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Captain’s BlogNovember 12, 2012

Veteran's Day Quotes are not hard to come by, but here's a compilation of some of the best and most famous in one place.

"Freedom is never free." -Author Unknown

"How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" -Maya Angelou

"When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?" -George Canning

"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die." -G.K. Chesterton

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." -Elmer Davis

"But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye." -Thomas Dunn English

"I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot." -Gary Hart

"Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace." -Oliver Wendell Holmes

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." -John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums." -Arthur Koestler

"I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, 'Mother, what was war?'" -Eve Merriam

"Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." -Michel de Montaigne

"In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." -Jose Narosky

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." -Cynthia Ozick

"The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war." -Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Happy Birthday!!!11/15! Donna Harkins!! 11/17! Chris Pryor! !

There once was a teacherWhose principal feature

Was hidden in quite an odd way.Students by millionsOr possibly zillions

Surrounded him all of the day.When finally seen

By his scholarly deanAnd asked how he managed the deed,

He lifted three fingersAnd said, "All you swingers

Need only to follow my lead.""To rise from a zero

To Big Campus Hero,To answer these questions you’ll strive:

Where am I going,How shall I get there, and

How will I know I've arrived?"(Mager, 1984)

MHS  French  week  is  November  13th-­‐16th.

The  EssenOal  QuesOon  is:    How  do  I  say  the  parts  of  the  body  in  French?

Students  use  their  tête  to  decipher  graphs,  their  mains  to  build  things  in  wood  working    and  their  jambes  to  run  across  the  basketball   court,  just  to  name  a  few.

Feel  free  to  integrate  the  vocabulary  list  below  into  your  lesson  plans.

h,p://mhspirates.com/profile/milnesm/french-­‐week-­‐vocabulary-­‐2012-­‐parts-­‐body

Funny  Videoh,p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QfrNE_YbI&feature=fvwrel

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The  3  Instruc-onal  Shi3s  that  come  with  Common  Core:

1. TEXT  –  Build  knowledge  through  content-­‐rich  nonficOon  in  ALL  classrooms

2. TASK  –  Reading,  WriOng,  Speaking,  and  Listening  that  is  grounded  in  evidence  from  the  text,  both  literary  and  informaOon  texts

3. INSTRUCTION  –  Regular  pracOce  with  complex  text  and  its  academic  language

With  open  discussions  and  learning,  it  is  okay  for  students  to  be  incorrect.    Be  prepared  to  allow  students  to  "take  over  conversaOons"  in  the  classroom  and  allow  other  students  to  guide  incorrect  answers.    A  failure  free  environment  will  open  doors  for  deeper  knowledge.

John

A  Note  From  NahirnyThank  you  for  all  the  phone  calls,  cards  and  emails  you’ve  sent  me  and  Mike.    They  have  kept  me  in  

great  spirits  for  the  past  two  months.  I’m  pleased  to  be  approaching  the  end  of  my  cancer  treatments.  I  finished  the  radiaOon  therapy  in  late  October,  and  by  the  Ome  you  read  this,  I  will  be  in  Shands  (UF)  Hospital  in  Gainesville  (surgery  Tuesday,  November  13)  to  remove  the  tumor.    I’ll  be  there  for  about  five  days,  and  then  will  be  recovering  at  home  for  a  few  weeks  agerwards.  If  you  want  to  be  in  touch  with  me  while  I’m  in  the  hospital,  Shands  has  a  service  you  can  use  to  send  a  “CareMail”  message.  It’s  a  free,  online  service  that  prints  out  and  delivers  e-­‐mail  messages  to  paOents  in  their  rooms  every  weekday.    Here  is  the  link:      h,ps://ufandshands.org/send-­‐paOent-­‐message

My  doctor  says  if  all  goes  according  to  plan,  and  if  I  stay  off  my  feet  and  don’t  lig  anything  heavier  than  a  pencil  in  the  first  few  weeks  ager  surgery,  he  may  allow  me  to  return  to  work  on/around  December  10-­‐11,  instead  of  waiOng  unOl  January  2!  So,  I  hope  to  see  you  all  before  the  holiday  break,  maybe  even  in  Ome  for  the  MHS  holiday  party  on  December  19.  That  would  be  a  wonderful  gig  for  me.

Thanks  again  for  keeping  me  and  Mike  in  your  thoughts  and  prayers!  This  Thanksgiving,  we're  especially  grateful  to  be  part  of  the  “Pirate  

Pirates are Cross Country District Champs!!!

You  missed  our  first  dance  pracOce  for  our  secret  faculty/staff  flash  mob  FCAT  dance,  but  no  worries,  we  will  have  one  every  week!!!    So,  make  sure  you  come  to  my  classroom  every  Friday,  before  school,  at  7:15.      We  have    the  the  coolest  faculty  and  staff  in  Florida!!    I  put  the  dance  direcOons  with  a  link  to  the  dance  in  your  mail  box!! Keep  pracOcing!!!  Jan

Public  Review  of  Revised  Next  Genera-on  Sunshine  State  Standards  for  Physical  Educa-on:  The  Florida  Department  of  EducaOon  has  facilitated  a  review  and  revision  of  the  Next  GeneraOon  Sunshine  State  Standards  (NGSSS)  for  Physical  EducaOon.  We  are  pleased  to  announce  that  the  drag  document  is  ready  for  public  review.  The  links  below  will  allow  the  public  to  access  and  review  the  drag  benchmarks.DRAFT  of  the  NGSSS  for  Physical  EducaOon  for  grades  K-­‐5                                                                                            DRAFT  of  the  NGSSS  for  Physical  EducaOon  for  grades  6-­‐12  Public  Review  of  Revised  Next  Genera-on  Sunshine  State  Standards  for  Health  Educa-on:  The  Florida  Department  of  EducaOon  has  facilitated  a  review  and  revision  of  the  Next  GeneraOon  Sunshine  State  Standards  (NGSSS)  for  Health  EducaOon.  We  are  pleased  to  announce  that  the  drag  document  is  ready  for  public  review.DRAFT  Health  EducaOon  Benchmarks

Union pleads with Scott to halt use of test scores to judge teachersFlorida's push to use student test scores to judge teacher performance should be halted this year, with Gov. Rick Scott using his executive authority to put a stop to a faulty system, the state teachers union says. The Florida Education Association this week sent a letter to Scott asking him to suspend the...

Scott talks of tying college funding to student successGetting a good return on the state's investment was Gov. Rick Scott's catchphrase Wednesday as he pushed universities to measure college students' performances. Scott said he wanted to measure whether students found jobs or went on to get more education after college, what their salaries were... Scott gets schools chiefs' wish listA committee of seven school district superintendents, by request of Gov. Rick Scott, suggested a number of ways to cut the educational red tape, but also tacked on some requests that were unrelated to that task.

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Matanzas High School's Smile Train project is underway.  The Smile Train provides free cleft surgery “which takes as little as 45 minutes and costs as little as $250, and can give desperate children not just a new smile — but a new life.”   Donations are gratefully accepted.  If you are able to do so, bring your spare change to the Hispanic Club students' table in the Dining Hall or stop by Ms. Yvonne Valdivieso's classroom, 6-218.  Smile Train bracelets will be on sale during first lunch.  Last year, we were able to pay for one child’s operation.  This is a wonderful humanitarian cause.  Imagine if we could help another child this year, too!  On behalf of the children, Thank you.

The Smile Train

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