Eagle Times
February 2020 Edition
Trimester 2 is coming to an end!
Trimester 3 is starting on March 16th, you will get new courses on your schedule for the new Trimester!
The full Academic Calendar is inside the ISWA Student Handbook:
https://www.k12.com/content/dam/schools/iswa/files/ISWA_Student_Handbook_SY19-20.pdf
Eagle Hangouts
ISWA Art Club!
Digital Learning Day at the Capitol
Dear Families,
If you’re looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your children about how the government works and show your support for digital public education, I hope you’ll join other students and parents for Digital Learning Day at the Capitol on Friday, March 6 at the State Capitol Building in Olympia.
Digital Learning Day at the Capitol is an opportunity to thank our legislative champions, show support for digital public schools and talk to legislators about protecting this important education option. Students will have the opportunity to participate in educational activities and visit their state legislators.
Please make sure your voice is heard in the halls of the Capitol. I hope you will attend Digital
Learning Day at the Capitol on Friday, March 6. Please paste the link below into your browser and register today:
https://schoolofchoice.wufoo.com/forms/s98lf4p0zt4v38/
Here is the agenda for the day:
10:00am Registration in the Columbia Room in the Capitol Building
10:30am Students: Fun & interactive activity
Parents: Legislative update
11:30am Lunch
12:00pm Rally, awards ceremony & group photo in the Capitol Rotunda
12:30pm Meetings with State Legislators
1:30pm Educational activities in the Capitol Building
Thank you for all your hard work and support on behalf of our schools. I look forward to seeing you in Olympia on March 6!
Prom Theme Voting is coming this week! 2/24-2/28
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Motivation Tips with Nevaeh J.
Hey guys!
So, for this month I decided to write to you all about the topic of motivation since it is getting to be the end of this trimester, and I know how important it is to stay motivated right now. I know that I personally really struggle with staying motivated, and really getting motivated in the first place, but I have found a few things that help me!
First off, getting motivated to do something is hard, especially when you are o far into doing something that you feel like you just want to take a break or give up. Since it is coming to be the end of this trimester, I know that many people are feeling like they are getting tired of going to classes or getting tired of all the assignments and tests. But, it is very important to come up with a reason for continuing to do these things, and these reasons can be similar or very different to others around you.
Maybe you are wanting to graduate early, or wanting to stay on track so you keep up your grades and better your GPA, all of these things and more are great reasons to want to motivate yourself into getting through it! Staying motivated is also very difficult, which I know because I have trouble staying motivated and keeping to something that I have set in my mind.
Some things that help with this can be rewarding yourself by adding some sort of personal incentive for yourself if you do something good for yourself. Like, if you complete a test on time you can reward yourself by doing something fun in your free time. Or change it to that you can't watch as much if you do better with having a negative consequence for not doing something, you could decide that you can't watch something for a few days. Whatever you have to do to stay on track!
This is all I have for this month so I hope you all have a great end of your trimester!
-Nevaeh J.
A Short Story by Alex R.
Eighteen.
It was a number, just like any other, but it was a magical number. One of the major ones, along with thirteen, sixteen and twenty-one. It was the number that signified you as an adult.
It had been a few days since my birthday had passed, and my childhood was swept away before I could even bid it farewell. Gone were the carefree days of sitting in swings or riding slides at the park, or pretending to run various businesses for fun. Now, it would all be real, as would my responsibilities. I wouldn’t be pretending to run a store anymore, now, I’d actually be running one. This is the time where I start preparing for college, getting scholarships, and figuring out what I want to do with my life. And even though I already know what I want to do, I still find myself rather bewildered.
I’m a legal adult now, yes. But I don’t really feel like one. My appearance hasn’t even changed much throughout the years. I’m still as short as ever, my hairstyle remains unchanged, and my wardrobe is still full of black, black and then some more black (although I did start adding a bit of red recently, as long as black was involved too, of course). I don’t feel too incredibly different personality-wise, either. I’m still asocial, still rather snarky, and still unsure of myself. Even more so now.
Would I really be able to pull all of this off? And even if I get accepted into a college, will I be able to handle the workload? What if my dream job doesn’t turn out to be like how I imagined it to be? How do I learn to pay bills, rent and figure out ways to save up money to buy a house or an apartment to live in? And what of all those skills I want to learn that I have yet to even touch?
I want to go back.
But life isn’t that easy. Time doesn’t move backwards, only forwards. It’s funny though, when I was younger, I couldn’t wait for the fated day I would turn eighteen. Now that I actually am eighteen, I want to go back to being around twelve or so again. And as for whether or not I’ll know I can handle it all?
The hard truth is, I don’t know. However, I do know that I have to try. I need to stay determined, keep my resolve, and continue to persevere like I always have before. For years, I have had this ideal future in my mind. A nice house, lots of cats, enough money to at least live comfortably, and having more knowledge, such as being fluent in multiple languages rather than just English, and knowing how to play at least one instrument (preferably the piano).
Ahead of me, the doorway that has been locked for so long is now open. The interior shines a glowing white, but the pathway is obscured by darkness. I know not where it will lead me.
But even so, I step inside, and move forward.