Assignments for Monday October 2

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Here are the assignments for Monday October 2

Mrs. Wright
Ninth Grade History: Collect Science Revolution Poster and correct vocab quiz

Miss Foy
All classes: complete creative writing, research information, and reading

Mr. Smith
Reminder to Math classes that exponents one and two are due
Second Hour Math Projects due on Monday

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

Announcements and Assignments for October 3, 2006

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Hope every one is well.

Please remember tomorrow is a half day.

Please remember that quarterly examinations in all core subjects (Math, Science, History, and English) will take place on Friday October 6. First Quarter Report Cards will be released the Friday after Fall break.

Please remember that fall break will occur from October 9 to October 13.

Assignments for Tuesday October 3
Miss Foy
Film: Bring all footage
Yearbook: Do articles

Mrs. Ratliff
All Spanish Classes: Study for test

Mrs. Wright
Speech and Debate: Demo Speech id due

Mrs. Whitman
Political and Economic Ideas: Study for quiz

Mr. Kielsky
Law: Complete worksheet

Mr. Lowther
Photography: Finalize family picture

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for Friday, September 29

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

Student Council President Gabrielle Ritter and Former Student Council President Brent Davila have been nominated to represent Grand Canyon Preparatory at the National Student Leadership Foundation in Washington D.C. . If accepted, they will meet other student leaders like them and hear national leaders present like former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O Connor and Senator John Edwards.

Please remember tomorrow is the application deadline for the Italian trip. Please email or call if there are any questions.

Please remember that Friday is a half day with periods three and four meeting. School will end at 11:00 a.m.

The Hiking Club had a great first hike last Saturday at South Mountain where they saw a baby coyote. More exciting hikes will follow through out the year.

There is a free showing of Swan Lake at the Desert Foothills Park (between Ahwatukee Parkway and Chandler boulevard) on Friday, September 29 at 7:00 p.m.

Assignments for Friday
Miss Foy
All English classes: Finish Creative writing, reading book, grammar pack, and research worksheet

Mrs. Whitman
Grade 8 English: Character Circle Map on Dill
Grade 6 and 7 History: Study Hammurabi
Grade 6 and 7 English: Read chapter 8 in TFA and define mollycoddle and antithesis

Mr. Smith
Both Pre Algebra and Algebra One: Due on 10/2/06
Finish exponents one and two worksheets
Extra Credit: Workout the exponent to find the standard number answer.
Second hour Projects due on Monday

Mr. Harmon
Algebra Three: Problem set 25
Algebra Two, page 62 # 12 1-10

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for Thursday September 28

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

Please remember that Friday is a half day. Periods three and four will meet.

Assignments for Thursday

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One: Mastery Exercises and finish exercises K-L pages 23-24
Spanish Two: Test
Spanish Three: Exercise A Do and translate pages 10-11

Mrs. Whitman
Political and Economic Ideas: Study for quiz over chapter one; section one

Mrs. Wright
Speech and Debate: Prepare Speech. Demo Speech due on Tuesday
Holocaust: Book test on Thursday

Mr. Grago
All Japanese classes:Test on Thursday

Mr. Lowther
Photography: Make selection for display image from five family images.

Mr. Gordon

Public Policy: Bring in three current events and bring in assignment that was due today.

Mr. Kielsky: Law: Complete Constitution Part 11 worksheet

Please advise if there are any questions.

Announcements and Assignments for September 27

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

Please remember that Miss Foy and Mr Harmon are conducting PSAT tutorials on Monday and Wednesdays and AIMS tutorials on Mondays through Thursday. Please take advantage of this great opportunity.

Please remember that Friday, September 29 is a half day.

Please remember that Thursday, September 28 is the application deadline for the Italy trip. Please call if there are any questions.

Assignments for Wednesday
Mrs. Whitman
Grade 8 English: Finish chapter one of To Kill a Mockingbird and complete reading log.
Grade 6/7 History: Study notes for quiz on Wednesday.
Grade 6/7 English: Venn Diagram of Self and Drew.

Mrs. Wright
Grade 11/12 History: Study for test

Miss Foy
All classes: Complete Step Two
Grade 11/12 English: Find your dream college

Mr. Smith
Pre Algebra and Algebra One: Finish any unfinished course work including worksheet on exponents. Second hour may work to letter n but need to work on final project that is due on 10/2

Earth Science: Finish chapter five terms, summaries and answers to questions 1-18. Turn in experiment write ups if not finished in class (worth 1/4 of current grade)

Mr. Lowther
Chemistry: Prepare for unit test

Mr. Harmon:
Calculus: Page 79
Algebra Two: Problem set 20
Algebra Three:Problem set 24
Physics:Problem set 84

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for September 25

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope everyone is well and has a good weekend.

