Upper School Newsletter, Week of 9.8.19

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                                        Note from our Principal
                                    

 
Dear Upper School Families,

			Please join us for our Fourth Annual Fine Arts 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run!  This is a fun-filled community event that includes performances from our band and chorus students as well as the opportunity to tie-dye t-shirts with our visual arts department.  You can participate in either race (5k or Fun Run), volunteer your time, purchase a t-shirt, or sponsor the event! Click here for registration information!

			“Fill the House” is our initiative to raise the funds necessary to purchase the 423 seats in our new Performing Arts Center.  This space will be used by the IC Imagine family from the day Champions first step onto campus until the day they graduate, and all the years in between!  Seats can be sponsored for $350/each and can be sponsored as an individual, family, group or business. For more information, click here.  You also have the opportunity to contribute any amount to a seat sponsored by your student’s entire class by clicking here.

			Below are the Family and Business directories for 2019/20. Please use these when you are trying to contact families of our students or if you would like to support the business of someone in our community.  
2019-20 Family Directory
2019-20 Business Directory
As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  I can be reached via email at nicolemorin@icimagine.org.   

Nicole Morin

Upper School Principal

IC Imagine

Teens and Vaping

The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids is an organization with a mission to transform how the nation addresses addiction. They have a wealth of information that may be helpful for parents and families who are trying to find a way to talk about or understand this topic. This article gives information about a topic that is relevant for teens in our area, vaping. Please look it over and inform yourself with information about this topic so that you can have conversations with your children about the dangers of this activity.

Celebrations

Congratulations and thank you to one of our Upper School Visual Arts students, Emilia Luca, for the digital logo she designed for our upcoming Fine Arts 5k! Her artwork is featured on the registration website and will also be used for the finisher medals awarded at the race. Great work Emilia!

PBIS Information

Thanks for all the gift cards! We are still in need of a few more. $5 ones to places like Starbucks, Amazon, ect is much appreciated!

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Counseling Corner

Students are required to complete 30 hours of community service each school year. They will have one opportunity offered through ICI to volunteer at either MANNA Food Bank or The Asheville Humane Society. These service trips will take place on our early release Fridays beginning in January. MANNA Food Bank will provide 3 hours of service and The Humane Society will provide 2 hours. The remainder of each students’ service hours will need to be initiated and completed on their own time.

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Technology Updates

Chromebooks will be assigned over the course of the next week. Please note that we will require a signed Computer Use Form in order for them to be assigned.

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Athletic Information

Ultimate team will begin practice next week! First practice is Monday, Sept. 9th from 4:00 - 5:30.Parents may pick up students at the front of the building.Email Coach Ray (joshray@icimaingine.org) if you have questions!

SCIENCE COURSES

Earth and Environmental Science

Standard:
Thank you to everyone that paid the Lab Fee! We really appreciate your support!
We are finishing up our Astronomy Unit earlier than we thought! We will finish up with learning about stars. We will have our Unit Test coming up- reviewing the notes in our Science Notebook is the best way to be prepared. We have highlighted information that is most important (Hint: it will definitely be on the test!). I suggest making flashcards if you are having trouble remembering vocab.

All students now have a school email address which they should be using. Here’s how to access that:
USERNAME:firstnamelastname@icimagine.org
PASSWORD: password (you will need to change this on your first log-in)

This email give access to using our Google Classroom. This is where all the class materials are posted.

Class Code:e8kq7i0

Up-Coming Due Dates:

Astronomy Test: MOVED UP! NOW= September 20th

FIELD TRIP!!!!

We will be going to Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) on Monday October 14th. I’m hoping the payment on orgsonline.com will be ready tp pay online on Monday- I’ll email this out when it gets posted and how much it will be.

WE NEED CHAPERONES!

Honors:

Thank you to everyone that paid the Lab Fee! We really appreciate your support! We are finishing our Astronomy Unit.

Review your notebook!! We are finishing earlier than expected.

All students now have a school email address which they should be using. Here’s how to access that:

USERNAME:firstnamelastname@icimagine.org

PASSWORD: password (you will need to change this on your first log-in)

This email give access to using our Google Classroom. This is where all the class materials are posted.

Class Code: xt3oq4

Up-Coming Due Dates:

Astronomy Test: MOVED UP! NOW= September 20th

Article Review: Oct 17th

FIELD TRIP!!!!

We will be going to Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) on Monday October 14th. I’m hoping the payment on orgsonline.com will be ready to pay online on Monday- I’ll email this out when it gets posted and how much it will be.

WE NEED CHAPERONES!

Biology

Standard:

This week we have begun the Cell Unit and are learning about the differences between bacterial cells and animal/plant cells.

Thank you to everyone that paid the Lab Fee! We really appreciate your support!

Honors:
This week we have begun the Cell Unit and are learning about the differences between bacterial cells and animal/plant cells.

Thank you to everyone that paid the Lab Fee! We really appreciate your support!

Physical Science

In Physical Science our students are developing the mathematical equation for acceleration, through graphical analysis. At that point the students will practice using that equation to solve acceleration word problems.

There will be a quiz next week on this type of motion.

AP Physics

In AP Physics our students are wrapping up graphical analysis of constant velocity, and we will begin analyzing accelerated motion, first through graphical analysis and then secondly through the kinematic equations.

