Announcements (Important – please read):
1. EE small group trips to Family Harvest Farm: Our next trip to the farm is Friday, March 21st. If your student is going that day, please consider driving (at this point we do not have drivers, so we will need to cancel the trip if we do not get 2-3 volunteers 
)! 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.
)! 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. 2. Final Los Angeles Payment is due today, March 3rd. Thank you to those who have paid in full. See attachment for details.
3. SPA (Social Political Action) Groups
- Senior Citizens Focus: this Thursday, students who are in this SPA group, will take a trip to the Stoneman Retirement Village to help the clients with the “tech” needs. If you received a request for a Dochub permission form, make sure you sign and return it today. If you did not receive a request, then your student is in another group.
- Mental Health Focus: students in this group are collecting new & gently used backpacks for the mental health patients. Please turn these backpacks in at the office.
4. Need Your Help/Input: Effective communication with parents and guardians in academics can significantly contribute to student success. Regularly sharing important academic information and insights with stakeholders can foster a partnership between teachers and families, leading to enhanced educational outcomes. We would love to hear your thoughts/feedback on improving communication!
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Week 2 – Entrepreneur & Shark Tank
This unit is a continuation of Human Centered Design (HCD). Students will now take their design from the HCD unit, continue to refine it – or create a new design – and then go through the process of creating a business. At the end of the unit, students will present their business to the class, and then to a Shark Tank (community members).
- 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. Students need to tell us where they will be interning by next Monday, March 10th (including address, days and times).
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
- Business Journal: Daily entries; due Fridays
- Current Events #2: Conduct Market Research with your business partners & create a folder holding all the information; due Thursday
- Writing #2: Reconnect or find a new mentor for your group and your business. Meet with your mentor for 30-60 minutes. Find out about them and share with them your plans for this unit. Record in your business journal notes; due Friday
- Famous Entrepreneur poster: Research information on your famous entrepreneur and then include that information in a poster; due Thursday
- Literature Book “Lunch Money” & Assignments: assigned chapters read & Golden Lines due by Friday, RJWs & Reflections due Fridays, assessments on Friday
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- 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 “Organ Systems”: participation & assignments; assignments due on Science day
- Shark Tank – Week of April 8th