PROGRESS REPORTS ARE OUT. WE ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF ALL THE CHILDREN. GREAT JOB. PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER. AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING MAY BE REQUIRED FOR SELECTED STUDENTS. YOU WILL BE CONTACTED NEXT WEEK IN THIS REGARD.

THE STUDENTS WERE PLEASED TO WATCH A SHOWING OF "THE SPINSTER AND THE THEIF" FROM THE ARIZONA OPERA TRAVELING COMPANY. IT WAS A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE THAT THE KIDS ENJOYED.

PSAT TUTORING WILL BE HELD ON ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAYS. AIMS TUTORING WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAYS.

PLEASE REMEMBER NEXT FRIDAY IS A HALF DAY.

THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR ITALY IS SEPTEMBER 28. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET.

Assignments for Monday September 25
Miss Foy and Mrs. Wright Rewrite your history term papers. They are due on Monday.

Mrs. Wright

Grade 11/12: Finish Document Analysis

Grade 8: Make up essay due

Mrs. Whitman
Grade 8 English: Final draft due on Monday
Grade 6 and 7 English: Scene sketcher for " A Time for Andrew"
Grade 6 and 7 History: Quiz over Ancient Mesopotamia notes

Mr. Smith
Math classes: Finalize projects (except for period two)
Earth Science: Experiment write ups, finish projects, and read chapter five

Mr. Harmon
Algebra Two: Problem set 18 odds
Algebra Three: Problem set 22
Calculus: Page 70 2-26 even
Physics: Page 102 circled problems

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for Tuesday September 26

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Hope every one is well.

First Quarter Progress Reports will be handed out to the students at the end of school tomorrow.

There will be a half day on Friday September 29.

Mrs. Wright
Speech and Debate: Study for unit two quiz. Think about topic for unit speech.

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One and Two: Exercise J on page 22 (do and translate)
Spanish Two: Exercises A and B on page 14
Spanish Three: IR verbs on page 8 and 9 3x3x

Miss Foy
Film: Bring supplies
Drama: Write a scene
Yearbook: Write article

Mrs. Whitman
Political and Economic Ideas: Bring in current event

Mr. Gordon
Pick a leader (Alexander the Great, Catherine Great, Mao Tse Tung, and Richard Nixon) and identify three reasons why they were exceptional leaders.

Mr. Lowther
Photography: Same assignment as announced yesterday.

Mr. Grago
Japanese I: Review handout for unit two test on Tuesday
Japanese Two and Three: Homework 5-5

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for Friday, September 22

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

PROGRESS REPORTS WILL BE RELEASED AT THE END OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL HALF DAY ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2006. CLASSES WILL BE RELEASED AT 11:00 A.M.

Assignments for Friday
Mrs. Whitman
Grade 8 English: Finish all rough drafts by Friday
Grade 6 and 7 English: Complete Reading Log
Grade 6 and 7 Science: Vocab quiz on Friday

Mrs. Wright
All classes: complete make up work.
Grade 8 History: Make up essay on five themes of geography for those who missed it on the test.

Miss Foy
All classes: Turn in makeup work

Mr. Harmon:
Algebra Three:Problem set 22
Algebra Two: Problem set 17

Mr. Smith
Continue working on projects

Mr. Lowther
Photography: Portrait of family (five images) due on 9/26/06
Chemistry: First Half of Unit One Review due on Friday

Announcements and Assignments for Thursday

Dear Parents and Guardians,

PSAT tutoring will be after school on Monday and Wednesdays

AIMS tutoring will occur after school on Tuesday and Thursday.

It is not to late for families to donate money to Grand Canyon Prep for an Arizona State Tax Credit. Married couples can be credited up to $300.00 and single families up to $200.00. Please take advantage of this wonderful program.

Here are the assignments for Thursday

Miss Foy
Drama: Memorize monologues
Film: Bring footage
Yearbook: Bring articles

Mrs. Wright
Speech and Debate: Body Movement and Speech is due
Holocaust: Late work on portfolio project

Mrs. Whitman
Political and Economic Thought: Study for vocab quiz

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One: Exercise G on page 20
Spanish Two and Three: Complete 15 sentences

Mr. Gordon
Public Policy: Bring in current events

Mr. Grago
Japanese One :Review and memorize new expressions
Japanese Two and Three: Adverbs 5-4

Mr. Kielsky
Law: Part IV of Constitution

Please advise if there are any questions and take care.

