Here are two great news visualization I came across at Jennifer Dorman´s blog.

1.- One is a widget that shows World headline news from NPR through an interactive globe

2.- The other one is Newsmap, an application that according to their site “visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator.” Visit newsmap at http://marumushi.com/apps/newsmap/newsmap.cfm

The Hartman Campus had an assembly on January 25, 2008 to celebrate three things:

• Rita as the High Desert Hero of the Month;

• all the International School of the Cascades and Global Academy seniors and what the future holds for them;

• and Lucy Stancliff, our sparrow.

Good Morning, I hope you all dressed warmly. It will be a cold yet very beautiful week  in Central Oregon.

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to do some reading from The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life, 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) . He begins this edition with a reflective look at the importance of relationships in teaching. I would like to share a few of his comments with the thought that we have pondered the same thoughts.

“Good teachers join self, subject and students into the fabric of life.”

“Unlike many professions, teaching is always done at the dangerous intersection of personal and public life.”

“To truly teach, heart must take up the center of the work. Heart becomes the relationship that exist between the teacher and curriculum, the teacher and student, and the student and curriculum. Heart is the pulse that connects and manifest itself in purpose.”

Heart is what brings us and our students back on a daily bases. It is what keeps us working together. It is what makes us strong and exceptional. When our heart begins to fade so does our purpose and direction. Thus, heart health is vital for us to feel valued, meet our professional goals and inspire learning.

Important things for you to know:

The facilities task force is continuing to narrow the proposal for the potential bond. At this time the leading option is as follows:

• Build a new 1400 seat comprehensive high school at the Elkhorn site with core facilities for 1600 seats.
• Hartman will return to a middle school or become a K-8 school
• Build a new elementary school to replace Evergreen along with dollars for deferred maintenance.

The proposal may be changed some before it goes to the board for approval. This is the leaning at this time.

Events of this Week:

Tuesday, January 22

Success Academy meeting after school

6:30p.m. ISC parent meeting in the commons

Athletics - Freshman basketball game at 5:00

Wednesday, January 23

- Passport 3rd period – PSAT information for students

- ISC Board meeting at 5:00p.m. in Bend at COCC Board room

Athletics

Wrestling at Crook County

Thursday, January 24

- DP staff in extended essay training
- Math curriculum mapping at RHS, 11:00 to 3:00

Athletics – Swim meet with North Salem

Friday, January 25 -

- Recognition Assembly at 2:00
- Reading Curriculum mapping team meeting at the DO from 1:00 to 3:00. Neva will be representing Hartman.

Up Coming Events

-Special Staff Meeting, January 31, Superintendent Vickie Fleming’s visit with Hartman staff on the REV document
-Public Forum on Pending Bond, Feb 1 and 8, 9:00-3:00
-Parent-Teacher Conferences, Feb. 7 and 8th

-Regular Staff meeting, Feb 11, Topic Counseling and Forecasting for 2008-2009

 For a short week, this is a long email. Have a wonderful week. Know your heart.

Donna Howard,
Principal
International School of the Cascades
Redmond High School – Hartman Building
541-923-4840

SCHOLARSHIP: “I’m Ready, Are You?” -
The Oregon Diploma Video Challenge

Number of Awards:

Amount:

You could win: a computer, $1,000 in cash or a SMART Board

Timeline: November 28th-February 15th

Eligibility: Oregon public school students in 7th – 12th grades

Create a short film (under 2 minutes) about these three things:
1- you dreams for the future,
2- your plans on how you are going to get there,
3-how your classes at school and the new Oregon Diploma Requirements will help you reach your dreams.

Contact: See Panther Career Center Room #3

One of our students, Rita Aulie is being recognized by a local ski shop for her many accomplishments… check it out!
http://webskis.com/pages.php?pageid=27

Mrs. Howard wrote a letter to all ISC parents and it was sent home this week. Here is a copy for you to read.

Letter to ISC Parents Jan. 14, 2008

I received the following quote last week in an email. It is amazingly true as we have all experiences the power of relationships.”In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of relationships and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles, and positions.”

