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This week's schedule: Monday– B day Tuesday– A day Wednesday– Late Start B day Thursday– A day Friday– B day *** College Knowledge Night is Wednesday, 3/2 (6-8pm) U.S. History=   We Your Chapter 10 & 11 Exam (on World War II) is this week, 3/1 & 3/2. Make sure you study (this test was pushed back two class days), you have been given ample time to be prepared! There are several items you will be turning in on your test day: The Chapter 10 & 11 Study Guide in your composition book. Your World War II Maps The video question sheet covering "the Home Front" Later this week we will be moving on to the next unit after wrapping up the 1940s. Start reading Chapter 12 at home.  AP Euro=  Monday Your test date has been pushed back from 3/1 to 3/3.    Don't forget that your Chapter 25, 26, & 27 Study Guides, maps (there are 3 of them), and journal entries (there are 4 of them) are due on Thursday, March 3rd!  Make sure that you check the

"A good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous." --George Washington

This week's schedule: Monday– A day Tuesday– B day Wednesday– Late Start A day Thursday– B day Friday– A day U.S. History=   We are still covering the World War II era.     Please bring your comp book to class EVERYDAY this week!   The Chapter 10 & 11 Study Guide (as well as reminders to read the chapters) were given out well  before  the break. UPDATE...your test is being pushed back to Tuesday, 3/1 (for odd periods) & Wednesday, 3/2 (for even periods)...your Chapter 10 & 11 Study Guide (completed in your composition book) is due the same day.  AP Euro=  Monday you will be doing an in-class DBQ and then we will dive in to Chapter 27 notes. All of the Chapter 27 handouts were made available   before the break .   Don't forget that your Chapter 25, 26, & 27 Study Guides (and maps...there are 3 of them) are due on Tuesday, March 1st! Check your School Loop email this week for review links.

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind." --William Shakespeare, Mid-Summer Night's Dream, 1595

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This week's Schedule: Monday– B day Tuesday – A day Wednesday–  Late Start B day Thursday– A day Friday– Minimum B day   Click on the "Peer Court" link to the right (above the "It's Kirby. It's epic.") for information about an Extra Credit opportunity due on Tuesday, 2/9. U.S. History=  Your "World War II Era Leaders" worksheet is due 2/9 & 2/10 the same day as your Chapter 10 Reading Quiz this week!  Your new Chapter 10 & 11 Study Guide, to be completed in your composition book, is due on 2/24 (for odd periods) and 2/25 (for even periods)...that is also your test day!  If you miss class you must stop by ASAP to pick up your missed work ASAP! AP Euro=  You will retake your Chapter 25 Reading Quiz at the start of class on Tuesday, 2/9....but please keep moving with the assigned reading schedule. You should have all the handouts for Chapter 26 (including 2 maps) and you will have the Chapter 27 handouts before we leav

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?” ― L.M. Montgomery

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Your final grades for the 1st Semester were posted on-line over the weekend. To see your grades log in to School Loop & then click on "previous schedule" located under your current schedule and above the calendar portion. Thank you for your patience, allowing me to get the grades finalized! Click on the "Peer Court" link to the right (above the "It's Kirby. It's epic.") for information about an Extra Credit opportunity on Tuesday, 2/2.                             U.S. History=   We are starting the new semester studying World War II. A new homework assignment will be given out this week in class; this assignment is to be completed in your comp book. You will be given a map task to complete in class this week...if you miss class you must stop by ASAP to pick up your missed work ASAP! AP Euro=   After reviewing a few things from last semester, we will moving on and starting Chapter 25 this week. You now have a new schedule in hand, outlin