Mr. Patterson

All ready for open house! If you get a chance, stop by and say hi!

Students are creating graffiti art inspired by Bansky’s trip to the Middle East! The art needs to use symbols to convey a message to!the viewer.

We started to analyze the data we gathered! This will help us understand how Ghana’s quality of life compares to the rest of Africa!

We then watched part of a documentary where Reggie Yates spent a week working with young men that salvage broken electronics. Students had great questions about military time and exchange rates!

Last week, we brainstormed a list of services the government provides with our tax dollars. We then discussed how countries that lack these services tend to have lower average life expectancy.

Our African Union debate was a resounding success! Students will demonstrate their understanding tomorrow. Grades for the semester will be finalized by Friday

On a personal level, I am really excited for today! Students are having an African Union conference to determine equitable water rights for countries in the Nile Basin! We have practiced using evidence to add validity to our arguments! #gameday

Crushing it in the classroom, crushing it on the court! I’m thankful that I have had the chance to learn from some of the best. Enjoy break and time with family!

This week, we are learning how African countries have to work together to share vital natural resources. We marked the flow of the Nile River with blue tape to help us visualize relationships between neighboring countries! #bethemodel #innov8dmps

Enjoy the weekend!

We made a paper chain in Enrichment to keep track of the days we have left together! I can’t believe we are finishing up our 16th week of school already! 😔 #timeflies

Students are creating presentations that use pictures, videos, and text evidence to convey the dangers that are facing the rangers of Virunga National Park. #bethemodel #1to1 #innov8dmps

HyperStream is meeting this week! Students chose to focus on MineCraftEDU! We started our session with coming up with group/world norms! #innov8dmps #bethemodel

We are learning about how Virunga National Park rangers protect endangered mountain gorillas 🦍. Later this week, students are going to come up with ways that they can help bring about meaning change in the eastern Congo!

Staff vs. student volleyball!!! Volleyball 🏐🦃🙌🏽

Students explained and connected different historical concepts through writing aka we had a quiz! Infinite Campus will be updated over the weekend. #lockedin #focusedfriday

We played jeopardy to review for our assessment tomorrow! (I spent way too much time coming up with category names. 🙄)

This week, we have been learning how Nelson Mandela used symbols to inspire resistance to apartheid! ✊🏽We are then making connections to events in 🇺🇸!