Peer Court

Extra Credit Alert...as mentioned in class here is an option you have to earn extra credit for class to make-up some points or pad your grade a bit.

If your schedule permits, you have an extra credit opportunity (Tuesday, October 15th) by attending Peer Court after school in the NHHS Library Reading Room from 3:05-5:05pm. To earn the extra credit (and even some community service hours) you must be there the entire time! To get the extra credit answer the following questions about each case (there will be a maximum of 4 cases): 
  • a- What was the case about? (i.e. what are they in trouble for doing?) 
  • b- What was the jury's decision & did the judge change anything?
  • c- Did you agree or disagree with the outcome? Why?
  • Additionally some of you will have the opportunity to be jurors and ask questions (if you end up being chosen for that please answer the above questions for your case only AND write about what the jury experience was like...hard, easy, confusing, etc.)
This write up on Peer Court will must be turned in no later than, Tuesday, October 22nd.
More info about the Peer Court Program:
Peer Court is a unique juvenile crime diversion program that offers both a second chance to first-time juvenile offenders who have committed non-violent misdemeanors and a valuable educational experience to all high school students in Orange County. Peer Court sessions are held at high schools across Orange County. Sitting judges preside, attorneys advise, and high school students designated as “jurors,” assess the cases presented and assign appropriate sanctions. Students in the audience observe and participate in the interactive program, learning about the juvenile justice system and the importance of making responsible decisions.

This program is sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation (Orange County) and partners with the Orange County Superior Court, Probation Department, District Attorney, Department of Education, Community Service Programs, local law firms, as well as public and private high schools throughout Orange County.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

“Here's to the bright New Year, and a fond farewell to the old; here's to the things that are yet to come, and to the memories that we hold.”

Image
Hello 2009!  I hope that you all enjoyed the break! Well here we are just a few weeks away from the end of the semester...be sure to stay on top of your work before finals!   US= Your extra credit assignment is due Wednesday, 1/7 (for odd periods) & Thursday, 1/8 (for even periods)...the assignment is posted on School Loop. Be sure to bring your "Graphing Indicators of the Great Depression" worksheet back to class, as we continue to learn about the 1930s and the Great Depression we will be using that sheet to answer some questions. We will not have a test on Chapters 8 & 9 before the final, but there will be a quiz on each of the  chapters. You should be ready for a quiz on Chapter 8 as early as the end of this week! Your homework is to do Cornell Notes for both chapters 8 & 9 and to complete workbook pages 68, 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, & 80...this is due Thursday, 1/22 (for odd periods) and Friday, 1/23 (for even periods). PacRim/IR= You will be getting your final...
Read more

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill, you know how it is with an April day." -Robert Frost

Isn't that quote so fitting for our weather right now? Well one more week before our Spring Break and here is what we have going on: US= We are working on Chapter 14 dealing with the Civil Rights Movement. Don't forget that you have workbook pages 117, 119, & 121 due this week (Thursday for 6th period & Friday for 1st, 3rd, & 5th periods). Also on that day you will take a Quest (longer than a quiz, but shorter than a test) on chapter 14 & the Civil Rights Movement. In terms of your project...I have made a concession, you may turn it in on the original due date given & receive 10 extra credit points (these points will go toward you project & are therefore worth more than "normal" extra credit points due to how the grades are weighted) or you may turn it in on Monday, April 14th before the end of lunch to receive full credit. Projects must be turned in to Miss Kirby... no leaving them in the classroom or the mailbox in portable #3. Projects ...
Read more

"Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees filled all the air with fragrance and with joy." ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This week's schedule: Monday– A day Tuesday– B day Wednesday– Late Start A day Thursday– B day Friday– A day  (extended lunch) U.S. History=   The " profile " for your Historical Civil Rights Figure is due to be uploaded on you class's www.edmodo.com page by 11pm on 3/22 (no matter what period you are in). This Civil Rights Historybook project will move quickly and be done by 3/31 & 4/1, so be sure to look at what you need to be accomplishing in the other parts of the project.  Please bring your composition book to class (if you didn't turn it in with your World War II work). You'll need it in class on Monday & Tuesday. You will have two reading excerpts (with 3 questions each) handed out in class on Monday & Tuesday to also complete in your composition book. Be reading Chapter 14 in your textbook at home. AP Euro=   Your Chapter 28 & 29 Study Guides and journals are due on Monday, 3/...
Read more