Our awesome local Cashmere librarians visited CHS today to share about the summer reading program. I hope you take time to sign up, read and win lots of prizes this summer and take advantage of the fun activities they have for teens. Have fun!
Monday, June 4, 2018
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
NCRL Summer Reading Program - it's not just for kids!!!
Please check out the summer reading program at your local library, it's not just for little kids! Bring your siblings too and read together this summer. Click here for more info:
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Cavalcade of Authors
On April 21 a group of students from CHS attended the Cavalcade of Authors in West Richland. They went to several workshops and met young adult authors. We all had a great time!
The CHS students wait for the Cavalcade to begin.
The authors all were introduced at the opening session.
My favorite author panel: Alan Gratz, Jennifer Donnelly, Adam Gidwitz and Trent Reedy.
Mr. Smith was thrilled to meet Alan Gratz.
We got to meet Jennifer Donnelly
Fonda Lee, Jonathan Maberry and Lissa Price
Tim Clarke got to meet Jonathan Maberry and get his autograph.
The author panels were a lot of fun.
Sam Wilson enjoyed hearing the authors.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
The winner is . . . And remember to SYNC!
It's time for the summer audiobook program, Sync!
Download two books a week through July and keep them forever. Click here for more information.
and the winner is . . .
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
TIME TO VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!
Have you read at least two books from the Evergreen Teen Book Award nominees? Then you qualify to vote. Please vote online, click here for the ballot. Please vote by April 1st.
If you want a paper ballot, see Mrs. Hightower before spring break.
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
I am SO jealous!
Our CHS Civics class had the opportunity to travel to Seattle and see the Broadway production of Hamilton at the Paramount Theatre on March 8th. The class had to go through a rigorous curriculum before they were allowed to see the show. One assignment the class did was to create a performance of a historical event that they were studying. Each class voted on the best presentation and then those were judged from the 39 schools that came to watch Hamilton. The best 15 performed in front of the 2000+ students and teachers and our own Tim Clarke and Jorge Rodriguez got chosen to perform AND were highlighted in the Seattle Times! I and about the whole staff of CHS wished we could of gone to see Hamilton;, but oh well, that's life. If you haven't had a chance to see the article and watch a video of their performance, here is the link:
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/before-they-saw-hamilton-students-from-around-washington-performed-their-own-take-on-american-history/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_left_1.1
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
I hope you are having a great Valentine's Day!
Mrs. Kert showed me an awesome feature in Office 365 yesterday. Did you know you can isolate verbs, nouns and adjectives in your document? You also can have it read to you, just think how this might help your English papers! To do this, open your document in OneDrive in your Office 365 account. Go to "View" and click "Immersive Reader".
Once you are in the Immersive Reader mode, click the little "Grammer Options" button (it looks like little books on the upper right). From there you can select what parts of speech you want highlighted. Ask Mrs. Kert to show you or come by the library if you need help. Just looking at your verb choice this way could really help your papers. Remember, ACTION VERBS, not passive verbs, creates an interesting paper to read.
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