Here's a link to the Alice Waters interview from 60 Minutes. We wanted to watch it in class, but since that didn't work, go check it out here.


Does the U.S. need more women in politics?
If you think the answer is yes, then check out the Rutgers University Eagleton Institute on Women in Politics: http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/ . Find out how many elected officials in the U.S. are women and how women can better their chances of being elected to office. You may be the first female president of the United States!

Questions Related to a "Showcase"
Think about these:
Is this important enough to share?
What symbols can we attach to our experience?
Whom should we invite?
Who can "make things happen" for us and for this kind of teaching and learning?
Where can we host this?
What defines us?
How does this model benefit kids?
How can other people use what we've done?
How would a showcase benefit our school?


Princeton Review's annual "Best Value Colleges" for 2009:
Here's a link: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2009-01-07-best-value-colleges_N.htm
Ms. Stotler is DELIGHTED that her alma mater, The College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, VA, is 3rd on the list of public schools!!! :-D

21st Century Symposium is a new class at Berkeley Springs High School in Morgan County West Virginia. During the 2008-2009 year, teachers and students will partner to learn more about our world and to affect change in it.

Here's a link to a version of the Meyers-Briggs personality test we discussed.

The Great Gray Matter Challenge for Morgan County
Sunday afternoon, January 11, 2009 (1:30 to 4 pm)
Berkeley Springs High School cafeteria
Please send FAST examples of good questions. Also, let us know if you and your
friends and family members want to participate so that we can arrange for enough tables,
chairs and popcorn to be available on Sunday afternoon, January 11.
Contact FAST at wemlands@att.net or at PO Box 674, BS, WV 25411.
No admission fee No age limits
You can come without being on any team - - and join wherever you find a place.
This is a learning event in which people form small teams (4-6 people) to share ideas
about facts. It's sort of like a communal version of “Trivial Pursuit”, “Jeopardy” or the
Saturday morning TV show, "It's Academic".
The “Gray Matter Challenge” will have four sets of 25 questions on: arts, sciences,
technologies, social studies (each a mixture of true/false, multiple choice and recall items).

Here's a link to the Purdue University Owl website on developing an outline:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/

History vs. Hollywood: How accurate is the movie Iron Jawed Angels? Find out at http://www.time.com/time/classroom/voting/history.html

Do you like the All American Rejects? Would you like to have them perform at our school? Check out this link..... http://www.fcclainc.org/assets/files/pdf/promotion_tips.pdf

** Everyone should check out the WV Teen Zine! Here's the link: http://www.wvzine.net/morgan/. **


Another Contest (for you artists and writers):
THE SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS OF 2009

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers invites students in grades 7 - 12 to participate in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009, the nation's longest-running, largest, most prestigious recognition program for creative teenagers in the visual and literary arts.
More than 75,000 teens will accept the challenge to go beyond the classroom assignment to create daring, innovative works.

Why do students participate in The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards?

• College Preparation		To develop the skills and vision needed for college and careers in the arts.
• Scholarships		To earn scholarships from a pool of $3.25 million in tuition support, the largest source of funding for teens in the arts.
• Professional Experience		To build credentials for résumés and applications to college and employers.
• Prestige		To participate in the nation’s most prestigious recognition program for artists and writers, which identified the early promise of Richard Avedon, Joyce Maynard, Tom Otterness, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates, Andy Warhol, and Zac Posen.

Here's something interesting: a logo contest for WESTEST. Read about it here: "Creativity and Innovation Can Pay Students"