Curriculum Meeting

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Curriculum Meeting

• January 16, 2008

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Prayer

• Logan, the Sky Angel Cowboy! www.youtube.com
• words have wisdom beyond his years. Since airing
  the audio of the phone call and now the making of
  the video clip, it has taken on a life (more) )
• Take a minute if you will to listen to what Logan
  - The Sky Angel Cowboy - tells the DJ's on KSBJ's
  Morning show on Monday, Oct. 29th.  What an
  awesome young man! I wonder if he realizes just
  how many lives he will have touched by his
  reaching out for his own comfort and sharing such
  an important message.
• Click on the link and then click where it says to
  listen to what he said
• http//www.ksbj.org/eblogs/morningShow/?p113

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Aprils sharing words of wisdom

• I received this quote yesterday and I thought
  you'd like it since it goes along with the 2008
  Catholic Schools week theme.
• "A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes
  itself to the light the way for others"
• Author Unknown

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Disability Awareness

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vNhcZRFcjbhw
• Support for one another

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ACT scores

• http//www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/11434.pdf
• comparison of Lafayette Parish High Schools ACT
  scores

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Assessment

• Needs to be a balance between
• Assessment OF learning (how much students learned
  as of a particular time)
• with
• Assessment FOR learning (to promote more
  learning)
• thoughts of Rick
  Stiggins

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Who is in charge of learning?

• Multiple choice
• The student
• The teacher
• The parent
• The prayers

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• Subject You type it, she speaks 
• This is quite amazing. Try it and see!  Turn up
  the volume. 
• She will say anything you type. I sure don't know
  how they do this!  When you move the mouse
  around, her eyes follow the pointer. When you
  write something in the left space and then click
  on "Say it," she says it! 
• You can also change persons doing the talking and
  their accent.
• Technology! Wow !! 
•  http//www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/frameset.ph
  p?frame1talk_

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Free Rice

• http//www.freerice.com/ About FreeRice
• FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty
  site, Poverty.com.
• FreeRice has two goals
• Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free.
• Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry
  people for free.
• This is made possible by the sponsors who
  advertise on this site.
• Whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a
  street child in a poor country, improving your
  vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great
  investment in yourself.
• Perhaps even greater is the investment your
  donated rice makes in hungry human beings,
  enabling them to function and be productive.
  Somewhere in the world, a person is eating rice
  that you helped provide. Thank you.

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• Go to this web site and watch video of Alan
  November presentation from NECC
  http//www.prometheanworld.com/us/server/show/ConW
  ebDoc.4290
• This video shows how to use research with lots of
  versions of the Truth. Also emphasizes need to
  globalize curriculum

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Wide Awake

• Show clips from Wide Awake
• Chapter 3 Mysteries of Baptism
• Chapter 6 Father Peters
• Chapter 8 Religious Experiences
• Chapter 12 Reflections

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Maries question

• Whats your opinion on doing spelling in jr.
  high?  There is only one GLE pertaining to
  spelling frequently misspelled words and it
  doesnt seem like its part of the comp
  curriculum.   Do you know if the other schools
  in the diocese still doing spelling lists in Jr.
  High? 

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Martys Questions

• 1. Is anyone else having problems with using CDs
  and/or Internet access in place of take-home
  textbooks? It's amazing how many nights there are
  problems logging onto the textbook websites and
  we've had some technical problems with the CDs,
  too. I know this our first year really using
  them, so I wanted to see if anyone else has
  problems before I go through our literature
  textbook adoption.
• 2. I am looking for an on-line or correspondence
  music theory course for a student who needs an
  elective and who's interested in that area. I've
  checked with LSU and they have a music
  appreciation course but not theory. There is
  nothing at LVS, either. We've had students take
  correspondence courses through LSU but not from
  anywhere else so I just wanted to see if anyone
  had any experience with other providers. I've
  done some searching and come across several
  schools that are accredited by SACS and other
  reputable review boards but nothing beats a
  first-hand opinion.
•  

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Substitutes

• Are you or your teachers often called to sub for
  one another. Are you simply sitting in their seat
  and not teaching? When we have a sub, we should
  not be losing time of teaching on task.

