October 2008
So many fantastic things to report. Ink has started. Rise & Read has started. Great, big ol' groups at both. Our football team is winning. NECAPS are going well. Every day, I am excited to come to work.
My favorite thing so far this year was attending the Junkyard Ghost Revival. A huge group of us (over thirty!) walked down to Antonio's, grabbed some pizza, and then hiked down to Brown to stand in line. It was a crazy night of slam with Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, and Buddy Wakefield. The posse from Hope was AMAZING. The poets were AMAZING. It was a truly inspirational night.
April 13, 2008
The new front page is up featuring all of our exciting performance info.
Check us out in the ProJo! (All the way at the end.)
I hope that everyone has a fun spring break.
Be smart, be safe.
March 14, 2008
I have been very busy updating the site! Specifically, I have fallen in love with the video option on my camera that allows me to be sneaky and video tape performances while it looks like I'm simply waiting to take a photograph.
In addition to the awesome performance of a section of the prologue from Romeo & Juliet, there are many new videos posted in the "Gallery of Student Work" section. The mythology section has photos and videos, and there are new RISD visits with photos.
Also, the sophomore creative writing class participated in the Poetry Out Loud contest. There are videos from the school and state competition. Ariel Russell represented Hope Arts and did an AMAZING job. She did so well, in fact, that she came in fifth place in the state. Congratulations Ariel!
January 2, 2008
Happy New Year!
On a positive note, my sophomores wrote over 200,000 words collectively during NaNoWriMo. We've been busy editing during December. Keep a look out for our books at the end of the month.
On a much sadder note, the laptops where we typed our masterpieces were stolen a few days before break from Mrs. Weigand's room. All of her students, Mrs. Weigand, my students, and I am very saddened by this turn of events and the lack of leads we have so far despite the fact that we can see the culprits on camera.
To read the article: http://www.projo.com/.../projo_20071212_mclaptops.b85de40.html
To see the news video: http://www.turnto10.com/.../news.apx.-content-articles-JAR-2007-12-21-0014.html
At this point, we are beginning to look for donations from the committee. If you would like to donate to our cause to replenish our Mac laptops so that the digital media students can continue their work, we would greatly appreciate it.
Checks can be sent to:
Hope High School
324 Hope St.
Providence, RI 02906
Make sure to put "laptop fundraiser" in the memo line to make sure funds are allocated properly and that you receive a receipt for your contributions.
Thank you for your support, and have a lovely 2008!
November 19, 2007
My tenth grade writing class is participating in NaNoWriMo and amazing, amazing things are happening. If you have no idea what NaNoWriMo is, check out the NaNo link above. Learn all about it and see the incredible progress we’ve made so far.
October 2, 2007
"Where I'm From" poems are posted under the student work gallery. I'm hoping to get a video up this week.
The testing schedule for the next two weeks:
Tuesday, October 2:
9th and 10th graders arrive at 10:30 and go to T2, lunch, T3, and T4
Wednesday, October 3:
9th and 10th graders arrive at 10:30 and go to Advisory, lunch, and M1
Dismiss at 1:30
Thursday, October 4:
9th and 10th graders arrive at 10:30 and go to T2, lunch, T3, and T4
Friday, October 5:
9th and 10th graders arrive at 10:30 and go to M2, lunch, M3, and M4
Monday, October 8:
No school (Columbus Day)
Tuesday, October 9:
NORMAL DAY
Everyone arrives on time
T-day
Wednesday, October 10:
9th and 10th graders arrive at 10:30 and go to Advisory, lunch, and M1
Dismiss at 1:30
Thursday, October 11:
9th and 10th graders arrive at 10:30 and go to M2, lunch, M3, and M4
Friday, October 12:
NORMAL DAY
Everyone arrives on time
T-day
Monday, October 15:
NORMAL DAY
Everyone arrives on time
T-day
September 24, 2007
"Two-word poems" have been linked under my tenth grade gallery of student work. They are fantastic. More inspirational links are going up every day, highlighting many of the RI Arts Passport participants. The school year is just getting going, and I'm very excited!
September 14, 2007
I, along with Ms. Weigand, Ms. Hamlin, Ms. Kline, and Ms. Auxier, will be participating in the RI Arts Passport program this year. It is really exciting and will provide a lot of great opportunities to our students. To learn more, look under the "helpful and inspirational links" section.
September 5, 2007
Welcome back! It was a pleasure seeing new faces today and reconnection with so many fantastic students. I’m looking forward to meeting all of my students in the upcoming days. We have a new schedule this year for Wednesdays—instead of four short periods, we will have two, regular-length classes in addition to advisory. We will rotate which classes we have every week. I will try to photograph the schedule and the T/M day calendar this week and get it up on this site. I’m looking forward to a great year at Hope Arts High School.
August 17, 2007
I finally made the time to put up more student work! Check out the journal section to read some really amazing pieces about fear.
Also, tomorrow August 18, there will be a welcome back to school BBQ at Hope High School from 10am to 1pm. Be sure to come and join us!
August 14, 2007
Adopt our classroom! I'm trying to raise enough money to buy a class set of Neos--they're super cool word processors that we can use to write wherever we want.
To learn more about AlphaSmart's Neos, click below:
http://www.alphasmart.com/.../L2288NEOBrochure_1006.pdf
To donate, click here:
http://adoptaclassroom.org/.../Locator_Adopt_Donate.aspx?
May 29, 2007
FINAL SCHEDULE
Friday, June 1: M1 and M2
Monday, June 4: T1 and T2
Tuesday, June 5: M3 and M4
Wednesday, June 6: T3 and T4
Thursday, June 7: make-up exams and English exam after school if you
received a letter from me.
The rest of the days we will spend watching Romeo & Juliet and/or Of Mice and Men.
May 8, 2007
I added more student links under the photography club link. I also put up the final writing assignment for my M2 Writing Class under "assignments and homework." Later today I will try to put up the Romeo and Juliet study guide and anything else that may help students for the upcoming test.
April 25
Check out the new photography club link under gallery of student work!
April 11, 2007
I've been working hard! Check out the literary links, the imagery exercise in the student gallery, and the narrative portraits. My biography is up, and I'm working hard on updating all the major assignments for those who missed them. Keep tuned.
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