Chemistry

In Chemistry our students are wrapping up skills of reading the periodic table. They are expected to know how to determine the Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, Average Atomic Mass, Number of Neutrons, Metals, Periods, and Families.

Anatomy and Physiology

This week we will begin our study of the four types of human tissue.

Thanks to everyone that paid the $10 lab fee! We really appreciate the support!

ENGLISH COURSES

English I

Standard:
We have read several short stories looking specifically at plot and pace. Students are now using techniques in their own writing. Students will be working on an original narrative. They are able to choose any genre and conflict that most interests them. This week, we will be working on completing those narratives. Most of this work is done in class, but students are asked to take work home if they need more writing time.

Honors:
English I Honors is focused on finding literary elements in short stories. The Cask of Amontillado was The Sniper were great examples of building suspense and foreshadowing. Next week, students will be getting the rough drafts of their first stories back to edit. We will do most of this work in class.

English II

Standard:

Students have switched focus a bit from analyzing text to composing it. They will begin by completing a narrative diagram requiring them to break down their chosen event into smaller segments. This graphic organizer along with their visual time maps, completed last week, will help them throughout the writing process. This summative assessment will be a multi-draft project as students will have ample opportunities for revision. Students’ writing will be evaluated based on focus, descriptive language (sensory detail), and clarity. Our next unit centers around short stories, and students will evaluate characterization and conflict in connection to theme.

Honors:
English 2 Honors classes will work on composing their memoirs this week. They will utilize their visual time maps, narrative diagrams, and free-write activities, completed last week, to draft their own memoirs. This summative assessment will be a multi-draft project as students will have ample opportunities for revision. Students’ writing will be evaluated based on focus, descriptive language (sensory detail), and clarity. Our next unit centers around short stories, and students will evaluate characterization and conflict in connection to theme.

English III

Standard:

Students will choose parts to read from the play The Crucible. As we read, we will use character and conflict description to determine the author’s tone. This will eventually lead to our first essay of the year.

Honors:

Students will choose parts to read from the play The Crucible. As we read, we will use character and conflict description to determine a theme and the author’s tone. This will eventually lead to our first essay of the year. Students are also responsible for tracking characters on a separate sheet as we move forward with the text.

English IV

Standard:

We have been reading Beowulf together in class. Students have already written a short response discussing the how the background of the author could have affected the characters and conflict of the poem. We will now compare the story of Beowulf to modern-day heroes to determine which of the traits of an epic hero we, as a culture, have kept or discarded. Students will use this information to write an essay considering how culture shapes storytelling.

Honors

AP Language and Composition

This week students will complete their Introduction to Rhetoric Unit, which focused on Rhetorical Situation, Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle, and Rhetorical Appeals. This unit concludes with a summative assessment requiring students evaluate the rhetorical strategies in a selected text. Students will be evaluated based on their ability to identify various rhetorical terms and devices and evaluate their impact on and connection to speaker, audience, and occasion. The upcoming weeks will focus on Argumentation as students will study rhetorical fallacies, claims, and evidence.

If your student is a senior, please check in with them regarding their senior project. At this point, they are expected to have their topic, mentor, and physical product figured out. I will be conferencing with them individually this week, so it is imperative they have completed these initial steps.

SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES

Civics and Economics

Standard:

We are wrapping up our 1st unit- Foundations of Democracy with a test on Monday. Champions had individual conferences with Mrs.Shimer Thursday/Friday to discuss what targets they would be redoing on Monday’s Unit test. Any targets they have already shown mastery on will NOT be tested again. We will start Unit 2 : The Constitution on Tuesday.

Honors:
We are wrapping up our 1st unit- Foundations of Democracy with a test on Monday. Please have your champion share the various ways they learned in our first unit- presentations, socratic salons, and escape rooms made it fun. Any targets they have already shown mastery on will NOT be tested again. We will start Unit 2 : The Constitution on Tuesday.

World History

Standard:

We are currently studying the Persian Empire and have been identifying and analyzing the ways in which the Persians were able to build the largest, most powerful empire up to that point in history. Next week, we will begin to compare the Persians with their historical arch-nemesis, the Greeks!

Honors:

We are finishing up our study of world religions with a slide project detailing 4 major religions of the student’s choice. So many empirical and theological questions to answer, so little time! This is an amazing class!

AP World History

We are continuing our exploration of the Medieval World and have been focusing on Europe this week, exploring the question of whether the label “Dark Ages” fits. Next week, we will study the Crusades, bringing together our knowledge of Christendom and Dar al-Islam.

American History I

Standard:
We are currently wrapping up our study of the motives for European expansion and the impact of the Columbian Exchange. Next week, we will compare and contrast the different settlement patterns of the Spanish, British, French and Dutch.

Honors:
We just finished our assessment on the early English colonies in America. We are going to continue our study of the colonies. We will be comparing/contrasting the different settlement patterns of Europeans in the Americas.

American History II

We have just started our exploration of Westward Expansion and why it has captivated the national imagination and been core to American identity. Next week, we will do an in-depth study of the way the Trans-Continental railroad changed the west, and begin to explore the experiences of different groups affected by Westward Expansion.

Psychology

Mrs. Shimer’s and Mrs. Houghton’s classes will finish discussing the anatomy of the brain Friday and begin discussing methods and beginnings of psych on Monday.

MATH COURSES

Math I