- Margaret Wheatly Leadership and the New Science

Rarely do we dedicate quality time to build and sustain our relationships that are so fundamental to our sense of purpose and value. This became extremely apparent to me as I listened to students, parents and staff during last weeks “Listening Sessions“. Making time to build relationships means we value the person over the product. With that, the product will come as the relationship becomes the inspiration and the tenacity needed for the outcome.

Things to be aware of…

The Winter Window for the CIM Writing Assessment began January 9th and runs through Feb 28th. Cathy McIntosh and our English teachers are working to assess all 11th and 12th grade students that have not met CIM. We are also administering the CIM writing assessment to 10th Grade English B classes during this window of time.

Second, The Facilities Task Force will meet again this Thursday to finalize options for the pending bond measure. Three options are emerging from the task force. I will share those options with you following Thursday’s finalization process. Next week the Nelson Survey company will be surveying the Redmond community asking their thoughts on the pending bond measure.

Events for the Week

Tuesday, January 15th

Special Note: Lucy Stancliff will go into surgery today at 10:30. Surgery will be done at Casey Eye Institute at OHSU. District Web page training for Amy Brown, Cathy McIntosh, Ben Parsons

9:00-10:00 Special Assembly with Andrea Schlesinger, Immigration and the Middle Class (English and Social Studies classes will participate in the assembly.

4th and 5th period will be classroom time for Donna

Athletics:M BBX vs W. Salem, W BBX at West Salem

Wednesday, January 16

Peter Miller will be visiting the ISC to continue is evaluation for the HD ESD. 9:30 – 11:30 Peter will be visiting with coordinators, students and staff during his visit.

2:30 MYP/DP meeting

ASVAB testing on main campus

Classroom day for Donna periods 4 and 5

Athletics: No Events

Thursday, January 17th

English and Reading teachers will be out of the building working on Curriculum mapping

Athletics:Swimming vs McKay – 4:00

Wrestling vs McKay

Friday, January 18th

I will be out of the building to attend an accountability training; Teaching and Learning Continuum at Bend District Office.

Athletics:

M BBX @ McKay

W BBX home with McKay

Things to plan for:

January 22nd, the ISC parent’s are invited to participate in a fundraising committee meeting

January 25th, Recognition Assembly – HD Hero Rita Aulie, National Merit Scholars and Amazing Improvement Awards.

February 1st, The Facilities Task Forces is sponsoring a 6 hour discussion on the bond with parents, teachers, and community. This is a work day. Teachers are invited to participate. This is voluntary. 9:00-3:00

February 8th, Second community, parent, teacher discussion and presentation on the pending bond. 9:00-3:00

Have a wonderful week.Just a thought, research shows that the number one factor that leads to learning is the relationship students have with their teachers. Something to ponder.

Donna Howard,Principal
International School of the Cascades
Redmond High School – Hartman Building
541-923-4840

Today, Monday, January 14, 2008, the American Library Association (ALA) announced this year’s award winners at its Midwinter Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Which ones would you like to have in our library? Write us a comment on this post!

Here are the winners!!

Information courtesy of Follett Library Resources and ALA

Alex Awards – 2008 Winners

Title: American Shaolin
Author: Matthew Polly
Publisher: Gotham Books

Title: Bad Monkeys
Author: Matt Ruff
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Title: Essex County. Vol. 1, Tales From the Farm
Author: Jeff Lemire
Publisher: Top Shelf Productions

Title: Genghis: Birth of an Empire
Author: Conn Iggulden
Publisher: Delacorte Press

Title: The God of Animals: A Novel
Author: Aryn Kyle
Publisher: Scribner

Title: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Author: Ishmael Beah
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux

Title: Mister Pip
Author: Lloyd Jones
Publisher: Dial Press

Title: The Name of the Wind
Author: Patrick Rothfuss
Publisher: DAW Books

Title: The Night Birds
Author: Thomas Maltman
Publisher: Soho Press

Title: The Spellman Files
Author: Lisa Lutz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Caldecott Medal – 2008 Winner

The Most Distinguished Children’s Book Illustration

Title: The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures
Illustrator: Brian Selznick
Publisher: Scholastic Press

When 12-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

Caldecott Medal

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of 19th century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

2008 Caldecott Medal Honor Books

Title: First the Egg
Illustrator and Author: Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Title: Henry’s Freedom Box
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Author: Ellen Levine
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Title: Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Illustrator and Author: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion

Title: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Author: Peter Sis
Publisher: Frances Foster Book

Coretta Scott King Award

2008 Winner – Author

Title: Elijah of Buxton
Author: Christopher Paul Curtis
Publisher: Scholastic

Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family’s freedom.

