tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22501057372782557752024-03-04T22:17:06.097-06:00Mr. Duez's AVID BlogAVID stands for Achievement Via Individual Determination. At AHS, our AVID classes are made up of tremendous young people. This blog is designed to help them interact and find conversations about stories that are important to their goal of preparing for college.Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-25226257271349862222011-04-05T08:05:00.000-05:002011-04-05T08:05:28.833-05:00TACAC Camp College 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This looks like a GREAT opportunity for upcoming Juniors and Seniors!! <br />
TACAC Camp College 2011<br />
<br />
When: June 6-8 <br />
Where: <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.shsu.edu/" rel="homepage" title="Sam Houston State University">Sam Houston State University</a><br />
<br />
Camp College is a three-day summer program for rising college-bound high school juniors and seniors. Students will learn about a variety of colleges and universities, build relationships with many admission representatives and college counselors, as well as spend two nights on the campus of Sam Houston State University (<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville%2C_Texas" rel="wikipedia" title="Huntsville, Texas">Huntsville, TX</a>). Approximately 120 students from across the state of Texas will work with 50 <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_and_college_admissions" rel="wikipedia" title="University and college admissions">college-admission</a> professionals to help students:<br />
- Identify schools that match a student’s interests and needs<br />
- Write an application essay and create a resume<br />
- Navigate the financial aid maze<br />
- Learn tips, techniques, and strategies for the ACT/SAT<br />
- Attend a college fair <br />
<b>How to apply:</b><br />
<b>Online Application:</b> www.shsu.edu/admissions/camp_college <br />
<b>Deadline:</b> All applications are due by April 15, 2011.<br />
<b>Eligibility:</b> Must be a rising high school junior or senior.<br />
<b>Cost: </b>Free round-trip bus transportation from larger Texas cities and/or regions (e.g., DFW, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston" rel="wikipedia" title="Houston">Houston</a>, Austin, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio" rel="wikipedia" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>).<br />
<b>Application Questions:</b> Please contact Rebecca Gay at: <a href="mailto:rebecca@shsu.edu">rebecca@shsu.edu</a>.<br />
<div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=859acf00-5adb-45bb-a3c5-1bad3a8b2439" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-84925488337562699732011-03-22T14:24:00.001-05:002011-03-22T17:37:43.288-05:00MS Awareness T-Shirts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here are the two designs that they have come up with for MS Awareness <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt" rel="wikipedia" title="T-shirt">T-Shirts</a>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-Shirt says: "Hope Faith Cure" <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis" rel="wikipedia" title="Multiple sclerosis">Multiple Sclerosis</a>, as modeled by an awesome AVID tutor.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdbgPMgAWNcitGsrvQJ5ARHPS9iixyYXhx5YAbE-_S-o6dGgTGDnnb6p7JAU-XYltCESIHlOAz1kI_GkCT7poN9xMJGESjquZ8Ze0zdKks5LS8gvUfg1jHJoMe_E6WWpGQSmdmKhk2RhR/s1600/IMG_20110322_163323.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdbgPMgAWNcitGsrvQJ5ARHPS9iixyYXhx5YAbE-_S-o6dGgTGDnnb6p7JAU-XYltCESIHlOAz1kI_GkCT7poN9xMJGESjquZ8Ze0zdKks5LS8gvUfg1jHJoMe_E6WWpGQSmdmKhk2RhR/s640/IMG_20110322_163323.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a beautiful model and assistant! :)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>They are selling the T-Shirts at lunch. Mr. Campbell is always looking for assistants to help him sell as well. See him during your lunch period if you'd like to help. Cost of the T-shirts are $10. The orange bracelet/band is $5.<br />
(of course, the proceeds will go to the MS Society and a portion will help Mr. Duez with medical bills)</div><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="height: 15px; margin-top: 10px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://www.zemanta.com/" title="Enhanced by Zemanta"><img alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_e.png?x-id=8eb72a4d-ece8-46cd-92d8-1136dddf6b8c" style="border: none; float: right;" /></a></div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-75926575387971025332011-03-21T07:56:00.000-05:002011-03-21T07:56:28.433-05:00Agenda: Week of March 21, 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Quote of the Week: <i>"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, </i></b><b><i>is not an act but a habit."</i> - </b><b>Aristotle</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGZLcbXht7uqWbjP3gKiSbdfyxgmg-QPaEGIplj5PMrBkUO8FRwU-kiKP7iLqMcrHYSL_56oHcUzaByb07Ap4I08Yt5LbjzqL6xvLmuM9U3mOvvnDRHmJoFz1QUJP__IY3GKxXQVJ9uA/s1600/We-are-what-we+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGZLcbXht7uqWbjP3gKiSbdfyxgmg-QPaEGIplj5PMrBkUO8FRwU-kiKP7iLqMcrHYSL_56oHcUzaByb07Ap4I08Yt5LbjzqL6xvLmuM9U3mOvvnDRHmJoFz1QUJP__IY3GKxXQVJ9uA/s400/We-are-what-we+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Monday:</b></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">1. Welcome back from Spring Break. "Good News."