Current Happenings

As we began the 2nd marking quarter, a lot has been going on in all of my classes! On Tuesday (11/14) we had our first movie night of the school year and almost 30 of my students (and a few of their friends) came out to see B0wling for Columbine. Our next movie night will be Tuesday 11/28 and we will be watching a movie that deals with global studies. I'll be making a movie suggestion box for my classroom so that all of you can have your voice heard. You can also give your suggestions here!

We've also been working on debate issues in all of my classes. My US History classes will be beginning their debates on Monday (11/20) in the LGI and I'm really excited to see what everyone has to say. The big issues are abortion, gay marriage, the death penalty, and the legalization of marijuana.

My Global II class is working on two projects simultaneously. Most of the class is creating their posters for their persona from the Industrial Revolution while 8 students are getting ready for their first debate in the Current Event Debate Series. They are debating the issue of adoption of children from Africa.

Lastly, my period 8 US History class is creating a new student government. We're hoping that this work can translate into real positive changes for our school.

I'm really proud of everything that all of my students are doing and I've been enjoying the break from "regular" teaching. I hope that you all are having fun AND learning something valuable as well!