TEST, ASSIGNMENTS AND PROJECTS

FRESHMAN FOCUS PROJECT - BEGIN WORK WHILE WE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL

NEW SCHOOL PROJECT

SPRING 2020

150 points

As of now, there is no due date for the final project.

Our next project is going to be centered on you designing your own school.

You will decide the location in the United States, the size of your school, the requirements to attend, the daily schedule, and courses that will offered.

Select one of the following as your student population and then based on this number create your school making sure you cover all the questions below.

500 – 800

800 - 1000

1200 – 1500

1500 – 1800

Private – how much will tuition be a year and what will it pay for -

Public – will you offer special courses? – Ex. Pathway, Honors

Charter – will you depend on subsidies from the state and federal funds?

What extra – curricular activities will you have?

Daily Schedule – time and include lunches

Requirements for your teachers?

What athletic facilities will you have?

Will you school be single or multi – level?

Where will students park – will you have a designated parking area or will your school have a parking deck?

How many teachers, support staff will you have?

What will your discipline policy be?

What will the lunch options be? Will you have buffet options or served options?

How many janitorial staff will you have and what will their duties be?

How many administrators will you have?

How many sports teams will you have?

How will you decide who coaches the teams?

You will then scale or draw your school making sure that all areas are shown with dimensions.

WEEK of APRIL 6, 2020

1. Finish your country comparison contrast to the United States.

2. Continue to work on Design Your School Project

3. You can begin your next project

* Write a letter to an 8th grade student that is about to enter high school. What advice would you give them abut class schedules, freshman academy, lunch, sports, and how to navigate the first 9 weeks of high school.

REMINDER: PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR COUNTRY TO USA PROJECT THAT WAS DUE ON MARCH 5, 2020.

PLEASE SUBMIT VIA EMAIL AS AN ATTACHMENT OR VIA GOOGLE DOCS.

Week of May 26, 2020

1. Continue to work and complete previous assignments.

2. Read the following poem and explain what it means to you.

There are good ships and wood ships,

Ships that sail the sea,

But the best ships are

friendships

and may they always be.

WEEK OF APRIL 27

Continue to work on assignments that have been given.

THIS WEEK: Answer the following questions:

1. What was your favorite event, time, moment as a freshman at Jordan High School.

2. What was your least favorite thing about your first year in high school and why?

3. What is your favorite thing about being in high school?

4. If you could go back and do one thing different this school year, what would it be?

WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2020

1. Please complete and turn in your country comparison as this was due March 5.

2. Continue to work on your new school project and please let me know if you have any questions about it

3. Complete your letter to and 8th grade student

4. Begin work on this weeks assignment

NEW MATERIAL - APRIL 20, 2020

We talked this year about leadership and handling adversity. What advice would you give to the 2020 senior class on using adversity to help them become successful?

Activity: The Cost of Missing Class.

What does it cost, in real money, to miss a class at college? Does this make you think differently about skipping? This lesson is intended to help you understand the importance of going to class.

Directions:

Pick the college of your choice and find the following:

Add up the cost of going to college for an entire term:

Tuition for one semester.
The total estimated cost of all the gas you will use to get to and from class for the term.
Books and supplies.
A computer you may have bought.
Child care or any other expenses related to your going to school.
Put down everything you can think of.

Divide that grand total by the number of hours you are in school (number of weeks class is in session [14] multiplied by the number of hours you are scheduled to be in class). For example, if you are taking two 3-hour classes for a 16-week semester, the number you will divide your grand total by 96 (= 6 hours x 16 weeks).

Completing this exercise will show you how much money each class session costs you—and the cost of missing class!