Weekly Memo: Week 3

We have entered the third week of school, and to celebrate, we all get a three day weekend this weekend, as it is Labor Day. For those of you who don't know what Labor Day is, or why we celebrate it, here is a brief article that explains why we celebrate Labor Day.

The History of Labor Day

This week, the students in my 2nd, 5th, and 6th Period classes, will be finishing up their Mini-Book Report Podcasts on Wednesday, while 4th and 7th Period finished this project on Friday. If you check the post right below this one, you will be able to listen to their projects, and they did a good job.

Seeing 4th and 7th Period finished their podcasts last week, this week they will be switching to a visual project, as they will have to take a copy of the Griffin Daily News and turn it into a complete newscast that they will film on Friday. This newscast will be accurate, right down to a commercial, taken from the advertisements found in the paper. The other classes will start this after they finish the Podcasts.

Just a reminder, the Remind 101 contest is still going on. Students and parents have until this Friday to sign-up for Remind 101, and the class that has the highest percentage will win a prize. If you don't know what I'm talking about, click here for all the information about Remind 101. Here are the standings so far:

2nd Period - 3%, 3rd Period - 22%, 4th Period - 25%, 5th Period - 0%, 6th Period - 0%, 7th Period - 31%

So if the game ended today, 7th Period would win. But the game doesn't end today. The deadline is Friday. Get those numbers in!

Today, the Lady Cougars play their first game of the season, thanks to a rain out last week. They will play Upson-Lee at home today. And our Cougar Football team will play an away game against Manchester tomorrow, so GO COUGARS!

Everyone have a good week and a good Labor Day!