Monday, Feb 1, is our official midterm day. The half way point of our trimester and our entire year! This is a good time for reflection. As your teacher I am continually asking myself, “what can I do to make Science meaningful for my students?” And, “how can I communicate with my students and their …
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Jan 02
2010!
Welcome to twenty ten! I had to post today because today is a palindrome – 01-02-2010 or 0102 2010. Cool. Monday we’re all back at school and that means it’s time to get back into the groove of things. I will have progress reports for my 7th and 8th graders so they can catch up …
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Dec 04
1st Trimester Final Grades Posted
Click here to see your child’s final Science grades before report cards come home in the mail. I will be updating Skyward today as well but Skyward only shows you the grade and not the assignments. By viewing my online progress report you can see how your child did on the assignments so that he …
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Nov 17
Recent Projects Graded
Greetings everyone. I have been updating grades almost every day as students have been turning in missing assignments non-stop. (Still updating as of Nov 24.) But today I uploaded a new update that includes 6th grade Freshwater Pollution Blogs and the 7/8 Biome Podcasts (click on each one to see what students did). Check those …
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Nov 10
6th Grade Field Trip
This Friday, 11-13-09, 6th graders will be participating in the annual 6th grade day of service. Sixth graders will be helping North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) in their restoration efforts on Chimacum Creek as we study the water quality of Chimacum Creek. This year students will be walking to the Grange, as last year, but …
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Nov 06
New Superintendent Search
From our district office: As you are all aware, Mike Blair will be retiring at the end of this school year.  John Fotheringham from Northwest Leadership Associates has been selected to conduct a search for a new superintendent. John will be in the district next Thursday, November 12th to meet with staff, community and the …
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Oct 30
Snapshots
Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more. Sometimes Snap Shots bring you …
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Oct 24
Grades Updated
I’ve updated grades for all my Science classes. If you took your notebook with you this weekend make sure I get it before parent/teacher/student conferences. I will be available Thursday most of the day until 8pm and Friday until noon. No appointment necessary just drop on by and visit all your child’s teachers in the …
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Oct 17
Beat Cancer
I’m helping to raise funds to #beatcancer, by blogging, tweeting and posting Facebook status updates.
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Sep 23
Online Grades Ready
Greetings students and parents. I’ve setup my Science progress reports for my 148 students. For all of my students who had a Skyward Family Access password I just used that one and if any student didn’t have one I made one up. Just ask me for your password and I can give it to you. …
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