11th US History – we have been looking at the foundations of American society and government, from the colonial period to the Revolution and now the formation and implementation of the Constitution. We are noticing some of the rich history right here in NYC that the Dutch and the British left us (ie street names and cultural pockets).
For the first weeks of Kindergarten KV has been busy getting to know each other and exploring their new classroom. These past weeks we have been establishing routines, exploring and sorting various shapes, learning about letters L, O, and G, and creating our first word LOG. Kindergarten is also very excited to be on the second floor and having their lunch in the school cafeteria for the first time as a class this year.
Greetings from teh Middle School and High School Resource Room! The year has started out with a great sense of expectation. Because of last year’s success many students are looking forward to a better year. Students are beginning the year with great attitudes and a healthy desire to work hard in order to achieve higher goals. We are setting the groundwork for success first through prayer and second by covering the “10 easy steps” taught in the booklet “How to get Good Grades” by Linda O’Brien.
-My homeroom class is the class I have been able to bond with the most so far. They are a great group of students. It is neat to see how much they have grown in the past few weeks. They are starting to figure out what middle school is all about unlike the first week where they just looked lost and confused. Each day with all of my students is a challenge and I think that is what makes teaching so exciting. You never stop learning and growing.
-I was born and raised in Oklahoma. I moved to NYC a month after I graduated high school to work in a church on the lower east side of Manhattan with my family. I went to college at Manhattanville, got married at the age of 20 and I now have two beautiful children. Eliana is three and Marcus is 4 months. My husband and I are youth pastors and I am the music minister at Trinity Community Church. I love being here and continue to seek God’s will in my life.
the 12th graders are taking Economics, where we will discuss global, national, and personal economics. We just finished a section on money, the student’s learned a little more about what our dollar is worth and how money has evolved over the centuries.
My name is Mr. Fowler and I will be teaching the Global I, Global II, and Economics classes this year. In 10th grade the students will be finishing their two-year global course and learn about the modern world. Most recently, the class discussed the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman societies. The students were excited about both of these civilizations as they had watched movies about both, which gave us a chance to discuss fact from fiction.
My name is Mr. Fowler and I will be teaching the Global I, Global II, and Economics classes this year. This year my 9th grade classes will be going over ancient and classical civilizations that helped shape our modern day civilization. We have been discussing ancient civilizations of the Middle East most recently. The student’s are very intrigued by the practices of these ancient civilizations especially the Egyptian’s mummification (I even had some student’s ask if they could be mummified today, to their disappointment I told them I knew of no companies which still mummified people).
The students in 12th grade Physics have been studying the equations of motion. This week in lab they put these equations to the test by chasing after toy cars and marbles rolling down ramps.
Mrs. Wong
The students in 12th grade Math B started their new year reviewing trigonometry. They spent the next few days learning how to solve trig problems without the use of their calculators