Announcements and Assignments for August 31, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

ELECTIONS FOR THE STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENCY WILL BE ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 8. THE CANDIDATES ARE AMANDA ALCALA, MEAGAN KOST, BRENT DAVILA, AND NELLIE ANN HOLGUIN. THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ELECTION FOR THE GRADE NINE REPRESENTATIVE. THE CANDIDATES ARE JOSEPH SPADAFINO AND CODY MILFORD. THERE WILL BE AN ASSEMBLY ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6 WHERE THE CANDIDATES WILL PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE SCHOOL.

Half day on Friday.Periods three and four will meet.

Pizza for Lunch tomorrow.

Please submit Tax Credit Donations by tomorrow

Assignments for Friday and Monday
Mrs. Houstons Algebra 1: Problem set 9 4-30
Mrs. Houstons Algebra 2: Problem set 2 evens

World History classes:No current events:
Period 1: complete paragraph on fear of socialism
Period 2: complete paragraph on seven steps of scientific method
Period 3:complete paragraph on United States/Soviet relations.

World Literature IV: Read Book three of Hunchback
U.S. LIT: Current Event proposal/culture day
World Lit V:Italian Culture Day

Mr.B's Math classes: quizzes

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 30, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Subway is on the menu for tomorrow.
1)Ham, Turkey, and Tuna Sandwiches are $3.00
2) Six Inch Veggie Delight, Coldcut Trio, Meatball Marinara, and Italian BMT are $3.50 each.

Photo Club will meet tomorrow

There will be an assembly between first and second hour regarding Student Council elections and Academic Decathlon.

Assignments for Wednesday/Thursday
Drama: Finish scripts

Business: Quiz

Drawing: Bring a copy of a photo

Sci Fi Lit: Paragraph describing two differences between the War of the Worlds book and movie.

Vocab quizzes in all English classes tomorrow.

Zoology quiz tomorrow.

Please remember to bring in tax credit donations by September 1.
Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 29, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one had a great weekend.

Please remember to submit tax credit donations by September 1, 2005. Married families may donate up to $250 and Single Families may contribute up to $200

Mc Donalds is for lunch tomorrow. All $1.00 menu items are priced at $1.25 to cover taxes.

Remember that Friday is a half day where periods three and four will meet. Classes will end at 11:00 a.m.

Assignments for Wednesday,
World and U.S. History: Current Event Articles

Mrs. Houston: Algebra 1: Problem set 8 5-30
Mrs.Houstons Algebra II:Problem set 1-evens

Zoology:Quiz

World Lit IV:Book Three Chapters one and two
World Lit V: Study for vocab quiz

Mr. B's Period One:Finish page 33 1-30
Mr. B's Geometry: Page 58 1-9
Mr.B'S Period Three:Page 78 (10-26)

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 26, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Pizza on Monday for lunch.

Academic Decathlon will meet after school.

Assignments for Monday
History classes : Current Events

Algebra I (Mrs. Houston) Problem set 7: 4-30

Algebra II (Mrs. Houston) Problem set B evens

Earth Science: Longitude and Latitude

Drama: Proposal for film

Reading/Writing: Final draft of persuasive essay

World Lit III: Vocab quiz and be ready to share story

World Lit IV: Book II on Hunchback and prepare to read stories. Pop Quiz

U.S. Lit V : Read Jungle Chapters four and five. Quiz on chapters 1-5

World Lit V: Vocab quiz

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 25, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

Today we proudly gave Amanda Alcala, Tim Goodrich, Cory Milford, and Joseph Spadafino the laptop computers they earned for their academic performance last year. We also acknowledged the efforts of Angela Spadafino who received her laptop at the beginning of the second semester last year and Nichole Van Enwyck, Howard Lanus, James Atherton, and Robert Houston for being on the honor roll eight straight quarters. For that achievement, each one of them will earn $250 towards college.

We want to stress to all our families that the opportunities for great rewards are vast as long as students reach for academic excellence, solid citizenship, and a commitment to service.

Pizza is for lunch tomorrow. The prices are as follows:
$1.50 for a slice
$1.75 for a slice with a topping
$7.50 for a Cheese Pizza
$8.50 for a Cheese Pizza with one topping
$10.00 for a Cheese Pizza with two toppings

Sci Fi Movie Club will meet tomorrow after school.

Assignments for Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Public Policy: work on projects

Sci Fi: Compare the book War of the Worlds to the movie War of the Worlds in a paragraph with two reasons.

Drawing: Please bring in a photo to copy.

