Week of May 25-29, 2015

FINAL WEEK OF SCHOOL!!!

Students, we have come to the end of the road. I am so proud of each and every one of you. You have all come so far throughout this long journey. These will be the last five days of school, and there will be many activities going on. Thank you for all your dedication, and I am so happy to have experienced my first year of teaching with such excellent students. I will always carry the memories with me, and I wish ALL of you nothing but the best in your road to success. 

REMINDERS:
Monday: Ac2E seminars
Tuesday: Ac2E seminars
Wednesday: Awards Assembly
Thursday: One Act Play
Friday: School Activities/ Last Day of School

Below are some pictures of our end of year project. The students were asked to make a scale drawing of their favorite candy wrappers. It involved converting measurements as well as constructing their own grid. This was a great activity to introduce them to certain professions they can pursue in the future. Engineering involves a lot of math, but it can be such a rewarding career. Overall, I was extremely happy with the results, and many of the students were surprised by their own artistic talents.

Week of May 18-22, 2015

Only 10 more school days left! I advise you to turn in any missing assignments, and we will be finishing our scale drawing project this week. This will definitely be an eventful week, so if you have any questions (especially 8th graders) feel free to ask.

Monday: Continue/finish the scale drawing math and writing portion
Tuesday: School dance during 5th and 7th periods
Wednesday: 9:00 AM Leo Lopez III presentation/ 8th grade mass @4:30
Thursday: 8th grade MORP 6:00-9:30 PM
Friday: GT training/8th grade promotion ceremonies @ 6:30 PM Paco Zarate Auditorium

We went to Fiesta Texas as our end of the year school trip, and our 7th graders definitely enjoyed themselves.

I wasn't able to capture a picture before they entered the park, because everyone was so eager to enter. However, this is the aftermath and everyone was tired but content.

Week of May 11-15, 2015

Only 15 more school days until you turn into 8th graders! It is so exciting, but first we must finish this school year strong.

This week we will continue with our scale drawings using our candy wrappers as the models. You should already be finishing off your drawings and starting to color them in. I am excited to see your finished products, and the math behind it all as well. Remember, this project is worth 5 individual grades, so please do not fall behind as it will be difficult to catch up. If you have any questions or concerns about it please see me in between classes, during lunch, or any time I am not helping another student during class.

REMINDERS:
Monday-Wednesday: Continue with project
Thursday: Continue with project/ Talent Show
Friday: Fiesta Texas field trip

For those of you attending the trip, please make sure you are brought to campus by 3:30 AM. You will be given breakfast at school before we leave, but you are not allowed to take snacks on the bus. The bus drivers work hard to keep their buses clean and they want to keep it that way, so please adhere to their rules. You may bring a pillow/blanket for the ride over. We expect you to be on your best behavior while at the park as well as on the bus ride to and from San Antonio. You will receive Whataburger after exiting the park and before starting the long drive back home. If you have any remaining questions please see me or any other faculty/staff member.

This past week I attended a GT training along with 3 other teachers from our school, and these are a couple of pictures from our eventful/educational time there.

We were asked to come up with illustrations incorporating the words into the actual drawing. The words chosen were the following: Protagonist, statue, tornado, and equation. The protagonist is batman, the tornado was drawn in the shape of a funnel, the equation was "balanced", and the word statue was incorporated into the Statue of Liberty.

The butterfly was a representation of the many different types of GT students you might encounter in a school setting. They are all beautiful and capable of morphing themselves into whatever they set their mind to, with the guidance of great teachers. On this particular day we were discussing GT students with disabilities. You might not be able to discern the words on the drawing, but they are all relating to twice- exceptional students.