two weeks - please support these students with their determination to quit
If you need a drug and alcohol class for court - there’s a class starting at the end of the month
- talk to Juli to get registered
A woman from FYI wants to start a teen clothing drive
- great idea for service learning; talk to Juli if you’re interested
Full Circle Restorative Justice
- peer mediation: have students work through issues with you, rather than teachers
- decisions can be more informed because of peer input
- talk to Juli if you are interested in helping out with this
Juli is still looking for students to help out with re-entry meetings
Careers: module in the PM this week to work on college applications

Community Service/Service Learning

Tuesday: Mini Blessings after school
Wednesday: Mini Blessings - help prep for holiday fundraiser
Thursday: Food Backpacks and Preschool (Adv/Elective), Mini Blessings after school
Friday: Preschool, Mini Blessings
Take the opportunity to make a difference with community service!

Credit Celebration

monday meetings