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8th-12 grade are continuing an in depth unit of study with Adobe Illustrator. The lessons are going wonderfully, and the students love being able to dive in to the program and to do new things.
Mr. Boyd
Adobe Illustrator
8th-12 grade began an in depth unit of study with Adobe Illustrator. The lessons will follow a tutorial format, with the teacher showing the new skill and the students copying. This culminated with a quiz in May so the students could show all that they learned.
Mr. Boyd
Cinco de Mayo
May was wonderful time for the students in Spanish class as we were finishing our textbooks and preparing for finals and or Regents. Arriba! Students have been very busy learning about the Mexican culture and all the details about Cinco de Mayo! They also finished their last unit in their textbook and have started preparing for their upcoming finals and graduation. My busy bees! I pray the best for each of them.
Mrs. Purdee
National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society
On Tuesday, May 31st, we conducted our national Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society Ceremony. This ceremony is beautiful as students carry during the processional and recessional. We are very proud to have inducted so many new new members to NHS and NJHS. We welcomed back NHS and NJHS members from last year. Both Societies worked very hard on their service project, raising money through bake sales and other means. Students were delighted to take what they had raised to the different institutions. What a blessing to be able to bless others. Please see Galleries for some great pictures of NHS and NJHS traveling to give what they had raised.
Here is a little history about the National Honor Society and the criteria for selection:
When the National Honor Society was founded in 1921, the hope was to create an organization that would recognize and encourage high school students’ academic achievement while developing other characteristics essential to citizens in a democracy. The National Junior Honor Society was founded shortly thereafter-in 1929 to recognize middle school students in the same areas. Now, over 80 years later, these Societies have become prestigious organizations with outstanding faculty members and students from the school community. Their reputation for excellence is the result of years of commitment on the part of everyone involved. Membership is thus both an honor and a commitment.
The NHS and NJHS recognize outstanding high school and middle school students who demonstrate excellence in the areas of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. The National Association of Secondary School Principals proudly sponsors these Societies.
For the selection of Members to the NHS and NJHS Chapters:
* Members must maintain a cumulative overall 85% average or higher for two consecutive semesters with 80% as the lowest grade in all subjects.
* Members must be in good behavioral standing.
* Members must demonstrate outstanding performance in areas of scholarship, service, leadership and character.
* The selection of each Member shall be reviewed and approved by the this School’s Administration and Faculty each school year.
Please click on the links below to view our NHS and NJHS Program.
2011 bulletin inside
2011 outside bulletin
Please go to “Galleries” for some wonderful piictures of this beautiful ceremony.
Es la primavera
We have done so much this last month and we are preparing to do so much more for our upcoming celebration in mayo. In all the grades we have been learning about the natives of Latin America. We have been discussing about the Mayan, Aztecs and Incas. We are moving on to discuss about Mexico and how it grew and became the beautiful country that it has become. We will discuss some of its influential people and the battle that took place in Puebla and that will lead into our grand FIESTA Cinco de Mayo.
The 8th grade is continuing to develop skills in writing sentences that flow into paragraphs hopefully we can get to writing short stories in español. We will begin our project in creating a visual diagram on creating a Latin Dish. Ask your student about it. This will be due 6 de Mayo.
Ms. Purdee
The sounds of singing and music could be heard and the smells of delicious food filled the hallways and classrooms of our school. What an awesome night it was! On Thursday, March 24th the school was filled with over 1,500 adults and children. One parent described it as a “huge party”! Students proudly explained their projects as eager listeners tasted, smelled, and watched.
The students and staff worked very hard and I believe this year was the very best Annual Academic Fair we have ever had. Pre-K focused on plants and they even grew their very own. One Kindergarten studied the planets and the Solar System and even made costumes and performed a play. The other Kindergarten focused on the book “A La Casa de la Mama Provie”. Were she goes door to door to gather food for her recipe. The Kindergartners made recipes and then cooked the dish. First Grade learned about community helpers and chose one to focus on.
Third through Twelfth grades chose their own projects from a variety of subjects such as: Science, History, English, Sports, Math, Bible, etc… Projects ranged from animal dissections to a car made out of recyclables to delicious cupcakes made from scratch. A big thank you goes out to everyone involved from staff to students to parents for making this event a HUGE success!
Check out “Galleries” for some amazing pictures!
Learning the Guitar
The 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Music classes have been practicing the chords to the songs More Precious Than Silver. The first line of the song says, Lord, You are more precious than silver. The last line of the song says, Nothing I desire compares with You. Prior to working with this song, the students had been giving a song to play one finger at a time, with three notes. The song was Joyful Joyful, also sung as a church hymn. In playing this song, one finger at a time, it taught the student how to get a clear sound, one string at a time. We always start off the classes by tuning the guitar and becoming acquainted with the correct pitch of the string as opposed to a sharp or flat sound.
Ms. Farrell
Adobe Illustrator
We have begun doing Adobe Illustrator tutorials, which the students are loving! We started from the ground up, learning first how to choose the correct settings for a new file. I spend about 2-3 minutes showing the new material, and the students copy the steps for a grade. We’ll be getting more advanced as we go!
Mr. Boyd
Analogies
Our Valentines analogies were both fun and great practice for critical thinking skills. For example, butterfly: wings as flower: petal or romance is to love as camaraderie is to friendship. Now it’s your turn. You decide which of the four (4) choices fits best. bracelet: jeweler as bouquet: (a) florist (b) arborist (c) flowers (d) herbalist. We also had a bulletin board display for Black History Month.
Ms. Hampton
Bulletin Boards
Students in the Resource Room have been asked to consider varied topics that relate to both their academic and spiritual growth. The Weekly Food for Thought Quotations and Daily Scripture are designed to strengthen students spiritually. Some quotes: It is better to be prepared when an opportunity presents itself than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. or When you feel least secure, God can be your Rock or Fortress.
For a special bulletin board project, the students were asked to consider gifts that God had given them and how they would use those gifts to bless someone else. They wrote their responses on colorful three dimensional Stars which were displayed on the bulletin board. We continue our positive word alliterations using the days of the week and the students have been very creative – Let’s make this a Magnificent, Marvelous, Magical Monday or Let’s make this a Terrific, Thankful, Thoughtful Tuesday, or Let’s make this a Fantastic, Fun, Fabulous, Five Star Friday!
Ms. Hampton