I had to leave early today and I was not able to ask all the teachers what assignments they gave. There may be more assignments and I will post to the bloc site tomorrow. Sorry for the delay.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 24, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

THE LAPTOP COMPUTERS FOR LAST YEARS HONOR ROLL STUDENTS ARE HERE.

SUBWAY IS FOR LUNCH TOMORROW. The Choices are
a) Six Inch Veggie Delite: $3.00
b) Six Inch Italian BMT: $3.00
C) Six Inch Cold Cut Trio: $3.50
D) Six Inch Meatball Marinara: $3.50
E) Ham and Cheese, Tuna, Turkey Breast, and Roast Beef sandwiches: $3.00 each
F) Drinks: $2.00 each

Yearbook and Student Magazine meet tomorrow afternoon.

FRIDAY IS A FULL DAY NOT A HALF DAY

Assignments for Friday, April 26
All History classes have current events. All have writing assignments to complete (some students already have)

World Literature Four: Read Book One
United States Literature Two: Read up to chapter four

Mr. Bs Algebra Two/Three Class:
Page 27 Problem set 1 1-7: 9-29

Geometry
Page 48 and 49 1-20 True or False and 1-20 (sometimes, never, always)

Algebra 1 and Algebra Two: Handout

Mrs. Houstons Math Class
Algebra I problem set 6 5-30
Algebra II problem set evens

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Tax Credit Donations, Announcements and Assignments for August 23

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The staff and I at Grand Canyon Prep hope that you are delighted with educational program we are offering your children. Small class sizes, personalized instruction from dedicated instructors, and a strong academic and extracurricular program are all keys to a great educational experience. We would like your assistance in enhancing our school program and invite you to make a tax credit donation to Grand Canyon Prep. With this donation, Grand Canyon will be able to fund field trips, school events, and our extracurricular activities.

The state of Arizona will credit up to $200 for a single taxpayer and $250 for married couples. This allows you to have more control of how your taxpayer dollars are spent, while costing you nothing if you pay state taxes. It would be especially helpful if you can please make the contribution by September 1, 2005 so we can plan for the year ahead. Please help Grand Canyon Prep and create an even greater educational experience for your child. Please consult with us if there are any questions. Thank you for your support and take care.

Students interested in running in Student Council elections will meet with Mr. Gordon right after school tommorrow.

Chess/Game Club will meet after school tommorrow.

Taco Bell is for Lunch tommorrow

Assignments for Thursday
Japanese I: complete worksheet

Business: Find an advertisement for a business that is for sale

Drawing: Bring a copy of a picture.

Public Policy: Current Event article and research Seeds for Peace

Sci Fi Lit: Read War of the Worlds

Drama: Outline of Film Ideas

Readers/Writers workshop: Rough Draft of Presuasive Essay.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 22, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one had a great weekend.

McDonalds is for lunch tomorrow

Yearbook and Student Magazine meet tomorrow after school

Assignments for Wednesday
Mrs. Houston Algebra 1: Problem set 5: all of them
Mrs Houstons Algebra 2: Problem set A all

World History III and IV Current Event article

World History V: Current event article and paragraph describing Russian and United States relations from 1890 to 1941.

World Literature III: Vocab
World Literature IV : Vocab and read chapters one and two
World Literature V: Vocab
United States Lit: Vocab and short story

Mr. B
Algebra Two/Three: Page 19 and 20 1-5, 10-12
Geometry: Page 46-47 1-25
Algebra One/Two: problems 13-24
Pre Algebra: 13-24

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 19, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We wanted to thank every one for the tremendous first week we had at Grand Canyon Prep. The students were great and we hope you are all excited about this school year. Please remember that if you want to meet or email, I can be reached at 480 233 3622 or grandcanyonprep@aol.com.

Lunch for Monday: Pizza or Boston Market

We would like to announce the after school meeting schedules for the extracurricular clubs:
Academic Decathlon: Monday

yearbook/Student Magazine: Tuesday and Thursday

Photography Club: Every other Wednesday

Chess Game Club: Every other Wednesday

Sci Fi Movie Club: Every other Friday

Japanese Club will meet on either Tuesdays or Thursday mornings. It is yet to be determined.

Elections for student council will take place the day after Labor Day.

Hiking and Soccer will start in late September.

Public Policy will be confined to the classroom and Science Club will be announced a little later.

Assignments for Monday
Algebra 1 (Mrs. Houston)
All problems in problem set 4

World Lit III and World Lit IV: Final draft of short story in periods one and two.

