Go here to find the Oakridge High School Help Heal Haiti fundraiser.
An update on our fundraiser for Mr. Monfort and his Tuberculosis clinic in Port-Au-Prince. Our monies are being totaled – and it looks as though we‘ve raised about $2700 to Help Heal Haiti. Thank you to so many people for all of your [...]
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This assignment must be posted by Friday February 26 @ 11:00 PM. This is a forty point assignment for all of Mr. Wood’s classes.
Choose one of the following eight NPR stories linked below for your look at Haitian life and music in the wake of this ongoing tragedy. A synopsis of all eight stories are [...]
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Below are eight stories from NPR that deal with Haiti, with Haitians, and their love of music. Seven of them date from the earthquake that recently struck the island nation. The stories provide you a fascinating insight to the culture and life, and spirit of survival of everyday Haitians. I recommend that you listen to [...]
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We will Fast from 7:30 AM Thursday February 25 to 7:30 AM Friday February 26.
Fasting has a long history of use not only as a spiritual means to attain enlightenment, but also in the political arena to make a statement or bring awareness to a cause. Many many great thinkers and activists have used the [...]
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BY Matt Labash
March 1, 2010
In the barbaric cave for the dead
Known in Creole as simply ‘mog’
My trembling hand blesses them
May the angels lead you far, far from here
And do so in all haste
You and this throng of dead that surround you
-Father Rick Frechette, from
Haiti: The God of Tough Places, The Lord of Burnt Men
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
As [...]
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Thank you to all involved for for your efforts to Help Heal Haiti.
If you fasted and obtained pledges please turn them in to Mr. Wood ASAP. We will let everybody know what our final dollar figure for the fundraiser is as soon as we have all donations. Thank you for being “Awake.”
“My humanity is [...]
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OK – here you go. We decided as a class to take the following steps to the finish line. Good input – good choices. If we choose to, we can wipe the drool from our chins, sit up straight in our seats, throw senioritus out the window and hammer out the following goals with gusto. [...]
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SCI Assignment is worth 30 points. Post due by Sunday 1/31 midnight
A Couple Things to keep in mind on this podcast
One – Listen to The World – On issues such as this, it is a Great Site.
Two – You need not use shows on the earthquake only.
Three – Find some good podcasts. I want to [...]
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OK – here you go. We decided as a class to take the following steps to the finish line. Good input – good choices. If we choose to, we can wipe the drool from our chins, sit up straight in our seats, throw senioritus out the window and hammer out the following goals with gusto. [...]
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SCI Assignment is worth 30 points. Post due by Tuesday 1/20 midnight
You have an African Country that you will follow for the next two Marking Periods. You should learn all that you can about it, past and present. In order to deepen your understanding of the country, do your podcast piece on an issue that [...]
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