English Alert

Here's what I've got:

Read the book. You know, the long one. Chapters 1-13 are due Thursday, so don't procrastinate.

Knit.

Finish the podcast for your ballad. It's also due Thursday.

Correct the Crucible/Ethan Frome essays. Ms. Zinman needs them before the break.

Please Ms. Zinman and do whatever she wants you to do.

Start researching your topic for your documentary.

Knit.


Have fun knitting!

Latin

Hello!

I'm posting the Latin Homework (Lines 1-6) here on the blog. I hope it helps. Even if you did them, you can compare the answers.

Here goes:

Now it was the sixth hour. Titus Cornelius, when alone each day, embarked from his house into the Plain of Mars on the outskirts of Rome down to the Baths of Nero, for he and his friends met and spoke together about the king of the city.
When Titus had arrived to that place, with his money having been given, he entered into the entrance passage. There he greeted several of his friends and went into one changing room. HIs clothing having been taken off he handed it to the servants themselves, who were carrying his perfume and strigil.

Again. Hope it helps. yup.

Homework for November 29, 2007

Hey gang!

I'm so excited for the Scavenger Hunt. There has been some mix-up as to when we're starting, and I would like to clear that up. I think we should wait until Tuesday and make a tradition of the announcement of the objects on that day. I have come up with some special occasion ideas for week long competitions. For example, which team can bring the most buttons to the rendezvous. In addition, I also want to remind everyone who hasn't turned in their Drama sheet to do so. That is all I believe, and without further ado...the homework:

English- Vocab test
Algebra 1- problems 7, 9, and 11
Spanish- Type answers for Ejercicio A
Latin- Translate Chapter 43 lines 1-6

One last thing, I think that it's OK if we have duplicates of colors. I think its more important that everyone is wearing some solid color.

I think that's all so far. I'll keep you POSTED! HA HA HA

-Moderator Nick

Soulja Boy Mom

Hey Guys,

Go to this link and watch my mom do the soulja boy crank that.
Pass it on to everyone you know because I want a lot of hits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1KNlNjFTJg

Thanks,

Davis

Scavenger Hunt!!!!

heyy everyone, evan here. i thought it might be helpful for the scavenger hunt teams to be posted on the blog, so here they are:

Team 1: Evan, Rick, Nick

Team 2: Juan-Salvador, Davis, Zoey

Team 3: Kayla, Alexander, Ella

Team 4: Jackie, Tahirah, Ellie

Team 5: Michael, J.R., Maddy

any new ideas for items??? we are doing it for points tomorrow correct?

happy searching,

evan

Special Free Dress Tomorrow

In the continuation of our recently created tradition, tomorrow will be solid color day. If the name isn't self-explanitory, pretty much everyone wears a different color but NOTHING BUT THAT COLOR. It'll be a lot of fun. Anyway, along with your comment, please tell us which color you'll be wearing so we won't have TOO many repititions. Thanks you guys, can't wait to see you tomorrow!

Holiday Party

Hey, everyone! I was wondering whether anyone in the class is throwing a holiday party like we had last year. I know I can't throw one, but someone should. We should have like secret santas and cupcakes and holiday stuff. That would be groovy. And we should invite katt, orion, and david. If someone is having a party, please post on the blog. I'd highly appreciate it!
Peace and love,
Ellie

Homework for November 28th, 2007

Hey Everybody,

Today's advisory was really fun and helpful. I got a little nervous that the blog was dying, but it looks like everybody is still into the idea. So here's the homework due tomorrow:

Spanish- Ejercicio A in Subjunctive unit
Latin-?
French-Activities For You Workbook pg. 57-58
Algebra-?

There are a few additional things that people could catch up on. If anybody hasn't corrected their poems for English they were due on Tuesday, so you should get them in. Also, Mr. Maynard wants those forms, so. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! Get them in! Especially you, Ellie. Just kidding.