World History IV: Bring current event in and finish paragraph assignment on Unification of Germany (Based on map)

World History III: Bring current event and finish paragraph assignment on whether a ruler would consider literate and educated people a threat.

Please email or call if there are any questions. Have a great weekend and take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 18, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

Please remember tomorrow is a half day and the students will be excused at 11:00 a.m.

A couple of staff/parents have told the school about the Safeway Escrips program that donates a portion of what you purchase to the school. Grand Canyon is part of that program so please help out your school if you shop at Safeway.

I spoke to a couple of people today regarding jeans and I want to remind all families that jeans are not allowed to be worn unless it is a jean skirt. Please call or email if there are any questions on the dress code.

Homework for Tuesday, August 23
Work on Japanese and Spanish

Reading and Writers Workshop: Complete essay outline.

Drama: Find a play, monologue, and film premise/plot

Sci Fi Lit: Develop story line and poetry ideas.

Drawing: Plan your self portrait and begin looking for a photo of a person to copy.

Public Policy: Complete paragraph assignment on elimination of poverty (most students have already done so), Commercial teams need to finalize set locations and start script development and fundraising plans. Please also bring in a current event article.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 17, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are well.

We have found a Music Teacher. Her name is Candice Mitchell. She has over 30 hours in Music and is also employed by the Mesa Arts Center. She should start with us on Tuesday.

Subway sandwiches tomorrow. Ham, Tuna, Roast Beef, or Turkey at $3.00 each.

Half day on Friday. Classes end at 11:00 a.m.

We had an assembly on extracurricular activities today and informed students that extracurricular activities will start next week.

We will also be conducting Student Council elections on September 6. The positions are Student Body President and Senate representatives for grades 6/7, 8, 9, 10, and 11/12.

Assignments for Friday/Monday
Mrs. Houstons Algebra 1 class: Chapter Two: Even and Chapter Three 8, 10, 12, and 14.
Mr. B's Math classes: Complete Handout.

World History Classes: Bring current event articles and complete writing assignments.

United States History/Government: complete writing assignment and summarize 13, 14, and 15 Amendments.

Chemistry: page 23 1-12 but skip 3.

World Literature III: Find an eighteenth century novel.

The other English classes have to create a story from illustrations and photos.

Please call or email if there are any questions.

Announcements and Assignments for August 16,2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are all well.

Please remember half day on Friday August 19. School is released at 11:00 and we will be doing first and second hours.

Some students have requested changes to their schedules. I advised them to discuss these changes with you before proceeding.

Taco Bell tomorrow followed by sandwiches/subs on Thursday.

We have tabulated the interests of the students in extracurricular activities and will have a brief assembly tomorrow to discuss them.

Yearbook started today.

Assignments for Thursday, August 18

Readers/Writers Workshop: Thesis Statement on persuasive Paper.

Public Policy: Teams are supposed to start the process of their public service announcements. Each member has a task and responsibility. Only the director and filmmaker are excused.

English Assignment for tomorrow: Tell Miss Foy the names of books you are interested in reading.

Please email or call if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for August 15, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well. The staff and I are extremely pleased with the first day of school which has been the best in recent memory.

The students did very well in orientation as we went over the academic and behavior policies of the school. We played particular emphasis to all the dress code guidelines which we expect all students to adhere to tomorrow.

The students also told us what they wanted to do for extracurricular activities and we will be tabulating that today and tomorrow.

Assignments for August 15
World History IV: Get beginning and ending dates for World War One and Two: Watch the news and report on a current event.

World History III: Tell the class why Oliver Cromwell, Martin Luther (not King), and Copernicus are important to World History.

World History V: Bring in a current event article of national or international importance.

Mrs. Houstons' Algebra One: Chapter One: every other even problem.

Mc Donalds is for lunch tomorrow.

Friday August 19 is a half day. We get out at 11:00 a.m. as the staff goes into an inservice.

Please call if there questions on any school matter. Take care.

IT'S THAT WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR

Dear Parents and Guardians,

It is that wonderful time of year when the kids go back to the school. The staff at Grand Canyon Prep are looking forward to educating your children at our new site at 7541 South Willow Drive in Tempe Arizona (Northwest of McClintock and Elliot). It is the first right past McClintock and Elliot going west on Elliot.

We hope every one has a great school year and please call if there are ever any questions. Thank you for choosing our school and take care.

David Gordon
School Director

August 5, 2005

Dear Parents, Guardians, and Students

THERE WILL BE A GOVERNING BOARD MEETING ON SUNDAY AT 5:00 P.M.. YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND. TAKE CARE.