2/27: STUDENTS: Collect your Works Completed Binders and final exhibition
materials from Mr. Chamizo's room on Monday. PARENTS: please ask your child
to see his or her Works Completed Binder on Monday. In it will be all their
graded assignments for the trimester. There is a Missing Assignments section
in the binder, but this is for assignments that they needed to make up from
earlier in the semester. I will include a detailed grade sheet for the entire
semester in their binder and this will list any missing assignments.
2/24: The Complete Works Binder Assignment due date has been moved to 2/26,
Thursday.
2/23: The Links and Homework sections have been updated with homework for
today and tomorrow.
2/19: Links for the documentary on the Mongols and full text of Sun Tzu's The
Art of War has been added to the Links section.
2/5: The Final Exhibition was assigned to the class by Mr. Chamizo yesterday.
Copies of the handouts will be posted in the Handouts section later this
week. The due date for the Final Exhibition has been posted in the Calendar
section of the website.
UPDATED, 2/5, 2:08, Tuesday, 2/10 is Founder's Day, there will be school, but
no classes.
2/3: Parents your son or daughter were given a copy of their 2nd grade check
yesterday in class. If you would like to see their current grade please ask
them to see it. A copy of this grade check will also be mailed home this week.
1/29: These are your groups for the Globalization project. On Monday each of
you will fill out a group contract so that each person is aware of their
responsibilities for each part of the presentation and debate. You do not
need to work on your presentation this weekend as we will work on it in class
on Monday. (Alex, Ashlee, Johnson) (Nathan, Emily, Brian) (Jaimee, Noelle,
Matthew) (Cassidy, Rachel, Jordan) (Kayla, Claire, Lisa) (Jasmine, Scott,
Dean) Your current events assignment is still due on Monday, 2/2/09 as is our
seminar on the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Medicine (REMEMBER TO HAVE YOUR
READING PRINTED OUT AND WITH YOU). Lisa, Emily, and Jasmine will need to
present their 3 Gorges Dam Presentation on Monday if you are all in class on
this day.
UPDATED, 1/29, 2:23, Don't forget to turn in your Rainbow Bridge Worksheets
also on Monday 2/2/09.
1/25: From now on new handouts are being added to the bottom of the list on
the Handout page and older handouts are being removed because the website does
not have enough space to host all our papers. UPDATED: Assignments for the
week of 1/26-2/1 have been added to the Handouts section.
1/23: This is a reminder to all students that if you miss school for any
reason: sickness, trip, suspension, etc... you are responsible for checking
the website in order to stay up to date with homework and what we are doing in
class.
1/22: All assignments that were due on 1/22 are now due on 1/23.
1/20: I will not be teaching class tomorrow as I will be accompanying the
Juniors on their retreat. Mrs. Bassford will be teaching in my place. All
handouts that you will need for class on 1/21 are in the Handout section of
the website. Your seminar reading for Thursday, Buddha: The Sermon at
Benares, is also available for download in the Handouts section.
1/17: Because of yesterdays school cancellation all assignments that were due
on Friday 1/16 are now due on Tuesday 1/20.
1/13: Links to the video on the Israelites have been posted in the Links
section.
1/5: Links to the video on Boudica have been posted in the Links section.
Parents your child's first progress report for this trimester was mailed home
today.
1/3: The due date for the Annotated Timeline was erroneously listed as due on
1/7 in the Homework section. The actual due date is as listed on your
Annotated Timeline instruction sheet, 1/12.
12/18: Parents, the first grade checks are due on December 29th and reports
will be mailed out soon after.
12/16: Parents, the test on Ancient Greece has been graded and handed back to
your child today in class.
12/15: The Annotated Timeline project was assigned to the class on the first
day of class. This project counts for 25% of their final grade. It is due on
1/7/09. If you have not started on this project I highly suggest that you do
now. The graded test on Ancient Greece will be handed back in class tomorrow.
12/11: The test on Ancient Greece will be graded and handed back on Monday, 12/15.
12/8: All students who attended mass today, the work we did in class has been
posted in the Handouts section of the website. There are two assignments:
Greek and Hellenistic Culture in the Modern World and Alexander the Great: Son
of God. Test questions for Thursday's exam are also posted in the Handouts
website. The link to the YouTube page with the entire In the Footsteps of
Alexander program can be found on the worksheet titled Alexander the Great:
Son of God in the Handouts section. I also put the link to the site in the
Links section of our website.
12/7: Current Events#2 and the reading packet for this assignment has been
posted in the Handouts section.
12/5: Links to the video on the ancient Egyptian Pharoah Hatshepsut have been
added to the Links section of our website. It is in three parts and hosted on
YouTube. They are near the top of the Links section.
12/5: It was nice to meet all the parents who came to parent teacher night on
Tuesday. Please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns about your
child or the class. Email: scott.young@maryknollschool.org
12/1: Parent teacher night is Wednesday, December 3rd; I look forward to
meeting all parents who are interested in finding about what we are studying.
11/26: Keep all you graded assignements, quizzes, tests, etc... as you will
need to save them in your collected works binder. I will be handing out a
checklist of items you need in your binder and will be checking them for a
grade when we complete our first unit of study.
11/25: REMEMBER, All handouts for our class can be downloaded from the
Handouts section of our website. Also if you are sick and miss class you can
always go on our website and download the work you missed.
11/24: I encourage all parents to attend parent teacher night on December 3.
11/19: Everyone who was not prepared for class today must have their
assignments printed out and ready to turn in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
11/17: We will have our seminar on primary source documents at the beginning
of class on 11/18. Don't forget your notes. Those of you who do not have
your CD textbook make sure you pick it up as soon as possible. Also remember
to read 1.1 for tomorrow.
11/17: Students and parents please check the announcement section of the
website for periodic reminders on upcoming projects and important happenings.
Parents I will post regular updates on the class and inform you when
completed works binders and progress reports have been handed out to your
child in class.