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">2. Goal of the Week</div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">3. Video of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/redstar40?feature=mhum#p/a/u/0/nCI0H26YERA">Aidan After Dentist</a></div></div><div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">4. Catchup on Current Events - Japan and Libya and the <a href="http://www.mrduez.com/2011/03/austin-save-texas-schools-rally.html">Rally to save Texas schools</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">5. Students will present their college projects. We'll go alpha through the list of students. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Tuesday:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Tutoring</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Wed/Thu:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Tutoring & Presentation of College Projects</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Friday:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Presentation of college projects</div></div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-11231638685241210992011-03-07T14:45:00.002-06:002011-03-07T14:45:46.632-06:00Opportunity for Service - National Senior Games at Turner Stadium June 16-30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div>June 16-30 HISD and the National Senior Games Association are hosting the Summer National Senior (yes, like Senior Citizen) Games at Turner Stadium. They are looking for volunteers. The link to the flier and sign up information is</div><div> </div><div> <a href="http://nsga.com/volunteers"><span style="color: purple;">http://nsga.com/volunteers</span></a></div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-61151124293268796842011-03-07T07:37:00.000-06:002011-03-07T07:37:34.681-06:00Agenda: Week of Monday March 7th, 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Quote of the Day: <i>"Light tomorrow with today."</i></b> - Elizabeth Barrett Browning.<br />
Who cares about spring break? Today is Today. I'll worry about breaking later. :)<br />
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<b>MONDAY:</b><br />
1. Goal of the Week (Meaningful, Measurable, Attainable)<br />
2. Good News - Who has good news?<br />
3. Inspiration - We'll look at a couple of inspirational video clips and discuss.<br />
4. College Projects - we'll work on the laptops, if they are still in the classroom.<br />
5. Juniors will work on ePrep<br />
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<b>TUESDAY:</b><br />
Tutoring<br />
<br />
<b>WED/THU:</b><br />
Tutoring<br />
Then ePrep for Juniors<br />
<br />
<b>FRIDAY:</b><br />
TBD</div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-46981515856320112922011-02-27T21:19:00.001-06:002011-02-27T22:08:14.570-06:00Agenda: Week of 2/28/2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Quote of the Week: <i>"Everything you need is already inside. Just do it."</i></b> - Bill Bowerman (Nike)<br />
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<b>MONDAY:</b><br />
1. <b>Goal of the Week.</b><br />
Students will write a goal that is:<br />
<blockquote>1. Meaningful<br />
2. Attainable<br />
3. Measureable<br />
They will also write a paragraph about last week's goal and explain whether their goal was attained or not. </blockquote><br />
2. <b>Inspiration:</b><br />
<b>We'll check out this disturbing, yet important series of pictures:</b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41786945/ns/health-addictions/">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41786945/ns/health-addictions/</a></b><br />
Moral of the story: "Drugs are bad!'<br />
<br />
But, Dancing is very, very good (in this video):<br />
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We'll also discuss gas prices:<br />
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We will also look at room assignments for TAKS on Tuesday. And we'll look at the bell schedule for this crazy TAKS week.<br />
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<b>TUE/WED/THU/FRI:</b><br />
We have the computers in the classroom, so students will work on the wireless laptops to do TAKS work on ePrep. Students are also going to be researching a college of their choice for a presentation to the class.</div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-63913232054409905312011-02-24T20:03:00.002-06:002011-02-24T20:03:53.373-06:00Believe - Eric LaGrand<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><object allownetworking="all" allowscriptaccess="always" data="http://espn.go.com/videohub/player/embed.swf" height="216" id="ESPN_VIDEO" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="384"><param name="movie" value="http://espn.go.com/videohub/player/embed.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="wmode" value="opaque"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="flashVars" value="id=5998932"/></object></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-18134202038269321692011-02-24T11:54:00.003-06:002011-02-24T11:54:09.675-06:00The survivors!