NSNA

The 8th grade Community Problem Solving team is made up of Nick Jamison, Alex Bare, Dan Stutting, and Kirk Kreiter. They are called North Scott Nuclear Awareness (NSNA) and have a goal of educating the public about nuclear awareness. Today they conducted some research at 2 schools within the 10 mile radius of the Cordova power plant. NSNA visited Virgil Grissom and Alan Shepard and conducted a survey with 5th and 6th grade students about nuclear awareness. Next steps - compile the data and come up with an underlying problem.

NSJH Spelling Bee

What: NSJH Spelling Bee
When: Wednesday, November 17th at 3:00 p.m.
Where: Media Center
Who: All 7-8 JH students who want to participate

*Sign up sheets are posted on L.A. teachers' doors. Information about the bee and the word study list are available from the L.A. teachers.

*If you have any questions, please ask me! I will be more than happy to answer your questions!

Junior High Conferences

Junior High parents, please feel free to come and visit with me during conferences Thursday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 26. I will be located in Mrs. Green's room from 3:30 to 7:30. I would love to visit with you!

Scenario Writing

By now, any student interested in completing scenario writing for this fall should have scheduled their first meeting with Ms. Redmond. Please bring your up-to-date work with you for review. Reminder that you must meet with Ms. Redmond twice before October 29 to satisfy the speaking requirements for your October Honors English component.

Mock Trial

We are now 3 weeks away from our school competition - 7th grade vs. 8th grade. It will be held after school on November 10 from 3 to 5. The teams will compete against each other and be judged and we will conclude with a pizza party. It is very important that team members attend every team session possible between now and then. Here is the schedule of upcoming practices:

Wednesday, October 20 - 1st period 7th grade, 3rd period 8th grade, 3-5 PM everyone

Monday, October 25 - 2nd period 7th grade, 4th period 8th grade, 3-5 PM everyone

Wednesday, October 27 - 3-5 PM everyone

Thursday, October 28 - Field trip to Scott County Courthouse 8:00 - 1:30 (will need $ for lunch)

Monday, November 1 - 1st period 7th grade, 3rd period 8th grade, 3-5 PM everyone

Wednesday, November 3 - 3rd period 7th grade, 4th period 8th grade

Friday, November 5 - 1st period 8th grade, 4th period 7th grade

Monday, November 8 - 1st period 7th grade, 2nd period 8th grade, 3-5 PM everyone

Wednesday, November 10 - 3-5 PM School Competition/Pizza Party (will need to bring $5)

Friday, November 12 - 3rd period 8th grade

Saturday, November 13 - Regional Competition Scott County Courthouse 8 - 3? (will need $10 for lunch)

ITAG Conference

I attended an ITAG conference in Des Moines with 2 other TAG teachers on Monday and Tuesday. There were 400 TAG educators at the conference and we were fortunate enough to hear many talented speakers and attend 7 different learning sessions. It was a very inspiring conference. I learned about things like Mock Trial, Invent Iowa, Future City 4000, and Academic Decathlon.  We are already implementing Mock Trial at both the Junior High and the High School and Invent Iowa at the Junior High, but I learned more information about the programs and how to be more effective. I am looking forward to implementing Future City 4000 at the Junior High in the school year of 2011-2012 and hopefully Academic Decathlon at the High School in the near future. If you are a 7th grade student, and you think you might be interested in Future City 4000 next year, please stop and visit with me. It involves using Sim City software to design a futuristic city and then building a complex, scale model of a city 150 years in the future. Exciting!