Sunday, January 3, 2010

The New Year and Some Upcoming Assignments

Happy New Year!

And a new decade...with my best wishes to all families and the community of Trillium. I hope that we can greet these times, this now, and this year with patience, love, kindness, and listening.

Having said that, we are also deep in the work of the first semester and on home stretch for the term. The last day of the semester is Friday, January 29th. We will have a four-day weekend after that for professional in-service to finish grading and the new class rosters for second term. That is, students will have all new classes and their final report card will be issued shortly thereafter.

Here are some significant dates and information for the end of first semester:

Tolkien Class:
3 more Monday quizzes
5-page final essay due on Thursday, January 21st
writing journal/log due Wednesday, January 20th

Advising:
3-page analytical essay on literature (book choice) due Thursday, January 7th
Debate Rotation final work due and debates begin on Thursday, January 14th
Final Project Work(s) and PLP material due throughout January (TBA) and exhibition on January 29th

Making Meaning:
Two more guest speakers (Thursdays)
Final Work and personal practice reflections due Thursday, January 21st

Drama:
All original scenes begin performances on Wednesday, January 20th

Musicianship:
Final performances on Thursday, January 21st
Group Jam session Tuesday, January 27th
CD booklet & "liner notes" (TBA) due on Thursday, January 29th

MS Writing Workshop:
All MENU items due Wednesday, January 20th
Writing Journal (with daily prompts and free writes) due Monday, January 25th
"Publishing Piece" selected and finalized by Wednesday, January 27th

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hey Kirk, this is Austin. I was trying to find your email but had a difficult time. But I wanted to inform you of Tuesday when I left to do my work like you said the class to do. But was considered "Skipping." Just saying I wasn't off campus I was upstairs in the computer lab. Also saying of my project. I've been wanting to change it to having a journel about my life and my life story because I think my last project was a little hard.