"Find Your Voice"
April 26, 2019
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Welcome back
to High School Highlights; a weekly wrap-up of events, designed especially for high school parents and students at Summit Academy, to help keep you in the know. Today was a rite of passage for our junior class, as they participated in the Jr. Ring Ceremony, and tonight marks another special occasion, the second annual Prom. As we celebrate these events with the students, we are reminded of just how fortunate we are as teachers to get to share in these important moments.
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- 4/26: Jr/Sr. Prom, 6PM - 10 PM, Sawyer Hayes Center
- 5/3 : NO SCHOOL
- 5/10: Noon Dismissal
- 5/16 : High School Talent & Awards Show, 10 a.m.
- 5/17: Last Academic Day for Seniors
- 5/20: Sr. Day Trip and Cookout, 8 a.m. - 7:30 P.M.
- 5/21: Graduation Practice at Middletown Christian Church, 9-11 a.m.
- 5/22: Sr. Brunch, Lake Forest Country Club, 9:00 a.m.
- 5/22: Graduation, 7:00 P.M., Middletown Christian Church
- 5/24: KY Kingdom Trip 9th-11th graders, 8:30-2:30
- 5/27: NO SCHOOL
- 5/29: Last day of School: Noon Dismissal (Carnival)
- 5/30: End of the year Conferences
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Junior Ring Ceremony 2019
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Emily, Eden, Noah, Caleb, Max, Ashley, Maximos and Hayden with their sponsors after a beautiful ceremony this morning.
Congratulations to all!
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Student Spotlight: Hayden
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Hayden is a Junior with a quick wit, a terrific work ethic and the strong desire to keep his world drama-free. He is one of a small group of high school students who has had zero infractions for the entire school year, which means that he has also completed 100% of his assignments in all classes. He recently interviewed, and was hired for his first job, which will begin this summer at Kentucky Kingdom. He will make an excellent employee. Congratulations for all of your accomplishments, Hayden!
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I was just trying to chill...
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and enjoy my Subway sandwich...
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when I had to stop and say, "Girls - enough with the drama!"
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Next stop Seniors: Graduation!
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We have made it to the final four weeks, so what is left on the checklist? For students, please be sure to stay on top of your work these last few weeks and finish strong! For parents, all the dates you need are in the calendar above. A formal Graduation Brunch invitation will come home on Monday, April 29. You will be provided with a link to respond on, just like you did with Prom. This link will serve as your RSVP, as well as a place to order extra tickets, if needed. For graduation, you may have as many guests as you wish. Thanks to those of you who have turned in your RSVPs and money for Sr. Experience Day! Keep sending those RSVP's in please!
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- Math: Next week we will continue reviewing skills wrapped into word problems. Also working on estimating with money. Great job keeping the focus this week!
- Literacy: Weekend homework assignment is to read Chapter 9 of Across Five Aprils. There will be a comprehension check on Monday. Next week we will pick back up in Sadler Vocab on Chapter 14 as well.
- Economics: Students are organizing their work in order to schedule a business meeting with Mr. Strothman to share their final plans for Mr. B's Coffee Shop.
- Biology: Students have completed 2 days of their frog dissection and have 1 day left in the Lab before writing their lab report. Hearing them open the chest cavity and exclaim from different parts of the room, "There are the fat bodies" or "I see the liver" or even "There's the sausage - I mean, the large intestine that looks like a sausage!" is music to my ears!
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- Math: Students are working on basic geometry skills: area, perimeter, and circumference; and are also working on parallel lines and angles.
- Literacy: Students are finalizing drafts of their work for portfolios, working on senior projects, and finishing the "Life of Pi"
- American Govt: We are getting ready for our test on the spread of communism and Vietnam. The test has been moved to Monday.
- Science: Students are building a Martian habitat based on the Mars environment that will be 3D printed when we are finished.
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- Career Ed:
- Congratulations to all 12th graders for completing their internships
- Please be on the lookout for emails from SummerWorks. Please contact me with any questions you have.
- In exciting job news: Hannah McCarty has been offered a full time paid position upon graduation!
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- Math: Reviewing difficult math material: matrix, line plots, liquid/distance measurements, telling time.
- Literacy: Solving puzzle stories and writing about it; discussing the Ted/Ed talk, "Why a good book is a secret door";silent reading practice; antonym review. Next week - focus on persuasion and writing a persuasive letter.
- Health: Completion of Chapter 13: Recognizing Common Diseases, reviewed and assessed. Good grades all around. Next week: pulling it all together with numerous research tasks on various topics.
- Practical Living: Ted/Ed viewing and discussion: "Students of color sharing their truths" and "Dealing with those who have different opinions"; recycling and dish preparation.
- Physical Science: measuring electricity, Chapter 11 review and assessment...awesome results. Next week: last chapter of the book - Magnets and Electromagnetism.
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- Math: This week we finished our short unit of geometry concepts and had a quiz. Next week we will learn to read and plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.
- Literacy: This week we read about and discussed Shakespeare's life and times. We also finished Act 3 of Macbeth. Next week we will finish Act 4 and begin Act 5.
- Spanish 1 : Duolingo and translation practice daily. This week we reviewed verb conjugation and had a practice test. Next week we will be doing a vocab and grammar review.
- Spanish 2 : Duolingo activities and translation practice continue daily. This week we are finishing our unit on comparatives and possessive adjectives. We will review next week with a test on Thursday.
- Senior Seminar: Students finished their projects this week. They did a wonderful job on a very difficult, long term assignment! Next week we will work on preparing the presentations and share them with the class.
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As always, please let us know if there is anything we can do for you!
Your High School Team ~
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