CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN CO-OP OPEN HOUSE MEETING

Friday, March 08, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at Randle home

Attendance:  Shirley Alvarado, Tracie Bethea, Julia Cecil, Shawn McCowan, Sandra Murrillo, LaChrisha Randle, Terri Simpson

Open House will take place on Thursday, March 21^st at 6:00 p.m. at The Chapel at Grossmont.   LaChrisha will check with Pastor John about two important items:  Can we set up at 5:00 p.m.?  Are we able to pin or tack items to the walls?

If we get approval from Pastor John, families should be at the church by 5:00 p.m. on March 21^st to help with set-up.  Each family is responsible for helping their students prepare their presentations or displays and bringing them to the Open House.

Shirley emailed a flyer that families can use to invite family and friends.  There was some discussion about having our high school students assist as emcees for the event, but no final decisions were made.

Agenda for the Open House will be:

1.      Opening Prayer and Welcome

2.      Music Recital by Simpson family

3.      Student Presentations (approximately one hour)

Elementary Students

Middle School Students

High School Students

4.      View Displays

5.      Refreshments and Closing Prayer

The preliminary estimate for attendance is 60 people.  Each teacher discussed what students should be prepared to present or display at Open House.  The assignments are as follows:

Elementary students:  Sing vowel song.

Middle School students:

Science – Display human body posters.  Students may want to color in the body systems.

History – Recite the timeline and present their Civil War timelines.

Literature – Display book reports.

IEW – Display one or more of their essays.

Latin – Sing “O Come All Ye Faithful” in Latin.

High School students:

Anatomy – Present interactive body presentations using computer and display brain or eye experiments.

Biology – Display projects on Darwinism and DNA.

History – Present a song, rap, and mural.

Leadership – Display leadership project proposals, Spiritual Gifts assessments, and textbook materials.

Spanish – Present a movie trailer done in Spanish.

World Literature – Displays and essays on books chosen by students.

Food/refreshment assignments are as follows:

Shirley – sandwich rolls and cake from Costco (from co-op funds).  Shirley will also purchase bottled water and cups using co-op funds.

Shawn and LaChrisha – chips

Julia – salsa and veggies

Terri and Sandra – fruit

Tracie – large cooler of lemonade and veggies

Followup: We have approval from Pastor John for the 5pm set up time but as far as things on the walls he'd rather we use the blue tape as a loop on the back of whatever we are displaying.  

Jonathan A., Jesse M. and Jonathan R. will be the MC's for the Open House.  Is there anyone that would be willing to volunteer to make a program for the open house that states the order of everything?  We can run off the copies using co-op funds.  Please let LaChrisha know if you are willing to take that on.  

Hello C3 families, 
another great (and tiring because of the time change) co-op day has been conquered.  It was great to see the students getting so into completing their projects for open house.  It's going to be a great event and I for one am looking forward to it.  Also we only have one co-op meeting and the Open House till Spring Break.  Lets go out on vacation with a bang by making the last co-op and the Open House exciting and memorable.  
Next weeks speakers will be:
Rachael M.
Rebekah M. 
Joshua B.

Here is this weeks homework:

High School

Spanish - Read pages 108-111 and do exercises 8.3, 8.4 and 8.5.

W. History - .Read lessons 111, 112, 113 and 114.  Write down 3 facts from each chapter that is either new to you or an interesting fact to you.  

W. Literature- Continue reading or listening to Les Mis.  Also for open house complete either a written or recorded speaking synopsis on the book you chose to share for open house and be prepared to share it in class this Tuesday.  

Biology- complete module 11 and complete the study guide and test for module 11. Complete the assignment for open house assigned to you.  

Anatomy- No Homework except to study  & practice your presentations with family members and write your Lab Reports from the paper you were given.

This should give you more time to work on all your presentations also.

Economics-  I will scan you the reading to do for Easter break.  This will give you time for Open House presentations.  As Council Members, how can you contribute to the city plan.  Which do you need first, businesses or homes?  The Council needs to develop a plan for construction - plan a business to propose for building - then you may plan homes

 
Middle School

Latin: Review vocabulary words on lesson 16.  Be ready for a quiz on vocabulary and second conjugation from chapter 16.  Also practice the song "Adeste Fildeles" for Open House.  

Science: Finish reading Module 6 pages 146-156.  Make notes on vocabulary terms. Next week’s experiment leader will be Josh Bethea. Please read up on Experiment 6.5. It is your job to take us through the experiment and assign tasks.  All equipment will be provided.

IEW:  Students should complete their rough drafts on Abraham Lincoln.  When done, rewrite the draft into a final copy (you can use this to display for Open House).

American History: Story of the Great Republic: Read Chapters “The Battle of Gettysburg” and “The Taking of Vicksburg.” Complete your Civil War timeline, if unfinished.

American Literature: Begin the book "Turn Homeward Hanalee" and read through chapter 5.  Also  be sure to complete a book report on the book you have chosen to display for open house

Important Note: 

For Open House have students bring in their life-sized human body systems (digestive, respiratory, circulatory) drawn on cardboard.  If they have already disposed of it, please have them create another! Bring it in Tuesday.

Open House: bring in your favorite essay (outline, drafts and final) on Tuesday to display.  We want parents to see the whole process and the time our students are taking on each essay.

Have a great week,

LaChrisha Randle

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Good morning C3 families,
please be sure to read the entire page and have your students do the same.  I'm guilty myself of not having my students read it in its entirety but I should have them do so, so that no important information is missed.  I'm finding that a lot of the students are saying that they were not aware of certain homework assignments. If both you and your student reads their assignments there is ample coverage to know what needs to be done.

