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“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” ― John Burroughs

This week's schedule: Monday- Late Start A Day Tuesday- B Day Wednesday- A Day Thursday- B Day Friday- A Day U.S. History= Your Chapter 5 & 6 Study Guide is due on 12/1 & 12/4, there will be a test that day. Here is an on-line  link  to the Chapter 5 & 6 study guide  (for 2nd & 3rd periods) that is due on your test day.  Hopefully you got started on it over the break. Please bring your comp book to class EVERYDAY this week! ***4th period…please start setting aside/saving some of your money for Adopt-A-Family. A.P. Euro= Nicely done with the group projects! Those of you who were in class should have your Chapter 20 Study Guide pretty much complete after all of the presentations. Hopefully you took some time over the break to get started on the Chapter 21 Study Guide (it’s a jam packed chapter on the French Revolution & Napoleon). Here is a link to the Chapter 20 & 21 study guides . There will be a Chapter 21 Vocabu...

"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." -William Arthur Ward

This week's schedule: Monday- Late Start A Day Tuesday- B Day (extended lunch schedule) Wednesday- No School Thursday- Thanksgiving (no school) Friday- No School U.S. History= The Chapter 5 worksheet (with 20 questions) is due on 11/20 & 11/21! Your Chapter 5 & 6 Study Guide is due after the Thanksgiving break (12/1 & 12/4, there will be a test that day). 2nd & 3rd period received a new Study Guide covering Chapters 5 & 6.  (Here is an on-line  link  to the new study guide that us due 12/1 & 12/4...there will be a test that day.) It wouldn't hurt to get started on that over the break. Please bring your comp book to class on Monday, 11/27 & Tuesday, 11/28 (after the break). ***4th period…please start setting aside/saving some of your money for Adopt-A-Family. A.P. Euro= Your group presentation on your assigned portion of Chapter 20 is due on Monday, 11/20.  By the end of class on Monday you should ha...

“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

This week's schedule: Monday– Late Start B  day Tuesday – A day Wednesday– B day Thursday– A day Friday–  B Day U.S. History=   Your Chapter 3 & 4 Study guide (completed in your comp book) is due on 11/13 (for B day classes ) there will be a Quest (longer than a quiz & shorter than a test). Be sure to complete your “Imperialism & Expansion of the US” worksheet (to be passed out to 2nd & 3rd on Tuesday/Wednesday…it is due in class on Thursday/Friday! Expect a new Study Guide this week covering Chapters 5 & 6.  (Here is an on-line  link  to the new study guide  that us due 12/1 & 12/4.) ***4th period…please start setting aside/saving some of your money for Adopt-A-Family. A.P. Euro=  You have a Chapter 18 & 19 Exam this week on Tuesday, 11/14. Please be prepared to turn in your comp books (including both study guides, journals, & map) on that day. You will only be taking the multiple...

"To care for him who shall have borne the battle..." --Abraham Lincoln

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This week's Schedule: Monday– Late Start B  day Tuesday – A day Wednesday– B day Thursday– A day Friday–  Veterans Day Observed, No School U.S. History=   Your Chapter 3 & 4 Study guide is due on 11/9 (for A day classes ) and 11/13 (for B day classes! There will be a test that day. The following is a link to a digital copy of the Chapter 3 & 4 Study Guide . You should be working on your Study Guide and reading both chapters in your textbook! Be sure that you know the vocabulary (they are the bold terms) from both chapters! A.P. Euro=  Please be keeping up with the reading schedule! Your reading quiz on Chapter 18 was pushed back to this week; be prepared for that quiz at the start of class on Tuesday, 11/7!  Again, try to divvy up your study guide questions...try doing 5 questions a night rather than saving them all for the night before the test! Please bring your comp book to class this week. Expect your ...

"Hold on, man. We don't go anywhere with "scary," "spooky," "haunted," or "forbidden" in the title." ~From Scooby-Doo

This week's Schedule: Monday– Late Start B  day Tuesday –  A day Wednesday–  No School for Students (Teacher in-service day) Thursday– B day Friday–  A day U.S. History=   Bring your composition book with you to class this week (everyday)! You have a Chapter 3 Quiz on Monday, 10/30 for B day classes. Please be reading Chapter 3 at home! What we cover in class is supplemental to the textbook reading.  Your 1st Quarter project (Native American Tribal Flier) is due THIS week is due on Thursday, 11/2 (for 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods) & Friday, 11/3 (for 3rd period).  Here is a link to the actual  assignment sheet & template . All areas of this project  (except area 4) are to be put in a regularly formatted Word document & be uploaded to www.turnitin.com. A hard copy will be turned in (please check  for a School Loop email with more details ). A.P. Euro=  Please be keeping up with ...

“October had tremendous possibility. The summer's oppressive heat was a distant memory, and the golden leaves promised a world full of beautiful adventures. They made me believe in miracles.” ― Sarah Guillory

If you attended Peer Court last week & did a write-up it is due by Thursday, 10/26. This week's Schedule: Monday– Late Start A  day Tuesday – B day Wednesday– A day Thursday– Extended Lunch B day Friday– A day U.S. History=   Your 1st Quarter project was introduced & assigned last week (Native American Tribal Flier) and is due on Thursday, 11/2 (for 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods) & Friday, 11/3 (for 3rd period).  Here is a link to the actual  assignment sheet & template . All areas of this project  (except area 4) are to be put in a regularly formatted Word document & be uploaded to www.turnitin.com. A hard copy will be turned in (please check  for a School Loop with more details ). Please be reading Chapter 3 at home! What we cover in class is supplemental to the textbook reading.  You will get your comp books back this week & be receiving a new study guide covering chapters 3 & 4 before...

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Click on the "Peer Court" link to the right (above the "It's Kirby. It's epic.") for information about an extra Credit opportunity THIS week. This week's Schedule: Monday– Late Start B  day Tuesday – A day Wednesday– B day  Thursday– Rally Schedule A day Friday–  B day U.S. History=   Chapter 2 Test this week! Tuesday for A Day classes & Wednesday for B Day classes. Your Chapter 2 Study Guide & Civil War Map (to be completed in your comp book) and several other items are due on your test day...(Odd periods are due 10/17 & Even periods are due 10/18). Be sure that you are working on those items now & not waiting until the night before to do all of the work!  Check last week's post for electronic copies of the two items listed above. Also, be sure to check the list on the board in class so that you can keep track of all the required items that should be in your comp book. The 1st Quarter Project will be introduc...