Sunday, April 5, 2009

9th Grade: Week of April 6-10

Hello,
Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for the half-day on Thursday (2 pm-6 pm) and Friday morning 9 am- 12 pm. We are having a guest speaker on Thursday for 3rd (starting of course in Mr. Loosli's room) and 4th period to talk to your class about credit scores, credit cards and other personal finance topics. As instruction was canceled last Friday due to the Dance-a-thon, that homework is due Tuesday morning (April 7). So the homework and DUE dates for this week are:

Tuesday, April 7: Ecology involves the study of the environment. The movie "Wall*E shows a possible future for us. In a single 5+ sentence paragraph, select one of the Native American quotes below and write about how we can use it to prevent such a future.

Ancient Indian Proverb:
"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."

Qwatsinas (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation:
"We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees."


Have a great week,
Mr. Pfiester

PS. I am inviting you to the event below:

Bill Akersten, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Idaho Museum of Natural History in Pocatello, will talk about "Idaho's Ice-Age Saber-Tooths: A Tale of Two Kitties" at the next Herrett Forum. The free event will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15