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBz_Uhb_DJJPZkWkjkLBMlaTWKCJYoh6f4GCOj9bzda2OzsOKrspcdarxmfUuc4HrHgohoYSqDRteFMnlUlTJIFkFymy0IPtf_NOeOAAZ2TBQGUdoXdlSfCGL4-p2IuRTi1gm5wRu-Io/s1600/IMG_20110224_114540-749676.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBz_Uhb_DJJPZkWkjkLBMlaTWKCJYoh6f4GCOj9bzda2OzsOKrspcdarxmfUuc4HrHgohoYSqDRteFMnlUlTJIFkFymy0IPtf_NOeOAAZ2TBQGUdoXdlSfCGL4-p2IuRTi1gm5wRu-Io/s400/IMG_20110224_114540-749676.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577315900138247778" /></a></p><p></p> <p>David Duez<br> - sent from my Droid. Excuse the brevity.</p> Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-6674314854777065402011-02-24T11:54:00.001-06:002011-02-24T11:54:04.229-06:00FOUR YEAR AVID STUDENTS!<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOU7AsTaHhKpRYn8fgwa0ci49fe-4gwTBr8c5_7NG8MTMYSXIuJm4H4ftsIp_qxSyBzIhyHP4Ac5HMJ2e4OrHYZBp6trlK4nyoyKvii7dXTVZZVtqj8bTw1JL3QO_cPkqvMxS8yDmOtdw/s1600/IMG_20110224_114555-744230.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOU7AsTaHhKpRYn8fgwa0ci49fe-4gwTBr8c5_7NG8MTMYSXIuJm4H4ftsIp_qxSyBzIhyHP4Ac5HMJ2e4OrHYZBp6trlK4nyoyKvii7dXTVZZVtqj8bTw1JL3QO_cPkqvMxS8yDmOtdw/s400/IMG_20110224_114555-744230.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577315875510748578" /></a></p><p>They have survived having Mr. Duez for four years. They should be awarded a medal!</p> <p>David Duez<br> - sent from my Droid. Excuse the brevity.</p> Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-44679348450075908982011-02-20T20:15:00.002-06:002011-02-20T20:40:20.198-06:00Agenda: Week of 2/21/2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Quote of the Day: </b><i><b>"Normal is just a setting on your dryer." </b></i>- Patsy Clairmont</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUf57VtptAL4tidUO1QD1hZb3Iwc7dBgfqd8XYTHvxF-AEyLduhZZCeQKVul0Vf2SevL0ehN5yPumjG_zjWHCiv-3Vn5UOj8uANuj5acDEtWWL9-fZ8xkns95_ra7fGPN-FSgZIxlyBWT/s1600/normal_is_a_setting_on_the_dryer_magnet-p147180820453718264tmn8_210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFUf57VtptAL4tidUO1QD1hZb3Iwc7dBgfqd8XYTHvxF-AEyLduhZZCeQKVul0Vf2SevL0ehN5yPumjG_zjWHCiv-3Vn5UOj8uANuj5acDEtWWL9-fZ8xkns95_ra7fGPN-FSgZIxlyBWT/s1600/normal_is_a_setting_on_the_dryer_magnet-p147180820453718264tmn8_210.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Monday:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>1. Goal of the Week - Students will write their goal for the week and also write a paragraph about last week's goal and if they were able to accomplish it. (Goals should be meaningful, measurable and attainable)</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>2. Inspiration: </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mr. Duez is going to share a <a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/we-keep-moving/follow-our-journey/jeannette-pennsylvania/index.aspx">video about a young lady who lives just miles from where he grew up in PA</a>. She has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis while in high school. Her story is inspirational because even though she is challenged by her disease, she continues to live her life to the fullest. She now attends Indiana University of Pennsylvania. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Embedded Youtube Video:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ToATv-klN7A" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>3. Students will read this article: </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/us/09immigration.html?_r=2&ref=education">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/us/09immigration.html?_r=2&ref=education</a></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">And debate the topic of Illegal Immigration and the students who attain a high school and college degree, but without a social security number can not find meaningful work. Should the Dream Act become law?<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/education/21winerip.html?src=twrhp">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/21/education/21winerip.html?src=twrhp</a><br />
<a href="http://www.harrisonburgtimes.com/2010/08/emu-grad-pushes-gov-mcdonnell-on-dream-act-2/">http://www.harrisonburgtimes.com/2010/08/emu-grad-pushes-gov-mcdonnell-on-dream-act-2/</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="264" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/14598972?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="398"></iframe></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Tuesday</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Tutoring</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Wed/Thu:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We will be having a signing ceremony for contracts this week. It will be a real nice party down in the SGI. Cake, drinks and lots of fun. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We will tutor some if there is time and there is a need for tutoring. Tutors are welcome at the party.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Friday:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">TBD</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Juniors will be going to the computer lab to work on ePrep SAT</div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-71854247391809237872011-02-14T10:36:00.000-06:002011-02-14T10:36:45.392-06:00Agenda: Week of Monday Feb 14 - Friday Feb 18<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Quote of the Day: <i>"You will find, as you look back upon your life, that the moments when you really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love."</i></b> -- Henry Drummond<br />
