Our Restless Earth
Earthquakes are one of the earths most destructive forces, this has been our recent study. Students are learning about earthquakes – how they occur, in what regions they are most likely to happen and why, how to locate the point of origin, and what type of structures are affected and most susceptible to damage when they occur. While we are all terribly affected by the tragic lost of life and devastation that has occurred in Haiti by the recent Earthquake, this has provided an opportunity for our class to come alive through much prayer, compassion and research.
Mrs. Alvarado
GEOMETRY IN ACTION
The sophomores have explored dilations using perspective drawings. They also practiced paper folding by making origami ornaments for Christmas. This was a very interesting class and a great lesson in reading directions and interpreting diagrams.
Mrs. Wong
Spanish Class
In December students learned the vocabulary associated with air travel and airports. They learned how to engage in conversations with various types of airline employees and as a class we discussed the importance of air travel in South America.
Mrs. Pascualini
Bible Class
Our discussions in Bible have increased greatly as we have begun to look at those that have been persecuted for the cause of Christ. Students have been amazed at how many people before them have died for their stance in Christ. A light bulb has finally gone off for a lot of them, as they see how they are so blessed to be in a Christian school where they are not persecuted on a daily basis. While we have many fun things that happen in class, moments of discussion where you see a student finally realize the significance of why we were placed here on earth, it is worth all the months of teaching.
Mrs. Racoma
Bible Class
One of the tenth grade classes had the privilege of going to the Bowery mission during November. They seemed to be nervous at first but it was great to see them open up and share what God has done and what He is doing in their lives. In class we have been learning about the Beattitudes. This has been a great learning experience for the students as they see what attitudes Jesus Christ wanted us to portray in our lives. We’ve made it through half of them and I’m looking forward to what God will do in their personal lives as continue learning about them.
Mrs. Racoma
Geometry
The10th Grade Geometry class is completing a study in triangle relationships. They are investigating and working with theorems and proofs.
Mrs. Christian
Resource Room
December is such a wonderful month as everything around us remembers the birth of our Savior. This year we added Advent reflections to devotional/prayer time. Our favorite passage by Dennis Bratcher was:
“We live in a world in which bigger and better define our expectations for much of life. We have become so enamored by super size, super stars, and high definition that we tend to view life through a lens that so magnifies what we expect out of the world that we tend not to see potential in small things. But as the prophet Zechariah reminds us (Zech 4:10), we should not “despise the day of small things,” because God does some of his best work with small beginnings and impossible situations.”
The students read them and came up with their own reflections, which graced our bulletin boards. They wrote them on angel shapes and decorated their version of an angel. It is always nice to see students using their creativity especially as a way to worship.
Enrichment Class
Happy New Year’s. I pray everyone had a safe Christmas break. The group projects are starting to heat up. Most of the research has been done and now the teams are writing or typing their final papers. When your child has their work online they will be able to show you what they have been working on. The research has made way for the English side of learning. The groups are continuing to write about this new technology. The artisan is about to push their way into the project when the group starts working on their simulated web pages. This simulated web page is all about their technology. If you child’s group wins the regional judging they will get the opportunity to create a web page that may be put on the internet. Examples of winning projects can be seen at: www.dmail.exploravision.org. Click on winning entries and scroll to the age group you would like to look at and click view winning website. Time is short and the deadline is coming soon. January 25th for the paper part of the project and February 2nd for the electronic part of the projects.
God is good and His mercy endures forever.
Dustin Penland
LOL in Spanish
This month we hope to create a bi-lingual Comic strip. We shall see!
Mr. Hernandez
Spanish Designers
In December students made their own want Ads, as well as Design holiday cards – all in Spanish
Mr. Hernandez