On a lighter note, everybody should post atl least one thing for our scavenger hunt in the comments of this blog. I've already got mine. Somebody explain to the French people what it is, for I have not the energy nor the will. We should discuss that so comment away. OH YEAH!

-Moderator Nick

P.S. The lead singer from Quiet Riot has died. I am in mourning.

Thespian Festival

November 15, 2007

Dear 4th Year Parents,
Your child is eligible to participate in the 2007 Californian Thespian State Festival! The festival is scheduled to take place on April 4th, 5th, and 6th in Ontario, California. The cost is approximately $300 per student to attend. In addition to the festival, each student will be inducted into The International Thespian Society. Please indicate below that you are interested in your child’s attendance at the festival this spring, and that you will allow us to provide the society with your mailing address. Your response is needed as soon as possible so that we can calculate the exact cost, and the number of students attending this year.

Sincerely,
The Theater Department

Parent’s Signature _________________________

Upcoming Art Due Dates and the Sunlight and Spotlight Instrucions

Hey everyone! some quick art reminders: sunlight and spotlight is due on Friday 11/30/07, the day after the 6th anniversary of George Harrison's death date :-( RIP
The kaleidoscope picture is due 12/7/07, the 66th anniversary of pearl harbor. pearl harbor was also sad. many ppl died. RIP :-(

Here are the instructions for the Sunlight and Spotlight (remember, it is just 1 picture)

Focusing A Spotlight

Preparation

Adding a spotlight effect to an interior is accomplished by selecting what will be affected in the scene and then choosing a soft, roughly circular area for brightening.

1. Open spotlight_start.jpg, check for size and resolution and save as a different name.

Creating the spotlight

An approximately circular selection is drawn over the center of the cross; this will be the area the describes the spotlighting effect. The selection is softened appropriately depending on how focused the spotlight will be.

1. Duplicate the background layer and work on the copy.

2. Get a feathered lasso (this example uses a feather of 175 px) and draw a rough circle around the area that you want to spotlight. Save the selection.

3. Use Image>Adjustments>Brightness & Contrast to raise the brightness of the selected area high enough to create the desired effect.

4. For a more intense impression of spotlighting, the surroundings are darkened by reversing the selection and reducing the contrast and brightness.


Hope that helps. I'm not putting the images on here cause i forgot how to take screen shots so i can't put the images from the document onto this post. Hope you dig it. Don't forget to turn it in and also she's grading everything up to 10/26/07 tomorrow so CORRECT YOUR PICTURES! Don't forget: 10 by 7.5 in 300 resolution!

Peace and love,
Ellie

American events Dates for Test

hey everyone! I already posted them up earlier, so i thought i'd post them again so everyone can see them when the blog is open. The test is on December 11. I know that I'm not the one in charge of History, but seeing I already posted it, I think it's ok. Due dates for art will be put up tomorrow as with more instructions.

The new dates are in bold. the other ones are not.

