Greetings!
I see that the 7th & 8th graders survived the week without me--glad to see it. I just wanted to get in one more email before the end of the quarter. First of all, EXTRA CREDIT & MISSING WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH. Please check your student's progress report to make sure nothing is missing. We will continue to work on projects this week, plus I have three assignments to grade from when I was gone, so your student's grade may change from what it is now to what is printed on his/her report card.
There won't be any homework this week, but as I said before, we will have five more assignments to go into the gradebook before report cards come out.
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions and/or concerns you may have. Also, if you would like to schedule a conference for next week, please contact the TMS Office (360-264-3600) to make that happen.
Have a wonderful week,
Michele Humble
Monday, October 28, 2013
Greetings!
Well, it appears that most of us survived Cispus, at least for the most part. I think I'm still as tired as the students, but with only four days left in this quarter, we still need to stay on track. So here's the plans for the remainder of this week:
FIRST OF ALL, NO EXTRA CREDIT OR MISSING WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH. Please check this progress report to make sure all of your student's work has been turned in thus far. I won't accept any late or missing work after this Wednesday.
No homework Monday, but there will be assignments Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be watching a suspenseful movie on both Thursday and Friday, so no homework those days/nights.
As ever, please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. Also, if you would like a conference next week, please contact the Office (360-264-3600) to set one up.
Michele Humble
Well, it appears that most of us survived Cispus, at least for the most part. I think I'm still as tired as the students, but with only four days left in this quarter, we still need to stay on track. So here's the plans for the remainder of this week:
FIRST OF ALL, NO EXTRA CREDIT OR MISSING WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH. Please check this progress report to make sure all of your student's work has been turned in thus far. I won't accept any late or missing work after this Wednesday.
No homework Monday, but there will be assignments Tuesday and Wednesday. We will be watching a suspenseful movie on both Thursday and Friday, so no homework those days/nights.
As ever, please contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. Also, if you would like a conference next week, please contact the Office (360-264-3600) to set one up.
Michele Humble
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Thursday at Cispus
Greetings!
So here's the Cispus update for today. The weather continues to be spectacular; it's actually sunny AND warm. Everybody is still alive and thriving--I guess that survival class is paying off. The kids are enjoying themselves and our high school students continue to do a spectacular job. The campfire last night was SO much fun. Each cabin group did a skit and cadence, and of course "The Mathenator" (Mr. Palmer) tried to scare us all to death with another one of his ghost stories; he was successful. Mr. Rus Pickett, our superintendent paid us a visit today, and I believe he liked what he saw. Tonight is the talent night where the sixth graders as well as staff members will have a chance to strut their stuff talent-wise.
We are now sharing Cispus with 60 people from the Brighton School in Lynnwood (I believe), and we have received several compliments from them on how organized and friendly we are.
I will TRY to do an update tomorrow, but no promises. As we will be breaking camp, things will be hectic, so I might not have time. Also, I apologize for not posting any new grades. I brought a whole mountain of papers up here to grade, but somehow I have been much too busy. Maybe this weekend if I regain consciousness by Sunday.
Hopefully your student has transportation home other than riding the school bus tomorrow. He/she will be exhausted, and battling a bus ride home under those conditions with a sleeping bag & luggage will be taxing. We should be arriving between 2:15 and 2:45, and the luggage will arrive before us.
See you soon,
Michele Humble
So here's the Cispus update for today. The weather continues to be spectacular; it's actually sunny AND warm. Everybody is still alive and thriving--I guess that survival class is paying off. The kids are enjoying themselves and our high school students continue to do a spectacular job. The campfire last night was SO much fun. Each cabin group did a skit and cadence, and of course "The Mathenator" (Mr. Palmer) tried to scare us all to death with another one of his ghost stories; he was successful. Mr. Rus Pickett, our superintendent paid us a visit today, and I believe he liked what he saw. Tonight is the talent night where the sixth graders as well as staff members will have a chance to strut their stuff talent-wise.
We are now sharing Cispus with 60 people from the Brighton School in Lynnwood (I believe), and we have received several compliments from them on how organized and friendly we are.
I will TRY to do an update tomorrow, but no promises. As we will be breaking camp, things will be hectic, so I might not have time. Also, I apologize for not posting any new grades. I brought a whole mountain of papers up here to grade, but somehow I have been much too busy. Maybe this weekend if I regain consciousness by Sunday.