2008 Winner – Illustrator

Title: Let it Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

“This Little Light of Mine,” “When the Saints Go Marching In,” “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands.” Colorful illustrations and simple text introduce versions of three well-known spirituals along with a brief music score and a short history of slave songs before the Civil War.

Coretta Scott King Award for Authors

The Coretta Scott King Award is awarded annually to authors of African descent whose distinguished books promote understanding and appreciation of the “American Dream.” This award commemorates the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and honors his widow, Coretta Scott King, for her courage in continuing his work for peace and brotherhood.

Coretta Scott King Award for Illustrators

The Coretta Scott King Award is awarded annually to illustrators of African descent whose work heightens and extends the reader’s awareness of the best and worst around them. The style and content enlarges upon the story elements, awakening and strengthening the imagination of the reader while leading to an appreciation of beauty.

2008 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Books for Authors

Title: November Blues
Author: Sharon M. Draper
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Title: Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali
Author: Charles R. Smith Jr.
Publisher: Candlewick Press

2008 Coretta Scott King Award Honor Books for Illustrators

Title: Jazz on a Saturday Night
Illustrator: Diane Dillon
Author: Leo Dillon
Publisher: Blue Sky Press

Title: The Secret Olivia Told Me
Illustrator: Nancy Devard
Author: N. Joy
Publisher: Just Us Books

John Steptoe Award

John Steptoe Award for New Talent – 2008 Winner Title: Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything in It Author: Sundee T. Frazier Publisher: Delacorte Press Brendan Buckley, a biracial 10-year-old, applies his scientific problem-solving ability and newfound interest in rocks and minerals to connect with his white grandfather, the president of Puyallup Rock Club, and to learn why he and Brendan’s mother are estranged.

John Steptoe Award for New Talent This award was established to affirm new talent and to offer visibility to excellence in writing and/or illustration which otherwise might be formally unacknowledged within a given year within the structure of the two awards given annually by the Coretta Scott King Task Force.

Pura Belpré Award

2008 Winner – Author 2008 Winner – Illustrator Title: The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano Author: Margarita Engle Publisher: Henry HoltA portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who was born a slave in Cuba in 1797. Title: Los Gatos Black on Halloween Author: Marisa Montes Illustrator: Yuyi Morales Publisher: H. HoltEasy to read, rhyming text about Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.     Pura Belpré Awards for Authors & Illustrators The Pura Belpré Award, established in 1996, is presented to a Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth. The award is named after Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian from the New York Public Library. As a children’s librarian, storyteller, and author, she enriched the lives of Puerto Rican children in the U.S.A. through her pioneering work of preserving and disseminating Puerto Rican folklore.     2008 Pura Belpré Award Honor Books for Authors Title: Frida: Viva la Vida! Long Live Life! Author: Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children Title: Los Gatos Black on Halloween Author: Marisa Montes Illustrator: Yuyi Morales Publisher: H. Holt Title: Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale Author: Carmen Agra Deedy Illustrator: Michael Austin Publisher: Peachtree 2008 Pura Belpré Award Honor Books for Illustrators Title: Me Llamo Gabito: La Vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez / My name is Gabito: The Life and Times of Gabriel Garcia Marque Author: Monica Brown Illustrator: Raul Colon Publisher: Rising Moon Title: My Colors, My World / Mis Colores, Mi Mundo Author and Illustrator: Maya Christina Gonzalez Publisher: Children’s Book Press

Margaret A. Edwards Award

Orson Scott Card Wins the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards Award

Orson Scott Card is the recipient of the 2008 Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring his outstanding lifetime contribution to writing for teens for his novels “Ender’s Game” and “Ender’s Shadow.” The award was announced January 14, 2008 at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting.