1775A - April 16-18 Battle of Lexington and Concord
1776A - July 4 - Second Continential Congress Adopts Declaration of Independence
1798A - George Washington sworn in as first president
1800A - Washington DC becomes nation's new capital
1802A - Military Academy at West Point established
1803A - April 30 - Louisiana Purchase takes place
1804A - May - Lewis and Clark begin exploring lands west of the Mississippi
1814A - September 14 - Writing of the "Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
1820A - March 3 - Congress passes the Missouri Compromise
1823A - December 2 - Monroe Doctrine established
1827A - 1st African-American newspaper, "Freedom's Journal," published in New York
1835A - Texas Revolution breaks out against Mexican rule
1836A - March 2 - Texas declares its independence from Mexico
1836B - Battle of the Alamo
1838A - Underground railroad escape routes developed
1843A - Settlers begin migration over the Oregon Trail to Oregon territory
1844A - May 24 - Mores sends the first telegram message, "What hath god wrought?"
1846A - Mexican War begins
1850A - September 9 - California admitted to the Union
1857A - March 6 - Dred Scott decision
1860A - November - Abraham Lincoln elected President
1861A - April 12 - Confederates fire on Fort Sumter - Start of the Civil War
1862A - July 2 - Morrill Land-Grant College Act
1862B - September 17 - Battle of Antietam
1863A - January 1 - Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
1893B - July 1-3 - Battle of Gettysburg
1869A - May 10 (ellie's bday) - World's first transcontinental railroad is finished
1870A - February 3 - 15th Amendment adopted - Right to vote
1876A - March 7 - Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
1876B - Battle of the Little Big Horn
1882A - May 6 - Chinese exclusion act passed
1885A - February 21 - Washington Monument is dedicated
1896A - "Plessy V. Ferguson" Supreme Court decision legalizes segregation
1898A - Spanish-American War
1903A - Wright brothers launch first successful flight in an airplane
1908A - October 1 - The first model T Ford put on the market
1915A - May 7 - "Lusitania" sunk by German submarine - American lives lost
1917A - April 6 - America declares war on Germany and enters World War 1
1918A - November 11 - World War I ends
1920A - August 26 - 19th Amendment granting women right to vote is ratified
1927A - May 20-21 - Charles Lindbergh makes first solo flight across the Atlantic
1929A - October 28 - Stock Market crash brings on the Great Depression
1931A - March 3 - "Star Spangled Banner" is officially made U.S. anthem
1932A - November - Franklin Roosevelt elected president for 1st of 4 terms
1939A - August 2 - Einstein urges Roosevelt to develope an atomic bomb
1941A - December 7 - Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Pushes America into World War II
1944A - June 6 - D-Day - The invasion of Europe
1945A - August 6&9 - U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1954A - May 17 - "Brown vs. Board of Education" ends segregation in public schools
1954A - Jonas Salk develops vaccine for Polio
1955A - Montgomery Bus Boycotts - Led by Martin Luther King Jr.
1959A - April 1 - NASA selects the first seven American astronauts
1961A - May 5 - Alan Shepard is America's first man in space
1963A - November 22 - President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
1971A - July 5 - 26th Amendment lowers voting age to 18
1973A - January 27 - U.S. and S. Vietnam sign cease-fire with N. Vietnam ending Vietnam War
1980A - November - Ronald Reagan elected president
1983A - Sally Ride [Westlake School] - becomes first women in space
1991A - 1st Gulf War with Iraq

That took a while, it's all the dates, if you lost the sheet with the dates hope you use this!
Peace and Love,
Ellie

Homework due November 26, 2007

Hi Everybody!

Glad to finally be back with this HW post. Sorry, I'm late. Most probably have already started their homework. The only things I will post are those due tomorrow. I think we should make the people in charge of each class notify about long term assignments. I will make sure that anything is missing, but I don't want to have to post every last thing.

Due tomorrow:

Spanish-Worksheet (Ejercicio B)
Latin?
French?
English-Vocab
Geometry-Worksheets (Polygons, Old Test)
Algebra?

Hope this finds you in time. Comment with any corrections or additions

One last note: I am now the only moderator because I didn't want there to be any mishaps with the senior email. See you all tomorrow.

-Moderator Nick

Science

As Nick so eloquently put it, me and/or Tahira are going to be posting the science homework, so here it is:

People who are doing Science Fair, turn in you proposal. It was due on Tuesday for people who are in the elective (Rick). Everyone else, I guess it's due sometime soon.

People who are or are not doing Science Fair, write your final current event, not just of the month, not just of the semester, not just of the year, but probably of your entire life. Te current event is due at the end of the month.

That's all folks (as far as I know).

BTW, whoever made that poll, good job. I voted for Benny Lava.

Crazy Indian Video... Buffalaxed!