Announcements and Assignments for Wednesday, September 20 2006

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

First Site Based Council will meet on Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

Progress Reports will be distributed to students at the end of the day on Friday, September 22.

Applications and $95.00 fees for the Italy trip are due on Thursday, September 28. Please call or email if you have any questions.

Miss Foy and Mr. Harmon are sponsoring PSAT and AIMS tutoring. Interested students should contact them.

Assignments for Wednesday
Mrs. Whitman
Grade 6 and 7 English: Complete reading log
Grade 8 English: Complete three paragraphs of rough draft.

Miss Foy
All classes: Step One of essay worksheet; complete adverbs worksheet; complete makeup work

Mr. Lowther
Chemistry: Worksheet Six

Mr. Smith
Pre Algebra and Algebra One:Dice Project and overview, rough graphs, and summaries
Earth Science: Rough drafts of the three reports on dice experiments
Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Assignments for September 18

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are well.

Here are the assignments for Monday
Mrs. Wright
Grade 11 and 12 History: Write summary at the end of the handout

Mrs. Whitman
Grade 8 English: Rough Draft of paragraph due on Monday
Grade 6/7 English: Rough Draft of Literature Review due on Monday
Grade 6/7 Science: Written portion of book due.

Miss Foy
Do all makeup work.

Announcements and Assignments for next Tuesday

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Hope you are well.

Progress Reports will be released on Friday, September 22.

Mrs. Ratliff:
Spanish 2/3: Get article

Miss Foy
Film: Bring in footage
Yearbook: Get new articles

Ms. Whitman
Political and Economic Ideas: Current Events

Mrs. Wright
Speech and Debate: Bring topic for next speech
Holocaust: Work on project

Mr. Kielsky
Law: Read Article III of the United States Constitution. List the judicial powers. Define treason.

Mr. Grago
Japanese I : Write nine sentences using the specified patterns
Japanese II and III: Handout 5-3

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Assignments for Friday, September 15

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Here are the assignments for Friday, September 15

Miss Foy
All classes: Complete the 9/11 essay and questions

Mrs. Wright
Grade 8 History: Study for test

Mrs. Whitman
Grade 8 English: Due on Monday first three parts of autobiography
Grade 6 and 7 History: Study for quiz
Grade 6 and 7 English: Get library card from Tempe Library by 9/22

Mr. Harmon
All Math and Physics classes: Quiz

Mr. Smith
All classes: study for tests and review sheets

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for Thursday September 14, 2007

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Hope everyone is well.

There will be a meeting during Third Hour on Thursday for the Italy trip.

Our school newspaper staff is inviting families who would like to put ads for their businesses or garage sales or major events. Each ad will cost $25.00. Proceeds will go towards the school and the Italy trip. Interested parties should contact Mr. Gordon. Thank you for your interest.

Here are the assignments for Thursday September 14
Mrs. Wright
Speech and Debate: Analyze speech handout and prepare for pet peeve speech performance
Holocaust: Work on Portfolio Project

Mrs. Whitman
Political and Economic Thought: Study for exam on Thursday.

Miss Foy:
Drama:Remember to memorize monologues for drama
Film: Complete one scene
Yearbook: Have one script done

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One: Exercises D and E
Spanish Two: Translate exercise L page 9 and do exercise M
Spanish Three: Translate exercise D and do exercise E page 5-7

Mr. Gordon
Public Policy: Bring in one article on the following topics: college costs, health care costs, the war on terror,and the environment. Also research two reasons for the rise in Islamic Fundamentalism and come up with ideas on the holiday food/clothes/ and gift drive.

Mr. Grago
Japanese One:Complete writing packet
Japanese Two and Three: Homework Handout 5-1 and final draft of essay is due.

Mr. Kielsky
Law: complete Constitution assignment

Announcements and Assignments for September 13, 2006

Dear Parents and Guardians

We hope every one had a great weekend.

There will be a meeting for all those who were interested in the Italy trip during third hour on Thursday.

Here are the assignments for September 13.

Miss Foy
All English classes: 9/11 worksheets and essays

Mrs. Wright
11/12 World History: Complete group activity and civic value activity and redo paper (if applicable).
9 and 10 World History: Complete Civic Value activity and redo paper (if applicable).

Mrs. Whitman
6/7 History: Complete vocab
6/7 English: Ven Diagram over yourself

Mr. Smith
Pre Algebra: Finish terms worksheet
Algebra One: Finish order of operations worksheet
Earth Science: Review material in preparation for chapter one through four test on Friday.

