English I Honors had a real treat: Jim Bannister, a local attorney with significant criminal defense experience, came to lead the classes through a truly eye-opening re-examination of Atticus Finch’s famed defense of Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird. Don’t want to give anything away as I hope to do this again next year, but I don’t think anyone in the room left viewing the case the same way.

English 8 students continued working on their STEAM unit connecting a novel to historical events. We’ll be finishing it up next week, and English I students will join in shortly afterward.