January 19, 2016

It is on a Tuesday that we start this week, and tis a very Halloweenish start indeed!  As the clouds roll by above us, and much-needed rains loom beyond the mountains, let us end our first semesters strongly with grades that meet our expectations and hopes for a second semester that builds on this one's trials and tribulations...

I wish you all happy hunting in achieving your new year's resolutions, and best of luck as college applications are reviewed and what not (adult stuff that we have now become all too familiar with)...

As a reminder, this week starts off the Pusong Pinoy Book Drive, hosted jointly by Diversity Club, HOPE Club, and START (art) Club...bring in young-adult new/used books to your house's labeled box (design them if you care to make the boxes more visible/awesomely-aesthetic), cause the senior house that wins will win a HOUSE POINT and if that house wins the school wide competition, it shall win a choice of either a PIZZA OR ICE CREAM PARTY!

Newsroll time:

HOMEWORK (first rotation)

• Ortega: prepare your notebooks for a notebook check second rotation; finish the second section of "Brave New World" by next Monday (you have less than a week of reading)

• Piggott: review packet if you have not finished; study up for test ahead of time

• Rivas: take home test on our thoughts on voting in the U.S. (and how this concept applied to what we experienced during our very dramatic Model Assembly campaigning) and what grade we think we deserve for work logged into Model Assembly due this Friday

• Holt: keep up to date with the material in your textbook readings as we enter a new lesson in the coming weeks, and don't forget to retake your Motion Quiz if you need to and have not done so already (each is out of 28 points, and every point counts in Holt's class as he enters final grades into the gradebook)

• Senior Project: Research Check this Friday (work on another three sources); fill out your second lesson worksheets handed out in advisory house (they help you organize your lesson plan and such)...lessons will be taught by us (who else?) in two weeks (first week of February)!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (first rotation)

- Ortega: Today's class was a light one in that we met in the computer lab and took a NWEA test on critical reading.  Our leftover free time was spent in hopes of being productive (i.e. senior project browsing, dystopian novel reading, etc.).

- Pigott: We reviewed our 3x3 matrix-solving worksheets from last week, and then went on to work on a review packet for our upcoming test on Matices and how to decipher them.

- Rivas: We watched two John Oliver videos, one concerning college tuition and the other covering the NCAA and how it doesn't pay student players adequately; Rivas then gave us time to work on our college debate stances or on our take home test essays.

- Holt: We reviewed Motion quiz grades and solutions to their questions (go in and see him if you have any lingering questions), after which we launched more projectiles into the cool, slightly windy air.

Some ASB Announcements...
--> Keep checking your emails for updates (especially if you are a PowderpPuff player, coach, or cheerleader!
--> HOPE Club shall be selling waffles this Thursday at lunch in front of Pellegrini's Room
--> Bring books for the Pusong Pinoy Book Drive and support less fortunate children in the Philippines who entertain/educate themselves with the power of reading/literacy!
--> HOPE Club's continuation of its toy drive for the homeless (from December) will be taking place SOON (I shall keep you posted one way or another)...

- Lone Wolf (howling in anticipation for the year to come)