The Margaret A. Edwards Award, established in 1988, honors an author’s lifetime achievement for writing books that have been popular with teenagers. The annual award recognizes an author’s work in helping adolescents become aware of themselves and addressing questions about their role and importance in relationships, society, and in the world. It is named in honor of the late Margaret A. Edwards. She spent her professional life bringing books and young adults together, pioneering outreach services for teenagers, and establishing a stringent training program designed especially for librarians beginning their work with adolescents.

The Margaret A. Edwards Award is presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the ALA, and sponsored by School Library Journal.

Michael L. Printz Award

Michael L. Printz Award – 2008 Winner For Excellence in Young Adult Literature Title: The White Darkness: A Novel Author: Geraldine McCaughrean Publisher: HarperTempest Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what she believes to be a vacation, Symone — a troubled 14-year-old — discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking Symme’s Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center of a hollow Earth.

Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature The Michael L. Printz Award is an award for books that exemplify literary excellence in young adult literature. It is named for a Topeka, Kansas, school librarian who was a long-time active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association. Books are selected annually by an award committee that can also name as many as four honor books. The award-winning book can be fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or an anthology, and it can be a work of joint authorship or editorship. The books must be published between January 1 and December 31 of the preceding year and be designated by its publisher as being either a young adult book or one published for the age range that YALSA defines as young adult, e.g. ages 12 through 18.

2008 Michael L. Printz Award For Excellence in Young Adult Literature Honor Books Title: Dreamquake Author: Elizabeth Knox Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Title: One Whole and Perfect Day Author: Judith Clarke Publisher: Front Street Title: Repossessed Author: A.M. Jenkins Publisher: HarperTeen Title: Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath Author: Stephanie Hemphill Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Mildred L. Batchelder Award – 2008 Winner Title: Brave Story Volume 2 Author: Miyuki Miyabe Publisher: Tokyopop In order to bring his family back together, 10-year-old Wataru voluntarily enters a fantasy world to gain the attention of a goddess who has the ability to change destiny, and may grant his wish.

Mildred L. Batchelder Award This award honors Mildred L. Batchelder, a former executive director of the Association for Library Service to Children, a believer in the importance of good books for children in translation from all parts of the world. She began her career working at the Omaha, Nebraska, Public Library, then as a children’s librarian at St. Cloud, Minnesota, State Teachers College, and subsequently as librarian of Haven Elementary School in Evanston, Illinois. She eventually joined the ranks of the American Library Association in 1936. Batchelder spent 30 years with ALA, working as an ambassador to the world on behalf of children and books, encouraging and promoting the translation of the world’s best children’s literature. Her life’s work was,”to eliminate barriers to understanding between people of different cultures, races, nations, and languages.” This award, established in her honor in 1966, is a citation awarded to an American publisher for a children’s book considered to be the most outstanding of those books originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, and subsequently translated into English and published in the United States. ALSC gives the award to encourage American publishers to seek out superior children’s books abroad and to promote communication among the peoples of the world. As of 1979 the award has been given annually to a publisher for a book published in the preceding year. Before 1979, there was a lapse of two years between the original publication date and the award date; to convert to the new system, two awards were announced in 1979: one for 1978 and one for 1979. Beginning in 1994, honor recipients were selected and announced as well. In a year that the committee is of the opinion that no book of that year is worthy of the award, none is given. The award is decided on and announced at the Midwinter Meeting of ALA, and the winning publisher receives a citation and commemorative plaque. The presentation used to be made on April 2, International Children’s Book Day, but is now given at the ALA Annual Conference held each summer.

2008 Mildred L. Batchelder Award Honor Books Title: The Cat Or, How I Lost Eternity Author: Jutta Richter Publisher: Milkweed Title: Nicholas and the Gang Author: Ren Goscinny Publisher: Phaidon Press

Newbery Award

Newbery Medal – 2008 Winner Title: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village Author: Laura Amy Schlitz Illustrator: Robert Byrd Publisher: Candlewick Press A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between 10 and 15 years old, who live in or near a 13th-century English manor.

