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High School

 

Each Month the School Advisory Council (SAC) hears a report from each of the school divisions. We thought that you would like to hear what has been happening in High School.

SAC Update for November 2009 Meeting:

    Academics

    1. Portfolio students are involved in an “Adopt a Grandparent” project.  We regularly go over to Parklands care center (the nursing home behind PKY) and talk with residents who have become special friends to each student.  My students have conducted a lengthy interview with them to hear their stories and find out about the passions and joys of their lives.  Students have also read to them, one student serenaded his adoptive grandparent with the guitar, and we have painted with the residents.  In class we are developing portraits and we are planning a collaborative show with a photographer who has photographed the residents.  We will invite them over to an opening celebration and give them the gift of their portraits.
    2. Congratulations to the PK Yonge Performing Arts Program. They were selected as Finalists for the Grammy Signature Schools Award. The final selection will happen in Feb after more music samples have been submitted. The award includes a Grammy trophy and a grant up to $10,000!
    3. APES (Environmental Science) is going to Smathers Library on Wednesday for International GIS day.  They will hear presentations by UF Departments, USGS and the Water Management District on the use of GIS in environmental sciences. They will also get to participate in a GPS “scavenger hunt”.
    4. Marine Science is going to Flagler County to do field studies at the rocky shore (Washington Oaks State Park), sandy beach and salt marsh (both at Gamble Rogers Recreation Area) as part of our unit on coastal ecosystems. We are preparing for this trip by learning to run transects, use seine and cast nets, etc.
    5. Band is performing at State Marching Contest this Saturday.  The Band has been doing an incredible job under the direction of Jamie Burg.  This is the second consecutive year they have made it to State after years of not even qualifying on the district level.  The event is in Tampa at the Tropicana Field.
    6. Printmaking just completed their unit on line which culminated in the completion of Dry Point Etchings based on still life and collage and Mixed Media Serigraphs (silk-screens); a three layer process using block-out fluid, stencils and mono-print. The second nine weeks will be all Linoleum Block prints.
    7. Art club is competing in the Trashformations Recycled Art contest at the Florida Museum of Natural History on Friday.

    Activities

      1. Girls Soccer is 4-0-1.  We have three games this week...today against Eastside, tomorrow at home against Newberry and Thursday at home against GHS
      2. NHS and NJHS will begin our Toys for Tots drive with the US Marine Corps starting after Thanksgiving – it is a school-wide drive (K-12)
      3. Key Club has adopted Tumblin’ Creek, and sponsored a clean-up of the creek last Saturday.  In December we will be sponsoring the student-faculty basketball game (Dec. 11th) as a can drive to benefit local food banks
      1. Wall of Fame for all accomplishments in Mrs. Cindy King’s room
      2. Officer Blair, Dr. Froman and the school counselors are in the process of presenting bullying prevention workshops to all students in grades 6 through 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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