MMA Junior High

Monday:  Planner check & lesson on working memory
Tuesday: Work cycle
Wednesday:  Team building activity ‘Balloon Tower’
Thursday: Work cycle with movement
Friday: Personal World

Check out Weber Innovation High School.  They have an Orientation and Information session on January 31, at 6pm.

Parents and Students, please be aware,

School will be held at the Natural History Museum on Friday January 27.  The entire staff will be at the museum; the Juniorr High will be closed until Monday January 30.  The school is providing Frontrunner wrist bands to transport students and staff to the Fort Douglas Trax station.  Students and staff will walk from the Trax station to the museum (about .8 miles).  The weather will be about 8 degrees, so please wear warm clothing and appropriate shoes.

• Remember to bring:
• -comfortable, modest clothing
• -water bottle
• -cold sack lunch
• -a writing utensil
• -money, if you want to purchase items from the gift shop

Students and staff will meet at the Ogden Frontrunner station between 8-8:20 am, and will embark at 8:30 am. The group will return to the Ogden Station and be ready for pick up at 4:22 pm.

Please follow the link below to find the permission form for the Natural History Museum Field Trip.

Natural History Museum- Mr Rob

We are in need of help from two 9th grade students every Wednesday to deliver Rumbi lunch. You will report to the Main Office at 11:45 am, and work until all lunches have been delivered. It should not take any longer than 20 minutes. If you are in need of fundraising hours, this time can be put towards your total hours for the year. Please sign up for which days you would like to help by clicking on this link.  If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Melanie in the front office.

Tuesday: It is time to register for intersession classes! Here is a PDF of the course descriptions for the classes we will be offering.  During advisory, students will be supported to register for the classes of their choice.  Mind that each house has three spaces per offered course.  Students will also be given time to clean out their backpacks and daily binders in preparation to the new cycle.

Wednesday: Team building activity,  “Communicating with Legos.”  Ms. Emily has graciously agreed to share her precious Legos to aid the student body in learning effective communication.

Thursday: Each student will establish a S.M.A.R.T. goal for the Patterns Cycle.  See attached Goal Guide ‘Smart Goal for Patterns.’

Friday: For Personal World we will be reading and preparing for our Socratic Dialogue for Monday January 23^rd.  Together, we will read through this Shel Silverstein poem and make notes that will help direct our discussion on Monday.

Document Links: Course Descriptions|SMART Goal for Patterns|What if

Our third cycle will begin with the new semester on January 16th. This cycle’s theme is POWER

The elements of POWER are

1) Power is the ability to influence.

2) Power may be used or abused.

3) Power is always present in some form.

4) Power may take many forms (chemical, electrical, political, mechanical…)

Power is important to teens, whether it is something they have or something they wish for. The gateways of transcendence, initiation, and the search for meaning and purpose will all be covered within this cycle. You can view specific course information for this cycle Here —–>Long Term Plan – Year C

If you have questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to your student’s teachers.

Our focus this week in advisory will be to prepare our portfolios for the structures cycle theme.  On Monday and Tuesday, students will be taking their portfolio to each class to add this cycle’s evidence and reflections.

Monday:  Planning and polishing off portfolio

Tuesday: Work cycle
Wednesday: Community meeting in the library
Thursday: Final work cycle, all work due by 4 pm (including portfolios)
Friday:  No school, Professional Development for teachers

Monday:  No school, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Follow this link to sign up for February lunch.