MMMM 9 November

General announcements

• contract #6; check is November 20
  • early release Wednesday
  • 60 point contract
• electives - please participate! if it’s difficult to manage, we’ll have to change the plan
• recycling bins are now more centrally located in the Commons: please use them!
• watch your language - it doesn’t reflect well on CCHS
• it’s embarrassing when CCHS students are smoking in front of elementary school kids! be respectful and use discretion if you must smoke
• we’re up this year for earning credits from this point last year 
• on check week, work is due at 12:00 on Fridays
  • miss the cut-off? the points will still go towards credit but not for contract
• don’t eat food in the kitchen unless it’s marked as up for grabs - please ask before eating!
• if you go on Sabbatical, you need to wait for re-entry meetings on Friday
  • thanks to the students who are helping lead those meetings
• Veterans Day on Wednesday - Diversity Meeting Wednesday
• Junior Optimist Club: meeting tomorrow during Elective
• laptops: cart is closed today because laptops are not being taken care of
  • please sign out laptops, return them, and plug them in!
  • seniors have priority for desktops

 
Teacher info

• English
  • AM: Debate, week 1: research and organization
    • this is a two-week module; if you sign up today, be ready to take it again next week (for the actual debate)
    • option for ten extra points! if you write an essay on top of doing the debate
  • PM: Research (also, talk to Christine if you want to do Independent R&W)
  • Word of the Week: sluggard
  • Independent R&W changes: you’ll now get points for reading as well as the write-ups; points are determined by a book’s Lexile score (determined by complexity)- so finishing a book will now be worth between 40 and 60 points instead of 25!
• Math
  • AM and PM: ALEKs
• Science
  • no Science this week - Rachel is still out, will be back next week
    • if you only need Science, talk to Mike
• Social Studies
  • AM: Current Events with the school’s periodicals (New Yorker, Time, Pueblo Chieftain, Christian Science Monitor, The Week, Field and Stream, etc.)
  • PM: Causes of World War I
• Electives
  • Other
    • Tuesday: Junior Optimist Club meeting
    • Wednesday: Diversity Meeting, Veterans Day
    • Thursday: Yoga
  • Candace - paint your own pottery at Indian Paintbrush
  • Christine - games in the Commons, MythBusters in the English room
  • Graff - off
  • Rachel - movies in her classroom

 
Juli Info

• GARNA - Kate
  • Greater Arkansas River Nature Association (https://garna.org)
  • PLACE - working with public lands agencies to get outside
  • Mostly in the spring, but one activity between Thanksgiving 
    • shadow rangers
    • trail work with Forest Service
    • climbing in conjunction with Patagonia
    • ecological restoration
  • Wild Connections - inventoried/explored public lands along Ark River
    • leading a hike around Cotopaxi after Thanksgiving
  • Interested? talk to Juli before Winter Break
    • you don’t have to complete every activity, but if you do, you get a stipend
    • you can also get Science credit (probably points for each activity or a whole credit for all 8)
• Local scholarships - there are a few new scholarships on the table
• NOT meeting Tuesday during elective

 
Karen info

• Smart Recovery - sometime this week, but schedule for this week will be determined
• Immunization clinic tomorrow at high school - serving uninsured, underinsured… check flyer on notice board for more info

 
Community Service/Service Learning

• Mini Blessings - 10:30 and 1:00 most days
  • Please help! This is an important program to maintain - CCHS students are invaluable supports for younger students who go
• Computer Recycling - Wednesday
• Food Backpacks - Thursday
• Preschool - if you signed up, please go! 

 
Credit celebration

• Dylan - English Skills
• Lexi - Math
• John - Social Studies
• Jacque - Math
• John - Math
• Seth - Math
• Seth - Work Experience
• Cassady - English Skills