Happy New Year!

May this new year bring many opportunities your way to explore every joy of life. May your resolutions for the days ahead stay firm turning all your dreams into reality and all your efforts into great achievements.

~ Anonymous

Wishing all of you a wonderful and safe New Year!

~Mrs. Cassidy

This week we will discuss text and graphic features. The students will analyze nonfiction text to determine why authors use a variety of graphic features, Hurricanes: Earth's Mightiest Storms is an introduction to the power, majesty, and destruction of hurricanes. It contains eyewitness accounts of the storms, scientific facts about all types of hurricanes, and full-color photographs. 

 

The students will wrap up their unit on early colonization this week. After taking notes on Plymouth Colony, the students will face the challenge of developing their own Mayflower Compacts, however the scenario is slightly different. The year is 2020, and the American spaceship Mayflower II has landed on Mars, exactly 400 years after the first Mayflower reached the New World. The mission of this voyage is to construct a research base on Mars for scientific observations and experiments. Unfortunately, due to a malfunction, the Mayflower II crash-landed in an area outside that designated for U.S. exploration by a United Nations treaty. This territory is not within the jurisdiction of any Earth nation. After discovering several other obstacles, the students will work with a team to create a compact for their new form of government. I am looking forward to listening to their conversations and debates.

 

Holiday Giving Opportunity

          In the spirit of giving, the Campus School students will be collecting items December 8^th – December 12^th for Moriah House and the Mid-South Food Bank.  Moriah House is Memphis Union Mission’s safe house for women and their children.  The Mid-South Food Bank fights hunger by efficiently collecting and distributing wholesome food, while educating the community about the problem of hunger and advocating on behalf of hungry people. In our tough economic times, these organizations need our help more than ever.  Campus School families can help by donating the following items.

Monday: Paper Products 

·                  toilet paper

·                  paper towels

·                  Kleenex-regular and purse size

·                  diapers

·                  paper plates/napkins

Tuesday: Toiletry Items

·                  baby wipes

·                  toothpaste/toothbrushes

·                  soap/deodorant

·                  bath/shower gel

·                  lotion – adult and baby

Wednesday: Cleaning Products

·                  dish washing detergent

·                  laundry detergent

·                  Clorox wipes

Thursday: School Supplies       

·                  notebooks

·                  highlighters

·                  pens/crayons/markers                                                                                      

·                  paper