The hamburgers were a hit yesterday and needless to say the students loved them.  We will be having hamburgers again next week and we will stick with the same assignments to make things easy.  A special thanks to Shirley for always getting in that kitchen and making lunch happen.  Thanks to the other moms for stepping in where needed during lunch hour. And thanks to Terri for bringing cupcakes for no special reason, I know the students enjoyed them.  You guys all rock!

Also, it was good to have all of the special guest teachers and students yesterday.  It was great to see the Vannoy girls as they have been missed.  Also, its always good to see Michael, an old student who is doing great in his new college endeavors.  Hes a straight A student!  It gives me great hope for all of our future college students. And it is always a blessing to have the teaching help of the dads.  Thanks to Mr. Alvarado for stepping up to help in the economics class each week and thanks to Mr. Randle for coming for the second time to have a bible study on character with the young men.  We're so blessed to have the supportive, loving dads and husbands we have; not to take anything away from those dads who have not been able to come and help at co-op because they are busy financially supporting their families so that the privilege of home schooling can be enjoyed.  Husbands/dads rock too!

Open house is upon us.  Invite your loved ones and friends to show off what our students have accomplished this year.  We will discuss all of the details at this Fridays meeting.

Next weeks presenters will be:
Jonathan Randle
Jonathan Alvarado
Nathaniel Randle
Briana Beckman (yes you Briana)

Here is this weeks homework:

High School

Spanish - Read pages 102-107 and do exercises 8.1 & 8.2. Familiarize yourself with the demonstrative adjectives on page 104 and adjectives of nationality on pages 105-107.

W. History - . Read lessons 106, 108, 109 & 110 in Unit 22.  Work on songs for open house Jonathan A., Jonathan R. and Jesse.  Be prepared to share the song next week in class.  I will be bringing the mural board to class next week for to transfer art to.  Bring any art supplies you have that may help, namely markers. There are only 2 weeks left till open house.  

W. Literature- Continue reading or listening to Les Mis.  Also for open house complete either a written or recorded speaking synopsis on the book you chose to share for open house and be prepared to share it in class this Tuesday.  

Biology- module 11 read half the chapter and begin to work on the study guide.  Complete questions 1-11 this week and 12-22 next week.  

Anatomy- Mod. 10: THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM    Pg 293 - 315

Questions: pg 314-315    # 1-10

On Your Own: pg 294, 296, 301, 302, 307, 308, 310,  check answers p 312-313

Pg 301 CB Exercise 10.1 pg 151- endocrine system

Pg 307 CB Exercise 10.2 pg 152-153 - review hormone control

Continue to memorize your bones list, muscles, and brain lists. Continue to get your CB ready for the display

Economics-   I'm so proud how you did yesterday with our first Council meeting!!  Now that you decided that 

Construction will be your first business, you all need to decide how that will be done.   

Which came first Supply or Demand? Talk that subject over with your family and I will contact you by email.

Middle School

Latin: Read lesson 16 pp. 44-45. Make 3x5 cards for the vocabulary words and memorize them.  Also make a 3x5 card for the second conjugation and memorize them.  Bring 3x5 card w/the song were singing for open house to class Tuesday so we can practice.
 

Science: We will be starting Module 6 next week (p 137-146) on Foundations of Geology.  We will do Experiment 6.1 so please read these pages to prepare for the experiment.
Does anyone have any, or know where to purchase, Alum? 
 

IEW:  Continue to work on your rough draft of the Abraham Lincoln biography.  When finished, edit the draft by adding the following:

Dress Ups (underlined): who/which, -ly word, strong verb, quality adjective, www.asia, because

Sentence Openers (numbered in margin): 1) subject, 2) prepositional, 3) -ly, 4) -ing, 5) www.asia, 6) VSS

Decorations (highlighted in text): question, conversation, 3sss, dramatic opening/closing, simile/metaphor, alliteration

Please remember to bring your edited draft to class Tuesday. I will review each one for final edits before you write the final version.

American History: Continue to review timeline for Open House (attached again). Also continue to work on your timeline to show next week.  Link for the information for each year can be found here: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html

American Literature:  Complete reading of "Iron Thunder".  Be ready to complete these discussion questions in class.  
QUESTIONS

6. List all the ways that Tom’s day-to-day life in Brooklyn in 1862 is different from your life 
today. Is there anything about his life you wish were true of yours? Is there anything that 
you are glad is different? 
7. Imagine that you were Tom. Would you have taken both gold coins? Why or why not? 
8. While Tom does not often mention his father’s death, what role does that loss play in Tom’s 
life? How does it affect his relationship with Captain Ericsson? How does it affect his 
feelings about the Monitor and the Union cause? 
9. On page 106, Tom comments that “Captain Ericsson could think us to the moon if he 
wanted to.” What does he mean? How does Avi, the author, speak directly to a modern 
reader with this line? 
10. On the way to Hampton Roads, the Monitor is nearly sunk during a storm. How does this 
chapter build excitement about the coming battle? If the workmen had had time to 
completely test and finish the boat, would the final battle have been as thrilling to read 
about? 
11. What if Tom had helped out the copperheads and given them what they wanted? How might 
the course of the whole war been different? 
12. Did Captain Worden do the right thing by bringing Tom on board the Monitor? Is it all right for children to be in a military battle? 
13. Each side claims to have won the final battle. Who do you think won? Why?

Important Note:  We are scheduled to have a meeting this Friday, March 8th at 2:30 regarding the open house on March 21.