Apologies

Dear parents,

I apologize for the delay in posting on our class blog. The last couple weeks have been quite busy. I also know many of you are asking about papers we have done in class that you would like to see results from. I am catching up this week on my pile of grading and you will be getting these papers back little by little throughout this week. Again, I apologize for the tardiness in getting these returned home.

The thing I am most looking forward to this week is that we will be studying Christopher Columbus in depth. We will be looking at the contribution he made to society and the reasoning behind having Monday as a holiday this week. However, we will also look at the opposite side and his negative effects on society. We will study why there are groups of people today that would like to get rid of Columbus day as a national holiday and finally write our own opinions on the subject. I am definitely looking forward to the critical thinking students will be doing as they explore this subject. We will also have conversations in our class about how like Columbus, we all have the opportunity to have positive and negative effects on those around us through the actions that we choose.