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
The Enlightenment
We studied the Enlightenment this week and amidst a whirlwind of philosophers read snippets from John Locke. We also took time to brush up on Roman Numerals and celebrate Black History Month by reading Langston Hughes and listening to jazz.
Miss Schutz
Yummy Vocabulary
Last month was filled with catching-up and study-time for midterm finals. Behold, all things are new -including a whole new quarter. Though we have yet to experiment with recipes, we have been learning vocabulary that both cause our mouths to water (such as BBQ chicken, seafood, and rice) and cause us to grimace with foods like carrots, lima beans, and mussels. We’re also finding differences in what to cut, slice, peel, carve, grate, boil, fry, and eat! This month we learn formalities and manners as we demonstrate kindness while telling people what to do, and compare the informal and formal ways in doing so within context. Don’t forget – labeling items will help you increase in learning and remembering the vocabulary words.
Let us continue learning together,
Mrs. Jean-Pierre
More Vocabulary
We started the new year sharing our new year’s resolutions in the classroom. Many students shared that they wanted to improve their English and learn more vocabulary. So we started a vocabulary log and made a list of different topics students wanted to talk/read about throughout the semester. This month, our topic was the difference in education between Asia and America. The students had a heated discussion as they have experienced both school systems and came to the conclusion that a balance of discipline and freedom was both important for successful learning.
Sara Park
Helping those in need…
We are always looking for opportunities to instill in our the importance of ministering to those in need. An opportunilty arose through the contact of a parent who led us to “Project Angel Hugs.” Project Angel Hugs is a Christ-centered organization ministering to the emotional eeds of children with cancer and their families. To youth touched by cancer and their families, they offer encouragement through prayer, words, gifts, and festivities; harnessing the adundant energy from healthy youth to accomplish work generated by this project while instilling in them a pssion for volunteering.
Evangel students were able to touch a child with cancer by making home-made Valentine’s Cards that will be distributed o Valentine’s Day. We collected 170 Valentine’s cards from our students to send to Project Angel Hugs. The students really enjoyed being able to “reach out and touch someone” in need with card.
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Exponents
Students learned how to use the properties of exponents. They used these properties to multiply and divide powers that had the same base. They also were able to simplify expressions.
Ted Dekker
Throughout December, tenth graders were busy reading Saint, by Ted Dekker. The book practically read itself! Students came in so excited to talk about what happened to Carl and the X-Group. We learned about suspense authors, like Edgar Allen Poe, and what the similarities are between his writing and Dekker’s. We read the famous poem The Raven. One student rapped its words for the class, while another student gave him a beat, giving a new life to old words. The students saw how pursuing excellence in a craft is respectable, even if it is in a different form than they are used to.
Miss Miller
Chronicles of Narnia-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Our 5th through 12th grade students had the privalege of viewing the new movie, “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” We were able to secure the entire theater exclusively for our students. We had a great time with snacks and viewing this new movie based upon C.S. Lewis’s books, “Chronicles of Narnia.” After we returned, students discussed the Christian Symbolism represented in the Bible! It was awesome!