Have a safe and merry Christmas!

Our new friend!

Introducing Oliver!! Our new bunny. Titan is very happy to have a new friend!

Power of Money Field Trip

Winter Coat and Blanket Drive

News Broadcast: By Caleb

Reminder: Drama Club Practice Times Change

REMINDER!!! 
The Drama Club performance is only 10 days away!!!! Please remember that our practices have been extended to every day after school.  During the week of the actual performance we will be running late, and will go until 4:45.  





Here is the rest of the practice schedule:

Practice Schedule:

Monday- No Practice
Tuesday- Practice from 3:15-4:15
Wednesday-Practice from 3:15-4:15
Thursday-Practice from 3:15-4:15
Friday-Practice from 3:15-4:15

Monday-Practice from 3:15-4:45
Tuesday-Practice from 3:15-4:45
Wednesday-Dress Rehearsal for Chapel.  
                  Be here on time at 8:30 a.m.  Practice will also go from 3:15-4:45
Thursday- PERFORMANCE NIGHT.   
                 Please be at the theater at 5:30 p.m. for a final run-through.

The History of Veteran's Day

          President Woodrow Wilson said "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…" and thus, named November 11th, 1918 as a national day to remember those who fought for our country.  

Check out this brief video on the history of Veterans Day.

Recycling!!!

Dont forget!!! Saturdays Recycling event!!!!!!!!!! Help send the 8th graders to Canada!

The Importance of Proofreading

I don't think this is what Loki meant!  Please proofread your work :)

Weekly News Broadcast: By Summer Tuffin

My 10 Things: By Summer

Manzanar Pictures: Day 2

The view from breakfast

Our friendly neighbors

Learning in action

Group Photo

Pictures at the Center

Pictures at the Center

The Wall of Names

Acting Serious

Smile!!

Transportation from the 40's

Taking Pictures

Near the Barracks

At  the Mess Hall

Taking pictures

A stone garden

Pieces left from times past

Through the garden

At the Cemetary

Taking pictures

At the Graveyard

Leaving Manzanar

At the park: Day 2

At the wall of names. 

Breakfast

And we're off on another adventure!

Pictures from Manzanar

     We began our tour thinking about what we would pack if we knew we were being taken to Manzanar.  Over the process, the students learned about what life was like being interned here.  The weather was chilly and the wind blustered through our group as Carrie, our tour guide, asked some pretty tough questions.  What would you really need for an extended stay here?  How would you even begin to prepare, if you had no idea how long your stay would be?  The kids thought long and hard, and after dinner, the discussion was quite serious.  It is often times a little too easy on field trips to go places and not process things fully. This is definitely not the case here.  Each student came away from dinner with a better understanding of how people are supposed to be treated. To them, this trip to Manzanar should serve as an ever present reminder of the inherent worth of a person, and by no means should that worth eve be taken away.  

Our first stop: Lunch!

Yummy Carl's Jr

Patiently waiting on our food

The view from the restaurant

In the car

Arriving at Manzanar

Learning from Carrie

Following an Internee's story

Original photographs taken from a homemade camera

Many stories of people to follow

The names of all interned here

Taking a tour

The barracks

Our maps of the site

Does this look comfortable??

Nope!

Waiting in line at the mess hall

Hearing stories from Carrie

On a journey through Manzanar

One of the gardens

The auditorium

Making beautiful things

Exploring the grounds

At dinner

Being silly

Mmmmmmm....

Thinking hard.