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December 12, 2013 · 10:55 am

Close Up Participant List 2014

All Close Up participants please go here and complete the required registration form. I need this filled out ASAP.

Also I need all of you – (students for sure and parents if you wish) to sign up for Remind 101 – That allows me to send messages to you – that will land on your phone or your email. So much of this Close Up stuff is about being organized and in sync with one another. So – please follow these directions to access remind 101….

Phone Access – enter (616) 604-4129 – text this message @closeup014 (and don’t forget the @)
Email Access – send an email to closeup014@mail.remind101.com – subject may be blank

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December 8, 2013 · 9:21 am

Cile Precetaj is home for the Holidays!

Way to go Oakridge! Way to go! I know a lot of you called. I know a lot of you cared. We can still make a difference in this world!

It’s a broken government, but sometimes it works and a family gets to keep its home…and its mom. If you called – if you shared the link – if you thought about it and told somebody, anybody, you made a difference. A big difference for Cile Precetaj and her family.

Cile and her three kids will be staying in the United States for quite some time. Go here for the details. And again….thanks for caring.

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December 4, 2013 · 4:13 pm

Happy Birthday to Bhumibol Adulyadej – The King of Thailand since 1946

Please go here to join us on December 5, 2013 as we celebrate the 86th birthday of the King of Thailand.

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· 6:41 am

Make a Difference; Pick up the phone, sign a petition…

Please go here and read “Albanian mom with 3 American children to be deported today.” Cile Precetaj – pronounced (CHEE’-leh preh-CHEH’=tye).

Come holiday season…we get caught up in a lot of unnecessary stuff….not all of it, just a lot of it. Thanksgiving reminds us of family, about who is important in our lives, to make sure that they know that, and that we do what we can to help them live a life of contentment. Christmas…I”m not exactly sure what that is anymore. Either way we all have problems that complicate the holidays; stuff that can make this time of the year difficult. Regardless, however tuff, our lives for the most part, work; we can fix things.

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December 2, 2013 · 6:27 am

Reflections – daily journals

Beginning this Marking Period II, I expect all Economics and Government classes to bring their reflection books to class. These journals will be used for in-class assignments approximately two to three times a week. Their usage will be unannounced, however if you don’t have your reflections book with you on the day we have an assignment, you’ll receive a zero on Reflections for that day.

Reflections Purpose and Process below…

Purpose of “Reflections” – to think, and to reflect in journals. To use those reflections as a basis of discussion.
Announcement of “Reflections” – a white board hanging daily outside my door will announce which classes are assigned reflection for the day.
Direction of “Reflections” – A statement will be up on the white board, or I will issue one orally at the beginning of class.
Process of “Reflections” – I’ll provide parameters, you provide the insight. Simple…think and reflect. Ten minutes max.
Grading of Reflections – five points if you bring it and you write. Zero if you don’t. I’ll pull three journal random at the end of the process and grade them for effort (twenty point assignment). Journaling totals will consist of a accumulated 100 point Homework grade at the end of each Marking Period. You will not be allowed a pass or a tardy to go get your journal…so don’t forget it.
“Reflection” Follow Up – we may just put our pens away and move on. Or we may talk about your ideas. Depends on time for me and inspiration by you.
Final Thoughts – Is for you to think three dimensionally – and for us to talk about them.