Mark your calendars for a Midway Peace Park event on May 26th. More info forthcoming!

Artist Statement: The process of doing this painting was a bit challenging because I wanted it to look realistic. Doing this painting made me feel at peace because it was a landscape of nature and I love nature. The challenge I had while making this was trying to blend the colors, especially the mountains. It took a lot of time. I struggled trying to get the right shades of blue which was hard because there were a lot of different shades. I think seeing the end result was a good feeling because it just all came together and to me it came out better than I expected but the think I felt really good about is the quality of the shading on the mountains. That's the one thing I'm most proud of in my painting.

Teacher: Kent Miller

We will learn personal finance, consumer math and Algebra 1.

Credit Area: Algebra 1

Teacher: Anupma Sharma

This project will explore through film and photography major conflicts in US History. (WWII,

Vietnam War, WWI, Iraq War, Afghanistan War) Students will be engaged in assessing the social,

political, psychological and human aspects of US wars. We will look at how US wars past and

present have unified and divided our country and influenced the world. Finally we will explore the

multiple ways these wars have affected soldiers, their families and civilians.

Credit Areas: US/World History or Human Geography

Teacher: Tom Davies

Students will be engaged in a hands-on project around landscape design and creating a pollinator

garden. Later in the Quarter they will work with other schools to build end walls for the greenhouse.

Credit Areas: CTE, Algebra 1 or Geometry

Teachers: K. Warner & B. Zangs

Organization & production of activities for the May 26 Midway Peace Park event.

Credit Area: ELA

Teachers: J. Tomlin, P. Creager, M. Cavanaugh & K. Rogers

This is an opportunity for students to use their creativity to remake or refashion clothing,

furniture and cardboard boxes.

Credit Area: CTE

Teacher: Sharon Stone

Students will be engaged in looking directly into the sun with a Coronado Solarmax telescope!

Students will be able to make solar observations from 150X to 300X magnification using this

technology. In addition to solar observations students will have the opportunity to photograph the

sun and digitally enhance their image using the program Gimp. Other topics that will be covered

include, the physics of telescopes, light, and the life cycle of our sun. Mathematics will also be

integrated into the course.

Credit Areas: Physical Science, Geometry or Algebra 2

Teachers: Joel Abdella & Marty Gaslin

What do you know about Jackie Robinson or Althea Gibson? What about Muhammad Ali? They

are not just athletes, but larger than life icons in American culture. Students will explore through

film how our understanding of sport is shaped by social and historical contexts. Students will also

critically assess the relationship of sports to issues of race, equity, and identity.

**Prerequisite: Must Need a Phy Ed credit or Teacher Approval**

Credit Areas: Phy Ed, US History or Human Geography

Teachers: Mike Bednar & Ted Johnson

Students will have plenty of PBL time to work on creative writing or art projects of their choosing.

Guest writers and artists will visit. A Chess Club component will be offered.

Credit Areas: English, Art, or Elective

Teacher: Jamie Hagg

We have MCA testing right around the corner.

Juniors will be doing the MCA Math test. For those few students in need of Science testing, those tests will occur in early May.

What is the MCA? The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) are state tests in reading, mathematics, and science that are used to meet federal and state legislative requirements.