Friday, April 12, 2013

April Standards Focus:

We have chosen two projects to focus on: 
Within the school: Materials Recycling & Raising Awareness. 
Outside of the school: Partnering with Teen Power


Check in NOTES:
Recycling:
Information:

--Andre Camara: Head of recycling for the district contacted Alex back, wants to come meet with us
            Next step: pick a day that works. Thursday?

Hoping to get...questions we can ask:(recycling)
·      Ask best items to recycle
·      How should we get our project going?
·      Should we branch outside of the school walls?
·      Can we get bins/baskets? Should we make them ourselves out of recycled materials?
·      Are there posters available encouraging recycling? Is there a PSA (Public Service Announcement) to show at Morning Meeting
·      Can we make this bigger than just our school?
·      Would HE be willing to speak at Morning Meeting?

  Step 1: Interview Questions Created for recycling:
     1. How do you get recycling started with the schools? How does this help people?
     2. Is there a way to incorporate activities into the recycling project to keep students interested?
     3. How did you get started in this field of work and how does your position benefit the community and district?
     4. How does the recycling process work? Is it different for each material? Is it a science?
     5. Does this process happen locally? How does that benefit and harm the community?
     6. What can this advisory do to be leaders in the recycling community?
     7. Where did recycling come from? Who initiated it?
     8. How pure is the material that comes out of recycling? Are there any damages? chemicals involved
     9. What positive and negative impacts does recycling have?
    10. How has recycling changed in our community?

  Step 1: Interview Questions for Teen Power
     1. What is the purpose of this organization? How does this organization support the local community?
     2. How was the organization founded? How did you discover the need? What made you think of this organization?
     3. What drives you as leader to help young people?
     4. How do young people end up homeless? Where are the parents?
     5. How does seeing these young people homeless, alone, and struggling, impact you?
     6. What needs to the young people have?
     7. How do you keep the organization funded? Where do your resources come from?
     8. What are the resources you have available? For community? For the teens? For the parents?
     9. How can we partner with you and what can we do for you?
    10. How does it feel to work with kids of different needs? Are there kids with special needs? Educational needs?
    11. Is your organization only in Alaska? What unique challenges are there with being in Alaska?




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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

You're Invited!

"Educating With a Touch of Class" - A wine reception & silent auction

April 26, 6-9 pm at the Performing Arts Center

H'orderves, delicious wine, and a wide variety of high end auction items
Buy your tickets today!
buy them here

Please come out and support our fundraising efforts!

Information for Summer School!

HTC Summer School
Registration form here
May 28th-June 7th (Mon-Fri)
Session A 8:30-10:25
Session B 10:35-12:30
Cost $75 per class/session
Classes available
Language Arts
Math (1-4)
Social Environments
Science (no chem labs)
PSS, Careers, Tech if there is enough student interest
Students should bring completed registration forms to Barb with payment and they will receive a receipt
If you have any questions let me know!

Thanks!

Nicole Crosby
Highland Tech High
Social Environments

Standards Earned:

January-May Standards/Projects

Health: Peer Pressure
--peer group came and did interactive lesson on peer pressure and gave an assessment at the end. Everyone got proficient, once all was said and done.

Together, our advisory chose a standard to accomplish: "Learns one new technological device"
--Wrote out request letters to someone to teach them
--Organized materials
--Secured "teacher"
--Performed assessment at closing (and earned the standard!)

Current Focus: Games for bonding
* Our group needs to be more cohesive in our interactions across the group
* We need the opportunity to have fun together
* We need to learn some potential activities for healthy leisure
* Potential: teach said games to other advisories

Next Focus: Service Project & Interviews Service Person (last for the year)
* With process tools, we chose to get acquainted, understand, and find the needs for Teen Power
* Communication has begun between the two groups
* Stage: Setting up for visit, identifying questions/predictions, researching before going