November Update
November is a wonderful month. Many students have caught on to the study skills and are using time more effectively. Those who have been bringing in copies of their classes from Edline are progressing beautifully. This month will promote Resource as a Prepared Zone, a Mutual Respect Zone and a No NC Zone. On the lighter side the vocabulary game Blurt has been re-introduced to many of the students at the end of Spirit week. For our Thanksgiving bulletin board we talked about the different ways in which people perceive love and care; from the discussion Thanksgiving cornucopias were created using interesting, complex sentences that tie into thankful thoughts about what is meaningful to individual students. Finally, November is the time in which we encourage students to Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3
Mrs. Kemp
Posters
We worked on Do’s and Don’ts posters this month. The students, in groups, picked a topic of their choice such as “Improving your English” then created posters and presented their thoughts. Some advice from the ESL classroom on improving your English! Do make friends who speak English. Learn the local culture. But don’t stress too much and never give up! All posters are displayed in the classroom. Here are other topics the students came up with: Getting Good Grades, Losing Weight, Building Good Friendships, and Staying Healthy.
Cultural Explosion!
We enjoyed a week of cultural exposure. We saw different costumes and traditional dress, tasted exotic foods from far away lands and learned about traditions. We also had new students place pins in our world map located on the first floor as people enter our building. This map represents all the countries our students come from – over 73 countries!
See “Galleries” for pictures
Get the evidence
Excitement filled the air as we were called to a crime scene at Evangel Christian School. We presented our CSI badges at the perimeter and quickly began sketching the scene. We also gathered evidence at the scene and packaged it up to analyze back at the crime lab. Later on, we hypothesized how the evidence arrived at the scene and discerned if it was important to solving the crime. Who did it? Find out next month!
A Race To The Top!
We had an exciting week of campaigning. From singing in the cafe, to passing out candy, to amazing speeches; our student body is an incredible group of students to work with. They all worked so hard and presented a great campaign. We look forward to our elected candidates getting to work on student body issues. Congratulations to all who ran and through student government there will be many great ideas implemented. In a close race, this years’ president and vice president are Peter Rezkalla and Josaiah Bonifas, our secretary is Becky Wong and our treasurer is Angie Arroyo. We are looking forward to a great year!
Old Testament Survey
Each of the 11th grade classes has been studying the lives of the four major characters of the second half of Genesis. Most recently, we enjoyed watching students re-enact Jacob’s deception of his aging father Isaac – beard and all! We continue to seek understanding of this Merciful God who has chosen to use weak and sinful people to accomplish his purposes.
Science can be practical
Students have learned that science can be practical. This week students have investigated ads for paper towels. They determines the most economical, the most absorbent, and the one that absorbs the fastest.
Linear Equations
Students are learning how to graph and write linear equations. They have used these equations to predict profit for a small business.
The Big Apple of His Eye
Welcome back! We are excited to have many new international students this year. We talked about all the different cities we came from and learned expressions to describe a place. We also worked on putting together a bulletin board with words to describe NYC. The title of our board is The Big Apple of His Eye, and we have words such as busy, friendly, fantastic, and multicultural! We’re doing a lot of speaking practice, and I look forward to seeing improvement throughout the year!
Miss Park
Let’s Get Organized
Resource Room is in full swing as we continue to teach the students writing and study management skills helpful toward success. The students are learning how to use Edline printouts of their classes to evaluate how they are performing in each class. They also use it to track late homework that either needs to be turned in or finished. International week provided a wonderful platform from which to use graphic organizers. Both middle school and high school had so much to offer that we could make three-circle Venn diagrams. These diagrams were at first intimidating, but, working together, the students learned how easy it was to use them to compare and contrast different countries that were studied. In the end, we learned that we are united in Christ. Our hallway bulletin board will soon read not only, Be confident… in Christ but also Be unified… in Christ.