Happy finals week Roadrunners! It’s been a crazy journey but the end of the year is at hand. These last few weeks we really try to stay busy even when the yearbook has been submitted. The students have been working on writing letters to future staffers, preparing critiques and suggestions on how to make next […]
Good afternoon and welcome to Finals Week Roadrunners! I like the end of the year for world history because we have the opportunity to slow down a bit and focus on the modern issues facing us in our increasingly interconnected, interdependent and globalized world. After studying World War II and the Cold War, we really […]
Good afternoon and happy finals week Roadrunners! With the AP exam in the rearview mirror, we took some time to decompress after the crazy couple of weeks that is MAP, AIMS, and AP testing before getting ready for our final in the class. Instead of doing a conventional final, since a majority of the students […]
Good afternoon Roadrunners and welcome to the final week of school! The students had a blast this past week with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Alfonzo Curron does a fantastic job of changing the tone and pace of the series with his unique approach to filmmaking. The camera work, lighting, and music are […]
Good afternoon Roadrunners and welcome to week 36! In honor of Star Wars Week last week, we watch the perfect film Empire Strikes Back, examining how John Williams use of the Imperial March for Vader’s Theme as well as Yoda’s theme. We also explored the topic of why/how films become cultural phenomena. The goal is […]
Good afternoon and welcome to week 36 Roadrunners! Last week we did research for our simulated debates on globalization affecting different groups. We started the presentations this morning and they’re going well so far. I’m really looking forward to the rest of them! Our final topic that we cover in class is on Arab-Israeli conflict […]
Good afternoon Roadrunners and welcome to week 36! This is the week! The exam is this Thursday at 8:30 a.m. A couple reminders for test-takers: 1) Get a good night’s sleep the night before. 2) Eat a hearty breakfast 3) On multiple choice, remember the test-taking strategies: Read the entire question first, do the easiest […]
Good afternoon Roadrunners and welcome to week 35! Between yearbook and volleyball this time of year I’ve really struggled to keep up with these updates, sorry for the delay! While I may have been backlogged on my emails, the class has been hard at work. We’d entered our “skill and drill” time, where we beef […]
Good afternoon and welcome to week 35 Roadrunners! What a crazy couple weeks with yearbook and volleyball wrapping up so I’m back on that grind! Last I wrote we were working on our Genocide Research Projects. Afterwards we looked at the world during Vietnam while analyzing protest songs to transition into the modern era: Globalization. […]
Good afternoon Roadrunners and welcome to week 35! Between the insanity that is end of year volleyball and yearbook I realized I haven’t been following up with the amazingness that is Film Studies! We wrapped up our Bond unit with Skyfall, examining character arc and how to represent that through filmmaking techniques. After Skyfall, we […]
