Hello 9th Graders!

Today is our day to finish up electronic portfolios. We won't worry about the extra multi-media addition. There is simply no time left! So, the items you need are your main post - and make sure I read that today if I haven't already - your annotated photos of your year's work (five of them) and three essays.
During class in the lab, we'll have Shie help us to link this blog to your blogs so that your parents will be able to view your work.

It has been such a pleasure to work with you this year! I hope that you will keep in touch this summer both as you experience your lives which are so different from my life here in Seattle, and as you read your summer books. I would like to converse with you about the books.

You may also write to Miles and Ansel, in English, for practice. They would love to write back to you.

I will spend the summer writing. I am determined to dedicate time to that. It brings me joy and it has been a goal for so long in my life that I want to finally focus on finishing a novel for young readers.

I will  also spend time with my father, who has not been doing well since my mother passed away.

And, of course, I will spend time with my boys. My goal for them is to be outside and active or inside, reading, practicing math, doing science projects or art. I try to use "screen time" as little as possible. I hope that you will do the same. You all have such active creative minds, and those minds need input from the "real world", so be sure to balance your screen time with "real world" experiences and interactions.

I look forward to seeing your blogs today. It is so interesting to see what really grabbed your interest during this past year.

Heather