Mrs. Stubbs's English Blog: ACT/MME Week!

Wow, was last week insane!!! Between ACT/MME activities for the juniors, scheduling for the freshmen, and advisory hour on Friday, I think I just about lost my mind (some of my students may think that I actually did!). We got through it, however, somehow...so now we're on to the next crazy week: ACT/MME.

Even if you're the parent of a freshman, this week will affect your student, because on Tuesday the only students allowed in the high school building are the juniors. All elementary and middle school students go to school as always, but the 9th, 10th and 12th graders need to stay home; ACT guidelines are that strict about the environment that needs to be in place to give the test. Everyone is back at school the rest of the week, but please be aware that if you have a 9th, 10th or 12th grader, they need to stay home on Tuesday!

So here's what's coming in each group:

9th graders are scheduling. Many of my students met with their counselors for some one-on-one guidance on Friday; if your student hasn't had this chance yet, they can go on Monday. ALL SCHEDULES NEED TO BE TURNED IN BY MONDAY, MARCH 9TH!!! If they are not turned in, with all signatures in place, they will be handed a schedule of left-overs that's created by the counselors. Once schedules are in, they will not be changed except for very extenuating circumstances, so please make sure this is taken care of.
9th grade - we're also reading To Kill a Mockingbird. This is difficult because of all the traffic in and out of my room, including me (since I'll be proctoring 11th grade tests on Wednesday, so there will be a sub.), but I hope that we can read through chapter 9 this week. In addition, there will be vocabulary words assigned again this week with a quiz on Friday.
11th grade - let's just start with ACT/MME. On Tuesday, they come to school at the regular time, free breakfast is offered for everyone, and then we begin testing at 8:00. All students need to bring I.D., leave their technology OUT OF THE BUILDING, and be in their assigned room by 8:00 to begin testing. Anyone late will not be allowed in. We finish about noon and they are free to go. They are able to ride busses in and out as usual, but if they stay past noon, they're basically left to hang by themselves for a couple of hours since teachers have meetings all afternoon. On Wednesday they come to school as always, report to their assigned rooms for the MME testing, and begin. When they are finished, which will definitely be by noon, they are free to go...they do not have classes the rest of the day.
11th grade - for Monday, Thursday and Friday we're just finishing Lord of the Flies. We're in the middle of testing right now, so most will finish on Monday. Those who've been absent have the opportunity to finish anything they need to finish this week. On Thursday and Friday, when they're done finishing everything up, they'll watch the movie. Their brains will hurt, so we're trying to take it a little easy.

Last week, for review, my 11th graders were able to pull out my Chrome books and play some review games online. It was fun to play around with the technology and the book, so I took a few pictures: