All school Meeting

Yesterday, Monday, an all school meeting was held to discuss and vote on two matters. The first was a proposal brought to the meeting by two students from 3, 4, 5, and stated that the middle schoolers who visit the 3, 4, 5 classrooms must know the lunch rules, and must stay in the classroom for all of lunch. It didn't pass though, with 60 to 70 votes. The second proposal was brought by teachers, and voiced by Ken. The idea was to form a constitutional convention every Friday to discuss the rules of Trillium. The idea was that there would be 16 student in all, 4 from each class. The proposal passed by a landslide.
Today our class had a visit from Joan, who talked about the Chinese gardens, which we will be visiting Friday. She showed us a slide show about Chinese culture, our sister city Suzhou, the Chinese gardens, and the balance between ying and yang. We learned that once you know what to look for, you find ying and yang throughout the Chinese gardens. Everyone learned a considerable amount, and is eager to go to the garden in person on Friday.
Everyone was overjoyed to see that we finally have a coffee/tea/hot chocolate station installed, and Nick was nice enough to make everyone hot chocolate while we were listening to the presentation.
Thats all for now folks!

Circle of Friends

Yesterday John, JJ's dad, came in to talk about the "circle of friends." He talked about how everyone needs friends, to help them through the rough patches. Then we filled out a paper with all of our friends' names. In an inner circle, we wrote the names of our closest friends; the ones we tell everything to. Then in the second circle, we put our friends who are nice, but not that close. In the third circle we put friends we only have through groups, such as a sport club, school, etc. Fianlly, we filled the fourth and last circle with the people paid to be in our lives, such as teachers, dentists, doctors...
Kotie and Kaia have started a photography club, which will be taught by Kotie's mom. The requirements are a digital camera and responsibility. Unfoutunatly, only two students from each advising may join.
The middle school meeting was yesterday, and it was facilitated by Issac. It went relitivley well, though we discussed heelies and skateboards YET AGAIN.
Thats all for now folks!

Class Meeting, and muffins

In our class meeting today, which was facilitated by Kaia, Nick committed to getting a coffee/tea/hot chocolate station by next Tuesday. The coffee will be solely decaf, so no need to worry about your child getting wired on caffeine. Ryan P.'s proposal to "give me a muffin" was meeted with an offer from Zach to bring a muffin tomorrow. If he comes, that is.
Many people were dissapointed by Nick's failure to shave his beard, letting down his end of the agreement that he would shave his beard if Ian cut his hair. True to his word, Ian recentley showed up with his hair cut. Nick, on the other hand, merely shaved off some of his beard (and he has sideburns).
Thats all for now folks!

Tables

This morning most people were surprisingly hyper for a Monday, though the weather has taken a turn for the worse.
We rearranged the tables, into a U shape with 1 table in the middle. It seems to be working out for the moment...
We also changed the date of the class meeting from wednesdays to tuesdays.
Thats all for now folks!

Fire drill

Today both the class and middle school meetings were held. In the class meeting we agreed that we will have a breakfast at school with our buddies, and that we are ready for a new table arrangement. We dropped the idea to have a sleepover in the classroom, agreeing that that would be spending at bit too much time at school. We didn't get very far into the middle school meeting, because half way through or so the fire alarm went off. We exited in a fairly orderly manner, and I think we will be ready for a real crisis.
Thursday and Friday is the teacher's retreat, so no school for us! I hope you all have fun mini-vacation.
Thats all for now folks!

Coffee

So yesterday we finished our class meeting, which we had started Wednesday, and made an important decision. We will now have coffee, tea, and hot chocolate in our class room! Woohoo! Thanks to an unanimous vote, everyone should be happy.
Today we wen ice skating at the loyde center ice rink. It was lots of fun, and almost everyone at least tried skating. A couple people fell, but all in all we did fairly well. There was also a Japanese Film Festival after school, which I believe several people went to.
Thats all for now folks!

Pictures

Tomorrow is picture day, so wear your best outfit, bring a comb, and spend an hour in front of your mirror smiling. Or not. Just remember to bring in the picture order form and a check if you want to buy any pictures.
If any students want to help with organizing the pre-Halloween dance, they should go talk to Jess during the second hour of advising.
It turns out our class will be doing a community class project new quarter, since we just haven't gotten it together for this time.
Thats all for now folks!