Happy New Year!

This long winter break hopefully has given everyone the opportunity to rest, relax, and be rejuvenated for the New Year. It is also a natural time to reflect and to make positive changes for an even better 2010. While we are confronted with many challenges we also have many opportunities. Let’s decide to use each day in the most positive way possible.

MHS E-mail Accounts

In today’s work world, most employees have email accounts. Yes...I know you have an email account with Yahoo or Hotmail but those are personal accounts that you use with friends and family. As a student you need a business email and that is where the MHS email account comes into play. Efforts are underway for all MHS students to have an email account. The school will be using email to make announcements and to keep in touch with you on a variety of topics. So make sure you see Mrs. O’Donnell or Mrs. Gill to get the paperwork you need to start your school email account.

CWI

Mother Nature gave us a snow day on December 21 so our final assessment on South Asia was delayed. Some of you were absent, so be mindful of the need to make up the assessment within five days. You may stay after school on any day except Tuesday (faculty meetings) to make up the work.

We will start the new year with our map of China and our portfolio task.
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World History

We ended the year with your final assessment on the Industrial Revolution. If you were absent, make sure to arrange for a makeup assessment within five days.

We will start the new year with a unit on nationalism and we will do our Industrial Revolution interviews.

Year in Review

Many papers and magazines print special end of the year editions with photos that tell the key stories of the year. The New York Times has a special slide show that you can view with many award winning photos.

A New Year…A Time for Resolutions

The beginning of a new year is a great time to pause and think about your goals and aspirations not only for the year 2010 but also for the long term. The work habits, skills, and knowledge that you are gathering in high school will be the foundation for your future success. If you learn to set goals, establish work plans, and practice good study and living habits now, you can be assured that future challenges will be met with success. I have never encountered a person who wished they had studied less, read fewer books, gotten lower grades, or ignored their friends and community. So take the time at the start of this fresh and exciting year to write down two or three goals for the year. Keep them handy, consult them often and strive to complete your tasks at hand. You will never regret taking the time to contemplate your future and to plan accordingly.

A Time to say Thank You

There are many who help make this blog an interesting, useful, and helpful source of information for students and parents. I want to thank BABM, KLM, and MLM who give me the student’s point of view on the entries. They are especially good at pointing out the need for a consistent positive message no matter what the challenges are for students. I also want to thank LEM who has been my faithful editor. His insistence on word choice and good grammar have made me a better writer. He has also been a constant source of encouragement when some weekend mornings I consider not writing an entry... “What, no blog?! Say it’s not true!” Finally, thank you to my faithful readers both near and far.