Hopefully your student has transportation home other than riding the school bus tomorrow. He/she will be exhausted, and battling a bus ride home under those conditions with a sleeping bag & luggage will be taxing. We should be arriving between 2:15 and 2:45, and the luggage will arrive before us.
See you soon,
Michele Humble
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Greetings!
Just thought you might like an update about how things are going up here at Cispus. (Sorry, no real grade updates--that probably won't happen until I return and sleep all weekend.) The bus ride up was uneventful--fortunately. The weather has been absolutely BEAUTIFUL--we couldn't ask for better. Those of you down in the "gray" should be jealous because we've had nothing but warm temps & sunshine. The high school counselors are top notch and are doing a fantastic job. The classes have run smoothly, and hopefully everyone is learning a lot. Most importantly the sixth graders are having a terrific time. Lots of activity in the classes (especially the "Challenge Course") and recreation. The campfire was awesome last night, and the students were in bed at a reasonable time for the first night (boys making flatulent noises and the girls with a bit of drama--I'll bet you recognize which one is yours) and everyone is staying healthy. The food is good and the kids are getting plenty of it, so overall I would say we're off to a fine start. You will hear plenty of stories this weekend, I'm sure. Hopefully you were able to make arrangements for transportation for your student on Friday, we will be returning at about 2:30.
Have a great week, because so far we are,
Michele Humble
Just thought you might like an update about how things are going up here at Cispus. (Sorry, no real grade updates--that probably won't happen until I return and sleep all weekend.) The bus ride up was uneventful--fortunately. The weather has been absolutely BEAUTIFUL--we couldn't ask for better. Those of you down in the "gray" should be jealous because we've had nothing but warm temps & sunshine. The high school counselors are top notch and are doing a fantastic job. The classes have run smoothly, and hopefully everyone is learning a lot. Most importantly the sixth graders are having a terrific time. Lots of activity in the classes (especially the "Challenge Course") and recreation. The campfire was awesome last night, and the students were in bed at a reasonable time for the first night (boys making flatulent noises and the girls with a bit of drama--I'll bet you recognize which one is yours) and everyone is staying healthy. The food is good and the kids are getting plenty of it, so overall I would say we're off to a fine start. You will hear plenty of stories this weekend, I'm sure. Hopefully you were able to make arrangements for transportation for your student on Friday, we will be returning at about 2:30.
Have a great week, because so far we are,
Michele Humble
Sunday, October 13, 2013
October 14th through 18th for Academy
Greetings!
I sure hope you enjoyed the three day break! This week we will continue to work on the "Capitalization & Punctuation" unit. You can expect homework Monday evening, Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening, a review on Thursday night, and another quiz on Friday.
Hope this helps planning for your week,
Michele Humble
I sure hope you enjoyed the three day break! This week we will continue to work on the "Capitalization & Punctuation" unit. You can expect homework Monday evening, Tuesday evening, Wednesday evening, a review on Thursday night, and another quiz on Friday.
Hope this helps planning for your week,
Michele Humble
October 14th through 18th for Art
Greetings!
Hope you had a great three day break. As you can see, we finished the "Elements of Art" booklets. They were due Thursday, October 10th, so if your student is missing any of the pages, or the cover, please encourage him/her to get the work completed and turned in. Now on to what we will be doing this week:
We are now moving on to pencil sketching. Everyday this week we will work on sketching a different item in pencil. The work will be due at the end of each period, so don't look for any homework this week. However, there will be plenty of work--each day will be worth 20 points.
Have a great week, and as always, if you have any questions of concerns, please feel free to contact me at (360) 264-3644 or email address: humblem@tenino.k12.wa.us.
Have a wonderful week,
Michele Humble
Hope you had a great three day break. As you can see, we finished the "Elements of Art" booklets. They were due Thursday, October 10th, so if your student is missing any of the pages, or the cover, please encourage him/her to get the work completed and turned in. Now on to what we will be doing this week:
We are now moving on to pencil sketching. Everyday this week we will work on sketching a different item in pencil. The work will be due at the end of each period, so don't look for any homework this week. However, there will be plenty of work--each day will be worth 20 points.
Have a great week, and as always, if you have any questions of concerns, please feel free to contact me at (360) 264-3644 or email address: humblem@tenino.k12.wa.us.
Have a wonderful week,
Michele Humble
Friday, October 11, 2013
October 14th through 18th for Science
Greetings!
The Fund(d) Run certainly lived up to its name on Wednesday; the weather was terrific and I believe a good time was had by all. Please remind your students to collect those pledges; it would be great if they could all be turned in by Wednesday.
