11th Grade US History – We are on the brink of a war between the states. Compromises have run out and a line must be drawn. Which side would you be on – the Northern abolitionists, or the Southern slave-owners who depended on the system for economic existence?
Mr. Prawel
11th Grade Spanish this month, we are reviewing vocabulary words that deal with train travel. Students will also learn expressions they will need to know in order to order food in a restaurant. To do so, the class will be participating in many hands on and interactive activities such as: acting out skits using the vocabulary learned and having conversations with the teacher as well as fellow students.
Mrs. Pascualini
Students continue working on checkbooks and check registers. This week they will also be taking a test on honesty. Not only do students learn practical skills in math but we also look at math from a Biblical standpoint. Students have learned and discussed what it is to be honest when dealing with money. We always have great discussions in class and students are learning from each other as well.
Mrs. Racoma
Students are learning about the Nature of Evidence. Describing the differences between known and unknown evidence and positive controls and negative controls. Students are also learning the 4 types of fingerprints and identifying their own.
Ms. West
“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” -Vince LombardiThis month in Gym we have begun our Team Handball Season and will continue it until November. The object of this game is to throw a “team handball” across the three-point line, past a goalie, and into the net. These games are highly intense being that rivalries have been sown from the year before. Whether students are playing goalie, defense, offense, or midfielder they are determined, focused, and resolute to win the game. Often that means jumping in the path of the ball. Even though these games are intense, students maintain a high level of sportsmanship thought the season.
Mr. Wong
Over the summer we were blessed with new software for the computer lab. This included the new Microsoft Program that is a little tricky to understand when you first use it. The high school students have spent the first few weeks becoming experts in Microsoft 2007. This Microsoft course will take us to the end of the first quarter and we will start our next course on computer maintenance.
Mr. Miller
This class is taught mainly in Spanish. We have a majority of students in this class that speak Spanish at home and we would like to expose them to the literature of the countries and cultures they come from. We have covered a lot of literary theories in class that we are now applying as we read “El Cid”. We are learning about the origins of the Spanish language and culture and finding those elements that permeate to the culture even today. The most important principle in our class is: “If we can understand our past, we can understand our present, and correct our ourselves for the future.”
Ms. Rivera
Resource Room
November is fast upon us with many changes in the forecast. Students are now finding out what is really hard for them and what is easy. Those who have been bringing in copies of their classes from Edline already knew and have been working on improving weak areas. Students are also finding out the consequences of poor study habits verses good study habits. This month I will focus on test corrections, remediation and encouraging them to”… press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14
Mrs. Kemp
The Juniors have begun to study the periodic table. They are currently working on a puzzle where they must identify the missing elements from the given characteristics.
Mrs. Wong