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<b>Agenda:</b><br />
MONDAY:<br />
1. Goal of the Week<br />
2. Inspiration -<br />
Discuss current event "Eqypt!" <br />
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Seniors will read an article in the New York Times about "Senioritis."<br />
Announcement regarding Ecobot Challenge.<br />
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3. Lyrics Project<br />
4. Juniors will work on next SAT portion.<br />
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<b>Tuesday:</b><br />
Tutoring<br />
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<b>Wed/Thu:</b><br />
Tutoring<br />
Seniors are going to have their next party for Olivia, Kaylin, and Tasha. We will include the tutors.<br />
Juniors - lyric project and SAT prep<br />
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<b>Friday:</b><br />
Mr. Duez is hoping to go to the computer lab to work on ePrep for Juniors and college prep work for Seniors. If that does not happen, he will have an alternative assignment.<br />
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</div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-54026858022857670482011-02-14T07:29:00.001-06:002011-02-14T10:47:33.448-06:00Ecobot Challenge 2011 - Need Volunteers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Please let Mr. Duez know if you are interested again this year. Here is the note from the folks who are putting this together:<br />
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<div>Good afternoon David!</div><div></div><div>On <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">March 5th</span></b> Humble ISD will host a practice session for our <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">elementary robotics team</span></b>s. The practice session will be held at <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">AHS in the cafeteria from 8-3:30</span></b>. Several of your students participated last year and did a fabulous job. We would love to have them back this year! Attached is our schedule for the day. Please email me if you have any students who are interested in volunteering.</div><div></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br />
</div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ecobot Trials @ AHS cafeteria from 8-3:30. You can sign up for the individual time slots or for all day.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">BBE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.0pt;" valign="top" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">DWE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">EGE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">FE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.0pt;" valign="top" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">TE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">ESE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">MBE<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.0pt;" valign="top" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">GTE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">HHE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">OFE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.0pt;" valign="top" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">LSE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">OE<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">PFE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.0pt;" valign="top" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">RPE (bus)</span></i></b><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">WHE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 77.4pt;" valign="top" width="103"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">PLE(bus)</span></i></b><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 78.0pt;" valign="top" width="104"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">WCE<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div></td> <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 1.0in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-element-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-left: 234.65pt; mso-element-top: 10.05pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element: frame; mso-height-rule: exactly;"><span style="color: blue;">WPE<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
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</div></div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-45617773448559475782011-02-07T07:35:00.000-06:002011-02-07T07:35:59.761-06:00Agenda: Week of Feb. 7, 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Quote of the Day:</b> <b><i>“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.”</i></b> - Mary Pickford<br />
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<b>Monday:</b><br />
Goal of the Week, Student Success Stories Handout, Lyrics Project.<br />
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<b>Tuesday: </b><br />
Tutoring<br />
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<b>Wed/Thu:</b><br />
