February 2011
47 posts
P.L.What? [31 Jan 2011]
Remind your parents that you will be in class all next week and that you will be presenting to Community Meeting on Friday.
Canyon Cleanup: Can you make it to the canyon cleanup event this coming Saturday? Let Carwai know.
Humanities: Finish Animal Farm by tomorrow. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of...
January 2011
49 posts
What do Wheirs dream of? [28 Jan 2011]
Remind your parents that you will be in class all next week and that you will be presenting to Community Meeting next Friday, February 4.
Canyon Cleanup: Can you make it to the canyon cleanup event next weekend? Let Carwai know.
Humanities: Finish Animal Farm by Tuesday. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names...
Shadee [27 Jan 2011]
Have you mentioned Winter Sing to your parents?
Humanities: Finish Animal Farm by Tuesday. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on Monday, February 14. Are you on schedule? Have you found a variety of references for your...
Parking for Winter Sing
From the office: The Hotel La Jolla across the street has offered us the use of 25 parking spaces in their parking lot for Winter Sing on Friday, January 28. These are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Passes for these 25 spots are available in the Main Office with Marilyn. Stop by and pick yours up today! Also, the lot next to Starbucks is a public lot and there is street parking...
Conejísimo [26 Jan 2011]
Great job with the rehearsal today!
Humanities: Read chapters eighth and nine of Animal Farm by tomorrow. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera. Want a head start on the next reading assignment? Finish the book by Tuesday.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on...
Casi Se Muere - Octavo Grado →
Have you been over to the Español NMY blog lately? Rosana has just posted about Casi Se Muere y Las Culturas Indígenas.
Ojo Glasses [25 Jan 2011]
OJ or strawberry float?
Humanities: Read chapters eighth and nine of Animal Farm by Thursday. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera. Want a head start on the next reading assignment? Finish the book by next Tuesday, February 1.
Humanities: The history and government projects are...
TCS Lunch Program →
The second round of the hot lunch program is online and ready for sign up. Let your parents know.
Blue Skies [24 Jan 2011]
The next Great Artists discussion will be Wednesday.
Humanities: Read chapters four, five, six, and seven of Animal Farm by tomorrow. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera. Want a head start on the next reading assignment? Chapters eight and nine are due Thursday.
Humanities: The...
Doodle 4 Google →
Anyone up for this?
Welcome to Doodle 4 Google, a competition where we invite K-12 students to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google’s homepage logo for millions to see. At Google, we believe that dreaming about future possibilities leads to tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, so this year we’re inviting U.S. kids to exercise their creative imaginations around the...
Writing Projects
Here is the latest round of writing samples from the eighth grade. This time, not everyone chose to write short stories. If you get a chance to the read them, please don’t hesitate to leave your comments — both praise and .
“Monkey Business” by SAR
“When Carl Met Nixon, Carl and Obama” by JH
“Close Encounter” by TAB
“Avalanche” by TG
...
“The future working life resembles film making: work is done on a project basis...”
– Oivallus – A Project on Future Education [I bet Laure will love this quote.]
Stalemate [21 Jan 2011]
We’ll be talking about Mock Trial on Monday. Please don’t let me forget.
Humanities: Read chapters four, five, six, and seven of Animal Farm by Tuesday. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera. Want a head start on the next reading assignment? Chapters eight and nine are...
“The TCSLJ students were an articulate bunch of great kids who shared their...”
– Matt Arguello on EdCampOC 2011
Nostaliabysss [20 Jan 2011]
We’ll be talking about Mock Trial on Monday. Please don’t let me forget.
Humanities: Read chapters four, five, six, and seven of Animal Farm by Tuesday. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera. Want a head start on the next reading assignment? Chapters eight and nine are...
Snow Leopards in Dubai [19 Jan 2011]
We are SLOwly making progress.
Humanities: Read chapters two and three of Animal Farm by tomorrow. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera. Want a head start on the next reading assignment? Chapters four, five, six, and seven are due next Tuesday, January 25.
Humanities: The history...
WatchAs mentioned in Open Studio, here are The Sneeches. Find part two here.
Peter Schjeldahl on Gordon Matta-Clark →
Great Artitst fodder: In the same issue of The New Yorker, there was an article about Gordon Matta-Clark, by Peter Schjeldahl. The test is not available online, but an audio slide show is.
The battle over the Constitution →
Yesterday, I pointed out an article by Jill Lepore in a recent issue of The New Yorker. Remember this passage?
Ours is one of the oldest written constitutions in the world and the first, anywhere, to be submitted to the people for their approval. As Madison explained, the Constitution is “of no more consequence than the paper on which it is written, unless it be stamped with the approbation of...
A Class Act
Here’s Dan Callahan describing the NMY seventh and eighth graders who attended EdCampOC this past weekend:
They were intelligent and insightful, doing a great job of representing their school. Afterwards one of the students, Taylor [Taelon], came over and introduced himself to me. The students were a class act all the way.
And here’s another bit, specifically about Tatiana...
A "hippie school"?
