For the month of May Resource students focus on English language as well as how to study for tests. Because students need a strong vocabulary base to do well on the College Board SATs and also need it for a deeper understanding of their academic subjects they are introduced to vocabulary building exercises such as exploring word analogies and words with similar spelling; understanding context clues and key terms; using word maps or word charts; and, of coarse, playing the game called “Blurt”.
Mrs. Kemp
For the bulletin board in the Resource Room, I am challenging the students to write a passage reflecting on I Peter 2:9 “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” I’m looking forward to seeing how creative and yet thoughtful they will be.
Mrs. Kemp
Resource Room I really want to keep my students on task and not loose momentum, however, in some cases we have to start rebuilding momentum. In the aftermath of Academic Fair the classes evaluated how they did by going through each rubric and comparing what are the differences in the requirements for a “D”, “C”, and an ”A” research paper. A hindsight view of “what’s it all about” will also be explored by evaluation.
Mrs. Kemp
Now that June is upon us the students have been working hard on getting ready for their Economics Final. We finished off discussing budgets and savings. The students will be making large decisions in the near future that will impact their future. Their test on this section was to write an essay discussing how they would invest and explaining why their choice was an example of a good investment. It has been fun to watch these students realize how what they are learning in class is important not only in the future but also now. I hope and pray that the students will have a wonderful summer and I wish them all the best as they go off to college.
Mr. Fowler
Challenges, over coming obstacles, personal satisfaction, taking it to the limit all apply to the end of another school year. But this year 54 high school students took it to another level when they completed the Alley Pond Park Adventure Course. These students worked as a team to complete challenges and spent the afternoon 35 to 40 feet in the air climbing walls, walking across cables, and jumping off utility poles. Many did not think they could complete the task, but with persistence and a lot of encouragement from their friends they did. They had a great time trying and came away with a sense that they could do anything. Sometimes class can feel like that cable 35 feet in the air. But this year students worked hard, persevered in their studies, and completed the course with a job well done.
Mrs. Wong
High school was able to learn the ever popular Adobe Photoshop in the fourth quarter. They were taught the basics of the photo editing program to prepare them for next year when many of the computer lab classes will focus on learning this important skill. Each computer has Adobe Photoshop CS2 installed on it, which we are very blessed to have such an advanced program.
Mr. Miller
The seniors have finished they year by studying electricity. They have constructed series and parallel circuits and observed the results of making changes to the circuit.
Mrs. Wong
The seniors have been working hard to prepare for the Math B regents. They are completing regents and reviewing. They are definitely up to the task.
Mrs. Wong
We have looked at Paul’s letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. We have seen more of how we are to love and obey God while maintaining healthy relationships with our fellow man. The task is difficult, but the reward is well worth it.
Mr. Prawel
We have determined that there are some very appealing parts of privatizing Social Security and healthcare, while there are also some very unpredictable and scary parts to being responsible for our future. We have discussed the massive budget that our government spends, and how we help feed into it as well as draw out from it. I think most of us realized that we are far more involved in government that we knew, and that most of us are content not to be any more involved.
Mr. Prawel