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Members present: N. Fankhouser, J. Hudson, D. Wellner. Our Senior PLC met this afternoon to discuss start-of-school issues and possible developing problems. We considered several new programs at Pine Ridge, including more uniform language ( like "KIA" ) and new cell phone guidelines. All agreed that these efforts seem worthwhile so far. We have already begun coordinating our Senior curriculum as it is given in our Scope and Sequence. Ms. Wellner and Mr. Hudson have aligned their expectations for a Senior Exit Project, so that student requirements will be compatible throughout all of our classes. All members discussed adjustments to be made therein for different learning levels among our various sections - from Honors to ESE. Mr. Hudson recommended an addition to our co-curricular project with the Social Studies Department: a chapter to be reproduced from  The Red Badge of Courage . The best choice, for our purposes, would be a chapter that deals with Henry Fleming...

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Members present: N. Fankhouser, J. Hudson, D. Wellner. Our Senior PLC met this afternoon to discuss start-of-school issues and possible developing problems. We considered several new programs at Pine Ridge, including more uniform language ( like "KIA" ) and new cell phone guidelines. All agreed that these efforts seem worthwhile so far. We have already begun coordinating our Senior curriculum as it is given in our Scope and Sequence. Ms. Wellner and Mr. Hudson have aligned their expectations for a Senior Exit Project, so that student requirements will be compatible throughout all of our classes. All members discussed adjustments to be made therein for different learning levels among our various sections - from Honors to ESE. Mr. Hudson recommended an addition to our co-curricular project with the Social Studies Department: a chapter to be reproduced from The Red Badge of Courage . The best choice, for our purposes, would be a chapter that deals with Henry Fleming'...

Ms. Witham, Ms. Duncan. and myself met in Portable 17 for our first PLC meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 1st. We are teaching Juniors - regular, honors, and ESE. Immediately, our first order of business was to wonder what direction our school district expected us to take with this new group. So far we have had little instruction as to what will be required of the Junior teachers. We did recount our successes from last year's PLC. Since we are all teachers of some experience, we are generally following our school's plan for teaching Juniors from our Scope and Sequence. It was gratifying to see, as we shared, that we were teaching closely similar materials to our separate classes. We have been working chronologically through the Prentice-Hall Literature book( we have both been using P-H workbooks, but on different levels). In Writing, we have been reviewing the Writing Process and creating SAT appropriate essays. In Grammar, both groups have been reviewing the parts of speech. Neith...