Announcements (Important – please read):
1. Next Los Angeles Payment is past due. Thank you to those who paid. If you need to know how much you still owe, please email us. See attachment for details.
2. EE small group trips to Family Harvest Farm: Our next trip to the farm is this Friday, February 14th. If your student is going that day, please consider driving! The trip runs from 9:40~12pm. Drivers need to have a copy of their 100,000/300,000 liability car insurance on file in the office to drive. Students not attending the farm will do EE assignments at school.
Human Centered Design (HCD) Due Dates – please check in with your student:
Project
Week 1: Research – January 10 (should be done)
Week 2: Draw Blueprint – January 17 (should be done)
Week 3: Create Prototype/Model – January 24 (should be done)
Week 4: Design Cost – January 31 (should be done)
Week 5: Working on presentation (multimedia); present project to each other (rehearsal) – February 7
Week 6: Present projects to class/teachers (final grade) – February 11 & 13
Week 2: Draw Blueprint – January 17 (should be done)
Week 3: Create Prototype/Model – January 24 (should be done)
Week 4: Design Cost – January 31 (should be done)
Week 5: Working on presentation (multimedia); present project to each other (rehearsal) – February 7
Week 6: Present projects to class/teachers (final grade) – February 11 & 13
Requirements – Attached
Rubric – Attached
Head’s Up: Internships/Job Shadows will take place for 3 days on March 17-19th. Students will not come to school, but go to their “jobs”. Students will have a packet that will need to be filled out by their “employers” and themselves to receive a grade for this project. 8th grade students should seek out a different place of business, doing a different job then they did last year. Please see attached documents for details, including letter to parents, letter to give to potential businesses, and a list of past locations. Past locations that have taken students is not a guarantee they will do it again, but it is a place to start.
This Week’s Assignments/Homework: not an exhaustive list…more assignments may be added by teachers through-out the week. Class assignments not finished during class become homework.
- Membean: Complete 3 training sessions of 15 minutes each; due Friday
- HCD Journal: daily journal entries
- Literature Book & Assignments: assigned chapters read & Golden Lines due by Friday, RJWs & Reflections due Fridays, assessments on Fridays; Final next week
- Writer’s Workshop: assignments in class; due on Workshop day
- Math: CPM, Khan, POD, Desmos, Math Review, etc- pacing guide with due dates, assessments on Fridays
- Science “Engineering”: participation & assignments; due on Science day