Semi-Triumphant Return

We need to get more organized with this blog. I take full responsibility for its decline in helpfulness. Everyone is doing a good job posting, we just need to return to our original purpose: To create a website where all school-related resources needed by the senior class can be accessed. I need to stop flaking out, and restart my homework posts. I am very sorry for all the inconvenience.

I think we should give each person a responsibility of some class' handouts and resources. For example, Ellie has already been staying on top of the art work, so I propose that she continues to post all art information. If everyone has a little bit of responsibility I think we would be much more likely to succeed. Here is what I think would be good assignments:

Human Development-Davis
Algebra 1-Michael and/or Tahirah
Geometry-Kayla
Science-Alexander and/or Tahirah
English-Juan-Salvador and/or Jackie
History-Maddy
Art-Ellie
Spanish-Ella and/or J.R.
Latin-Evan and/or Rick
French-Zoey

These are just suggestions, and it's all up for discussion, so if you want to change or finalize just post a comment, and we can start a discussion. I will post the final list as soon as it is done. We will discuss the responsibilities of these people. You may notice I'm not on the list, and that's because I will still be posting the homework post every day, and moderating all of the posts.

I am ready to get more serious about this, and I hope you all are too.

-Moderator Nick

P.S. Ellie, could you post the assignment sheet for art if you haven't already.

blending instructions

hi everybody. Even though the blending was already due, Maddy asked for the instructions.


Preparation

The key to a successful blending is to convince the viewer that the subjects of two photographs are actually one image. This is achieved by making sure that the lighting in the original photographs is as similar as possible, and by a careful transition, partially erasing the upper layer.

1. Open the hand.psd and candle.psd files and Save as to different file names so you are not making changes on the original.

3. Reduce the file size to half, and double the resolution for each: 9” x 6.75” @ 360 dpi.

4. Prepare a new file that is 7.5” x 10” @ 360 dpi and name it Blending_Final.psd. Drag both of the resized images onto this file, with the hand layer below the candle layer. Close the two files.


Creating the Transition

1. An inspection of the image will show that the backgrounds are dissimilar in color, and that the candle is too large and long to fit on the finger to create a successful transition.

2. To improve the similarity of the backgrounds, select the candle layer and add a New Adjustment Layer>Levels. Be sure to select the box “Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask.”



3. Drag the gamma (gray triangle) slider to the left to lighten the background of the candle layer until it matches the background of the hand layer as much as possible.

4. Select the candle layer. Using the rectangle marquee tool, draw a rectangle around the portion of the candle that you want to keep (how long do you want the candle to be on top of the finger?). Select>Inverse and delete.

5. Drag the candle layer down so that it overlaps the finger. You will notice that it is too wide to fit. Use the Transform tool to reduce the size of the candle so that it will make a smooth transition onto the finger. This step takes patience and several adjustments before the candle fits in place.

6. Crop the image so it contains the two layers. You can open the Levels adjustment layer and make any necessary minor adjustments to the candle background. Save.


7. Using a large, soft-edged Eraser, blend the finger and the candle together. Also, run the eraser along the edge between the two layers to smooth the background transition. Adjust until the transition appears seamless and you have achieved the desired effect.


hope this helps to all of you who haven't finished yet.

Peace and Love,
Ellie Diamant



btw, i just watche la vie en rose and it's amazing. you all should watch it.

Blending Instructions?

Does anyone happen to have the instructions on blending? I know it has something to do with erasing and smudging and all that, but my great memory has failed me and the instruction sheet would really help me out.

Hope you are all having a happy Thanksgiving.
Madeleine

Picture 6?

Question: What is picture 6 for art (It was due 11/20)?
P.S. Happy Thanksgiving

latin translation for thurs. nov. 15

heyy latin studentes--

if any of you read this before tomorrow or before you go to bed...i think all of us should post what we have of the translation just in case...we've got to have each others backs, ya know? i kno for sure i've got the first paragraph down so far...but does anyone know what "dabit" means? i couldn't find it anywhere in the glossary...thanks. shall we make a habit of this, by the way?

sum frustrata,

evan (appia amanda)

HALLELUJAH!

