Last week of February

It has been busy this last week of February! The seniors are busily finishing up their final Senior projects in the library. Most sophomores picked out their biography's for "A Life Worth Knowing Project" and the freshman started researching the Civil rights projects. The Juniors are still working on their author research projects.

Just remember if you are struggling or having a hard time, ask! We are here to help you succeed and help show you how to find the information that you need. So come before school, during or after.

Teen Book Festival

Welcome back from break! We've hit the ground running with classes and have been really busy, but I want to let you know about the Teen Book Festival. It is coming up on April 4th at Nazareth College. They have some fantastic authors, such as Tim Green, Sharon Flake, Sarah Zarr and more. Read the brochure and put it on your calendar.

Turnitin.com

I have received some questions from parents about turnitin.com. According to school policy, students can't use a real email to login. We have assigned them the following way to log on:

FirstnameLastname@mwhs.turnitin.com

They then use their password (that they created) that has 6-12 characters, including one number or symbol.

If you have any problems submitting a paper, please email me or stop by and see me. Turnitin is a valuable tool in combatting plagiarism.

Health Class

For your assignment on drugs, use the following databases, as well as the books that are on the reserved shelf. If you can't remember the password, just ask!

http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/

and

http://www.2facts.com/default.asp?BID=7&ItemID=

These are great places to start and then go from there.

James Patterson's newest book and website

The Dangerous Days of Daniel X has been very popular and I want students to be aware that James Patterson has a great website. So if you are looking for book recommendations and more fast paced adventures, head on over!

A New Semester

Congratulations on finishing half the year! On Friday, we teachers had a conference day and I spent the morning learning about internet safety. We are looking to use a program called isafe (or if you are a parent, go here). It is very important to be aware of how we put our information out there on the internet and how we conduct ourselves online. Please check it out as you will be hearing more about this in the future!

This week we are busy in the library with juniors logging onto CHOICES, health projects, English projects and the spelling bee!