Hopefully your student brought home his/her student handbook for outdoor school yesterday (they received them on Thursday). Please go over it a bit this weekend, but remember that your student will need to bring them back on Monday (and possibly for Tuesday too), because we have not finished going over them in class yet.
Now here are some jobs I could use help with in preparing for outdoor school:
I need someone to go to "Spinning Tees" (on Harrison in West Olympia) Tuesday afternoon and pick up our 130 shirts.
I also need them washed. (Sorry, that's a "biggie"!)
Two parents to "screen" the acts for "Talent Night". This could be either Tuesday & Wednesday or Wednesday & Thursday. If you know Melanie Hisaw or Sherry Beardslee, they did it last year. I could put you in contact with them.
If you can do any of these tasks, would you please call my cell phone [(360) 481-1178] ASAP. I really like to get things nailed down as soon as possible.
And now for some "thank you's":
Sara Rogers for sorting the t-shirt order forms
Carrie Pederson for assembling the student handbooks
Debbie Cline for volunteering to inventory the "tubs" (educational supplies) that will be going up with us
PLEASE HAVE ALL PERMISSION/EMERGENCY FORMS FOR OUTDOOR SCHOOL TURNED IN TO THE SCHOOL BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH. Please try to have the money turned in by Friday, October 18th.
Now for this week's Science:
Monday--We will finish going through the student handbook for outdoor school. (I hope this will only take one day.)*
Tuesday--We will review the "Diet Coke & Mentos" lab, then add a variable to it. This will require a short (one page) follow up; they didn't do very well on conclusions, so I want to revisit that concept. THIS WILL BE HOMEWORK.
Wednesday--We will finish up the Chapter 1 Section 1 Worksheet. THIS IS DUE ON THURSDAY; IT IS HOMEWORK.
Thursday--We will watch a video on the three states of matter.*
Friday--We will begin reading Chapter 1 Section 2.*
*=No homework day.
Have a great weekend & please feel free to contact me with questions and/or concerns,
Michele Humble
The Fund(d) Run certainly lived up to its name on Wednesday; the weather was terrific and I believe a good time was had by all. Please remind your students to collect those pledges; it would be great if they could all be turned in by Wednesday.
Hopefully your student brought home his/her student handbook for outdoor school yesterday (they received them on Thursday). Please go over it a bit this weekend, but remember that your student will need to bring them back on Monday (and possibly for Tuesday too), because we have not finished going over them in class yet.
Now here are some jobs I could use help with in preparing for outdoor school:
I need someone to go to "Spinning Tees" (on Harrison in West Olympia) Tuesday afternoon and pick up our 130 shirts.
I also need them washed. (Sorry, that's a "biggie"!)
Two parents to "screen" the acts for "Talent Night". This could be either Tuesday & Wednesday or Wednesday & Thursday. If you know Melanie Hisaw or Sherry Beardslee, they did it last year. I could put you in contact with them.
If you can do any of these tasks, would you please call my cell phone [(360) 481-1178] ASAP. I really like to get things nailed down as soon as possible.
And now for some "thank you's":
Sara Rogers for sorting the t-shirt order forms
Carrie Pederson for assembling the student handbooks
Debbie Cline for volunteering to inventory the "tubs" (educational supplies) that will be going up with us
PLEASE HAVE ALL PERMISSION/EMERGENCY FORMS FOR OUTDOOR SCHOOL TURNED IN TO THE SCHOOL BY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16TH. Please try to have the money turned in by Friday, October 18th.
Now for this week's Science:
Monday--We will finish going through the student handbook for outdoor school. (I hope this will only take one day.)*
Tuesday--We will review the "Diet Coke & Mentos" lab, then add a variable to it. This will require a short (one page) follow up; they didn't do very well on conclusions, so I want to revisit that concept. THIS WILL BE HOMEWORK.
Wednesday--We will finish up the Chapter 1 Section 1 Worksheet. THIS IS DUE ON THURSDAY; IT IS HOMEWORK.
Thursday--We will watch a video on the three states of matter.*
Friday--We will begin reading Chapter 1 Section 2.*
*=No homework day.
Have a great weekend & please feel free to contact me with questions and/or concerns,
Michele Humble
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Don't forget the Fun(d) Run. It will take place on Wednesday, October 9th in the afternoon (6th & 7th periods). Hopefully your student has done his/her fair share of supporting our school by collecting pledges. The money collected will go to many of our worthwhile activities and goes directly for student use. If you have time to help out, I believe it is not too late to volunteer. Contact the Office (264-3600) for more information. Thank you!