YAYYYY!!!!!!!!

THERE IS A GOD! AND THIS IS MY PROOF:

Seniors wrote this:

Would it be possible for us to get an extension 'till Monday on the
Lectio Divina?

Mr West wrote this:

Done! I have just been able to pick up my emails from the last three days.
I understand your need and agree with you. Please plan on using Thursday
morning as a work session. I will need a bit of your time, but I will
release you to your own devices when I am done. I hope that works for
everyone.

Everyone please remember that you should have some substantive remarks made
in your journals about your selected six readings. If you need help or want
to conference about any of the readings, please feel free to ask me either
on Thursday or when you have time on Wednesday.

Sincerely,

Mr. West


i am so happpeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

zoey :) :) :)

WHAT DO WE DO?

hey guys.

so. we have a problem. for the most part, none of us have started or at least gotten one chapter of lectio divina done. that means we have six hours of work to do tomorrow! aaah. obviously, we could have worked on this before hand, but we have had a TON of homework! When Mr. West assigned this he said we had two weeks to complete it. In actuality, we only had ten days (due to the tardy returning of our journals).

I think that this totally validates an extension. Since Mr. West has not yet responded to our email I think that it is really important that we ask him in person for the extension to Monday.

Please post if you would like to be the one to ask him. If not, I guess I'll do it...:(

Good luck on your lectios everyone!

Zoey

Chapter 42 Translation

Chapter 42 Translation
4th Year Upper School

Quintus Valerius, my master, two months ago, has been from Bithynia to Rome by his father carrying letters. i set out together with my master. When had sailed for four days, suddenly greatest storm has arisen. The ship having been thrown here and there by the winds was in great danger. At last, when the waves and the winds had driven the ship towards a certain island, we scarcely escaped onto land. Having stayed for the whole night on the shore, at first light, because now the force of the storm seemed to have fallen, we returned onto the ship. Suddenly, we caught sight of several small boats full of men. The captain of our ship, when had caught sight of these small boats, he exclaimed, “Good heavens! These men are pirates. Oh no! We will not be able to escape.” To which my master said, “If you will have saved me,” he said, “my father, who is a rich and famous man, he will give to you a lot of money. This ship is faster than those small boats. Even if the pirates follow they will not take/capture us.” We tried to flee away, but it was in vain. For the pirates, because they had seen us trying to escape, attacked our ship. Right away, my master drew his sword and was shouting to me, “Follow me!” he leapt into the boat. Indeed, having followed, I began to defend my master, for he had been seen to receive a serious wound. The captain of the ship, because he was very afraid, he forbade us to help them. “If we resist the pirates,” he said, “without doubt, we will all be killed.”

Make sure that all of the Latin students see this post! if we all have the translation done, it will totally mess up the subs plans for the day! we can be bad, by being good.

Lectio

Could someone maybe represent the class and write an email to Mr. West so as to postpone the duedate for our Lectio Divina homework? After all, we only received our journals on a Monday instead of Thursday or Friday, and I think many of us write journal entries over the weekend (well, at least I do). It would help because fitting 6 hours of homework from Monday to Wednesday is going to be a little tough for me, to say the least. I would definitely appreciate a little help.

I think we have AMC-8 coming up.

The official Latin sub is Ms Alcantara (sp?) who was TA for Room 2B in previous years. She's a nice person. I really like her. Another thing, SHE DOESN'T KNOW LATIN. This is gonna be fun.

Remember to label the originals in your art photos!

SMAGBA- Science Movies Are Gonna Be Awesome

yup

Weekend Homework

Hi! The only homework I think we have is the current event,
reading TOTC, any art photos you haven't corrected or turned in, and for French 4 taking notes on some partie.

Also, we have exactly six hours of human development writing due for thursday! aaahh!

Have a great Sunday!

