Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today Fayetteville Public Schools are not in session due to the observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Since this is such an important holiday, I thought I would take a retrospective look at MLK Day by reposting an entry from last year’s class blog from Noel, Missouri. This entry was orginially posted Janurary 19th,…

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Merry Christmas

I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Hopefully everyone is enjoying the break and we will return to school on January 4th. Mr. McClung

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Extending the Classroom

On Wednesday we held our 3 unit test of the school year in my social studies class. As we have progressed throughout the school year my student have learned how to use various forms of technology to prepare themselves for their test. Last night was a very busy night for me as I watched my…

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Happy Thanksgiving!

My 6th period students working on their hand turkeys last Friday. Wanted to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving and I hope you all are enjoying your break…see everyone on Monday. Mr. McClung

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Yogurt Thursday – Salute to Coleman

Thursday was 4th period’s weekly celebration of yogurt…that’s right, Yogurt Thursday. This day was created by the ever creative Coleman, who is always up for a good theme day, but there was one problem with this Yogurt Thursday…Coleman was absent. So in his honor we held a yogurt toast in his memory. Mr. McClung

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Taking Notes

In my class I like to take a variety of approaches to the way we take notes…some of them are very traditional and then there are some approaches that are a little more contemporary. As a teacher I like to keep my students on their toes as much as possible and not allow them to…

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A Positive Jam

This past Friday was a horrible day for me. From my stand point as a teacher, I felt like there was nothing I did right the entire day. I was very flustered, disorganized, uninspiring, short tempered, and just not a very good teacher. I felt like I spent hours of time prepping a 50 minute…

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Privacy – A Very, Very Thin Line

Students, to start our today we will take a look at a current story in the news. We will be talking about a high school cheerleader that was suspended from her squad after a questionable Facebook picture. We will be using this story to discuss exactly how much privacy should you have as a student…

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Edublog Award Nominations

It’s that time of year once again, it’s time for the annual Edublog Awards. The thing that makes the Edublog Awards so unique from any other award is that the nominations come completely from peers or nominate blogs by simply publishing a blog post. Listed below are my nominations for this year’s awards. Best Use…

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