It was a very good week

Two of my students who had made a video for the intellectual property unit won third place for video production at our county career skills challenge.  I had a tough time convincing them to attend this as they seemed to think it was some sort of punishment.  You would have thought I had asked them to stick their hands in saw blades instead of walk two blocks to the community college and compete.  ”Why do we have to do that?”  ”Do we have to go?”  Then, when they returned with medals, they acted like it had been their idea all along.  

My last two seniors who had not passed the exit exam (CaHSEE) learned this week that they finally passed.  Both had difficulty passing the math portion having passed the language portion on the first try.  Math took six tries to get it, but get it they did.  Almost all of my students pass the English portion on the first try.  Math is just harder for them.

The yearbook class enjoyed Chinese food for lunch on Wednesday as a reward for making the final deadline.  They are now working on their own layouts that I hope to enter into a contest sponsored by my yearbook publisher.  I’m seeing some very good work.  

It did not rain on our fieldtrip to Sacramento, and the kids all had a good time.  Although today was what they officially called “senior ditch day,” most of my seniors were at school, in class, doing as they were supposed to be doing.  The parents were called for the few who decided to ditch, and most were very surprised to learn their kid was NOT IN SCHOOL.   Wonder how their weekend will be?