Busy times

My week started with another visit from Attorney James Lawley. Mr. Lawley has worked at Lipman and Katz in Augusta, Maine and has come into my classes several times to discuss Constitutional Rights. He also has come into my Ethics classes to discuss the Death Penalty. Unfortunately for my students he has left his job to go back to Death Penalty work in Pennsylvania. I am hopeful we can stay in touch and maybe he will Skype into my classes in the future? His visits are always fascinating and the students come up with great questions that help them to way the pros and cons of the Death Penalty and try to come up with an ethical idea about Capitol Punishment.

My AP students spent the week preparing for the AP exam. The College Board requires the exam to be taken on Friday May 8 this year. So students were studying all week in the hopes of doing well on the Exam. The exam was quite different this year and so it will be interesting to see how my students do compared to students across the county.

Students in my Psychology class have been dealing with sleep issues and dreaming all week. They have been recording their dreams so that we can analyze them next week and try to make some connections to our lives.

On Friday I attended a follow up workshop through the DBQ project. In March we learned about using the process in our classes and received a free binder of resources. Then we were charged with trying one out and bringing back some student work. It was another great day examining student work and talking about how to make the DBQ idea work in our classes even better. We are planning a few ways to incorporate this into our U.S. history classes next Fall.

Next week is a big one! On Wednesday we will have an assembly to honor Lewis Frelan Goddard who was killed in World War Two and announce to the school our plan to build a memorial to him on campus. Here is the link to the site we are using to raise money for the memorial: http://www.gofundme.com/frelanww2

Also next week I will be taking 23 students to Northeastern University to simulate the United Nations with students from schools all over New England. This event is sponsored by the United Nations Association of Greater Boston. We are representing Russia and Jordan. It should be great fun! Some of the topics include: Ukraine crisis, ISIS, Maternal Health, access to clean water, Freedom of the press, and more. We are always exhausted by Saturday night, but it is always a lot of fun and a great experience for the students!