Tutoring & <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/13064750/High-School-4-Year-Plan-Templet">4 Year Plans</a>, Lyrics Project<br />
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<b>Friday:</b><br />
Seniors - party to celebrate college acceptances<br />
Juniors - SAT & Lyrics Project</div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-71709434832356245942011-02-05T16:46:00.002-06:002011-02-05T16:46:37.890-06:00What do you have?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipd3ch9VHMfCqz7ZwQwozzRvKl50B9sQc13vs8wEgff5M-yC9LpyURTMNi_iAjTRdT8nYB4f39jC042WHr4lHQ6B-aWizxmi8kLVZsT4nhQaPbmuXgp7QT1OOPmqTXv3Uubnrwb0SFXRI/s1600/V9GWE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipd3ch9VHMfCqz7ZwQwozzRvKl50B9sQc13vs8wEgff5M-yC9LpyURTMNi_iAjTRdT8nYB4f39jC042WHr4lHQ6B-aWizxmi8kLVZsT4nhQaPbmuXgp7QT1OOPmqTXv3Uubnrwb0SFXRI/s640/V9GWE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-28439322793987036782011-02-04T10:46:00.002-06:002011-02-04T10:46:36.424-06:00Great Graphic: Adults with a College Degree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Very cool interactive graphic: Adults with a College Degree<br />
<a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Adults-With-College-Degrees-in/125995/">http://chronicle.com/article/Adults-With-College-Degrees-in/125995/</a><br />
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Very neat. Only 27% of adults in America hold a college degree. Will you be one of them?</div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-8116251636101576662011-02-01T07:21:00.000-06:002011-02-01T07:21:59.141-06:00SAT/ACT vouchers - This week.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUV5GSAgDyMr-TppkJwVAjphFG5wqdDEFlKhioT0WaRML7m3z51kI_ea2XjT_Boc4cMZmDUjQV_wqDRwU7k9uFkZTVi24Cfc28XqvS0Q265ZFB2r8RW8YYQWMbrhweV9f0rmD-bd7w0eo/s1600/college-board-sat-scores.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUV5GSAgDyMr-TppkJwVAjphFG5wqdDEFlKhioT0WaRML7m3z51kI_ea2XjT_Boc4cMZmDUjQV_wqDRwU7k9uFkZTVi24Cfc28XqvS0Q265ZFB2r8RW8YYQWMbrhweV9f0rmD-bd7w0eo/s200/college-board-sat-scores.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div>A message from our awesome District AVID Co-ordinator:</div><div><br />
</div><blockquote>Your counselors should receive their vouchers from the state for a FREE SAT or ACT THIS week! There are limited numbers.</blockquote><blockquote> Please be sure that EACH junior AVID student has a voucher in his/her hand by Friday.</blockquote><blockquote> The voucher is good for ONE of the following:</blockquote><blockquote>ACT - April 9 - Deadline to sign up is March 4 (seats are going to fill up quickly)</blockquote><blockquote> June 11 - Deadline to sign up is May 6 (seats are going to fill up quickly)</blockquote><blockquote> SAT - May 7 - Deadline to sign up is April 8 (seats are going to fill up quickly)</blockquote><blockquote> June 4 - Deadline to sign up is May 6 (seats are going to fill up quickly)</blockquote><blockquote> I would make sure that they students are signed up for the test of their choice by Feb. 11th....maybe you could visit the computer lab as a class and do it!!</blockquote><blockquote> Yes, they can ALSO take one FREE for being an AVID student.....</blockquote><blockquote>They must obtain a fee waiver from their counselor and check that they are a part of an Upward Bound or Trio program.</blockquote><blockquote> Remind the students about how they are READY for this.....they have been working hard on their e-Prep!!!</blockquote><blockquote> Thank you,</blockquote><blockquote>Susan</blockquote><div>Take advantage of your opportunities.</div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-54964104780740246442011-01-22T11:21:00.001-06:002011-01-22T11:37:04.649-06:00Agenda: Week of 1/24 - 1/28, 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Quote of the Week: <i>"Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people."</i></b> - Tobias S. Gibson<br />
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</div><b>Monday:</b><br />
1. Goal of the Week. Students will write at least two sentences about their goal of the week, it must be meaningful, attainable, and measurable. <br />
2. Inspiration: Students will write at the bottom of their weekly goal a reaction to the story of the Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice.<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWG6zNf4xY0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWG6zNf4xY0</a><br />
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3. <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/47369327/Classrooms-No-Teachers">http://www.scribd.com/doc/47369327/Classrooms-No-Teachers</a><br />
Students will read the document above and follow the directions, writing notes, underlining important points, circling things they do not understand, writing a question at the top and a summary at the bottom.<br />
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<b>Tuesday:</b><br />
Tutoring<br />
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<b>Wed/Thu:</b><br />
Tutoring for first half<br />
Seniors: Song lyric project, current events discussion<br />
Juniors: Song lyric project, ePrep SAT/ACT prep<br />
