Friday, Nov. 27 to Monday, Nov. 30: Shop at Book People and 20% of your purchase goes to Fulmore. You have to tell the cashier that you are shopping for Fulmore. Ms. St. John has flyers.

Monday, Nov. 30: GT meeting

Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 2 and 3: 3 week progress reports go home to be signed

Thursday, Dec. 3: Literacy Night, 5:30pm

Thursday, Dec. 10: English I in-class essay

Friday, Dec. 11: English 8 Magnet book reports are due

Friday, Dec. 11 and Saturday, Dec. 12: trip to NASA and University of Houston

Thursday, Dec. 17: last day of classes before winter break; 8th grade GT trip to Third Thursday at Blanton Museum

Have you seen the awesome six word memoirs the students in Blank Page made? They are hanging in the hall next to our room. If you would like to make one and email it to Ms. St. John, she will print it in color and put it on the wall. They are very simple to make:

Summarize your life in six words. Check out this NPR story for examples:

Six-Word Memoirs: Life Stories Distilled

Then, find an image to represent your memoir. You can edit your image, adding the memoir text over it, on picnik:

Picnik

Submit your creative writing and/or artwork to the Apostrophe: The Fulmore Magazine of Literary and Fine Arts.

The GT club and Blank Page classes are required to submit to the magazine. If you are in GT and in my English class, I will also give you extra credit for submitting.

I have attached the entry form. Deadline is Nov. 23, just before the Thanksgiving break.

entry form

Ms. St. John was able to have all the In Defense of Food books donated through the website DonorsChoose.org. This means the English I students will not have to buy their own copy. English 8 Magnet students can check these books out for outside reading.

We are still trying to get Scrabble boards. See the proposal here and help us if you can:

Every Word’s a Winner

You can also simply donate your old Scrabble game.

Very cool and courtesy of MayRose

The Science Museum

Books, bands and photo booth. Very cool.

http://www.austinteenbookfestival.com/Home.html

My Life is Average submitted by Sylvia:

http://mylifeisaverage.com/

All students interested in Dance, Music, Visual/Digital Arts, Theater, or Technical Theater are encouraged to attend. The application deadline is January 29, 2010.

McCallum Fine Arts Academy Showcase
Tuesday, October 6
McCallum Theatre

Showcase Schedule:
6:15 Steel Drums – outside concert
6:50 Jazz Band – prelude in theatre
7:00-8:00 – presentation in theatre
8:00-8:45 – visits to classrooms

Application materials will be available as well as audition workshop registration forms.

McCallum High School is located at 5600 Sunshine Drive, one block west of N Lamar Blvd between Koenig Lane/2222 and Houston St. The theatre is located at the north end of the school.

C.D. Wright will read at 7:30 on Thursday, September 24, in the Avaya Auditorium in the ACES Building located on the corner of 24th and Speedway. I highly recommend this reading. I had planned to take the GT students to this myself, but unfortunately, I will be traveling to Dallas for other literary events.

About C.D. Wright

America On the Move Week

MEND Childhood Obesity Intervention Program Seeking qualified participants for free program The YMCA of Austin will be the first YMCA in the country to partner with MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition…Do It!) in offering a childhood obesity intervention program for children and their parents. Through a generous grant from St. David’s Foundation, the YMCA will be offering nine programs over the next year at four different facilities. Each program will last 10 weeks and meet twice per week (Tuesday evenings and Saturday mornings). Parents must attend with their child. MEND combines three key elements of safe, effective weight management and sustained lifestyle change: healthy eating, regular physical activity, and behavior change. Children and families who attend the MEND Program learn important skills and knowledge to help them manage their weight and feel fitter, healthier, and happier for the rest of their lives. We are currently taking registrations for this free program. The first session begins Saturday, Oct. 3, with additional sessions to follow. Children must be ages 8 – 12 and overweight or obese and may not be suffering from asthma or diabetes. One parent must be able to participate with their child in each session. If you are interested in enrolling at the TownLake YMCA, please contact Jason Daniel at 542-9622 or jdaniel@austinymca.org. If you are interested in enrolling at the East Communities YMCA, please contact Alejandra Gonzalez at 346-6163 or alejandra.b.gonzalez@uth.tmc.edu.