Happy April!!
Important reminders for the week of 4/9-4/13:
* Message for Parents:
1. Third term report card grades were posted on Aspen on Thursday, April 5th. Remember to access them via the Trascripts side tab on the "Student Info" page (from the parent portal) or the "My Info" page (from the student portal). Grades appearing on the Academics page are NOT progress report or report card grades grades, but partial running averages based only on assignments that have been opened for public view. Anyone having difficulty accessing their Aspen account should email me with a description of the problem, and I will attempt to find a resolution.
2. April vacation begins at the close of school on Friday, April 13th.
3. For more information about school events, see the Melrose High School website. (Click on Melrose High School at the bottom of the list to the left of this page for a link to take you there.)
* Message for ALL students:
One goal of Melrose High School in general and of the Social Studies Department in particular is to promote good citizenship in our students.
Good citizenship encompasses many things, including thinking before you speak or act, taking responsibility for your actions, standing up for what you believe, working to correct or improve injustices in your community, and understanding and embracing your role as an individual both in a democratic nation and the larger global society.
Charitable/Community Activities
Melrose High School students and the larger Melrose community are involved in a number of charitable activities or other activities designed to spread joy, good will, and civic responsibility. Activities within the high school itself include:
- Melrose Veterans Memory Project - This is a newly forming group whose goal is to help preserve and raise awareness of local history, particularly as it relates to local veterans. More information about this group's plans and activities will be available in this space soon. The next meeting of the Melrose Veterans Memory Project will be Tuesday, March 13, after school in my classroom (rm. 138).
-DVDs for the Troops - Mr. Santos (HS Social Studies teacher) is collecting DVDs to send to sailors. Bring new, still wrapped DVDs (for security reasons) to the MHS Lobby after school. Students donating DVDs will receive community service credit.
- LifeSavers for Life Savers - Girl Scout Troop 71238 (made up of high school students) will be collecting LifeSavers, Skittles, M&Ms and other hard candy to send to our troops overseas. Candy can be left in the collection boxes in the Main Office or in Room 138.
Contests
There are currently no contests available, but keep checking. I will update the site if I become aware of any. You may also want to keep checking the Contests and Scholarships page for additional opportunities that are not tied specifically to good citizenship.
* World History students:
1. We will finish discussing European imperialism in Africa and move forward with our discussion of European Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific this week.
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4. For those of you interested in extra credit opportunities, there are several viewing opportunities coming up in the next few weeks. If you watch any of the programs listed below and write a summary (for each program that you watch), you can receive bonus points toward the Homework and Quizzes portion of your grade.
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(for additional information, see World History Viewing Options page)
* Psychology students:
1. Choosing topics for the disorders pamphlet will be done on the blog, which is set to auto-post your responses so you know which topics are already taken. Please let me know if you post your selection and it does not show up imediately.
2. Fourth term Journal #1 is due on Wednesday, April 11th. Remember that:
a. NO LATE JOURNALS will be accepted, and
b. you have the opportunity to complete more journal essays this term for practice and to
potentially improve your grade.
3. You should be working on your independent review projects (update due on Friday, April 13th), and on your Final Review Project (check-in Monday, April 30th; final project due after AP exams).
4. The AP Psychology exam is the afternoon exam on Monday, May 4th.