The Calm Before the Storm

In a very short period of time nearly 800 students will be descending upon Woodland Jr. High and those seats that are empty in the picture above will be filled with my 2011-12 crop of McClungsters. While our school year will officially get started on Monday the 15th, I can’t help but feel like that…

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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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Helping Our Neighbors

With the recent tornado that hit nearby Joplin, Missouri; our school has decided to join the relief effort along with many others. Students, don’t forget that tomorrow is the deadline for getting in our supplies to send to Joplin, and here is the list of items that are needed… Bottled Water Snack items and non-perishable…

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Yearbook Time

My cross country students checking out their new yearbooks. It’s that time of year again when we distribute the school’s yearbooks to students…which means lots of page turning and signing of yearbooks. Mr. McClung

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