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Sunday, January 30, 2011

ASE BizWorld Friendship Bazaar

What a great way to end our ASE class with such a successful bazaar.  You all did a great job.  Hopefully you had fun and enjoyed your time in this class.  Good luck to you in your next ASE endeavor!  Here are the pics that I took....










 

Saturday, January 22, 2011

KMO News/Relay for Life

 KMO

Congratulations to everyone in my ASE class!  We did a great job in KMO.
We managed to take 2nd place in Virginia, and 11th place for the entire competition.  Click on the link below to check out our rankings!

KMO RESULTS PAGE


RELAY FOR LIFE

We will begin working on Relay for Life in full force once the new semester begins.  I have had a couple of inquiries on how to join the team.  Click on the link below, which will take you to James River High School's Relay for Life website.  The directions to join are easy.  You will need a parent to help you through the process, and you will have to pay a $10 registration fee.  We are going to go over this after the semester change, but if you are itching to join now, you can.  We have already had some 7th graders join the team.  

Remember...you don't have to join the team...it is an option for you.  Everyone will be working on Relay for Life assignments in ASE as part of our community service project for the Venturer team.  Joining the team is the icing on the cake!

Relay for Life Website

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

An Interactive Day in Social Studies

I am sitting here at the computer in my classroom playing around with the blog...I cannot wait until next semester when we all try our hand at blogging when we begin Relay for Life in full force.  Keeping a blog will not be a requirement, but I think it is something that you'll want to do.

Today was an eventful day in social studies with commercials and brochures due as well as mini-teaching assignments.  You all continue to impress me with your levels of creativity.  All I can saw is Wow!  I wish I had a camera or a video for every great moment today.  Here are a couple below!

First a video from four boys in my first period class!  What great fun we had laughing as we watched and listened to reasons why New England is just the greatest place to live!



Below, you see a British Official getting ready to argue his point to the colonists about why the Townshend Acts are indeed fair.




In the picture below, you can see an unfortunate tax collector has been tarred and feathered, in front of a classroom, and forced to drink tea.  Protest was alive today!   Hopefully you've all learned that there were two sides to this great argument.  You have done a excellent job of showing both sides, British and Colonial.


This student was not hurt in this reenactment.....though it looks pretty bad...!


The brochures were great too....I snapped a few shots second block...they were fabulous!









Tuesday, January 18, 2011

742 Isn't Bad!

What a great job on KMO today.  I was proud of you.  You worked well as a team, and enjoyed watching you all work together.  The lady at KMO sounded very encouraging about the score.  I will keep you posted when we get the final results. 

 Just a week and a half to go for ASE...full throttle on Biz World!

~Mr. McEwen