Battle Week

Thank you all who attended the Battle against Sword of Freedom this week. Even in the rain you all showed up and fought hard. You all seemed to enjoy yourselves. I will have the photo of the epic standoff soon. (Thank you parents for bringing kids out. Because we are all spread out this means some people drive a long distance to make these events happen.)

This week in class we had TWO students pass off their Declaration Memorization Requirement! 

Congrats Emma and Isaac! 

We still have some kids that need to get their requirements signed off through us. We know you all can do it, put in the hard work for the next few days. We did find a few things that did not match up from the student manual and the mentor manual, one being the Heritage Award. With the error found, we are extending the date for check off of the Heritage Award Requirement. The date will be announced this week during class. Do not let this catch up to you however, second semester has its own list of sign offs.

We are preparing for Parent's Night and everyone got their parts. All paragraphs need to be memorized for our class presentation. The exception to this rule are the King's injuries. These (only the King's Injuries) presenters are allowed to have an index card to help them. I do however challenge those presenters to try to memorize their parts. 

Here is each part and the presenter...

Statement of Course: Hannah

Statement of Truths: Tillie

Statement of Secure: Micah

Statement of Destructive- Ethan

Statement of Prudence: Isaac

Statement of Train: Isaac

Statement of Patient: Hannah

Statement of History: Gabe

Injuries 1- Emma 

Injuries 2- Tillie

Injuries 3- Ethan

Injuries 4- Zane

Injuries 5- Zane

Statement of Petitioned: Zachary

Statement of Tyrant: Emma

Statement of Wanting: Gabe

Statement of Appealed: Eliana

Statement of Acquiesce- Eliana

Statement of "We the Rep": Micah

Statement of Support: Zachary

Also for Parent night, I was thinking it would nice, if we can all try to dress like those who signed the Declaration. I know we don't all have the outfits readily available however at the very least a pair of black pants and a white button up. If you have more, PLEASE feel free to plan to dress this way (do not feel like you must go out and buy anything). I believe this will make our class presentation that much better.

Please also do not forget any of your class presentation visual aids, opinion papers and anything else you would like to have out for our parents and other family members to see. You all have accomplished so much this semester, use this night to show off your hard work. 

We do not have an opinion paper this week however I did give out some homework... YEP I SAID HOMEWORK. Please watch the State of the Union address. My hope is that you find the time each year to put in the time to hear what our President has to say. Remember it doesn't matter who is in office, we need to respect the position. 

Here is a direct link https://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu 

We do have a speaker coming this week. I think you all will enjoy this. Following this presentation, we will do a run through of our Parent Night and allow for a few more sign offs. 

Thank you all for the Semester, please if you remember anything, just remember you do have a voice and YOU all can do something. You are our future leaders and we see so many bright and positive things in you. 

If you guys have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me. 

Thank you,

Teacher Amber