Harvard Prof. Explains Zombie Brain

Harvard prof explains Zombie Brain

Spelling List/ Movie Picks

Scary Movie List:
(These are all supposedly rated PG 13 or G, any rated R will be taken off list)
Also spelling words for quizzes. Please study and be ready for a quiz on any 10.


Scary Movie 3 – ____________________________________________________

Blades of Glory - ____________________________________________________

Invader Zim - _______________________________________________________

Pulse - ____________________________________________________________

Arachnophobia - ____________________________________________________

Drag Me To Hell – ___________________________________________________

Serenity - ___________________________________________________

Stand By Me (Old R, Nina will preview) ________________________________________

Karate Kid ___________________________________________________

Kung Foo Panda ___________________________________________________

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ___________________________________________________

Pokeman ___________________________________________________

F**K ___________________________________________________

Herbie Fully Loaded ___________________________________________________

New York Minute ___________________________________________________

Zathura ___________________________________________________

Jumondi ___________________________________________________

Titanic ___________________________________________________

Bambi 1 ___________________________________________________

Men in Black ___________________________________________________

Vacancy _________________________________________________________

Mural from our service day

From the depths of Oaks Bottom we couldn't quite see the mural on Portland Memorial Mausoleum, here it is:

IVY PULL SERVICE DAY

Thank you to the parent volunteers who helped us get to the training and then to the Friday volunteer work Ivy Pull. Thank you Dana, Michael, Shelley, Julie, and most of all Polly who coordinated the whole thing.

Portland Parks usually doesn't allow middle schoolers to adopt areas but they've allowed us to adopt parts of Oaks Bottom. The first priority is to keep Ivy and non-native blackberry away from the trunks of trees and then to work on the Ivy in the other areas. We pulled A LOT of English Ivy!!! We also visited the "pond" part and the mortuary.

Hilarious Wanda Sykes Youtube

I know I always saying "that's so gay is bad" but this lady says it so much better than I do.

Nina's and Polly's Buddy Day

Wow how these weeks have swept by!

Friday we took a trip with our kindergarten buddies. It was an amazing field trip with a science experiment at the park. Polly said she really enjoyed our group and was glad to have us. I was thankful that all the middle schoolers stayed with their buddies and had a good time. I really was amazed at how patient the middle schoolers were with their kindergarten buddies.

Throughout the year we'll take buddy trips to the library, to the park, do crafts, and other fun things.

Home Study Assignment

Where did the summer go?

Well I hope you had fun.

If you haven't heard from me and we haven't had a home visit yet please contact me ASAP. (503) 807-7179.

Meanwhile, your home study project is below. Please read a prepare accordingly.
p.s. Don't work too hard, no need for a 20 page paper. Ten pages will be just fine : )
Nina

YEA!!!!! Your First Project for next school year!

You will need to present to your Advisory how you spent your summer. This presentation can be about any one part of your summer or encapsulate the entire thing. You get to choose what you present and how you present it, but present you will. Your presentation should not exceed 5 minutes. You will also need to be prepared to answer questions and comments from your Advisory.

There are many, many possibilities. Here a few examples for you to consider:

• demonstrate or teach a skill or game you learned
• write an essay that sums up your whole summer or a just few special moments
• make and show a scrapbook
• design a website or power point presentation
• present writings from a summer journal
• show a video of edited highlights
• write and recite a poem about your summer
• show-n-tell with souvenirs you’ve gathered
• any combination of the above or something you think of on your own!

Here’s a quick example of the sort of thing you might do: Let’s say that over the summer you trained your dog (or cat!) to do a new trick. You could present a video that showed your pet doing tricks it already knows as well as the new trick you taught. Then you could explain to the Advisory what other things you are planning to train your pet to do and why working with your pet this way is so rewarding for you.

Please keep in mind that this is a required assignment that should be a complete, finished work that reflects your best effort (best effort = neat, organized, proper spelling, etc). Not only will you be using your presentation to introduce or re-introduce yourself to your Advisory but it will be assessed as a part of your Advisory evaluation. If you have any questions please email or call your Advisor.

This assignment is due on the first day of school, Monday, Sept. 14th.

HAVE FUN!

Your Middle School Advising Team,

Amy, Kirk, Kurt, and Nina