What I Learned This Year – 3rd Year

My homeroom students on the last day of school. Here we go again…3 years later and we’re still going strong. There were a lot of new and exciting changes for me this year that I have not experienced in the past. This was my first year to teach at the same school for more than…

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The Top Six

On my end of the year surveys this year I asked my students for feedback about what was their favorite lessons and memories from the past school year. This was a long and varying list that left me with some obvious student favorites and a few surprises. So I compiled a list of six of…

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If These Walls Could Talk…

Before and after of our blog wall. As we conclude our school year, it is yet again time to take a look back at our school year in review. This year we have really stepped up our game when it comes to blogging; in these year alone we saw our blog gain over 20,000 hits…

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Closing Time

My 5th period students taking down our blog wall. Here we are, the 2010-2011 school year has mercifully come to an end. Today students took the last of their finals and are well on their way to a summer break. Here on our website we will return to normal posting in August, but there will…

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One More Tune…

Your final band of the week for this year is the Red Hot Chili Peppers…You’re welcome Evan. Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band that formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The band’s current line-up consists of Anthony Kiedis (vocals), Michael “Flea” Balzary (bass), Chad Smith (drums) and Josh Klinghoffer (guitar). The group’s…

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The McClungs

Friday marked our 2nd annual McClung Award ceremony. The McClungs is our own personal celebration of excellence in education that recognizes students in my history classes for achievements that are both academic and non-academic. It was a very exciting day for us and here are a few of the highlights from today’s acceptance speeches… Coleman…

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Lessons Learned

Lesson One -Black Tie Affair Today is the day…the McClungs are finally here. Today in my history classes we will be celebrating excellence in education but presenting McClung Awards to all those that were deemed as being exemplary performance in class. Lesson Two – Final Thoughts on Central Today we will be wrapping up our…

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