Progress report? What? How did we get half way through the grading period?

I'm still trying to figure out how we've got to the midterm point? Wow what a ride! This past week was good.

Mr. Pitts led a journal on a quote that tied back to Dead Poets Society. We then discussed how it applied to the movie and our lives. Then we reviewed The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by discussing them. We then had a chance to get a broad overview of The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make. The decisions are School, Friends, Parents, Dating & Sex, Addictions, and Self Worth. We'll start with School! What are going to do about it! We answered some brief questions about each of those 6 decisions in our journals.

The second part of the week Ms. Brody came in and talked about University visits and our trip to UNC-G. I made a few announcements about college classes and the magazine sales. I handed out the rubrics for the finding my place Friday collaboration and for the Essential 55 presentations. Then Mr. Pitts led the class through an activity writing SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely) Goals linked to the 6 Decisions. The goals will be placed in or on the students' binders.

Friday was a whirlwind University visit to UNC-G. It was a short visit, but a good day. We got to explore a little, got an awesome group picture, ate all we could eat, and roamed around campus a bit more before heading home. My group found the meditation room...the Zen garden was full of rocks, but the room was pretty cool. On the ride home, the bus I was driving tried to die...repeatedly. Nevertheless, the kids were awesome, and we had a fantastic day!