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Finances

• As prices of gas increase, local parishes give
  their teachers raises, focus is on energy- I
  thought I would share with you some out of the
  box ideas that I will present at our next
  Development Directors meeting. In an attempt to
  implement justice, we want to increase our
  teachers salaries, but are faced with the dilemma
  of out pricing our parents the opportunity for a
  Catholic Education. I encourage you to look at
  things differently- as this is merely food for
  thought

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Think Green

• Maybe, we should consider making our school more
  energy efficient and our goal would be for zero
  electric bills. This means going green in small
  steps-change light bulbs, green roofs, look into
  solar panels. Many businesses and homes are
  beginning to make these strides and I encourage
  you to look into the possibility. If you did not
  have a utility bill each month this would make
  those monies available for other expenditures.

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Green-money

• Scenario-if your average utility bill is 10,000
  a month for 12 months-that is 120,000 per year
  and two years that is a quarter of a million
  dollars. So before you say we cant go green
  because it cost too much, you spend a quarter of
  a million in two years doing what you are doing.

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Green again

• School buses-alternative fuel
• If your school owns a bus or two or a dozen, a
  car, a van, etc. then alternative fuel and energy
  efficient is food for thought.

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Possible course

• Green chemistry The development of products that
  won't hurt the environment
• Only about a dozen colleges teach green
  chemistry
• Yale chemistry director Green chemistry is
  useless unless it is profitable
• Businesses are seeking graduates with backgrounds
  in green chemistry

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Save money contd

• Paper-Most of our schools lease a copier at
  approximately 800 a month which as about 10,000
  a year just for the machines use. And then
  10,000 worth of paper which totals 20,000 a
  year. If just during Lent , we fasted and
  abstained from running off copies think of the
  money and trees saved.

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Green-money

• Scenario-if your average utility bill is 10,000
  a month for 12 months-that is 120,000 per year
  and two years that is a quarter of a million
  dollars. So before you say we cant go green
  because it cost too much, you spend a quarter of
  a million in two years doing what you are doing.

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• http//www.greenschools.net/7StepstoaGreenSchool.h
  tm
• 7 STEPS TO GREEN YOUR SCHOOL
• (Adaped from Eco-Schools International,
  www.eco-schools.org)

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Green website

• http//www.greenschools.net/greenschoolsgraphic.pd
  f
• Show video-http//www.storyofstuff.com/

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• True field studies versus field trips from Ron
  Clark Academy
• The curriculum at the Ron Clark Academy will
  cover the basic requirements according to
  Georgias standard course of study. In addition,
  students will be exposed to classes and programs
  where they will learn and be involved with
  photography, dancing, music production, the art
  of design, dramatic performance, and business
  leadership.
• Our international trips will be integrated
  throughout the curriculum, and exposing students
  to new cultures and situations are keys to our
  philosophy. In addition to the international
  trips, each class will travel on as many as 30
  field trips each year to a world that they, in
  many cases, have never imagined. Art museums,
  Broadway shows, cultural festivals, and
  professional sporting events are just some of the
  ways that their eyes will be opened to the
  reality of diverse and rich cultures, sometimes
  within Atlanta, and sometimes around our country
  and throughout the world.
• These will be educational trips of the highest
  caliber, providing rich opportunities for
  personal and academic growth. As Ron Clark has
  done for the last ten years, each field trip will
  be fully integrated into the curriculum. When
  classes have visited NYC in the past, every
  student could name each bird and distinguish
  every tree. Before going to Broadway shows, Mr.
  Clark had his students read the story, learn the
  songs, and research the architecture of the
  theater. Before going to the bowling alley, Mr.
  Clark visited himself, measured the lanes and
  used the dimensions on worksheets. He also used
  the bowling pins to teach fractions, and took the
  prices from the snack shop and used them in math
  class. On every trip, whether it is up the street
  or across the globe, the Ron Clark Academy will
  make every moment a learning opportunity because
  as Mr. Clark, has learned children must have a
  connection to something before they will
  appreciate it. After preparing our students so
  thoroughly for each trip, they will truly get the
  most out of the experience and internalize all
  that they have learned.

