Wecome Back Juniors and Seniors

I hope everyone had a fantastic summer! I am sure you all had a restful and yet productive break. I am excited to work with you on new and interesting subjects.


Seniors:

Internal Investigation: due in two weeks (final paper). Look at the JCHS IB website to see a copy of a Historiography and the criterea for each section (word count, content, etc.)
Extended Essay: We will have a meeting next week for extended essays.

Juniors:

We will be assigning books and reviewing for the course on Tuesday.
I am excited to meet and work with you all.

Missing Assignments for Summer Work

The following students HAVE NOT SENT IN THEIR Internal Assessment topic that was due June 8, 2009:

Ben, K.

Blando, M

Campanero, K

Comesario, C

De Los Santos, D

Firme, R

Guillermo, Nigel

Gutierrez, Jaime

Hahn, Z

Lapitan, R.

Magday, K

Mahilum, J

Perry, M

Rodriquez, C

Rumaoa, A

Saragena, I

Sejalbo, C

Valdrez, J

Wright, S.

You should remember you had two weeks BEFORE school ended of class time to choose a topic and EMAIL it to me. This is part of the assessment grade and will be applied when school returns. I am working on school work now and this should be sent to me ASAP. Late points are being applied for those who have not sent it to me as instructed. Final paper is due when you return to school....

This Summer and assignments

Hey guys

I will be out of course the next few weeks and I will have limited internet via my phone. However, continue working on your Internal Assessment, it MUST be completed. Consider it to be a precursor for the Extended Essay!

Dates for IA HOA:

June 8, 2009

Topic to be chosen and approved by Mrs. Aly-have rationale as to WHY you should do this topic with a list of sources you can use.

June 25, 2009

Part A completed and sent in to Mrs. Aly at IB e-mail.

July 6, 2009

Part B completed and sent in (along with A) to Mrs. Aly via IB e-mail.

July 13, 2009

Part C completed and sent in (along with previous work) to Mrs. Aly via IB e-mail

July 21, 2009

Part D completed and sent in (along with previous work) to Mrs. Aly via IB e-maiol

July 31, 2009

Parts E and F completed and sent in (along with previous work) to Mrs. Aly via IB e-mail.

This will be my last posting until I am home again. I HOPE I will feel better sooner rather than later. I am depending on you all to be diligent and hard working. If this goes right, by the end of this summer you will have ONE LESS big project due and MORE time to study for IB exams!!

Be sure to check later for emails and postings for downloads of PDF files. Probably in July I should have energy and a brain :)

(quiet Michael)

Mrs. Aly

AP US History Day is HERE!!!

Good Luck to All!

Report 7:30 a.m. sharp to the Humanities building. Bring at least 4 sharpened pencils with you. An extra eraser if you have it. Remember, NO TALKING (if someone sneezes, no bless you) and bring a small sna

ck for 10 minutes. Dress with a jacket because it will be cool in the room. 

You will have 80 questions for your multiple choice. Then you will do a DBQ with 10 documents. Use ALL 10 documents AND outside information from what you know. Be sure to make your thesis CLEAR and consise.

Next you will have four Free Response essays. Choose 1 essay from each group, not two from the same group. 

Be sure to ANSWER THE PROMPT!!!! DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING OUT! 

Best of luck to everyone! I hope you all do excellent on Friday!

ALY

New Updates

I have uploaded new study guides to the website IB for now. Please tell AP class students too. I am out of room on their website in storage. Also go there to get more AP study guides. Study Study and  study more. This is your time to get as much as possible. 

Thanks for the kind messages sent to me. I hope to be back on Monday. I look like I have the mumps in my neck!! We now have to find another car to get....we can't decide if we will buy new or used. 

Study please! It worries me we lost this week. Study Study Study is not enough.....concentrate and take your notebooks home to study SPRITES. You also need to remember Dates, Presidents, Events, Court Cases, Major Events and Idealogies...LOTS of things. It is crunch time guys!

Good Luck

Thanks from my heart....

I cannot say enough kind thoughts and healing wishes I have received today from such thoughtful students. I deeply and truly appreciate your kind encouraging words conveyed to me. I always say,"God puts people in your life for a reason" and I think you all gave me a reason today. Much thanks from us.

He is home resting tonight and has an appointment with a neurologist soon to help find out why he is having these strokes. Unfortunately, he has been having some before this and we did not know until the stroke this morning had him take a CAT scan.

As for the prompts Paul gave you all. He did me a favor in my time of need in helping out. My lessons were for me to lecture and that is kinda hard without me being there. He did what I asked Ms. Tanaka to have Paul do. He helped me tremendously with a short notice and we all owe him thanks.

I will get the prompts tomorrow and we can work on them after your test on Wednesday. In fact, I want you to bring them if you come for the training session. I need a definite list of names who will be there so I can make copies for all.

Binder checks on Wednesday Chapters 1-28 and Test on 1-28. We will soon start more essays on Latin America too as well as review the power points. I need to ask Mr. Ramiscal to make copies of everyone's power points on one CD for you all. Anyone who has him for a class, ask him if it would be an inconvenience. I have the CDs already.

I should be back tomorrow unless something else happens. We have 48 hours to watch for further episodes of a stroke.....prays are welcome who sent them.

Mrs. Aly

History Day & MC tests etc.

Next week:
Binder Check on Chapters 1-25 Next Thursday (3-12-09)
MC Test Chapters 1-25 Same day as binder check


I need ALL attending History Day to send me your:

Annotated Bilbilography
Process Papers

VIA EMAIL so we can have a copy in case you forget to bring your copies! YOU MUST HAVE THIS IN ORDER TO COMPETE!!!!!

Bring FOUR copies with you to History Day

Missing History Day Parent forms:
Robert F.
Tomi S
Stephen B.
Kimberly B.
Romeo L.
Clarence C.
Zach H.
Ashley R.
Maria B.
Aysia R.
Iris S.
Celene R.
Nigel G.
Robinson B.


I need all of these by Wednesday (3-4-09).