The Giver
We finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry and talked about the issue of freedom of choice that was highlighted in the book. This speaking activity was a bit challenging for the Korean students because they not only had to draw information from the reading but had to elaborate on an abstract concept. So we started out by talking about choices we make in our daily lives and what it means to have the freedom to do so. We also looked at societies that don’t/didn’t grant this freedom of choice to their citizens and why that was/is the case. After the discussion, the students were able to organize their thoughts into a journal entry and one of the students shared how thankful she was that God didn’t control us but gave us free will.
Miss Park
UN Trip
As international students, we couldn’t miss the opportunity to visit the UN headquarter located right here in NYC. The 10th graders had just finished studying WW2 and the establishment of the UN as an international peacekeeper so this field trip was all the more meaningful. The students got to speak to a survivor from the Hiroshima bombing, they took a picture in front of the portrait of Mr. Ban Ki Moon, the general secretary and we also went on a group tour where students learned about all the work the UN does for world peace and development. It was an eye-opening experience for us to see the collective efforts of the global society to make this world a better place.
Miss Park
Let’s Talk
This month I wanted to focus on my students’ speaking skills so I found a website that offers questions for conversation practice on various topics. The students were paired up with a conversation partner and they picked a topic of mutual interest. Each then received different sets of questions to take turns asking. As I went around monitoring the conversations, I was hearing some big SAT vocabulary being used. So we did a follow up lesson on the difference between language for writing vs. speaking and also went over some phrasal verbs. I plan on spending more time on these speaking activities.
Miss Park
Finals and Regents
Review and practice summarized our last few days of school as students prepared for finals and regents.
Mrs. Wong
Surface Area and Volume
How much ice cream does an ice cream cone hold? Which popcorn container holds the most popcorn? Students explored surface area and volume of different solids to find the answer.
Mrs. Wong
Advanced Geometry terms
Chords, tangents, secants, and arcs these are just a few of the new terms students learned when they studied the properties of circles.
Mrs. Wong
Advanced Geometry
Students have been working with right triangles. They have used the Pythagorean Theorem to find the sides of a triangle. They have also used trig functions to find angles.
Mrs. Wong
Advanced Geometry
Geometry students have been exploring scale drawings with the use of proportions and ratios.
Mrs. Wong
Learning outside the classroom
The 10th grade students have had the opportunity to have the classroom instruction reinforced by taking a trip underground were water solution formed a long and beautiful passage. It has been the site of over 80 wedding ceremonies and was also used as a ballroom in the late 1800’s. The entrance to the cave was accidentally created in 1883.
Our students saw the different materials of rocks and how they glow with natural colorful light in pure darkness.
We have seen once again how God has created all beauty, whether easily seen in the details of nature and in the sky or as we have witnessed in the deep crevices of the earth.
Ms. Farrell
Have a great summer
As the end of school nears we get teary eyed reflecting on the accomplishments of many of our students – especially when making out the end of the year awards we’re glad to see so much progress in so many ways. [They] can do all things through Christ who strengthens [them] Phil 4:13. We hope that you find the last Food for Thought Quotation that we shared with the students meaningful: An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest