Young Writers Fiction Contest!

Do you like to write? Do you have a story you want to share with others?

Check out this contest...

Click Here for directions

Great times rewarded to PH students for high academics and positive behavior in Q1!

Congratulations to 7th and 8th grade students who earned the fun trip to Strike City to bowl and Putters for a game of laser tag or golfing and challenged in the arcade.

Here are a few pictures of the event... the rest can be found on photo bucket.  Click HERE for photobucket Putters album

Spectacular Spellbound Performance!

I enjoyed watching Pleasant Hill's rising stars in Spellbound! This English teacher highly recommends you taking the time to see the performance at the Pleasant Hill Community Theater this weekend at 7:00! :) You might learn something...;)

Cast and Crew

(Sorry I didn't capture all the wonderful sets that were made, all the pictures are from the end)

Bright performance from all!

Maude Kerns Art Center... DIA DE LOS MUERTOS exhibit trip

7th Graders and Volunteers had a great time viewing the 2015 Dia de los Muertos art work! Beautiful variety and styles!

Students also got to experience the diverse food at the Fresh Marketcafe in the Global Scholars Hall at the University of Oregon.

Homecoming activities were a hit!

Thank you Dance Committee for working hard to put together a great dance to add to the fun of Homecoming week! Students were respectful, helpful and had a terrific time!!!

Just a few pics to share the fun....

 Costume Contest: (sorry, you were moving too fast and most of the pics turned out blurry and I couldn't use them :(  ) You ALL looked fantastic! Thank you for taking the time (and courage, haha) to dress up and be a part of the fun!

Exciting Events coming up this month...

Homecoming theme this year.... Classic Video Games
Seniors - Mario
Juniors- Donkey Gong
Sophmores - Pokemon
Freshman - Pac-man 
8th Grade- Tetris
7th Grade- Frogger

Homecoming Football Game October 23rd  (7th/8th Grade Halloween Dance 3-5 that day)
Come see hall decorations that week and Floats at half time!

Super start to a spectacular new school year!

Fantastic retention of knowledge from last year's Language Arts class! We are heading into October with new learning activities and fun events planned by our student council!

I was able to capture a few pictures of students in our new portable classrooms. Thank you for adjusting to our new school setting...great flexibility!

Gearing up for school to start...

Hey! I hope you had a terrific summer and you are excited for school to start next week!

We are all busy unpacking and getting our classrooms ready for you to be here. (I wish I took a before and after picture of my room, you know how many boxes we all had haha!)

I'm looking forward to working with you this year! See you on Tuesday!!

(Our word for the year:  flexibility :-)  )

2015 Coast Reward Trip!

Fun in the sun at the coast!!
 * All coast pictures can be found on photobucket Click HERE

Our group photo

...the rest of the group!

Exercising at the South Jetty in Florence

Hanging out at the beach...

Off-roading? 

Fun in the water at Honeyman State Park

Cooling off in the water! (Or warming up?)

Hmm... trying to get out of the 22mph wind in a whole? 

Race?

Boarding down the dunes...

Enjoying the sun!

All photos on photobucket link

2015 World Forestry Center/ Zoo trip!!

Terrific time learning outside the classroom!!  Just a few pics documenting the fun...

Click HERE to view all pics on photobucket