Chilling Tales for Halloween

Here are a few short scary stories to inspire the horror stories being created in Ms. Short's Creative Writing classes:

Happy Halloween and Start of the Second Marking Period

Ms. Short and Ms. Aspden would like to wish their students a happy Halloween. In addition, today is the first day of the second marking period. Students that did not do their best in the first marking period are reminded that today they can get a fresh start and do a better job this marking period. For those that did their best during the first marking period, Ms. Short and Ms. Aspden encourage them to keep up the good work!

HW Smith in the News

Click on the link below to learn more about the CCAMP program and the students at HW Smith that are involved with it.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/new_mentoring_program_gives_sy.html

Blog Question Homework - Due by Midnight on November 6th

Every two weeks, students are required to write an editorial. These writing assignments are usually created by Mrs. Birnkrant and help students practice a variety of skills including problem solving, sequencing, exploring cause and effect, comparing and contrasting, and more.

What are two editorials that you would like to write? Explain your two ideas clearly! Please be sure to write your name with your entry.

Continuing Four Perfect Pebbles

Students are continuing to read the memoir, Four Perfect Pebbles. By the end of the week, students should have finished reading through the end of chapter six. Since we only have a class set of books, students that are absent or behind in their reading should come in during lunch to catch up.

Students of the Week

Congratulations to the following hardworking students who earned the distinction of Student of the Week for October 24th to October 28th:

Period One - Tre'Zure J.
Period Two - Tim W.
Period Three - Tawakal R.
Period Five - Yasin K.

Pics from the Presentations