Please advise if there are any questions.

Assignments for Monday September 11

Dear Parents and Guardians

We hope every one is well and has a great weekend.

Here are the assignments for Monday
Mr. Lowther:
Chemistry: Unit One Worksheet Three

Miss Foy
All classes: Creative Writing and nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives

Mrs. Whitman
Eighth Grade English: Complete Literature and review project
Sixth and Seventh Grade English: Study parts of speech for quiz on Monday.

Assignments for Tuesday September 12

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Hope you are well.

Miss Foy
Drama: Monologues
Film: Quiz
Yearbook: Final drafts

Mrs. Wright
Holocaust:Portfolio Project # 1

Mrs. Whitman
Political and Economic Ideas: Political Thought and Current Events

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One: Ten sentences with er verbs on page 14
Spanish Two: Ir verbs page 8 3x3x and ex J,K,L pages 8-9
Spanish ThreeL Exercises C and L on pages 4-5

Mr. Gordon
Public Policy: Bring in a current event article on Afghanistan and an editorial from one of these editorial columinists and be prepared to discuss: Washington Post (E.J. Dionne, Charles Krauthaimer, George Will, Eugene Robinson, and David Broder) and New York Times ( Paul Krugman, Tom Friedman, Maureen Dowd, and David Brooks).

Mr. Kielsky
Law:

Mr. Grago
Japanese One: Continuation of writing project
Japanese Two and Three: work on final draft of essay

Mr. Lowther
Photography: Subject Placement rule of the thirds (Bakkers Saddle)

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for September 8

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one is well.

The school is expanding its site based council which will meet before the Fall Break. We would welcome the input of additional parent and guardians members. Please meet with Mr. Gordon and advise if you are interested in participating on this council.

We will be contacting families on Friday if your child is below a C in any one class.

Assignments for Friday
Mrs. Whitman
Eighth Grade English: Work on literature review project for Time for Andrew book
Sixth and Seventh Grade History: Study page 24 (questions 11-20 and vocab) for test Friday.
Sixth and Seventh Grade Science: Study diagram of photosynthesis for short quiz.

Mrs. Wright
Eighth Grade History: Section two assess
Ninth/Tenth/Eleventh/Twelfth: Biography Paper due on Friday.

Miss Foy
All classes: Around the world due; complete adjectives; rough draft of story if you did not hand in today.

Mr. Harmon
Algebra Two: Problem set 10 4-22 even
Algebra Three: Problem set 14 1-14

Mr. Smith
Pre Algebra: Finish worksheets 27 and 34; Review fractions and decimal notes
Algebra One: Finish coursework problems
Earth Science: Finish atoms work and finish any make up work.

Please advise if there are any questions.

Assignments for September 7

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope every one had a great weekend. Here are the assignments for Thursday.

Miss Foy
Drama: monologues and critiques
Film: Be ready to film
Yearbook: Articles due

Mrs. Wright
Speech and Debate: Personal Experience speech due
Holocaust: Study for vocab quiz

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One: Common er verbs 3x3x page 14 and new words on ex A,C on pages 16 and 17
Spanish Two: ER verbs page 5 3x3x
Spanish Three: Read uses of the present tense and note on page two.

Mr. Lowther
Photography: Do diagonos

Mr. Grago
Japanese One: New writing packet (practice) Review test handout.
Japanese Two and Three: Test on Thursday. Study handout. Be prepared to give five assigned sentences.

Mr. Gordon

Public Policy: Find one copy of an article on the war on terrorism and the state of the national economy in either Newsweek, Time Magazine, or U.S. News and World Report and be prepared to discuss in class.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements for Friday, September 1 2006

Dear Parents and Guardians

Have a great holiday weekend. Classes (B Day) resume on Tuesday.

Grand Canyon Preparatory Academy is pleased to announce that it has made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the guidelines of the No Child Left Behind Act. Thank you to the teachers, parents, and community members who have made this a reality.

Congratulations to the students who have won the first student council elections.
Gaby Ritter: Student Council President
Brent Davila: Student Council Treasurer
Tenth Grade Representative: Michael Giovenetti
Ninth Grade Representative: Andrew Gallini
Eighth Grade Representative: Zeke Cohen
Sixth and Seventh Grade Representative: Sarah Peterson

Chess/Gaming Club will meet on Wednesday September 6

Hiking will be meeting in a couple of weeks. Miss Foy will advise on the details.

Car Wash on September 9 at the gas station on the Northwest corner of McClintock and Elliot.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.