Janice Stearns shares her reflections about EdCampOC, including these kind words about the TCS contigent:
Students and Teachers from The Children’s School in San Diego shared how their school, centered around project based learning, allows students to follow their passions in learning. Teachers shared their learning spaces on Tumblr (see sidebar on this blog for other classes) and talked about...
Pen Names [18 Jan 2011]
The most important quote from “Chapter I” of Animal Farm, by George Orwell:
Last of all came the cat, who looked round, as usual, for the warmest place, and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; there she purred contentedly throughout Major’s speech without listening to a word of what he was saying.
Now, here’s your reminder list:
Humanities: Read...
Writing about exam worries for 10 minutes improves... →
Considering the fact that many of you will be taking the ISEE soon, it seems appropriate to share this article. Here’s a snip:
It’s a feeling you’ve almost certainly experienced before – the fear of waiting for an exam to start, heart thumping, palms sweating and brow furrowing. You worry about whether you’ve prepared adequately, and about the consequences of failure. So why not write...
Gingerbread House – Gingerbread + Mucho Meat [13...
Remember that there is no school tomorrow or Monday. The next day of class is Tuesday, January 18.
Humanities: Read the preface, introduction, and chapter one of Animal Farm by Tuesday. Write in your copy of the book. Circle words that you don’t understand. Make notes in the margins. Highlight the names of new characters. Etcetera.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due...
Pigeon Resort [12 Jan 2011]
If no one does research by the next trip meeting (Wednesday, January 19), there will be no trip.
Humanities: The final draft of your writing project should be published by tomorrow.
Humanities: Read the preface, introduction, and chapter one of Animal Farm by Tuesday.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on Monday, February 14. Are you on schedule? Have you found a variety...
Only a penny!? [11 Jan 2011]
Add details to the spring trip document for the final three possibilities. We’ll be discussing these options during Life Skills tomorrow.
Humanities: The final draft of your writing project should be published by Thursday, January 13.
Humanities: Read the preface, introduction, and chapter one of Animal Farm by Tuesday, January 18.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due...
You can't beat the wheat. [10 Jan 2011]
Add details to the spring trip document for the final three possibilities.
Humanities: Finish reading all of your classmates writing projects by tomorrow. If you need to, take notes to deliver quality feedback.
Humanities: The final draft of your writing project should be published by Thursday, January 13.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on Monday, February 14. Are you...
Rube Goldberg Invention Videos →
Carwai has compiled an index of videos from the Rube Goldberg Invention Convention that the seventh and eighth graders held in December. Click through to explore.
There goes my masterpiece. [7 Jan 2011]
Don’t forget to deliver your first trimester report to your parents.
Humanities: Finish reading all of your classmates writing projects by Tuesday. If you need to, take notes to deliver quality feedback.
Humanities: The final draft of your writing project should be published by Thursday, January 13.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on Monday, February 14. Are you...
Fab Lab San Diego →
“The San Diego Supercomputer Center, at the University of California, San Diego, and UCSD Extension launch a new series of programming courses that focus on digital design and fabrication in collaboration with San Diego’s Fab Lab. This exciting new series of workshops is open to middle and high school students in grades 8 - 12.”
If you are interested, more information about the...
The Educational Benefit of Ugly Fonts →
For the record, here is a link to an article that I mentioned in my discussion with Sofia, David, and Anthony this morning. It’s not long, so take a gander.
Week 1... [in the NMY Film/Photography arts... →
Although I just mentioned it in my previous post, Laure’s summary of week one warrants a second link. It’s incredibly thorough and well-worth the read. When you’re done, don’t forget to check out the rest of her blog where you’ll also be able to watch the short films the group viewed this week.
Feed it to the monster. [6 Jan 2011]
Add your ideas to the trip document that Anthony created in class this morning.
Humanities: Read the writing projects of the table clockwise from yours by tomorrow. If you need to, take notes to deliver quality feedback.
Humanities: The final draft of your writing project should be published by next Thursday, January 13.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on Monday,...
ROAD TRIP! [5 Jan 2011]
Don’t forget to talk to your parents about our spring trip discussion this morning. Ask them about budget and their opinions.
Humanities: Read the writing projects of your tablemates by tomorrow. If you need to, take notes to deliver quality feedback.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on Monday, February 14. Are your expectations set? Have you described what you will do?...
Made in China [4 Jan 2011]
There are still a few empty Morning Meeting slots in need of volunteers.
Humanities: Your writing project is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.
Humanities: The history and government projects are due on Monday, February 14. Are your expectations set? Have you described what you will do? Did you create a calendar? Do you have references in mind? Don’t forget to ask for advice and...
Medium Murmur [3 Jan 2011]
It was great to see you all again today. We should have all of the post-vacation kinks out now and be much more productive in class tomorrow. Right?
Humanities Red: Finish reading A Young People’s History of the United States by tomorrow.
Humanities Blue: Read chapters eleven, fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, and twenty-two of A Patriot’s History of the United States by tomorrow.
Humanities: Your...
NMY Book Club
Janie will be hosting an NMY book club every other Thursday at 12:15 PM (during lunch). The first meeting will be next Thursday, January 13 to discuss the book The Lost Hero, by Rick Riordan. Bring you lunch, so you can eat and join the conversation.