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Sorry, it took me a while to get this news posted. I guess we were all busy getting ready for the upcoming break.

On Wednesday December 5, 2007 at Hartman, the IB Diploma senior students exhibited their art works from their last 4 terms of study. They were interviewed about their work, giving them practice for their IB exam that happens this coming April. Vickie Fleming, Brian Putnam, John Goodman, Donna Howard, Kathleen Eisenbeis, Denise Roberts, Judy Hatfield and Mary Roberts were our interviewers. It was a great exhibit of work and worth seeing. The student put up their own display and were excited to talk about their works.

Here are some pics of the exhibit.

PS: The official IB exam is in April 2008, and a public viewing for the community will take place downtown Redmond (hopefully).

I received this email from the art teacher, Mrs. Shayegi that I wanted to share on the blog…

              “I thought you might like to see a cool picture I created featuring my 25 IB Art students. I drew portraits of each student and used them in an art advent calendar that has been hanging on my door all month. The attached file is a compilation of the 25 portraits. They were fun to do and made us all smile. Have a great holiday! Susan.”

Today during 3rd period, Ms. Mitchell’s String Class delighted us all by playing holiday music on the hallways.

Follow the link to see a special holiday dance by Mrs. McIntosh, Mrs. Michalko, and Mrs. Alliende. The library staff wish you a Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year! Enjoy your Winter Break!

• 1st Place Mr. Stancliff’s IB Spanish 4 B Class with Finland!

• 2nd Place: Hamilton’s volunteer students with Swaziland!

• 3rd Place Ms. Mitchell’s SA Science Class with Kuwait!

• Honorary Mentions: Ms. Knott’s SA English Class with Luxembourg and Ms. Berlin’s MYP Geography Class with Netherlands.

Congratulations to all the classes that participated.

Lauryn Hill – Every Ghetto, Every City Lyrics

Heroes lyrics
Written by D.Bowie

I-I wish you could swim

Like the dolphins-like dolphins can swim

Though nothing-nothing will keep us together

We can beat them-for ever and ever

Oh we can be heroes-just for one day

I-I will be king

And you-you will be queen

Though nothing will drive them away

We can beat them-just for one day

We can be heroes-just for one day

And you-you can be mean

And I-I’ll drink all the time

‘Cause we’re lovers-and that is a fact

Yes we’re lovers-and that is that

Though nothing-will keep us together

We could steal time-just for one day

We can be heroes-for ever and ever

What do you say?

I-I can remember

Standing-by the wall

And the guns-shot above our heads

And we kissed-as though nothing could fall

And the shame-was on the other side

Oh we can beat them-forever and ever

Then we could be heroes-just for one day

We can be heroes

We can be heroes

We can be heroes

Just for one day

We can be heroes

We’re nothing, and nothing will help us

Maybe we’re lying, then you better not stay

But we could be safer, just for one day

Oh, oh, oh, ohhh-oh, oh, oh, ohhh, just for one day

Oh just for a day

It is time to celebrate and thank Ron Caramella, Brandy Bruder and our Leadership class for sponsoring a fun filled dance Saturday night. The commons and halls were festively decorated, the cookies and punch were a wonderful touch and the music was just what the students ordered. Everyone including the adults had a great time. It was one of those events that you are glad you attended. A huge thanks also goes out to all the chaperones, Su Hillesland and her husband, Bev Goold, Carmen and Jay Patrick, Hilda Beltran, Kathi and Craig Eisenbeis, Ron and Carrie Caramella, Wendy and Murphy McFarland, Renee Hamilton, Brandy Bruder, Lee Howard, and Pia Alliende. A very special thanks goes to Mr. Samayoa for providing the music at no cost.

Arriving to the Dance…

Seniors Elliott Sawyer and Kelsey Mahler were the King and Queen!

Looking for your country to decorate your classroom door? Check out these links that might help you. We also placed a folder in the s: drive with the flags of the countries and some information of each country (pdf files). Good luck and have fun decorating!

Winter Traditions Around the World Links:

• American Community Schools of Athens (Greece)

• American International School, Kuwait

• Amman Baccalaureate School (Jordan)

• Christmas Archives by Maria Hubert

• Christmas Around the World

• Christmas in Mexico

• Dubai International Academy (United Arab Emirates)

• Ecole Mondiale World School (India)

• Harare International School (Zimbabwe)

• Holiday Traditions from Austria, England, Germany, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Sweden, USA, Australia, Denmark, France, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and Venezuela

• Holiday Traditions from the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

• International Christmas from Central Valley Christian School

• International School of Helsinki (Finland)

• International School of Luxembourg

• Qatar Academy

• Religious Tolerance: promoting Religious Understanding, Tolerance and Freedom

• Santa’s Net

• Tashkent International School (Uzbekistan)

• The American International School of Mozambique

• The Holiday Spot

• The International School of Azerbaijan (TISA)

• The Voices of Christmas

I found this post on Joyce Valenza’s Blog that I think is very pertinent as we approach end of trimester reports and finals.

Here is the post…

Joyce Valenza
‘Tis the season: tips for integrity
December 2, 2007

I found this post via Diane Cordell’s tweet on Twitter this weekend.

The popular blog Lifehacks, recently presented Advice for Students: How NOT to Plagiarize. Contributing editor, anthropology and women’s studies Professor Dustin M. Wax, lists ten very practical tips for college students that might speak well to our high school students who may be tempted to cut a few ethical corners this time of year as academic deadlines and the holidays converge. The tips are all based on incidents he has caught and failed a student for. I suspect we’ve all seen most of them, but those that resonate loudest with me are:

* Don’t copy entries from Wikipedia.
* Don’t cobble together the free excerpts from several different “free essay” sites.
* Don’t paste formatted text into your papers.
* Don’t hand in first-person accounts written by people who are radically different from who you are!
* Don’t use writing that is much better than your own.

I am looking forward to sharing this college professor’s voice with our upperclassmen.

And when I do, I will also share my spin:

* We generally give you choices when you engage in a project. Choose wisely and try to enjoy your explorations. If you are unhappy with a project, or a project’s format, discuss options with us.
* The golden rule applies here. You wouldn’t want others to claim your work as their own. Don’t take the work of others who choose to invest time and effort in creating.
* It isn’t hard to summarize, paraphrase, quote and ethically use the works of others. It isn’t hard to find copyright-friendly material to post, broadcast or publish. Ask us how.
* We want to know when you are in trouble way before things get out of hand. We can help you manage your time. If you let us know in time, we can provide the support you need to navigate any big project.
* Integrity matters in our community. When you cheat intentionally, you lose the respect of people who care about you and want to see you succeed. You may also lose the respect of your peers. We set in place a policy to define all of our responsibilities in creating a culture based on integrity.
* We want to hear YOUR voice. You have something to say. Tell us what you think. Tell us how YOU built knowledge based on what YOU learned.

Joyce Valenza is the teacher-librarian at Springfield Township High School, a technology writer, and a doctoral candidate in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program at UNT’s School of Library and Information Science.