Big Picture Charter School
November 6, 2011
Big Picture Learning is an established charter high school organization that will be submitting a charter in just a couple of months to the Sequoia Union High School District. This high school option will soon be available to the families of San Carlos. It is a charter high school that has a mission similar to San Carlos Charter Learning Center. Their approach to learning is offering a project-based learning environment with opportunities for real world learning experiences that CLC also offers its learners.
Big Picture Learning is an organization that was founded in 1995 with the establishment of the first MET High School in Providence, Rhode Island. Big Picture School has 67 schools nationwide and has been growing ever since.
Big Picture Learning believes that high school graduates must know how to reason, problem-solve, and be active members of the community. At Big Picture Learning schools, there is no canon of information that all students must know. In a world where available information is growing exponentially, we believe that the most important thing a student needs to know is how to learn. Integral to the Big Picture Learning design are the five Learning Goals, a framework for looking at concepts, skills, and abilities and help guide the creation of personalized student curriculum.
There is an informational meeting taking place on Thursday, November 10, 2011 from 5:30-7:30 PM, at the following address:
Holbrook-Palmer Park Pavilion
150 Watkins Ave.
Atherton, CA 94027
I hope that you will be able to join me at this exciting event and to learn more about a great new high school opportunity coming to the Sequoia District.
To register for the event, please go to: http://sequoiabigpictureeventbright
Spring Fling Fundraiser for San Carlos
March 8, 2011
The San Carlos Educational Foundation is doing a terrific job in coordinating the PTA Council to invite our community to enjoy this years 2011 Spring fling. The theme of this year’s event is inspired by the classic of Alice in Wonderland.
The evening will include: Silent and Live Action, Raffle, Dinner, Diamond Martini Bar, Costume Contest, Dancing, Poker Tournament and Blackjack.
This is in all good fun to raise money for the San Carlos public schools.
More information can be found at heep://www.springfling.us or call 650.599.1844
Enjoy!
Music Man at Central Middle School
January 16, 2011
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The Music Man Junior presented by SCCT Central Middle School January 19-23 Wednesday – Saturday at 7 PM Central Middle School, Mustang Hall For tickets click on: TICKETS |
San Carlos Reading Room
December 5, 2010
This welcome addition to San Carlos is awesome. The kids just love it. They have events during the month. One of the best parts is the beautiful murals that are painted around the store. Very kid friendly….even for adults as well.
Hiller Aviation Halloween Haunted Hangar
October 24, 2010
Hiller Aviation Museum
October 30th from 12 on….
The Hiller Aviation Institute, a non-profit organization, brings together historical, educational and technological resources to create programs which increase public understanding of science and aviation and inspire new opportunities.
The Hiller Aviation Institute is dedicated to the dreams of flight… more
The Hiller Aviation Institute, a non-profit organization, brings together historical, educational and technological resources to create programs which increase public understanding of science and aviation and inspire new opportunities.
The Hiller Aviation Institute is dedicated to the dreams of flight — looking back into aviation’s history while exploring its future. The experience is educational and entertaining casting new light onto the technical innovations. Before you leave, you’ll be transformed from visitor to explorer.
— www.hiller.org
BILL GATES SPEECH: 11 RULES YOUR KIDS DID NOT AND WILL NOT LEARN IN SCHOOL
September 7, 2010
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Rule 2: The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one
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Sequoia New Gymnasium in the Works
June 26, 2010
| Beginning with May 19 and through June 16, the James Street parking lot at Sequoia High School will be partially blocked due to construction of the new gymnasium. The stretch of the driveway from the front of the new gym and around the bend facing the current gym will be blocked by a large crane. The parking lot is still available for parking, but be aware that there may be congestion.
Awesome undertaking…. lucky kids. |
Save Your $, Don’t Use 411 For Info…
April 5, 2010
411 can charge you $1.50 a call. A better alternative is to use the following numbers for free:
1-800-FREE411 (1-800-373-3411)1-800-YELLOWP (1-800-935-5691)
1-800-GOOG411 (1-800-466-4411)
Final Exam in 1895 for 8th Grade…
April 2, 2010
I just couldn’t resist sharing this with you. Makes me wonder about my education!
What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895….
Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out.. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
8th Grade Final Exam: Salina , KS – 1895
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of ‘lie,”play,’ and ‘run..’
5. Define case; illustrate each case.
6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 – 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic..
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs.. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent..
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. Long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U..S. History is divided
2.. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
Orthography (Time, one hour)
[Do we even know what this is??]
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u..’ (HUH?)
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final ‘e.’ Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays…
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication…
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth. Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.
Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!
Also shows you how poor our education system has become and,
NO, I don’t have the answers!
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St. Patty’s Day!
March 17, 2010
Ok, I normally don’t pass things on like this, but I enjoyed this.
Irish College Entrance Exam–Four Questions Answers at the bottom. If you think the SAT and ACT are hard …..Ha!
Irish moonruth; College Entrance Exam
That’s all right…I didn’t pass either…
“May the Good Lord take a liking to you…
but not too soon..”
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