Mr. Fowler’s Economics class has just recently finished the Stock Market Game. Six of the eight teams from 12W finished within the top fifty percentile, one team came in 138 out of 770 teams. I was very impressed with how well the students did and how they would research new products and look at how the market was doing. This game was a lot of fun and I hope that these students will in the future make investments with real money and understand the ideas and concepts that go into our Stock Market. We are working on Supply and Demand right now in class, which is a key concept in economics. The students have been coming up with their own examples of how the laws of demand and supply can be seen in America today.
In Global class the 9th graders have been discussing Muslim civilization. This has been a particularly interesting topic as we have heard so much about the Muslim faith in the past couple of years. First we talked about some of the core beliefs in Islam and compared those to that of Judaism and Christianity. One of my goals has been to dispel any stereotypes of this religion but give them an unbiased view of another world religion. It has given way to interesting discussions within class. As well, we have gone over Middle East geography in class, much to the dislike of the students. However, we have talked about why it is so important to discuss geography and understand the world in which we live.
In consumer math, students have been working on what it would take to run a business. They have had a test and several quizzes on assets, liabilities, and capital. As we continue through the week, students will continue seeing the financial side of running a business.
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We have been experimenting with a variety of paints and surfaces. We have been practicing our strokes and we have come to find out that we have a whole lot of talent. Come to our Christmas show and see our display.
The students are learning how to protect themselves by using various Jujitsu moves. This is an exciting, fast-paced elective. It is also building up our cardio-vascular system. We are enjoying building up the bodies that God has given us.
This is a very interesting elective. Here students act out a song as mimes. They portray the love of Christ with each movement. Right now they are practicing for their Christmas Program. The name of the song that they are actingout is “Every Man” by Casting Crowns. They are also working on “Who am I” by wearing white gloves that show up under a black light. Come and see our program!!!
This elective has been a blast!!!!!!!!!!!! We are learning how to embroider and makes a lot of cool things like pencil holders, purses, frames, etc… Come to our Christmas show and see our display.
We have been working with jeans and sweatshirts. The students are designing their own logo for their sweatshirt. Come to our Christmas Program and see our presentation. This elective is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
During Thanksgiving week our school had many celebrations that included food and lots of fun. Fourth and Fifth grade had truly traditional Feasts. Students dressed as Pilgrims and Indians, gave thanks, and ate lots and lots of yummy food. Middle School and High School had huge feasts in the Fellowship Hall. There was a bounty of food, talent, and giving of thanks to the Lord for His many blessings. A great time was had by all. Make sure to “check out” galleries for lots of great pics.