Picture Day!

Picture Day
Today is picture day and our class will go down to take pictures in room 206 at 9am.  Today's photos are for your school ID card, which is free for you this year.  If you would like to order prints of these photos please fill out the info before you head down to room 206.  If you have questions about senior portraits please follow the link for more information.  Here is a flyer with contact info and pricing.  We have a lot of info to get to before we head down for photos.

Constitution Day
Mesa College is celebrating Constitution Day throughout the week.  Since we are working on learning about the Constitution this week please check out any of the following displays that may interest you.  If your schedule permits and you go see the presentation by Richard Ochoa on Wednesday and do I short write up about what you found most interesting I will give you 5 extra points.  Follow the link for details.

English
I have edited or given suggestions to all of your personal statements.  I want you to spend time this week perfecting them.  Please submit your final draft for both essay prompts to me typed, double spaced by Friday (9/19)

Bill of Rights Assignment
After our presentation on the Bill of Rights we had on Friday you will get to research and analyze your own court cases that affect the rights of teens.  Please take a look at the following Bill of Rights Presentation Assignment.  Please get in groups of 4 and select which case most interests you, first come first serve.  Please be smart and take care when selecting your groups.  Work with students who have similar schedules or availability.  I am trusting you all to self-select your groups and be responsible.  If it becomes clear that you cannot choose your own groups I will begin choosing them for you.  The presentation will be Friday morning (9/19) at the beginning of class.

Art History

Today we will begin our look at Ancient Greek art.  Please complete the following guided reading from the Art Through the Ages book.  Again please get into groups of 4 for a presentation.  Please read the following instruction for the presentation.  Each group will select a topic from the list to present on and teach the class; again topics are first come first serve.  This presentation will be prepared to present at the beginning of school on Friday (9/26).

Do Something!
DoSomething.org offers scholarships for students like you!  Take a look at some of the interesting campaigns you can become involved in and potentially earn money for college

Short Day
Today is a short day due to heat.  Please use this extra time wisely!  I suggest applying for at least one scholarship and/or doing some reading.  If you haven't started your book you are behind!  I would calculate how many pages you should be reading daily on average to give you a good idea of where you need to be.