Grand Canyon Prep: January 2006

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Assignments for January 31

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well. Here are the assignments for Thursday. Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Spanish Two: Translate Exercise E on page 57-58
Spanish One: Study for test

Japanese First Period: Do page 10
Japanese Second Period: Do handout

Public Policy: Watch State of the Union and prepare a one paragrpah summary. Bring in a current event. GREAT JOB ON FIRST PROJECTS OF THE SEMESTER.

Holocaust: Go to vhf.org and get testimonials (makeup for a couple of students). Find an article on European Witch-Hunting.

Film:Show what you have filmed
Reading/Writing: Finish presuasive essay.
Drama: Memorize all monolouges and blocking

Monday, January 30, 2006

Assignments for January 30

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one had a great weekend. Please remember that Friday February 3 is a half day.

Life Science: Prepare for quiz on Friday. Do True and False on page 118

Human Anatomy/Physiology: Concept Check: Page 48-49 PREPARE FOR QUIZ ON FRIDAY

Earth Science: Prepare for quiz on Friday

Biology: Page 503. Begin review and summary sentence for each section.

World Lit V and IV: Rough draft of essay
U.S. Lit: Final draft of essay
World Lit III: Answer Raven Questions

QUIZ IN ALL MATH CLASSES ON WEDNESDAY
Algebra Two: Page 148 6-26

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Assignments for January 27

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Sorry for the delay in posting Mondays assignments. We hope every one has a great weekend.

All History classes: complete work assigned on Wednesday.

Algebra Two: Page 142 or 146 8-28
Algebra Three: Problem set 38 2-28

U.S. Lit" Rough draft on essay
World Lit: Rough draft on essay
World Lit IV: Rough draft on essay

Earth Science: Read chapter 15 and do multiple choice questions on page 154
Anatomy: concept check 42
Life Science: Complete matching questions and multiple choice questions on pages 116-118 1-30
Biology: Section quiz 485 and chapter review 486-491 1-37

Please advise if there are any questions. Have a great weekend.

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Assignments for January 26

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well. We apologize for the delay in today's announcements. The blog site was down.

Holocaust: Research one surrivor testimonial at www.vhf.org

Public Policy: Complete first service projects. Watch State of the Union on Tuesday

Japanese Classes: Complete first page of handout

Spanish Two: New words on exercises A,B,C,D,E

Spanish One: Test.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Announcments and Assignments for January 25

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

We are happy to announce that Grand Canyon Prep has been accepted into the Arizona Interscholastic Association beginning in the 2006/07 school year. We will be able to compete in activities such as Chess, Drama, and Speech and Debate. Over time, we hope to compete in athletic events.

AIMS High School Writing will be on February 28 and AIMS High School Reading will be on March 1.

The school will be journeying to the Renaissance Festival on March 2 and the Phoenix Art Museum on March 7 to view the Impressionist exhibit.

Earth Science: Read chapter 14 and do multiple choice questions
Human Anatomy: Read concept trekon page 36
Life Science: Finish assignment 111-112 Read 112-114 and define terms
Biology: Do section quiz

Geometry: Bring in scientific calculators

World Lit V and World Lit IV: Finish critical anaylsis of books assigned
World Lit III: complete Raven worksheet and begin rough draft on essay.
U.S. Lit: Rough Draft of essay

World History V and U.S. History II: Paragraph on either MacArthur, Eisenhower, or Truman
World History IV: Letter home from the trenches

Please advise if there are any questions

Monday, January 23, 2006

Announcements and Assignments for January 23, 2006

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one had a great weekend.

We wanted to take a moment and introduce the new staff members that have joined our school. Sarah Zachreson will be teaching History and Art for the remainder of the semester.She has a Masters in Education from the University of Phoenix. Dr. Michael Budek will teach Science for us. He has a background in psychological and physiological sciences. Todd Burke will be assisting us on curriculum and school administrative matters. He is a certified K-12 principal. We know they will be wonderful additions to the Grand Canyon family.

Earth Science: Read next chapter and answer multiple choices.

All English classes have to do a critique of Hamlet
World Lit V: Fahrenheit 451
World Lit IV:Holes
World Lit III: worksheet on prepositions
U.S. Lit: Brave New World critique

Please advise if there are any questions.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Announcements and Assignments for 1/19/06

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

We are happy to report that Amber Winscom has started an internship with Senator John McCains office in Tempe. We know she will do a great job.

