February 25, 2013 - March 1, 2013

NEXT TUESDAY IS THE STATEWIDE 7TH GRADE WRITING TEST! We have all worked very hard all year long and are fully prepared for the challenge. Bring it on!!!

And on Friday, we celebrate all our hard work with the annual End-of-the-Writing-Test Party!!! One of my favorite events, it is organized entirely by the 7th grade students. It is the high point of seventh grade when they show themselves to be a mature, unified team. They always make me so proud! And it is a fitting end to a long journey. We're done with essays: creative writing for the rest of the year!!!

February 11, 2013 --- February 15, 2013

Countdown to the California State Writing Test---21 more days!

February 4 --- February 8

2/4/13~2/8/13

Technical difficulties kept me from updating the homework blog, but now I am back on track.

Great news for the new year: our Junior High assignments and grades are available to see on the parent portal of PowerSchool. My goal is to update the gradebook every Monday by 5 pm so that you can see if your child turned in their Spelling homework on Friday and their Reading Logs on Monday. Encourage your son or daughter to look up their grades regularly, as this will help develop solid academic habits and goal-setting skills.

And finally, the Frog Pond Fundraiser raised over $4,800 last week!!! Check out the frog pond website: www.cliffordfrogpond.blogspot.com. Above is the Frog Pond Building Team making some last minute decisions before work begins! Enjoy the photos.

11/5/12-11/9/12

Next week we begin our annual Read-A-Thon fundraiser, and this year my homeroom will receive fabulous rewards for participating! See the hot pink poster for details.

And take some time this Monday to thank a veteran for all he or she has done for our country. My grandfather fought in North Africa and Italy in World War II and I always made sure to call him on Veteran's Day. He passed some years ago and I still have questions to ask him. Honor them on Monday.

10/29/12-11/2/12

A big thanks to all the parents who made sure our junior high students had some fun on Halloween! Baking, supervising, crafting late into the night, setting up, cleaning up: you are to be commended!

And on behalf of the teachers, thank you for the special treats this week to help us make it through!

You all made the kids and the teachers feel special and cared-for. Grazie!

10/22/12-10/26/12