UPDATE: As of February 4th, we are at about raised
for our Walkathon! And that is with only about half
the 8th grade registered...
Eighth-grade students can now
register for the March 14, 2010
Walkathon through North Berkeley. This is a major
fundraiser for our trips to Washington, D.C. and Israel.
We hope to raise $15,000, so we need to get started early on the
donations! Our
main
page is already up and the donations are rolling in!
Registering is easy. Go here to get more directions on how to do so.
Fundraising is even easier than registering: It can be done
through online donation or by getting checks/cash directly from
donors. You can create your own webpage, which you can
easily link to in emails sent to friends and family (or on your
mySpace or Facebook page).
Registration Contest!
Students who registered by midnight of Friday, January 8
were eligible for a drawing for a $50 donation on your
personal webpage! Amira C. won the $50 drawing!
This is pretty amazing stuff: Using nanomaterials
painted onto regular copier paper, a scientist at Stanford has
created a new type of battery/capacitor. Watch the video
below, and go
here to read about it.
Washington, D.C.
Trip--Last pics and Videos
Check out some
high quality group pics from our trip at the official DC
blog--nice enough to print. Also, some videos of us
rolling down the hill at Mt. Vernon and the changing of the
guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier.
ENGRADE IS HERE
(updated):
I have finalized the pages for the online gradebook
www.engrade.com to help you
(parent and student) to keep track of grades in my classes.
Students have received their codes for signing up, and they
were supposed to bring them home. If they lost the slip of
paper I gave them, you can contact me (email preferred) and I
will send you the code.
If you have used Engrade before, you can simply use the
account (login name and password) that you created the first
time. If you haven't used it before, it is relatively easy
to do. You can just go to
www.engrade.com and they will guide you through creating a
new account. Both student and parent can have an account
to view the student's grades.
Kanye West-ify your
blog/website:
Click
here to see how. Too funny. Google "vma Kanye
West" if you want a little background.
ALGEBRA ONLINE HELP:
Be sure to check out some of the websites on my
"Web Links" page, which can be
accessed by clicking the link in the menu on the left.
I've added a few new websites that have some great algebra help.
GUESS WHAT THIS IS:
Click on the picture above to find the answer.
Off-Topic:I seriously hope this never happens at our school.
Explain the Physics Behind This!
How was Stonehenge Made?
Watch this fellow Michigander to find out
how it might have happened.
[UPDATE]