We are also happy to report that Amanda Alcala, Angela Spadafino, Nichole Van Enwyck, Amber Winscom, Brent Davila, and Howard Lanus are all enrolled in dual credit courses at Mesa Community and Central Arizona Community Colleges. Compared to a traditional public school, we have a higher percentage of students taking college level courses.

Please remember that tomorrow is a half day and site based council meeting. Classes end at 11:00.

English students have to translate speech from Hamlet.

Homework is light otherwise because of the abbreviated schedule this week.

Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Announcements and Assignments for January 17, 2006

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one had a great holiday weekend.

Please remember that we need permission slips back from people who are going to see Hamlet on Thursday. Parent Chaperones are welcome.

Please remember that Friday is a half day and Site Based Council will meet right after school.

Film: Shoot four types of composition: Complete Outline

Drama: All lines memorized

Public Policy: Complete writing assignment on NSA wiretaps. Third Hour has to provide all nine names of members of the United States Supreme Court.

Complete Japanese and Spanish assignments.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Friday, January 13, 2006

Announcements and Assignments for January 13

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Please remember that we are closed on Monday for Martin Luther King Day.

We are also going to see Hamlet at the new Mesa Arts Center on Thursday 1/19/05. Parent Chaperones are welcome.

We also have a half day on Friday January 20. Site Based Council Meeting will follow afterwards.

English students need to do research.

We hope every one has a great holiday weekend. Take care.

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Assignments for the next two days

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Please excuse no announcements from yesterday. The Internet was down where we were.

Always study Japanese and Spanish

Public Policy had to answer pot luck questions on important dignitaries and explain what are three leadership characteristics Bill Gates or Abe Lincoln had

Holocaust had to write an assignment based on the stages of genocide and where the characters in the Holocaust film Conspiracy fit into it.

Film: bring cameras, props, and outline

Drama: Learn lines, costumes, and props

All English classes have to do research

Algebra Two: Page 179 1-89

Pre Algebra: Handout on variables

World History III: Two Paragraph essay on Ancient Greek contribution to the study of Astronomy

World History V: Two paragraph essay on how President Truman won the Presidential Election in 1948.

Please advise if there are any questions. Please remember that Monday January 16 is Martin Luther King Day and there is no school.

Monday, January 09, 2006

Announcements and Assignments for January 9, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one had a great weekend.

REPORT CARDS ARE OUT. THE NEW HONOR ROLL IS UP. Amber Winscom automatically qualifies for a laptop computer because she has the highest semester average for a new student. Brent Davila also qualifies because he received a 92 in College Level Biology at Mesa Community College. Martin Ortega, Rebecca Kielsky, Gaby Ritter, DJ Owsley, Andrew Gallini, and Kristi Quiroz are still in the running for a laptop computer.

The school is going to see a production of Hamlet on January 19 at the new Mesa Arts Center. Parent Chaperones are welcome. School is off on January 16 for Martin Luther King Day.

Algebra Two: page 172 1-93 odd

Pre Algebra: 2-84 even on handout
Algebra 1: Hand out (Take home exam due on Friday)

World Lit IV: Research and read ten pages in Fahrenheit 451
World Lit V:Research
U.S. Lit: Research to chapter five
World Lit III:Research and read chapter two through four

All History classes have current events due
U.S. History and World History V: Truman writing assignment
World History III:Early Astronomy writing assignment
World History IV: Events leading to World War One assignment

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Assignments for January 5, 2005

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well. Here are the assignments for next Tuesday.

Holocaust: Complete assignment on Holocaust Museum web site.

Public Policy: Find person in the news or in history who exhibited good leadership characteristics. Bring in current event article or editorial cartoon. Complete map assignment.

Film making; Create a premise for film project

Drama: Learn lines and gather props and costumes

Please advise if there are any questions.

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Announcements and Assignments for 1/4/06

Dear Parents and Guardians,

THE SECOND SEMESTER STARTS TOMORROW.

REPORT CARDS WILL BE OUT FRIDAY OR MONDAY

HEARING AND VISUAL TESTS WILL BE PERFORMED TOMORROW.

CURRENT EVENT ARTICLES ARE DUE FOR ALL HISTORY CLASSES.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Welcome Back

We want to take this opportunity to welcome every one back after the break.

