Summer is a time to recharge - EnJOY the JOY!

Hope all are enjoying their summer breaks - stay tuned for another great year at CMC - check out the website as we gear up for the 2011-12 school year later on in August.

Here's to summer adventures...backpacking in the Wallowa Whitman National Forest - on Cougar Ridge!

National College Fair is coming...mark your calendars!

The annual National College Fair is coming to Portland next month.

Never too early to be thinking about college - its a great opportunity to meet with admissions' counselors from schools all around the country.

Where?

Oregon Convention Center
Exhibit Hall C
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Portland, Oregon 97232

When?

Fair Hours:

Friday, November 12,2010
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Noon

Saturday, November 13, 2010
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

For more information?

E-mail collegefairs@nacacnet.org or info@nacanet.org or call:  703/299-6827.

Online student registration is highly encouraged for this College Fair!

This year's fair falls on Veteran's Day Weekend and North Clackamas Schools are closed on Friday, November 12th - so all interested students (who do not have a college course between 9 and noon) should consider attending either Friday or Saturday.

Questions - please do not hesitate to ask one of the CMC Guidance Counselors (Michael Ferber, Karyn Renenhan, or Eric Stone)

School is rolling along...

With classes up and running full steam now, CMC is well into its first term in our new location.  The final pieces of the puzzle are being put into place over the next week and parents and students will soon have access to Student Viewer through our new grade program. 

Student Viewer is going to be up and running the week of October 18th...

Please let us know if you have any questions.

Enjoying the Summer...

It is mid July - hopefully you are all enjoying your summer break - stay tuned and check the website for updates as summer moves along. There will be more information about the coming year as we get closer to Labor Day...looking forward to seeing you all in the fall.

Rest, Relaxation, and Recuperation are the key...enjoy!

PSY-101 Update....

Well, we have reached the final week of class. The first final project has been turned in and it is very well done...thanks to the student who has worked to get her's in early.

Reminder that FINAL PROJECTS are due next week.

REMINDER that you need to have read in full Chapter 8 and begun reading Chapter 9 for next TUESDAY's class.

Questions???? Please do not hesitate to ask.

Have a good weekend!

PSY-101 Final...due June 10th!

Many of you have asked for a reminder on the parameters for the final project....

Please do one of the following:

• Create an autobiographical paper (minimum 10 pages), telling your life story. You should focus and organize your paper so that you are clearly making reference to a minimum of 5 chapters from our text, with a minimum of 3 concepts from each chapter that you reference or used.

• Create a project that is an expression of your life, referencing a minimum five chapters with three concepts from each chapter AND write a minimum 5 page paper explaining the chapters and 3 concepts cited and their relation to you and your life story. Examples of previous projects include:

• powerpoints
  
• illustrated children's books
• scrap books
• graphic novel/comic books
• interpretive dance
• using music and lyrics to tell one's life story/importance and connection to them
• etc.

I hope that helps some of you create a better idea of what you want to do your final projects on...please do not hesitate to pitch your ideas to me ASAP.

Have a great three-day weekend!

PSY-101 update for week of 24 May....

Heading into next week, please have read all of chapter 7 - Human Sexuality prior to Tuesday's class.

Things to focus on regarding this chapter - Parental influence, social and cultural influence, sex education, sexual harassment and abuse, SDIs and SDTs, and anything else you might have an interest in....

Thus far, only three of you have spoken to me about your final project ideas...to say that this makes me a little nervous might be an understatement.

Final projects are due on FRIDAY, JUNE 11th....

Last day for graduating seniors is WEDNESDAY, June 9th but last day of class is the following TUESDAY, June 15th...

Any questions, please let me know.

Thanks - a parting shot or thought for the weekend:
Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. -R.Bach

Feel free to post a response. I try to close out each post with a thought for the day, something psychological or maybe better put, philosophical. Happy Weekend!