Welcome!
If you've ever taken pen to paper, you are a writer. If you've ever written a
sentence that expresses a complete thought, you are a technician. If you've
ever strung a group of sentences together to form a paragraph that expands
that one thought into a coherent idea, you are a thinker. If you've converted
and transformed that one paragraph into a complex mix of thought and idea,
you are all of the above. Lucky me! I spend days, with writers, technicians,
and thinkers...
Tolerance and empathy are the thematic threads that tie the
8th grade English Curriculum into a cohesive whole. Literary
examples of these themes include The Dairy of Anne Frank, and
The Giver.
English 8
Achievement in the following areas is the goal...research, writing, grammar,
argument, and literary analysis.
Accelerated English 8
Advanced Achievement in the following areas is the goal...research, writing,
grammar, argument, and literary analysis.
Accelerated students are expected to exhibit a slef-motivated
and internally driven commitment to learning which will be
reflected in their willingness to accept a challenging and
varied curriculum that focuses on higher level thinking skills
such as synthesis, analysis, and problem solving.
Yearbook
Achievement in the following areas...graphic design, concept development, desktop
publishing, time management, tachnical writing, ethical considerations of
a free press, and photography are the primary focus of this publication.
A "real life" product with "real life" customers is the outcome.
Honor Society
Five main purposes have guided chapters of NJHS from the beginning: "To create
enthusiasm for scholarship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote
leadership, to emphasize the importance of citizenship, and to develop character
in the students of secondary schools". (from the NJHS Constitution) These purposes
also translate into the criteria for membership selection in each local chapter.
If you have any questions, please call me at Hillside or e-mail
me.
To contact me please use the following email
convention: firstname.lastname@boiseschools.org
or telephone the school: (208) 854-5120 |
