Monday, April 2, 2012

General Announcements:

• If you ever notice something missing or wrong on the blog, comment to let me know about it - I don't always have the whole picture. -Grace
• Hip Hop PE Thursdays from now until the beginning of May. Wear or bring clothes you can dance in and sneakers.
• Spirit Week, April 2-6!
  • Monday (4/2) is pajama day
  • Wednesday (4/4) is crazy hat day
  • Friday (4/6) is class color day.
• Friday, April 13: Dance!

Humanities:

• Due Mon., 4/2:
  • Gr. 7: Final drafts of biographies
  • Gr. 8: 1000 words of 8th grade project research paper.
7th Grade Research Paper
• Deadlines for 7th Grade Abolitionist Research Paper (updated 1/31)

Math:

• Graph paper link on the sidebar →
  Gr. 7
• Due Tues., 4/3: Complete 5.3 for [i-v] and Follow-up #2 on p. 69
Grade 8
• Due Tues., 4/3: Complete volume/surface area sheet handed out today.
Algebra B
• Due Tues., 4/3: p. 467-468, #54-56, #62-64
• Math's Mates Test TBA

Science:

• nada

8th Grade Project:

• Due Wed., 3/28: Project Proposal
Complete list of project due dates (as of 1/25) here.

Moment of Zen

April Fool's Day Jokes You Kinda Wish were Real

As a follow up to director James Cameron's deep-sea adventures in the Mariana Trench of the South Pacific, some clever jerk came up with what they imagined professional adventurous rich dude Sir Richard Branson would come up with to one-up Cameron. Said clever jerk (who may well be good Sir Richard himself) announced the Virgin Volcanic project, a specially-designed vehicle that would take Branson and celebrity passengers Tom Hanks, Seth Green and Will.i.am into the molten core of the earth, entering through an active volcano.

It's just this side of what Branson does anyway. His aspirations to space and deep-sea tourism, Virgin Galactic and Virgin Oceanic, respectively, are no joke. Click above to visit the site and read more about the speculative journey to the center of the Earth.