Final Schedule and High School Math AIMS scores

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are all well.

This is the schedule for final examinations on Thursday and Friday. UNIFORMS ARE TO BE WORN TOMORROW. CASUAL ON FRIDAY.

Thursday: 8:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
Foreign Language
Mathematics
Science

Friday: 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
History
English

End of the Year Ceremonies on Friday at 4:00 p.m.

We are happy to report that the following students have passed the AIMS Mathematics exam. Leading the pack is Tim Goodrich with an exceeds score of 758.He is followed by Michael Giovanetti and Collin Reeves who received scores of 745. They are followed by Donald Arbgast, Cody Milford, Josh Crowley, Joseph Spadafino, and Kaycee Spiller. Congratulations to all of these students as Grand Canyon Prep made improvements in both its writing and mathematics scores from last year. Grand Canyon Preps scores surpassed the charter school average for the whole state in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. Congratulations to our teachers, who have worked hard all year in giving our students quality instruction.

AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 2006/07 SCHOOL YEAR

Dear Parents and Guardians

We hope every one is well.

WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE MOST OF THE RECIPIENTS FOR THE 2006/07 GRAND CANYON PREP STUDENT AWARDS. THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE CEREMONY.

The winners are as follows:

Student with the Best Attendance: Jared Haden

The Most Improved Student: Rosie Virgin and Matthew Kelly

Highest Citizenship: Angela Spadafino, Sarah Peterson, Arrubaisha Sarah Subiyantoro, Rosie Virgin, Donald Arbgast, Howard Lanus, and Shane Palmer

Highest Academic Performance: Angela Spadafino, Sarah Peterson, Arrubaisha Sarah Subiyantoro, Howard Lanus, and Joseph Spadafino

Student of the Year: To be announced

Middle School Graduate of the Year: D.J. Owsley

Dual Credit Graduate of the Year: Nichole Van Enwyck

Valedictorian (Graduate of the Year) Arrubaisha Sarah Subiyantoro

We want to congratulate all these students for all their hard work and dedication to academic excellence.

Announcments and Assignments for Friday/Wednesday

Dear Parents and Guardians

We hope every one is well.

Grand Canyon is pleased to announce that it appears that it will be offering Dance and Karate as electives for next year.

Please remember that Friday is a half day.

Please remember that Monday is a Memorial Day Holiday. School will be closed.

Please remember that next Thursday is a 3/4 day with Foreign Language, Science, and Math Final examinations.

Please remember that next Friday is a 1/2 day with Social Studies and English as final examinations.

The end of the year/graduation ceremonies for grade eight and twelve students will be at 4:00 p.m. on June 1. State Senator John Huppenthal will be the guest speaker.

ALL CORE CLASSES: FINISH ASSIGNED PROJECTS AND PREPARE FOR FINALS.

Assignments for Wednesday/ Thursday

Dear Parents and Guardians

Here are the assignments for Wednesday/ Thursday

Mrs. Wright
Geography: Complete States and Capitals sheet
All History classes: Start preparing for final.

Miss Foy
English classes: Rough Drafts

Mrs. Ratliff
All Spanish classes: Review for tests.

Mr. Gordon
Middle East History: Summary on Middle East Peace Talks between Israelis and Palestinians.

Mr. Grago
Japanese One: 7-4
Japanese Two and Three: Work on Final exam translation.

Mr. Harmon
All Math/ Physics classes: Prepare for finals.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Assignments for Monday and Tuesday

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are all well. Here are the assignments for Monday and Tuesday. Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Miss Foy
Drama: Practice
Grade 6/7 English: Read to chapter 14
Grade 11/12 English: Read
Grade 10 English: Read and papers
Grade 9 English: Papers

Mrs. Ratliff
All Spanish Classes: Finish any outstanding work.

Mr. Harmon
Algebra Three: Problem set 109
Algebra Two: Page 331 1-35
Algebra One: Problem Set 109
Physics: Quantum Atomic Models
Calculus: Methods of Partial Fractions

Mr. Grago
Japanese One 7-3
Japanese Two/ Three: 11-2

Mr. Gordon
Modern Middle East: Two paragraphs on relations between Iran and United States and three current event articles.

Announcements and Assignments for Thursday and Friday

Dear Parents and Guardians

We hope you are all well.

At the Governing Board Meeting last Friday, it was decided at the suggestion of Mr. Harmon and unanimously approved by the other members that the 2007/08 school year will end on May 30 instead of June 4.

We are holding open houses for new students on Saturday May 19 and June 2. Please invite people who you know will benefit from our program.

Special Days to mark on your calendar:
Friday May 25: Periods three and four: Half Day
Monday May 28: Memorial Day No School
Tuesday May 29: Last full day for B Day classes: Finals in electives if necessary except for Foreign Language.
Wednesday May 30: Last full Day for A Day core classes.
Thursday May 31: Final exams for Foreign Language, Science, and Mathematics: School is released at 1:00 p.m.
Friday June 1: Final examinations for English and History: Students will be released at 11:00 a.m. End of the year ceremony where awards, certificates of achievement for grade eight students, and high school diplomas will be issued. State Senator John Huppenthal will give the Commencement Address.

We are pleased to announce that Grand Canyon Prep is looking for students who want to become part of our first athletic program: Swimming which will be coordinated with the YMCA. Please let us know if any one is interested in joining the team.

New Uniform shirts are in and ready to preview. Please stop by the office and see as we will start selling them to parents this week.

We are very excited that it is only 25 days until we inaugurate our overseas program with a trip to Italy on June 11. The students that are attending are Gabrielle Ritter, Kaycee Spiller, Jared Haden, and Howard Lanus. We are also planning a trip to Japan for the spring. We feel that in this day and age students need to expose themselves to the world instead of just reading about them in books.

