On Thursday during debate we looked into the various presidential issues encircling the current election. As a candidate it is important to take a stance and KNOW what that stance is.
Have you ever heard of a candidate being called a flip-flopper? In most cases this means they keep changing their stance. Don't be a flip-flopper!!
Your homework is to research the following issues and determine your stance on each of them:
Abortion, Crime and Justice, Health Care, and Immigration.
Think policy, strategy and the issues that surround each of these bigger issues.
During the last hour of class, Merry gave a great presentation on Baron Von Steuben. The best part is when she went off the paper and we could see her interest and passion for the subject. Has anyone researched more about him? Thanks be to Morgan, who made the great observation that Merry's presentation incited a desire in her to know more about this Von Steuben character.
We also made great headway with the Scholar Activity. Logan is doing a fantastic job leading, planning and assigning.
He truly knows the value and the importance of delegating.
The assignments thus far are:
Jennifer - 4 Costco pizzas and water bottles, hat prize and good sport award
Leadership class members - desserts
Merry and Adam - plan and carryout small group games
Trey - spoon tournament
Trey and Adam - develop the criteria for the hat contest winner
Logan, did you check to see if we have plates and napkins available? If not, talk to Shannon Hayes.
Next Thursday, you have all been tasked with making NUMEROUS thank you notes for use during the auction fundraiser.
Your assignments are:
Set up tables - Katie, Merry, Jared
Gather crayons, pencils, markers, glue, stickers - Adam, Trey
Bring note-cards/glue notes to cards - Logan and Morgan
Lure (yes, I said lure) students of all ages to the table to make cards - Katie, Merry, Jared, Adam, Trey, Logan and Morgan
Another idea is to grab a white board and write phrases that kids can copy onto their own cards.
Ex: "Thank you for helping our schools!"
"Thank you for your help!"
"Thanks for making our school great!!!"
--Use lots of exclamation points : )!
For homework, work on your activities and on completing all your assignments. Also, it is never too early to prepare for your Character Study presentation. The schedule is as follows:
March 24 - Jennifer Poyer
March 31 - Morgan Miller
April 14 - Logan Miller, Merry Dial
April 21 - Jared Peterson, Adam Blanchard
April 28 - Trey Claridge, Katie Dial
The best way to overcome your apprehensions about giving presentations and public speaking is to do it more and more. So these presentations we assign you are like a gift to you! You are so very welcome. I have seen improvements in everyone. I love how our class dynamic has matured. But for this last round, I would love to hear more feedback from all of you. This is your class, it is what YOU make it. Thanks, everyone!
Next week, Teacher Genevieve will teach more parliamentary procedure. I will see you in two weeks.
Good luck on Thursday with your thank you note task. I can't wait to hear about all the success it will bring!
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