The new semester will officially start on Thursday

First Semester Report Cards will be released by next Monday. They may also come as early as Friday.

Site Based Council will meet on Thursday at 2:45 p.m.

We are so glad that everyone had a safe and happy break and we are looking forward to many happy events in the second semester.

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2008/09 Second Semester Principals List

Drew Kistler
Jaclyn Wechsler
Anton Staedicke
Clifford Alexander
Camille Alexander
Joseph Spadafino
Denise Valenzuela
D.J. Owsley
Andrew Gallini
Tawny Branson
Leah Howard
Sandra Lee
Cameron Hill
Qian Liao
Alyssa Brimacombe
Katrina Perez

Teacher Biographies

We are very proud to present to our students and their families the Grand Canyon Teaching Staff for the 2007/08 school year.

Todd Burke: An Educational Consultant in his second year with us, Mr. Burke is and experienced principal and secondary/ post secondary instructor. He helps oversee our accredition and professional development. He is in his second year with us.
Benjamin Broyles: A first year Music instructor at Grand Canyon Prep, Mr. Broyles has extensive teaching experience through La Musique Academy in Mesa Arizona as a private instructor for the last three years. He is currently earning his teaching certificate in Music Education.
Kevin Crawford: A Certified instructor, Mr. Crawford earned a Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University in History and Business Administration. A former stock broker, Mr. Crawford has had two years of teaching experience prior to joining Grand Canyon Prep as a Social Studies teacher..
David Gordon: The founder of the school, Mr. Gordon has over eleven years teaching experience in the areas of English and History. He also has ten years experience as an Administrator and Principal. Mr. Gordon has two Bachelor of Arts Degrees and is a Certified Secondary Teacher. He is a published writer and has participated in the revision of the National History Standards. He is currently participating in the revision of the Arizona Social Studies Standards.
David Grago: Mr. Grago is an experienced Japanese Teacher who will rejoin us for 2007/08 school year. Mr. Grago has had experience teaching Japanese at Arizona State University. He has also been a Japanese Interpreter for Continental Airlines and an instructor for Nissan. He has Bachelors in Japanese from the University of Hawaii and a Masters from National University.
Steve Harmon: A certified math, science, computer science, and history teacher, Mr. Harmon has a Masters Degree in Educational Technology from Arizona State University. He has over eleven years of teaching experience. Mr. Harmon has worked nine years at Grand Canyon Prep.
Jelena Eros: An award winning artist whose paintings decorate her classroom, Ms. Eros has entered her artworks in competitions around the world. Holding a degree in Art from the Hungarian University of Applied Art, Ms. Eros has extensive teaching experience as she also teaches at the Young Rembrandts Private Arts School. She teaches Art Portfolio and Art Animation at Grand Canyon Prep.
Andrea Domanik: Holder of two Masters Degrees in Biology and Secondary Education, Ms. Domanik teaches Science at Grand Canyon Prep. Her experience also includes Managing the Superfund at the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and as a Coordinator for Desert Botanical Garden.
Carol Payant: Ms. Payant will be working her sixth year at Grand Canyon Prep. A certified special education teacher with twenty years experience, Ms. Payant has a Masters in Education. Ms. Payant also helps Grand Canyon Prep with service learning and career pathways.
Yolanda Ratliff: In her fifth year with us, Mrs. Ratliff will be teaching First and Second Year Spanish for us during the 2006/07 school year. She has Degrees in Communications and the Humanities from Grand Canyon University. She has taught Spanish since 1969. Among her teaching assignments have been Berlitz, the City of Phoenix and News School for the Arts.
Marsha Fagan” A certified Martial Arts instructor with extensive private instructor experience through organizations like the Boys and Girls Club.
Jason Fay: A Music teacher in his first year at Grand Canyon Prep, Mr. Fay has extensive experience as a private Music instructor through organizations like La Musique and The Bandstand. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Arizona State University.
Robert Slusser: A person with extensive experience as an entrepreneur, Mr. Slusser holds a Masters in Business Administration and is certified in Mathematics and Highly qualified in Social Studies. He teaches Math, Social Studies, and Career Pathways for us and has had experience as a college instructor.
Jeffrey Virgin: A third year teacher, Mr. Virgin teaches English at Grand Canyon Prep. He has a Masters in Secondary Education and Curriculum from the University of Phoenix.

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