Greetings!
Hopefully you enjoyed this beautiful weekend, I know I did. I was able to get caught up on grading the Elements of Art book we have been working on these past few weeks. Unfortunately several of the students didn't turn them in at all, and several are behind in their work. Please encourage your student to get caught up on this very important project. This week we will finish up this project with the "Value" and "Space" pages; it will probably take the entire week.
Just a few other reminders: Wednesday is a "Late Start" day, so hopefully you have made arrangements for this. Wednesday is also our fund raiser--the "Fun(d) Run". Hopefully your student has received some pledges that will support our many activities throughout the year. Finally, Friday there is no school at all. Who knows, maybe the weather will be as nice as it was this past weekend.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at (360) 264-3644 or humblem@tenino.k12.wa.us
Michele Humble
Hopefully you enjoyed this beautiful weekend, I know I did. I was able to get caught up on grading the Elements of Art book we have been working on these past few weeks. Unfortunately several of the students didn't turn them in at all, and several are behind in their work. Please encourage your student to get caught up on this very important project. This week we will finish up this project with the "Value" and "Space" pages; it will probably take the entire week.
Just a few other reminders: Wednesday is a "Late Start" day, so hopefully you have made arrangements for this. Wednesday is also our fund raiser--the "Fun(d) Run". Hopefully your student has received some pledges that will support our many activities throughout the year. Finally, Friday there is no school at all. Who knows, maybe the weather will be as nice as it was this past weekend.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at (360) 264-3644 or humblem@tenino.k12.wa.us
Michele Humble
Greetings!
It was so heartening to see parents/guardians of 56 of our 102 sixth graders at the Outdoor School meeting. We have already received payment for 26 of those students, and shirt orders & permission/emergency forms from 55. Please remember I need those shirt order forms by this Thursday as that is the day I must get the order in. Students will be receiving their Student Handbooks this week--I'm aiming for Tuesday, but it may be as late as Thursday. Please keep an eye open for them.
Also remember that Wednesday is a Late Start Day, so hopefully you are prepared for that. And there is no school at all on Friday, October 11th. (Hopefully the weather next weekend will be as nice as it was this past one, although I don't want to use up all of the good weather for October--need to save some for our time up at Outdoor School.)
Now onto the rest of this week's "news":
SCIENCE--We will finish two videos on Monday and I should be returning the Lab Reports on the "Mentos & Diet Coke" lab we did last week. I hope to have those grades entered by Thursday. There won't be any homework this week in Science as we are going to go over the Student Handbook for Outdoor School.
ACADEMY--Monday students will receive work back from last week, so we will review their first quiz (capitalization & ending punctuation) and will prepare for the next one. This will be on commas & colons, and will take place on Wednesday. Look for homework in the form of a review worksheet on Tuesday. PLEASE HELP YOUR STUDENT STUDY FOR THIS QUIZ.
Enjoy the week & as always, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns,
Michele Humble
It was so heartening to see parents/guardians of 56 of our 102 sixth graders at the Outdoor School meeting. We have already received payment for 26 of those students, and shirt orders & permission/emergency forms from 55. Please remember I need those shirt order forms by this Thursday as that is the day I must get the order in. Students will be receiving their Student Handbooks this week--I'm aiming for Tuesday, but it may be as late as Thursday. Please keep an eye open for them.
Also remember that Wednesday is a Late Start Day, so hopefully you are prepared for that. And there is no school at all on Friday, October 11th. (Hopefully the weather next weekend will be as nice as it was this past one, although I don't want to use up all of the good weather for October--need to save some for our time up at Outdoor School.)
Now onto the rest of this week's "news":
SCIENCE--We will finish two videos on Monday and I should be returning the Lab Reports on the "Mentos & Diet Coke" lab we did last week. I hope to have those grades entered by Thursday. There won't be any homework this week in Science as we are going to go over the Student Handbook for Outdoor School.
ACADEMY--Monday students will receive work back from last week, so we will review their first quiz (capitalization & ending punctuation) and will prepare for the next one. This will be on commas & colons, and will take place on Wednesday. Look for homework in the form of a review worksheet on Tuesday. PLEASE HELP YOUR STUDENT STUDY FOR THIS QUIZ.
Enjoy the week & as always, feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns,
Michele Humble
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