Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Today is the inauguration of our 44th President: Barack Obama!

We have a modified schedule due to Jodi Picoult's visit and the viewing of Obama's inaugural address.

Period 1:
Intro to the class
Sunrise over Fallujah

Period 2:
Intro to the class
Don Quixote

Period 3:
Intro to the class

Period 5:
Intro to the class
Character sheets

Thought for the day...
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
- Martin Luther King

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Wow, can you believe the first semester is over? And what a great semester it was! We read LOTS of books and many of you received your college acceptances. Have a great second semester and I will see you at graduation (or in the halls).

For the remainder of this week I will be entering your final grades in, and preparing for next semester's classes. I hope you all enjoy the long weekend.

Remember Tuesday we will have mini-classes as we host the author of Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult, and take part in our country's inauguration and celebration of our first African American President, Barack Obama on the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth.

And a thought for the day....
What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers.
- Martina Horner