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Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
As a reward for completing two weeks on intense grammar, Spanish I and Spanish II got to select one of three games to play in Spanish.
High School Science Fair Winners
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
Monday morning Science Fair certificates and prizes were handed out.
High School Science Fair
Friday, April 27th, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
The high school Science Fair was a huge success. Projects ranged from family genealogy to a video game for the visually impaired. Winners will be announced next week.
Enjoy the photos and videos below.
Cory, a student in the Chemistry class is seen here experimenting with Mentos candy. He has used 4 different types of carbonated drinks based on sugar content to determine the formation of gas. The results in the video show that Diet Coke, due to artificial sweetener, created a chemical reaction that measured 10 feet into the air.
Daily Starters
Monday, April 9th, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
Each day the English classes start their lesson with a Daily Starter. Below are examples from this week.
Daily Starter for April 9-13, 2012
Monday, April 9th
Write at least four complete sentences about what you did over your Spring Break.
Tuesday, April 10th
Look at the follow picture below and determine which banner has an error. Write a sentence explaining what is incorrect about this picture. Why do you think they have two different banners?
Wednesday, April 11th
Write at least four sentences and explain what this quote means to you and whether you agree or disagree with it.
Thursday, April 12th
1. Read the quote below.
2.
3. What is the mistake?
Friday April 13th
How many words can you create out of April the thirteenth?
Bicyclist George Hincapie with Danny R.
Friday, March 23rd, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
Pictured is one of our students, Danny (left), with well-known bicyclist George Hincapie (right), who was the only rider to assist Lance Armstrong in all seven of his Tour de France victories. Eighteen-year-old Danny is a member of the Iron Data Cycling Team and is currently ranked number two in Georgia in his age bracket by the Georgia Cup Organization. Danny enjoys participating in various bike races around the country.
Community Service Project
Monday, February 27th, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
As part of our community service project, the students in the high school resource program at Eaton Academy worked extremely hard at collecting canned and boxed foods for the North Fulton Community Center food pantry. Over the last two weeks our students collected, counted, sorted, and boxed over 400 food items!!!!! On Friday, April 24th we went as a group over to the center and brought in all the collected food and helped to put some of it on the shelves. We all came away with a wonderful feeling of pride and accomplishment in knowing that we contributed in helping the less fortunate people of North Fulton County. We would like to thank all the students, administrators, faculty, and families at Eaton Academy who, once again, showed their kindness and generosity for this very worthy cause. We are so proud of all of you!!!!!
Motivate Yourself to be Your BEST®
Friday, February 24th, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
Bridgit Eaton-Partalis conducts presentations and workshops focusing on helping children and adults motivating themselves to become their personal best. By implementing specialized strategies, participants are able to practice techniques that help them achieve their personal goals.
B.E.S.T.
Befriend only those who bring out the BEST in you.
Excel in your natural talents.
Set goals and do something everyday to achieve them.
Treat others with the same level of respect of which you want to be treated.
On the way to becoming
MY B.E.S.T.
While we integrate the principals of B.E.S.T. on a daily basis, we dedicate a day to focus on each of the components. Below are the 3 components we have worked on this year.
23 September 2011 “B” Day Plans
Befriend only those who bring out the BEST in you.
Students read the article below
How Many Facebook Friends Do We Have, For Real?
They were then instructed to ask themselves these questions.
Do your friends inspire you or make you feel good about yourself?
Do the activities you engage in with your friends lead you to make good or bad choices?
Have those choices affected your life positively or negatively?
Are your friends “there for you” when you most need them?
As a group, come up with an example of a situation for each of the questions.
Discuss ways to handle yourself if a ‘friend’ tries to lead you to make a bad choice.
List and explain at least 3 ways to bring out the best in your friends.
List and explain at least 3 ways to make sure you are “befriending” the people who are best for you.
2 December 2011 “E” Day Plans
Excel in your talents
Eaton students took an online survey to find out what career is right for them. We then watched Triumph of The Nerds…
Robert X. Cringely’s in-depth look — via this 1996 PBS series — examining the rise of Silicon Valley giants from nerd-dom to success is exacting in detail, providing an impressive history of personal computing. All three installments (“Impressing Their Friends,” “Riding the Bear” and “Great Artists Steal”) invite viewers into the lives of modern movers and shakers such as Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Apple’s Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
Afterwards we discussed the video and students’ individual quiz results to emphasized talent vs. skills. Students were able to recognize and share their individual talents with the group.
10 February 2012 “S” Day Plans
‘Set goals and do something every day to achieve them.’
For setting goals we went over long-term goals vs. short-term goals as well as the word ‘failure’. We brought in guest speaker Mr. Joey Shonka who speak about his experiences on the Appalachian Trail and the Central Divide. Students were amazed by his accomplishments.
Students test for infectious disease
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
Students in the Senior Environmental Science class modeled disease transmission using a phenol red indicator. Students were given a chloride solution and tested the solution to determine whether it contained a strain of a foreign disease. The phenol red indicator turned pink to indicate the presence of infectious disease.
High School students sort food they collected for the NFCC
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
Eaton Academy Students putting our character education program, BEST, into practice yet again. As you might remember, the “S” stands for “Set goals and do something every day to achieve them.” Our Resource Room students have been working on a Food Drive group project all of second semester. They have created the idea, organized the project, created flyers for advertising within the school, collected and sorted food and pantry items, and will be delivering them to North Fulton Community Center on Friday, February 24th. These 10 students have done a tremendous job and collected a substantial number of items. A little effort every day has brought great results.
Food Drive for North Fulton Community Center
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 - by Dawn Fix
The HS Resource students are collecting canned/boxed foods for the North Fulton Community Center food pantry. This organization helps the less fortunate people of North Fulton County and last year assisted more than 5000 families with food and financial assistance.
We will be placing a box in each of your HR classes and each day (right after lunch) we will come around and pick up any donations you have. We then plan to count and categorize the food. The drive will take place between Monday, Feb 6th – Tuesday, Feb. 21st. We will also be putting up flyers that detail what particular foods the center has the most need for. I want to thank you in advance for your encouragement and support. We look forward to a great turn out!!!
With thanks,
Claire O’Brien
THINGS THAT THE NORTH FULTON COMMUNITY CENTER NEEDS
ALL TYPES OF KID FRIENDLY CEREAL: EX. TRIX, CAPTAIN CRUNCH
BROWN, YELLOW, OR WHITE RICE
SIZE LARGE DISPOSABLE DIAPERS
CANNED FRUIT, TOOTHPASTE
CRACKERS: EX GOLDFISH
BOXED MACARONI AND CHEESE
CANNED VEGETABLES: (NO GREEN BEANS)
PEANUT BUTTER
HAMBURGER HELPER BOX
CUP OF NOODLES
100% FRUIT JUICES OR JUICE BOXES
RAMEN NOODLES
CANNED PASTA: EX RAVIOLI, SPAGHETTIOS,
CANNED SPAGHETTI SAUCE (NO GLASS JARS)
JELLY (NO GLASS JARS)
CANNED SOUPS
SHAMPOO
CANNED MEAT: EX TUNA, CHICKEN,
BOXED PASTA: EX SPAGHETTI, ZITI
FLOUR
SUGAR
COOKIE MIX
CAKE MIXES
FROSTING
BROWNIE MIX
MUFFIN MIX
COOKING OIL
INSTANT OATMEAL
SALT AND PEPPER
HEALTHY GRANOLA BARS
CANNED EVAPORATED MILK
CANNED BEANS
DRY BEANS
SALAD DRESSING
BISQUICK
RAISINS