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Associated Travel GroupKim LeBlanc Educational
Tour Department(337) 233-5521-OfficeKim_at_ineedatr
ip.com

• GRAND CANYON - WESTERN ROUTE 66 TOUR - St
  Genevieve School - November 6-10, 2007
• DAY 1 Tuesday, November 6, 2007
• 430 am Arrive at Lafayette Airport
• 525-1107 am Plane 1 Continental-Lafayette-Housto
  n-Las Vegas
• Flight Numbers 2510/497
• 620-1107 am Plane 2 Continental-Lafayette-Housto
  n-Las Vegas
• Flight Numbers 2137/497
• 640-1050 am Plane 3 American-Lafayette-Dallas-La
  s Vegas
• Flight Numbers 3238/1887
• 1200 pm Lunch (on own en route)
• 100-330 pm Eldorado Canyon Ghost Town
  Techatticup Gold Mine Tour
• 630 pm Dinner en Route (on own)
• 830 pm Arrive _at_ Best Western Squire Inn,
  Tusayan, AZ - 928-638-8411
• DAY 2 Wednesday, November 7, 2007
• 630 am Breakfast (provided)
• 730 am Bright Angel Trail 1 ½ mile hike
• 1130 am Lunch _at_ Maswick Cafeteria (on own)
• Hopi Point Trailview Overlook
• 100 pm Geology Rim-walk w/ National Park Ranger

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Trip part 2

• DAY 4 Friday, November 9, 2007
• 630 am Breakfast (provided)
• 730 am Hotel Check out depart for Las Vegas
• 900 am Visit Oatman, AZ - Route 66 Ghost Town
  Shoot Out with Outlaw Willie
• Lunch en route (on own)
• 1130 am Check Luggage into Hilton Garden Inn Las
  Vegas Hotel
• 1230 pm Hoover Dam Tour
• 330 pm Check into Hotel-Hilton Garden Inn
  702-453-7830-Change clothes for Dinner Show
• 500 pm Dinner _at_ Hard Rock Café (provided)
• 730 pm O Cirque du Soleil at Bellagio Hotel
• 930 pm Bellagio Water Fountain Show
• 1030 pm Return to Hotel
• DAY 5 Saturday, November 10, 2007
• 630 am Breakfast _at_ Hotel (provided)
• 730 am Depart for Airport
• 950-802 pm Plane 1 Continental-Las
  Vegas-Houston-Lafayette
• Flight Numbers 396/2907
• 950-422 pm Plane 2 Continental-Las
  Vegas-Houston-Lafayette
• Flight Numbers 396/3116

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Good Books

• Good Books
• 1. Unveiled Tamar (Lineage of Grace, Number 1)
  Her name meant "date palm," and like her
  namesake, Tamar hoped to survive the harsh
  environment she was placed in to bend but not to
  break. Rubbed with scented oil and arrayed in
  wedding finery, 14-year-old Tamar is thrust into
  a world of abuse, betrayal, and disillusionment
  when she is given in marriage to an evil,
  idol-worshiping man. In the face of her
  suffering, she must make choices Will she let
  her new husband, Er, destroy her innocence and
  corrupt her? Will she leave the religion of the
  Canaanites and embrace the God of the Hebrews
  despite the life of misery she is cast into? Or
  will she fall into despair and become as wicked
  as her husband and his brothers?
• Unveiled is the first in award-winning veteran
  author Francine Rivers' Lineage of Grace series
  of five novellas, which feature biblical women in
  the genealogy of Christ Tamar, Rahab, Ruth,
  Bathsheba, and Mary. This dramatic retelling of
  the scandalous risks Tamar must take to ensure
  her place in biblical history showcases Rivers'
  ability to sketch a short vignette of an ancient
  character and bring her to life in the minds of
  contemporary readers. The twin themes of sin's
  consequences and God's redemption resonate
  throughout the pages of this engrossing novella.
  --Cindy Crosby

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• 2. Unashamed (Lineage of Grace 2) (Hardcover)
  Bestselling Christian author Francine Rivers
  recreates the significant acts of Rahab, a
  prostitute of Jericho who was instrumental in
  bringing about its destruction. Anita Lustrea
  delivers the story clearly and sincerely. As an
  early feminist, Rahab stands out as a beacon of
  self-acceptance, spurning her family's and
  society's opinions to fulfill the sacred
  knowledge burning within her. Her ensuing love
  and marriage was the beginning of a bloodline
  that yielded King David and, ultimately, Jesus,
  according to the text. Good storytelling and a
  family-safe delivery

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• 3. Unshaken-Ruth (Lineage Of Grace V3) A
  beautiful retelling of the story of Ruth, Naomi,
  and Boaz by award-winning author Francine Rivers.
  Readers will be encouraged by the truth that God
  will faithfully provide for His children even
  when all hope seems lost.

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Catholic web site

• www.lovetobecatholic.com
• view Nicene Blues
• view Da Pacem Domine - Monastic Gregorian
  Chant

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• Have you ever questioned if technology is here to
  stay?

Also show the Royal Channel on You
Tube http//www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel