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Hello! We are winding down the school year, but what a great year it has been! There has been so many successes and wonderful achievements with our students. The U.S. History students have chosen a decade out of the 1900's to research and put together presentations. They will be giving their presentations the last week of school.
 * Monday, June 15th, 2009 **

The World Studies students are studying about Ancient China! We will be covering their economy, political structure, discoveries, and their contact with the outside world. Look to their class pages for more information!

Thank you for all of your support!

 Happy Monday! All of the history classes earned enough points to watch their chosen movies! Congratulations and job well done! Here are the movies that they are watching. ** **//U.S. History A1: Bedtime Stories World History A3: Kung Fu Panda World History A4: Night at the Museum
 * Monday, April 20th, 2009

U.S. History B2: Bedtime Stories U.S. History B3: Bedtime Stories //** This week is MCA testing. The schedule is as follows:  Monday - Thursday: 7/8th grade Reading/Math 9:20-12:00pm Wednesday: 9th grade Writing Test Wednesday - Thursday: 10th grade Math/Reading
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As stated in the Director's Letter: ** //During testing we will provide hard candy, sugar free gum and juice on some days. We recommend you send a water bottle, any preferred snacks, and a book to read in the event the student finishes the test early. Comfortable clothes and a good night’s sleep is always helpful. Your support is greatly appreciated.//


 * We will be distributing students new schedules on Friday and will then begin the new schedules on Monday, April 27th.

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 * Thursday, April 9th, 2009 **
 * Happy Spring!

Some reminders for the upcoming week:

<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 130%;">Friday, April 10th- No School Monday, April 13th- Parent-Teacher Conferences; 3pm-8pm Tuesday, April 14th-Parent-Teacher Conferences; 8am-1pm Friday, April 17th- End of 3rd Quarter

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Class points: __** <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 110%;">**//<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 138.6%;">The standings as of today are as follows: U.S. History A1: 287 points-Beverly Hills Chihuahua World History A3: 270 points-Kung Fu Panda World History A4: 208 points-Night at the Museum

U.S. History B2: 171 points (started a little later)-Bedtime Stories U.S. History B3: 263 points- Bedtime Stories //** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 210%;">Monday, March 16th, 2009 **
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**Happy Monday! What a wonderful day! It is 60 degrees out and the sun is shining bright! Please check out the classes for updated information on this weeks lesson plans. I will be emailing you an update as well and to let you know which class your student is in. Please look for this later this week!**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">**// Wednesday, March 11, 2009 //**
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 138.6%;">Hello! Time has flown by and I apologize for my negligence on keeping up on the wiki-spaces, but each class is now currently up to date. It was wonderful to see you at the open house! The students were very proud to be able to show off their work and explain the structure and workings of their school-thank you!

__NEW POINT SYSTEM__ In all of the classes, we have started a point system for the students to earn structured free time. Each class period every student begins with 3 participation points and have opportunities to earn extra points that count as towards the class goal. We started out with every 50 points, they earn 20 minutes of free time, but through a very democratic and diplomatic process, every class voted to work towards earning 300 points so they would be able to watch a movie (G or PG) without interruption.

Students earn points by staying on task, raising their hand, not interrupting, working together in a group, answering questions, helping other students, etc. Students also can have points taken away by not staying on task, being too loud, interrupting, not working together, etc. I have a 1, 2, 3 strip on every table where the points are kept track of.

This has worked great to keep them aware of their own behavior, peer support, working together towards one goal, and overall community building. There has not been any complaining about the movie selection either since the class voted through a list and eliminated each movie until majority ruled!

The standings are as follows: U.S. History A1: 73 points-Beverly Hills Chihuahua World History A3: 93 points-Kung Fu Panda World History A4: 51 points-Night at the Museum

U.S. History B2: 14 points (started a little later)-Bedtime Stories U.S. History B3: 40 points- Bedtime Stories

I will also begin to have study guides and pre-reading sheets uploaded on the wiki-spaces for students to complete at home as a pre-teaching and study skill building tools. Please look for these in the next week. Thank you very much for your patience and I am looking forward to a great spring! <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 154%;"> Ms. Dougherty //**

Monday, February 9, 2009 //**
 * // Happy Monday! We have now settled into the new schedules and everyone seems to be adjusting very well! Some of your students will be switching textbooks and I will be sending emails home to those who need to switch later this week. We are moving right along in both history classes and I will also be emailing you which classes your student has so that you will be able to look at what we are doing each week!

Thank you for your continued support and understanding!

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 * // Thursday, January 15, 2009 //**

Hello! I hope you all survived this frosty day! Please check your students class pages for updates. The middle school students are studying Mesopotamia and creating a cover, short story and trophy of the civilization they choose as the best. The high school students are continuing to create their Western Guidebooks!

// Monday, January 5, 2009 // ** Welcome back!

Happy New Year!

I hope the holiday season has treated you all well! As we get back into our regular routine, I have updated the class wiki spaces with the current topics we will be studying. Please continue to look back here for updates and remember to contact me with any questions!

Happy Tuesday!
 * // Tuesday, December 9, 2008 //**

We are definitely going to have a white holiday season! Just a few reminders out there.

*Please remember to save your pennies to support the Heifer Foundation. Visit their site to get more information at http://www.heifer.org/.

__**Our goal is $150 dollars!**__

Be safe this week with all of the winter weather!
 * Please remember to send in your students' textbook contract. Many of you have done so! Thank you!


 * // Monday, December 1, 2008 //**

Welcome back! I hope the holiday weekend treated everyone well! We had a wonderful Monday here at Lionsgate! Everyone seemed to get back into the swing of things smoothly and I even heard a couple of students say they were excited to be back! What great things to hear!

I have updated the classes to what is going in each of them this week. Please click on the link to the left for more specifics on what is going on in your student's class and if you need to know which class they are in, please contact me and I will let you know right away! Remember this is a great way to start conversation with your student!

If your student has not yet brought a textbook home, please email me and let me know. I have attached links below for the letter and form. Please print one off and return to me and I will make a copy and return the copy, with the textbook, back to you. The students only have to carry them twice! Once from school to home and then once from home to school!


 * Letter of explanation for textbook contract:**


 * Textbook contract:**

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=<span style="color: #ffa800; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;"> = =<span style="color: #ffa800; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;"> = =<span style="color: #ffa800; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;"> = __ **<span style="color: #9b00ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Announcements: ** __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">**Friday, November 21, 2008** Hello and welcome! This year has been flying by! As you can see, the Social Studies page is up and running. Please check back weekly for updates on what each class is working on. Click on the link to the left for your student's class. If you do not know which class your student is in, please email me at bdougherty@lionsgateacademy.org, or call 763-486-5359 ext. 107, and I will let you know right away! Thank you for your patience and support with getting this communication piece in place!

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