See you tomorrow, Zoey

SENIOR PANEL!!!! :-)

omg you guys I know I and probably other people forgot that the senior panel thing for parents is tomorrow (thursday) night...who if anyone is coming? and can we stay in a classroom until it begins this time too? that would be nice. good luck on the ERBs (exciting rational blubber)!!!!


yours truly,

evan

Latin Subjunctive Guide

ok..here is the latin subjunctive we have learned so far...i hope i'm completely correct...i think i am.

present active: Let's steal a fiat (using 1st pp)
endings- m, s, t, mus, tis, nt
present passive: Let's steal a fiat (using 1st pp)
endings- r, ris, tur, mur, mini, ntur

imperfect active: entire 2nd pp + endings
endings- m, s, t, mus, tis, nt
imperfect passive: entire 2nd pp + endings
endings- r, ris, tur, mur, mini, ntur

perfect active: 3rd stem + -eri + endings
endings - m, s, t, mus, tis, nt
perfect passive: 4th pp + sim, sis, sit, simus, sitis, sint(2 words)

plu-perfect active: 3rd stem + -isse + endings
endings- m, s, t, mus, tis, nt
plu-perfect passive: 4th pp + ero, eris, erit, erimus, eritis, erint (2 words)

AND THAT'S ALL....HOPE THIS HELPS ANY AND ALL OF US ROMANS

xoxo,

Evan LATINA VIVIT!

Latin Subjunctive

Could someone maybe, please, hopefully, possibly post any and all the Latin subjunctive endings onto the blog? At least one person would benefit, and you can never forget... CHARACTER COUNTS! So, go do it! Obviously, please do so in a truthful, respectful, fair, cooperative, and caring way. (Did I miss any out?) Again, it would help a lot. Thank you.

American Events Test Date & Computers

Hello...

The American Events Date has been moved to Tuesday, November 20. Also, we are also supposed to bring our laptops to the lab for robotics software this morning. Good luck on the ERBs!

Ellie's Party Time Changed

hi everyone. Some people have asked me to make my party longer so I will. It will now officially start at 6 but u guys can come whenever u want to. If you need a ride, I can bring 5 people home with me. If you can come I'd appreciate it if you tell me by maybe commenting to this post. Thank you very much! Peace and Love, Ellie

Chapter 42 Vocabulary

Chapter 42 Vocab- A Slave To The Rescue

Ventus, i- wind (m)

Unda, ae- wave (f)

Scapha, ae- small boat

Magister, magistri- schoolmaster, master, captain (m)

Pro di Immortales!- Good heavens!

Dives, divitis- rich

Coorior, cooriri, coortus sum-to rise up, arise

Evado, evadere, evasi, evasus,- to escape

Adorior, adoriri, adortus sum- to attack

Resisto, resistere, restiti +dat- to resist

Supero, are, avi, atus- to overcome

Pauper, pauperis- poor

Casa, ae- hut, cottage (f)

Pugio, pugionis- dagger (m)

clam- secretly (adv)

quoniam- since (conj)

convalesco, convalescere, convalui- to grow stronger, get well

American Events Dates for test 2

The new dates are in bold. the other ones are not.