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<b>Friday:</b><br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Seniors: Party to celebrate college acceptance. Still need to celebrate: Kaylin (SFA) and Vanessa (Texas State)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Juniors: Song lyric project, ePrep SAT/ACT prep</div></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-22572599139899902142011-01-14T09:49:00.001-06:002011-01-14T09:49:37.256-06:00Avid club<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsWMSiziWFWnSdhl7ofFitlEaZfQoYNAeG6KkP8ZFZNs_cuwq32uULGSqL-Xe2JSGNcectkvbngUNTGoIKnxNlOxvBd1cKyrEr9L3E-FGJNK_D8UOI8wvgI4YUbfvrAKs2ihriydKa7c/s1600/IMG_20110111_153624-777257.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsWMSiziWFWnSdhl7ofFitlEaZfQoYNAeG6KkP8ZFZNs_cuwq32uULGSqL-Xe2JSGNcectkvbngUNTGoIKnxNlOxvBd1cKyrEr9L3E-FGJNK_D8UOI8wvgI4YUbfvrAKs2ihriydKa7c/s400/IMG_20110111_153624-777257.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562069317466474450" /></a></p><p></p> <p>David Duez<br> - sent from my Droid. Excuse the brevity.</p> Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-45365052352415135072011-01-10T11:16:00.000-06:002011-01-10T11:16:43.684-06:00Agenda: Week of Jan. 10, 2011<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Quote of the Day: <i>"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."</i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i> </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">- Mahatma Gandhi</span><br />
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<b>MONDAY:</b><br />
1. Goal of the Week<br />
2. Sign the "Years in AVID" form for AVID Certification.<br />
3. We will discuss the story about the tragedy in Arizona. A few questions for discussion:<br />
- Does the type of discussion we have about politics in this country affect situations like this?<br />
- Does this type of story discourage you from participation in government?<br />
- What can be learned from the heroes who came to the rescue of those who needed them?<br />
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<b>TUESDAY:</b><br />
Tutoring<br />
<b>WED/THU:</b><br />
Tutoring & then we will discuss college application process.<br />
<b>FRIDAY:</b><br />
4th Period - Celebration for Jennifer G! She is accepted to S.F.A. Way to go Jennifer.<br />
7th Period - Guest SpeakerDuezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-17732131527070869742011-01-07T07:39:00.000-06:002011-01-07T07:39:31.258-06:00Agenda - Week of Tue - Fri Jan 4-7, 2011<b>Quote of the Day: <i>"Study the past if you would define the future."</i> </b> - Confucius<br />
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<b>Tuesday </b>- "Motivational Monday on Tuesday" - we'll write our new year's resolution and look back at 2010. We'll also watch and discuss this TedTalk: <br />
<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping.html</a><br />
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<b>Wed/Thu</b> - Tutoring first 1/2. Second 1/2 we'll discuss new semester schedules, report cards and also binders.<br />
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<b>Friday</b> - <b>4th period: </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><b><i>We will be throwing a celebration for Iliana for getting accepted to Texas Women's University. Way to go IG!</i></b></span><br />
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<b>7th period: </b>We'll be in the Red LGI to hear a guest speaker.Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-9409046300653149462011-01-02T19:11:00.000-06:002011-01-02T19:11:28.114-06:00Welcome BackHope everyone had a wonderful winter break. <br />
I was very sick over most of it, but I will choose to remember it like this:<br />
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Hope everyone is ready for a wonderful semester. Our goal is to prepare you for....<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>College!</i></b></span></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-34543935742030464722010-12-06T07:27:00.000-06:002010-12-06T07:27:26.006-06:00Agenda for the week of December 6th, 2010<b>Quote of the Day: <i>"The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away."</i></b><i> </i> - David Viscott<br />
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<b>Monday - </b><br />
Students will read a series of editorial articles about "College Choice." <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/11/29/does-it-matter-where-you-go-to-college">Does it Matter Where You Go To College?</a><br />
Students will see a motivational video - How to Rip a Phone Book in Half and How to do the This, That Card Trick. The lesson is that even "magic" is practiced and can be taught. Some students make it look easy, but the secret is that they work very hard to make it seem so easy.<br />
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We will also write our Weekly Goal<br />
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<b>Tuesday - </b><br />
Tutoring<br />
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<b>Wed/Thu - </b><br />
Tutoring<br />
Seniors will plan their party for Alisa for tomorrow.<br />
Juniors will work on the next SAT ePrep Lesson<br />
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<b>Friday - </b><br />
The Seniors will party to celebrate Alisa Galvan's acceptance into the University of North Texas!<br />
