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"This year, let us especially seek to rekindle in our respective hearts and minds the spirit of our first settlers who valued freedom above all else, and who found much for which to be thankful when material comforts were meager. We are, indeed, a most fortunate people." - Richard Nixon

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U.S. History=     There is a new Chapter 5 & 6 Study Guide that is due on Monday, 12/2 (for odd periods) & Tuesday, 12/3 (for even periods)...expect a test on that day!  A.P. Euro=   Your   group project, relating to Chapter 20 is due on tomorrow...Monday, 11/25. Your Chapter 20 & 21 study guides are due on Tuesday, 12/10. Test corrections for the Chapter 18 & 19 Exam will be after the Thanksgiving break.  ***3rd period...please remember to be saving some of your money for Adopt-A-Family; we will receive our family information on 12/2!    "If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share."  - W. Clement Stone

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ― Epicurus

Remember that this week is the Food Drive at school! Non-perishable food items are being collected in 3rd period classes this week.   U.S. History=     2nd & 4th periods have their  Chapter 4 & 5 Quest (longer than a quiz, but shorter than a test) on Monday, 11/18. There is no study guide this time around, so you are on your own to read through the chapters and review your notes in preparation.      There is a new Chapter 5 & 6 Study Guide that is due on Monday, 12/2 (for odd periods) & Tuesday, 12/3 (for even periods)...expect a test on that day!  A.P. Euro=   There is a test review at 5:30pm on MOnday, 11/18 in our classroom...we will be done no later than 6:45pm (possibly earlier).  Your Chapter 18 & 19 Study Guides are due on Tuesday, 11/19, which means that Tuesday is Test Day!        Please keep in mind that you were assigned a group project, relating to Chapter 20, last Friday. That project is due on Monday, 11/25. Be prepared to use some class ti

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." --John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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U.S. History=     You have a Chapter 4 & 5 Quest (longer than a quiz, but shorter than a test) on Friday, 11/15 (odd periods) & Monday, 11/18 (even periods). There is no study guide this time around, so you are on your own to read through the chapters and review your notes in preparation.  A.P. Euro=   Expect a Chapter 19 Reading Quiz this week.  Your Chapter 18 & 19 Study Guides are due on Tuesday, 11/19. Information regarding a review session on Monday, 11/18 will be shared later this week in class. All of the information below is from http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp  History of Veterans Day World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” ― Mother Teresa

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY BELOW! U.S. History=     You have a Chapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz on Wednesday, 11/6 (odd periods) & Tuesday, 11/7 (even periods). Make sure you go through your textbook and study the vocabulary terms (they are in bold & listed on the first page of each section of the chapter). A.P. Euro=   Expect a Chapter 18 Reading Quiz on Wednesday, 11/6.  You have your Chapter 18 Study Guide to be working on, with Chapter 19 to come soon! They are due on Tuesday, 11/19. Be sure to keep up with the reading schedule. Your extra credit opportunity is to take part in The National World War II Museum's "Thank You for My Freedom" project. Are you thankful for your freedom? Will you take a moment of your time to show it? The National World War II Museum launched  MyVeteransDay .org  several years ago, which makes thanking veterans for their service as easy as clicking your mouse or tapping your smart phone. Whether you write a personal message or