My name is Lysette Ramos, and I am so happy to teach Middle School students the joy of cooking! In this elective, students will learn theories and methods of cooking, vocabulary, and the development of safe and sanitary kitchen practices. Upon successful completion students will be able to set up a proper work station and participate in returning the kitchen to its standard condition, accomplish a series of knife cuts using the proper safe knife handling methods, accomplish and season a variety of foundation dishes, define, utilize, and convert standard American weights and measurements, as well as identify and use herbs, spices, oils, vinegars, and marinades, and practice safe and sanitary food handling techniques. I look forward to all the yummy treats the students are going to cook up!
Human Video
The Middle School Drama/Human Video Elective will work on a skit which is acted out to music. The skit tells of a girl who is forced to make a decision between going the way of the world and listening to those who are leading her to Christ. The song and the skit will be put together by the middle school students who are acting it out. This is Your Life is the name of the song they have chosen. The words repeatedly say, This is your life. Are you who you want to be? These students will be so enthused at putting the skit together, choosing the music, and ending it with a dance. The dance will be performed to a song called Victory, and it will only be done by the ladies. Encouragement and room will be given to write their own skit, add the music, and choreograph the unexpected dance! They will thoroughly enjoy themselves, as well as have an understanding of the message behind it! To have them perform this at the Christmas Program is their desire and our plan.
Tanya Farrell
Students are learning the various types of optical illusions. The first optical illusion covered was distorting illusions, distorting optical illusions deal with shape line and color. The students were shown several examples and saw that their eyes would see a crooked line when in reality it was a straight line or their eye saw one color when in reality it was a different color. After understanding the simple techniques that are used to create distorting illusions they chose the one they liked best and reproduced it.
The second optical illusion, which students are still working on is the ambiguous optical illusion. Ambiguous optical illusions have several images in one, but the eye can only see one image at a time. I showed the students two examples (one famous example is the old lady and the young lady shown below), some students saw the old lady first then struggled to see the young lady while others saw the young lady first and had to struggle to see the old lady. Students were then asked to brainstorm their own original ambiguous optical illusion, which they did over the weekend and are now creating drafts, which will eventually become a finalized original piece.
Miss Arnau
In 3G we have been reading “Cam Jansen and the First Day Of School Mystery” by David A. Adler. They enjoy this time when I read them this book, and it gives them something to look forward until next week since it’s a chapter book that we have read in pieces when we come together at library time. Most of our students liked it so much that they are checking out other Cam Jansen books.
Mrs. Ruiz
Both upper elementary classes have been borrowing two books per student on a weekly basis. We have been enjoying the book “The Landry News” by Andrew Clements as a story time together. Then they respond to the reading and we share each other’s opinions. We have also begun writing newspaper articles like the main character in the story. We are enjoying our time in the library.
Mrs. Ruiz
1C has continued to enjoy the opportunity to borrow books. After looking for books to check out we have a short story time. We have been reading books about the library. “Our Library,” and “Dewey There Is A Cat In The Library ” are a few. This last title they especially enjoyed since it was a true story of a cat that was dropped of at a library and became the library cat pet. It is a wonderful story that our 1st graders loved listening to.
Mrs. Ruiz
Both pre-k classes have been having a great time listening to stories written by Bill Martin Jr. We have read Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? And Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear? They have also colored pictures of the animals in the stories and have listened to the sounds that these animals make in the computer. We have had an awesome time.
Mrs. Ruiz
The Cosmetology elective is more than just make up application. Students are learning about different skin types and how to properly treat their skin. Students are learning about natural skin cleansers and scrubs and have made these natural products during their class time. Our students look forward to learning techniques on theatrical makeup, as well as children’s face painting in the next couple of weeks.
Mrs. Dones
FREEDOM CRY – an original short one-act play by David Ham
Freedom Cry takes a close look at Mary’s life in the time of great transition and change.
In a modern and present viewpoint, this play explores the possible peer pressures and conflict Mary faced while a teenager, engaged, pregnant and a virgin. This play, along with the inserts of poetic shorts, ultimately demonstrates the power of God’s favor and peace in the time of great challenge.
Fashion Elective- The Fashion elective is gearing up for a fashion show at our upcoming High School Christmas Program. Under the direction of fashion designer and highschool senior, Diana Rodriguez, students are being measured and fitted by one of kind designs. So far our designer has created fall/winter dresses for female models and blazers for male models from our 11th and 12th grade classes.