1775A - April 16-18 Battle of Lexington and Concord
1776A - July 4 - Second Continential Congress Adopts Declaration of Independence
1798A - George Washington sworn in as first president
1800A - Washington DC becomes nation's new capital
1802A - Military Academy at West Point established
1803A - April 30 - Louisiana Purchuse takes place
1804A - May - Lewis and Clark begin exploring lands west of the Mississippi
1814A - September 14 - Writing of the "Star Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
1820A - March 3 - Congress passes the Missouri Compromise
1823A - December 2 - Monroe Docrine established
1827A - 1st African-American newspaper, "Freedom's Journal," published in New York
1835A - Texas Revolution breaks out against Mexican rule
1836A - March 2 - Texas declares its independence from Mexico
1836B - Battle of the Alamo
1838A - Underground railroad escape routes developed
1843A - Settlers begin migration over the Oregon Trail to Oregon territory
1844A - May 24 - Mores sends the first telegram message, "What hath god wrought?"
1846A - Mexican War begins
1850A - September 9 - California admitted to the Union
1857A - March 6 - Dred Scott decision
1860A - November - Abraham Lincoln elected President
1861A - April 12 - Confederates fire on Fort Sumter - Start of the Civil War
1862A - July 2 - Morrill Land-Grant College Act
1862B - September 17 - Battle of Antietam
1863A - January 1 - Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
1893B - July 1-3 - Battle of Gettysburg
1869A - May 10 (ellie's bday) - World's first transcontinental railroad is finished
1870A - February 3 - 15th Amendment adopted - Right to vote
1876A - March 7 - Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
1876B - Battle of the Little Big Horn
1882A - May 6 - Chinese exclusion act passed
1885A - February 21 - Washington Monument is dedicated
1896A - "Plessy V. Ferguson" Supreme Court decision legalizes segregation
1898A - Spanish-American War
1903A - Wright brothers launch first successful flight in an airplane
1908A - October 1 - The first model T Ford put on the market
1915A - May 7 - "Lusitania" sunk by German submarine - American lives lost
1917A - April 6 - America declares war on Germany and enters World War 1
1918A - November 11 - World War I ends
1920A - August 26 - 19th Amendment granting women right to vote is ratified
1927A - May 20-21 - Charles Lindbergh makes first solo flight across the Atlantic
1929A - October 28 - Stock Market crash brings on the Great Depression
1931A - March 3 - "Star Spangled Banner" is officially made U.S. anthem
1932A - November - Franklin Roosevelt elected president for 1st of 4 terms
1939A - August 2 - Einstein urges Roosevelt to develope an atomic bomb
1941A - December 7 - Japanese attack Pear Harbor, Hawaii - Pushes America into World War II
1944A - June 6 - D-Day - The invasion of Europe
1945A - August 6&9 - U.S. drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1954A - May 17 - "Brown vs. Board of Education" ends segregation in public schools
1954A - Jonas Salk develops vaccine for Polio
1955A - Montgomery Bus Boycotts - Led by Martin Luther King Jr.
1959A - April 1 - NASA selects the first seven American astronauts
1961A - May 5 - Alan Shepard is America's first man in space
1963A - November 22 - President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
1971A - July 5 - 26th Amendment lowers voting age to 18
1973A - January 27 - U.S. and S. Vietnam sign cease-fire with N. Vietnam ending Vietnam War
1980A - November - Ronald Reagan elected president
1983A - Sally Ride [Westlake School] - becomes first women in space
1991A - 1st Gulf War with Iraq

That took a while, it's all the dates, if you lost the sheet with the dates hope you use this! When the we get the dates for the next test, I'll add them on.
Peace and Love,
Ellie

Belated Mr. West Email

Dear Seniors:

I miscalculated the time I would have available today. Because of some obligations I have with a committee of the PSL, an individual parent appointment and an off-campus obligation during lunch that will take me out for the rest of the day, I will not be available to return your journals this morning at recess. Monday’s schedule is equally challenging, but I believe we can connect by hook or crook then. Let’s plan on seeing each at the end of your lunch period on Monday. I should be back on campus by then. If not, we’ll meet at dismissal on Monday.

Sorry for the inconvenience. Remember, you will have time to work on your reading assignments and journal entries next week, including class time. If you need some help on anything, you can always email me.

Sincerely,
Mr. West

Weekend Homework

Weekend Homework

Geometry -- Review Packet for upcoming exam (OPTIONAL)
Art -- Organic Textures for Monday Morning
English -- Ballad, TOTC Book I for Nov. 20
French -- 4: Test Monday, Activity Book - 3: Flashcards for Unit 4 - 2: Flashcards for Unit 8 -- PROJECTS DUE NOV. 26!
Yearbook -- All photos should be chosen!

