Thursday, October 9, 2014

Today Marshall students listened to an amazing, educational, and important presentation by Michael Foster on the topic of climate change and global responsibility. For forty-five minutes students and staff listened with rapt attention to this powerful presentation. Marshall students were focused and respectful audience members. Way to go Marshall!

We continued this conversation in social studies and drama class. We discussed how climate change relates to social studies, and the 7/8th grade drama class talked about the presentation style and how Michael Foster was a calm, confident, and prepared speaker. The historical, political, and cultural issues attached to climate change are so important. Hopefully, we can continue this dialogue at school and at home and find more ways to integrate our exploration of science and social studies throughout the year, and particularly around this incredibly important issue. 

If you are interested in getting more involved, there is a free workshop called "Plant for the Planet" from 9am-5:30pm Saturday at Komachin Middle School for students ages 8-14. It is free, but space is limited. You can register for this workshop at www.thurstoncd.com/south-sound-green.html

(this is not a school-sponsored/OSD activity)

We also continued our exploration of colonial life in America. Make sure that you are staying on top of all assignments. Chapter 2 notes, and the preview assignment for Chapter 3 were turned in this week. I will be updating grades on skyward over the weekend. 

Information for student-led conferences went home this week. Make sure to get your spot ASAP!!!