1950’s Home Economics

Yesterday in class we discussed civil rights in class and more specifically the advancement of women and African Americans. In class we talked about the cultural differences between the our current culture and the culture of the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s. In class I shared with my students a excerpt from a home economics book…

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The Gift That Keeps On Giving…

Our fundraising campaign for Susan G. Komen for the Cure is officially closed! The Race for the Cure will be held on April 28th at Pinnacle Hills Promenade Mall in Rogers, AR. However, you still have time to join our team or donate…just click here. 4th Period – $700 6th Period – $320 X-Country –…

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Stuff Said in School

So I saw this video made by a teacher in Central Arkansas, Tyler Tarver, while I was browsing around the internet over the past weekend. Immediately upon watching the video had a feeling of empathy come over me. Some of the things that students say in school sound really stupid when you take them out…

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Tis The Season…

…for fundraising, that is. As we move closer to spring, it’s about that time that we start to gear up for fundraisers in my class. If you have followed our blog in the past you likely know about our annual fundraiser for Susan G. Koman. However, after being approached by a former student I have…

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Somebody I Use to Know

Wouter “Wally” De Backer (born 21 May 1980), also known professionally by his stage name Gotye, is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. He has released three studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums. De Backer is also one-third of Melbourne indie-pop band The Basics, who…

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Thanks For Visiting

Sometime on Monday we eclipsed a big milestone for our class blog. We hit 50,000 hits in just a little over two years…cue the confetti. Mr. McClung

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Test Data

Today to start out our class we will be taking some time to look at our test data from yesterday and compare it to other forms of assessment we use in our class on a regular basis. The graphic on top represents the class averages from yesterday and the bottom chart represents your weekly ten…

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I’m Thankful for Advisory

Today we held our monthly advisory meeting at Woodland. Each month we spend we devote one day to hanging out with our advisory group and addressing any academic concerns they have as well as have a little bit of fun in the process. With Thanksgiving just around the corner we decided that today it would…

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Test Day

In our school we have had many discussions about the high cost of making copies and how to tackle that cost as a school…I’m sure that this conversation is not exclusive to Woodland but it is one worth discussing. While I do my fair share of coping I try to reduce the amount of paper…

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