Juniors will go to the computer lab to input their ePrep SAT answersDuezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-59306514448220910522010-11-25T14:39:00.001-06:002010-11-25T14:39:39.563-06:00A touching Thanksgiving Story<object data="http://sports.cbsimg.net/swf/video/uvp/skins/Default/2.0/Skin.swf" height="480" id="mycbsiplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true"><param name="quality" value="high"><param name="flashvars" value="width=640&height=360&compAdsEnabled=true&compAdW=300&compAdH=60&pid=CdypPOxkRyMWxJjEkoxYqBr_XWjB6WQe&partner=cbssports&autoplay=false&server=http://www.cbssports.com&smode=fit&uvpc=http://sports.cbsimg.net/video/uvp/config/uvp_default.xml&imageServer=http://sports.cbsimg.net&contEx=share,embed,related,sep5,sep6,sep8"></object>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-56807166833472593802010-11-22T07:20:00.001-06:002010-11-22T07:57:45.559-06:00Agenda: Week of Monday/Tuesday November 22/23, 2010<b>Quote of the Week: <i>"I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land."</i></b> - Jon Stewart<br />
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<b>Monday:</b><br />
We'll check out the pictures we took from last Friday. They were outstanding! <br />
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We'll also watch a <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box.html">TED Talk from J.J. Abrams called, "The Magic Box."</a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>J.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery –- a passion that’s evident in his films and TV shows, including Cloverfield, Lost and Alias -- back to its magical beginnings.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<div style="float: none; line-height: 1.34em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 7px; width: 516px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>As the Emmy-winning creator of the smart, addictive TV dramas <em style="font-style: italic !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Lost, Alias</em> and <em style="font-style: italic !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Felicity</em>, J.J. Abrams' name looms large on the small screen. As the writer/director behind the blockbuster explode-a-thon <em style="font-style: italic !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Mission: Impossible III</em>, <em style="font-style: italic !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Cloverfield</em> and the new <em style="font-style: italic !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Star Trek</em> movie, these days Abrams also rules the big screen -- bringing his eye for telling detail and emotional connection to larger-than-life stories.<br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Abrams' enthusiasm -- for the construction of Kleenex boxes, for the quiet moments between shark attacks in <em style="font-style: italic !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Jaws</em>, for today's filmmaking technologies, and above all for the potent mystery of an unopened package -- is incredibly infectious.</b></span></span></div><blockquote style="color: black; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>"As a boy, JJ Abrams was fascinated with magic. As a television writer, director, and producer, he has beguiled audiences with a masterful use of suspense, plot reversals, and special effects."</b></span></span></blockquote><cite style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://www.ted.com/images/cite_dash.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 6px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 36px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 14px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><em style="font-style: italic !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Wired</b></span></span></em></cite><br />
<b>Tuesday:</b><br />
Tutoring or - if there isn't much to do with tutoring, since we are heading towards a break -<br />
We'll check out this 7 minute video:<br />
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We will have a socratic discussion about the video and the state of education/technology.<br />
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<div>After watching it two things popped into my mind:</div><div>1) Moderation is very important.</div><div>2) Kids are losing the (already inhibited ability) to moderate.</div><div> </div><div>What would our campus look like if cell phones were not banned? I would think it would be a mess. But, I don't know.</div><div> </div><div>I know one thing for sure, kids know how to use technology to entertain themselves and communicate with friends. But, do they know how to use it for their advantage to learn and do their school work (and later college work) in a more efficient way? </div><div> </div><div>Part of our job is going to be explaining how to balance life so that they get a boost from technology and not just have it sap their attention and ability.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING!</span></i></b></div>Duezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13297380628744711569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250105737278255775.post-17144019820658880052010-11-19T17:09:00.001-06:002010-11-19T17:09:25.092-06:00College... and AP/Dual.C<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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