Assignments for Thursday
Miss Foy
Drama: Practice
Film: Ready to edit

Mrs. Wright
Geography: Keep studying for final

Mr. Grago
Japanese One: Handout 7-2
Japanese Two/ Three: Handout 11-1

Assignments for Friday
Miss Foy
Grade 6/7 English: Read to chapter 11
Grade 9-12 English: Read and rough draft

Mrs. Wright
Grade 9 History: Runaway Slave: Handout Part II Questions
Grade 10 History: Chapter 15 Section Four Questions.

Mr. Gordon
Grade 8 English: Test on Friday and two paragraph assignment comparing Edmond Dantes to Jean Val Jean
Middle School Science: Work on android diagrams.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Assignments for Wednesday

Dear Parents and Guardians

Hope you are well.

Here are the assignments for Wednesday

Miss Foy
Grade 6 and 7 English: Read chapter seven and eight
Grade 11 and 12 English: Work on rough draft
Grade 10 English: Work on paper and finish book
Grade 9 English: Finish book and quiz on chapter 49-53

Mrs. Wright
Grade 6 and 7 History: Finish Feudal Packet
Grade 9 History: Questions 1-89 on runaway slave reading.

Mr. Gordon
Grade 8 English: Complete two paragraph assignment on vengeance and forgiveness, vocab sentences, and test on Friday.
Grade 8 History: TWO CURRENT EVENTS (JUST ONE FOR DJ) and airship paragraph.
Grade 8 Science: Bring in an article on android. PowerPoint presentation on construction of android will be due on Friday before Memorial Day.

Mr. Harmon
Algebra Two: Quiz
Algebra One: P.S. 106, 1-120
Pre Algebra: Quiz
Algebra Three: P.S. 108
Calculus: Integrative Methods
Physics: Quantum Mechanics

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcments and Assignments for Monday

Dear Parents and Guardians

We hope every one is well.

The Governing Board is meeting today to approve the revised budget and the calendar for the 2007/08 school year which is already on our web site.

The School is hosting an open house for new students on Saturday May 19 and Saturday June 2, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Assignments for Monday
Mrs Wright: All Classes: Extra Credit Economics article

Miss Foy
Grade 6/7 English: Read through chapter 6
Grade 11/12 English: Journal entries
Grade 10 English: Read through chapter nine
Grade 9 English: Finish book and begin paper

Mr. Gordon
Grade 8 History: Bring in current event

Mr. Harmon
Physics: Take home quiz
Algebra Three: Problem set 105
Algebra Two: Page 319 and quiz on Monday
Algebra One: Problem set 104
Pre Algebra: Quiz Monday and page 130.

Please advise if there are any questions.

Assignments for Thursday

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Here are the assignments for Thursday

Miss Foy
Drama: Practice

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One: Study for test
Spanish Two: Exercise C Do and translate page 65
Spanish Three: Translate F and G on pages 43-45

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Announcements and Assignments for Wednesday

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Grand Canyon is pleased to announce that State Senator John Huppenthal will give the Commencement Address at our graduation on June 1, 2007 at 4:00 p.m..

Grand Canyon is pleased to announce that it has concluded an arrangement with Thomas Pappas School where Grand Canyon Prep students will be performing service learning activities for the children in need at that school for the 2007/08 school year.

P.E. will be held at the school for the remainder of the year so we can fulfill our grant obligations to Maricopa County for our Tobacco Prevention Program we are enrolled in.

Assignments for Wednesday
Mrs. Wright
Grade 9 and 10 History: Study for test

Miss Foy
Grade 9 and 10 English: Work on Paper
Grade 10 English: Read to chapter 8
Grade 9 English: Finish book by Friday

Mr. Lowther
Middle School Math: Work on worksheets

Mr. Harmon
Algebra Two: Page 316 5-20
Pre Algebra Page 124 1-20
Algebra Three: Problem set 102
Algebra One: Problem set 100

Please advise if there are any questions and take care.

Assignments for Monday

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are all well.

Here are the assignments for Monday.

Miss Foy
Grade 11/12 English: Get Books
Grade 10 English: Read to chapter 8

Mrs. Wright
Grade 6/7 History: Complete chapter 12 assessment up to 18
Grade 9 History: Project due on Monday
Grade 10 History: New Deal Art.

Mr. Gordon
Grade 8 History: Bring current event.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

PROGRESS REPORTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are all well

PROGRESS REPORTS ARE OUT. BELOW C GRADES WILL BE CALLED TOMORROW. PLEASE CALL US IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

Assignments for Tuesday
Mrs. Wright
Geography: Finish crossword

Mrs. Ratliff
Spanish One: Do exercises M and N on pages 76-77
Spanish Two: Do page 64 and extra credit assignment for Cinco de Mayo
Spanish Three: D,E,F on pages 30-31 and extra credit assignment for Cinco de Mayo

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.

Assignments for Friday

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope you are all well. Here are the assignments for Friday.

Miss Foy
Grade 6/7 English: Read up to page 34
Grade 11/12 English: Bring Book
Grade 10 English: Read to chapter 8
Grade 9 English: Read to chapter 48

Mrs. Wright
Grade 9 History: Work on project
Grade 11/12 History: Finish terms and names through question 8

Mr. Gordon
Grade 8 English: Vocab test and complete two paragraph assignment on Les Miserable
Grade 8 History: BRING CURRENT EVENT ARTICLE and complete paragraph assignment on Passage to India.

Mr. Harmon
Algebra Two: Page 310 11-18
Algebra One:Page 512 1-15
Pre Algebra Page 216 all problems
Physics: LRC racket questions.

Please advise if there are any questions. Take care.