Newbery Medal At the American Library Association Conference in June 1921, during a discussion with children’s librarians, Frederic G. Melcher, the founder of Children’s Book Week, suggested that the librarians, as a group, could strongly influence children’s book selection and distribution. He believed they should encourage authors of outstanding ability to write more meaningful children’s books. He also proposed that a medal be awarded each year by the Children’s Librarian Section for the most distinguished book for children written by a citizen or resident of the United States and published during the preceding year. He recommended that the medal be called the “John Newbery Medal” in honor of the 18th Century bookseller who is credited with recognizing children’s unique reading interests, and who sought the authors to write for them. In 1922, the Executive Board of the American Library Association accepted Mr. Melcher’s offer to present the Newbery Medal and set in motion the procedures necessary to select the first winning book.

2008 Newbery Medal Honor Books Title: Elijah of Buxton Author: Christopher Paul Curtis Publisher: Scholastic Title: Feathers Author: Jacqueline Woodson Publisher: Putnam Title: The Wednesday Wars Author: Gary D. Schmidt Publisher: Clarion Books

Schneider Family Awards

2008 Winner – Picture Book Award Title: Kami and the Yaks Author: Andrea Stenn Strye Illustrator: Bert Dodson Publisher: Bay Otter Press Kami, a young, deaf Sherpa boy, sets off on his own to find his family’s missing yaks and finds one of them caught between the rocks; but when he runs home to get help from his family, he has trouble at first being understood.

2008 Winner – Middle School Award Title: Reaching for Sun Author: Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books Josie, who lives with her mother and grandmother and has cerebral palsy, befriends a boy who moves into one of the rich houses behind her old farmhouse.

2008 Winner – Teen Book Award Title: Hurt Go Happy Author: Ginny Rorby Publisher: Starscape Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis has been deaf since age six, but her mother has refused to let her learn sign language, leaving Joey struggling to connect with those around her until she meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, who secretly teach Joey how to sign.

The Schneider Family Book Awards The Schneider Family Book Awards honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences.

Robert F. Sibert Award

Robert F. Sibert Award – 2008 Winner Informational Book Title: The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain Author: Peter Sis Publisher: Frances Foster Books Artist Sis Peter describes what it was like growing up in a Communist country and discusses how Western culture influenced his life.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Awarded annually to the author of the most distinguished informational book published in English during the preceeding year.

2008 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Honor Books Title: Lightship Author: Brian Floca Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Title: Nic Bishop Spiders Author: Nic Bishop Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award – 2008 Winner Title: There is a Bird on Your Head! Author and Illustrator: Mo Willems Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Opposite best friends Gerald, who is careful and worrisome, and Piggie, who is clumsy and carefree, run into a problem when two birds land on Gerald’s head.

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for Authors and Illustrators Established in 2004, this award will be given annually beginning in 2006, to recognize the author and illustrator of a beginning reader book who demonstrates great creativity and imagination in their literacy and artistic achievements to engage children in reading. The award is named for the world-renowned children’s author, Theodor Geisel. “A person’s a person no matter how small,” Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, would say. “Children want the same things we want: to laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained and delighted.” Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss charmed his way into the consciousness of four generations of youngsters and parents. In the process, he helped them to read.

2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Books Title: First the Egg Author and Illustrator: Laura Vaccaro Seeger Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Title: Hello, Bumblebee Bat Author: Darrin Lunde Illustrator: Patricia J. Wynne Publisher: Charlesbridge Title: Jazz Baby Author: Lisa Wheeler Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie Publisher: Harcourt Title: Vulture View Author: April Pulley Sayre Illustrator: Steve Jenkins Publisher: Holt

Welcome to a New Year!

2008 is …the year of the Rat according to the Chinese calendar,

2008 is …the International Year of Planet Earth according to the United Nations

2008 is …the International Year of the Reef

2008 is the year of of challenges and opportunities with Beijin’s 2008 Olympic Games motto of “One World, One Dream” and Hartman’s vision of “One World, One Dream, One Future.”
On January 1st, people make New Year’s resolutions to set goals and start the year with a new focus.

Today in Hartman, during passport class, students shared their worst and best possible outcomes during this school year. At the end, they wrote down some of their ideas of what would be the best outcome for them. Here are the results. They might inspire you!