Final Projects and Bias

17 school days left English I Honors students began a review of bias in preparation for the EOC next week. Formative assessment indicated an overall deficit in that area, so we’ll be taking care of that shortly. English 8 students began working on the final...
Trial Ideas and a Ballad

Trial Ideas and a Ballad

19 school days left 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...

Ballads and Cover-Ups

English I students went over the great cover-up in Mockingbird, teasing out the actual story, what Atticus thinks happened, and what Heck Tate is going to say happened. English 8 students went over the ballad from yesterday in order to get ready for the ballad we will...

Final Push

English I Honors classes are finishing up Mockingbird and as such, discussed the titular mockingbird today. English 8 students began the final STEAM project, combining a bit of most every core class into a final project that we’ll be completing later this week...