The Force of Friction

Friction—
• the resistive force that opposes the motion or attempted motion of an object through a fluid or past another object with which it is in contact
• always acts in a direction to oppose motion
• the resistive force that opposes the motion or attempted motion of an object through a fluid or past another object with which it is in contact
• always acts in a direction to oppose motion
• between two surfaces, the amount depends on the kinds of material and how much they are pressed together
• due to surface bumps and also to the stickiness of atoms on the surfaces of the two materials

Net Force—
• Force is simply a push or a pull
• Net Force is a combination of all forces that act on an object. It is the net force that changes an object’s states of motion.

The equilibrium rule:
The vector sum of forces acting on a non-accelerating object or system of objects equals zero.

Mathematical notation: ΣF=0.

- Jackie

November

Happy Novermber Everyone!
Hope you're all doing well in this fantastic new month!!!
Feels different to be in November doesn't it?
As a welcome, we have the famous (or infamous) ERBs!!!
But Thanksgiving will help us recover from them.
And then there's the usual Homework. You know— English essay, Ind proj, Art photos, Language Tests, all that fun stuff.
Wonder if we have math...
Oh, and the science movies are gonna be great. Ours is hilarious so far. But of course, most of you wouldn't know cause you're not allowed to see it yet! Well, that's about it. Oh yeah, and there's always human development to do...
Now that's it. yup.

Vocab Words

Hey everyone!

Just to have on the blog, could someone post the vocab words, because I know more than one person who accidentally forgot to bring home their book to study. Thanks!

Subjunctive Test

1. pecto, pectere, pexi, pectus= to comb

present: Let’s steal a Fiat
pectam pectar
pectas pectaris
pectat pectatur
pectamus pectamur
pectatis pectamini
pectant pectantur

imperfect: entire 2nd pp + endings
pecterem pecterer
pecteres pectereris
pecteret pecteretur
pecteremus pecteremur
pecteretis pecteremini
pecterent pecterentur

perfect active: 3rd stem + eri + eri endings

pexerim
pexeris
pexerit
pexerimus
pexeritis
pexerint
2. compleo, complere, complevi, completes= to fill

present: Let’s steal a Fiat
compleam complear
compleas complearis
compleat compleatur
compleamus compleamur
compleatis compleamini
compleant compleantur

complerem complerer
compleres complereris
compleret compleretur
compleremus compleremur
compleretis compleremini
complerent complerentur

perfect active:
compleverim
compleveris
compleverit
compleverimus
compleveritis
compleverint

3. delecto, delectare, delectavi, delectutus- to delight

present: Let’s steal a Fiat
delectem delecter
delectes delecteris
delectet delectetur
delectemus delectemus
delecteretis delectemini
delectent delectentur

imperfect: entire 2nd pp + ending
delectarem delectarer
delectares delectareris
delectaret delectaretur
delectaremus delectaremur
delectaretis delectaremini
delectarent delectarentur

4. haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus= to drain

present: Let’s steal a fiat
hauriam hauriar
haurias hauriaris
hauriat hauriatur
hauriamus hauriamur
hauriatis hauriamini
hauriant hauriantur

imperfect: entire 2nd pp+ ending
haurirem haurirer
haurires haurireis
hauriret hauriretur
hauriremus hauriremur
hauriretis hauriremini
haurirent hauirentur

5. accippio, accipere, accepi, acceptus

present: Let’s steal a Fiat
accipiam accipiar
accipias accipiaris
accipiat accipiatur
accipiamus accipiamur
accipiatis accipiamini
accipiant accipiantur

imperfect: entire 2nd pp + ending
acciperem acciperer
acciperes accipereris
acciperet acciperetur
acciperemus acciperemur
acciperetis acciperemini
acciperent acciperentur


Latin test Monday. Good luck.

-jackie