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"April is a promise that May is bound to keep." -Hal Borland

US= We are moving on to Chapter 15 this week. Expect a quiz next week! See the note to the left about an extra credit opportunity. Your homework for this unit will be clarified by the end of the week. IR/PacRim= You have a new map due Wednesday, 4/28 and a Map Test next week on May 6th. By the end of this week you will be getting started on a big group project for our class...be prepared to contribute!

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

This Friday marks the end of the 3rd quarter...how quickly it snuck up on us! Grades continue to be updated and I thank you for your patience! US= You have homework due this week & there will be a Civil Rights Quiz at the end of the week also! The 44 Study Guide questions ( are posted on School Loop) are due Thursday, 4/22 (for odd periods) and Friday, 4/23 (for even periods); that same day we will be taking the NMUSD District 3rd Quarter Benchmark exam. Please don't wait until the last minute to get started on this work. The Study Guide was designed to help you be prepared for the test! IR/PacRim= You have a test on your Asia Map this Thursday, 4/22. In class we will continue where we left off last week looking at control of information and the impact of media on our global society. Just for fun...do you know the answer to this riddle? The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were stan

"Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment." - Ellis Peters

Welcome back! As you should have seen in a School Loop e-mail I, once again, had some computer issues over the break. I will be working on updating the grades throughout the week. US= We are now onto a new unit covering The Civil Rights Movement. This will be a rather quick unit...the end of the 3rd quarter is next Friday, 4/23. That means a couple of things...we will be done with this unit and we have a District Benchmark Test to take. Your homework is to complete the Study Guide that is given out in class and turn it in on the day of your test (Thursday, 4/22 for odd periods and Friday, 4/23 for even periods). IR/PacRim= You got a new map of Asia in class today...that is due on Wednesday, 4/14 and the Map Test will be on Thursday, 4/22. We will be gearing up to start a new unit this week. Thanks for the good discussion on global news items this morning!