Welcome to the 2019-2020 School Year!
Welcome back to another school year! The classroom was full with all twenty students this morning as the day started off, as always, with the important topic of current events. Students watched news stories and discussed the events, sharing their current knowledge and opinions. Mr. Tom emphasized that not only do we want students to have opinions, “we want you to move towards an informed opinion. If you stay tuned in this course, you will be extremely well-informed”. After current events, we held an introduction session. Everyone paired off and interviewed each other, then used that information to introduce each other to the rest of the class. We have a diverse class this year with interests ranging from sports to cooking/baking to drawing and science and everything in between. The students spent the day switching between their classes and getting to know each teacher and subject. At lunch, we honored Aidan’s birthday (which is today!) and all of the birthdays that happened over the summer. Fun fact- we have three students with birthdays on August 26th! The students dove right in to working in the afternoon in the independent study session, getting off to a good start with balancing the workload.
It was a successful start to what will be a productive year full of learning and growth.
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