Weekly Update

Some Announcements

• Add the course fair to your calendar. It is on Feb. 2, between 6 and 7:30 p.m. (Come and go.)
  
• Be sure to order your yearbook, if you have not done so already. Here is a link to order online.
  
• For the latest information about what's going on in class, visit my wiki. It is updated several times each day.
• Visit the publications web site to verify your name for the yearbook, submit ideas, get senior ad information or order your 2010 yearbook.

This Week in Class

• In English I, we are taking our fourth vocabulary test on Tuesday. Click here to see the words and definitions. A printable version, with pictures, is available here, too. We are also finishing up our Poetry Portfolios this week. Click here to see the assignment details.
• In Journalism I, we are wrapping up our course fair booths creation. Click here to see the assignment details. Click here to find a link to the website that houses your student's work.
  
• In Yearbook, we are working hard on deadline five. It is our second to last one... the yearbook will be finished in March.
  

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail me at lhearnsberger@newbraunfels.txed.net.

Weekly Update

Some announcements

• This is the last week of the third six weeks. Be sure that you check your student's grades at TXConnect.
• Be sure to order your yearbook, if you have not done so already. Here is a link to order online.
• For the latest information about what's going on in class, visit my wiki. It is updated several times each day.
• Visit the publications web site to verify your name for the yearbook, submit ideas, get senior ad information or order your 2010 yearbook.

This week in class

• In English I, we are continuing our work on poetry. Students are encouraged to bring a song they like to analyze tomorrow.
• In Journalism I, we are continuing our work marketing classes for the course fair. The students have come up with some really neat idea. To see their project web sites (still in their infant stages), click here.
• In Yearbook, we are hard at work on deadline 4. It is January 22.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail me at lhearnsberger@newbraunfels.txed.net.

Weekly Update

I hope everyone had a restful holiday. We are back in full swing at NBHS.

Announcements

• Add the course fair to your calendar. It is on Feb. 2, between 6 and 7:30 p.m. (Come and go.)
  
• Be sure to order your yearbook, if you have not done so already. Here is a link to order online.
  
• For the latest information about what's going on in class, visit my wiki. It is updated several times each day.
• Visit the publications web site to verify your name for the yearbook, submit ideas, get senior ad information or order your 2010 yearbook.

This week in class

• In English I, we are reviewing the benchmark and beginning a poetry portfolio.
• In Journalism I, we are applying our knowledge of advertising by creating booths for the course fair.
• In Yearbook, we are working on deadline 4 (January 22), and getting the proofs checked and sent off to the publisher.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail me at lhearnsberger@newbraunfels.txed.net.

Weekly Update

Click here for a holiday greeting featuring our students.

Announcements

• Finals are this week. Follow this link to the schedule
• The deadline to order yearbooks is quickly approaching. Click here to order yours now.
  

This week in class

• In English I, we are preparing for the final exam/benchmark. Students cannot be exempt from this final.
• In Journalism I, we are presenting our final exam projects.
• In Yearbook, we are completing
  

Weekly Update

Some Announcements

• The final exam schedule and exemption criteria have been announced. Click here to access.
• For the latest information about what's going on in class, visit my wiki. It is updated several times each day.
• Visit the publications web site to verify your name for the yearbook, submit ideas, get senior ad information or order your 2010 yearbook.
  

This Week in Class

• In English I, we will focus on short answers and providing evidence by creating a character body map of Odysseus.
• In Journalism I, we will continue our studies of visual communication, focusing on layout and photography.
• In yearbook, we are working hard on deadline three, our biggest one so far.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail me at lhearnsberger@newbraunfels.txed.net.

Weekly Update

Some Announcements

• This will be a short week: Monday and Tuesday only.
• It is time to order your 2010 yearbook. Follow this link.
• Stay updated on what we are doing in class -- including downloadable handouts -- by visiting my wiki.

This Week in Class

• In English I, we are taking a vocabulary test and starting the end of Homer's Odyssey.
• In Journalism I, we are continuing to work on visual communication via photography and digital design.
• In Yearbook, we are making final edits for deadline two and correcting deadline one proofs.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail me at lhearnsberger@newbraunfels.txed.net.

Weekly Update

Some Announcements

• Today is the first day of the third six weeks.
• Thanksgiving break begins next Wednesday, Nov. 25.
• You can stay caught up on what is going on in my class by visiting the wiki.

This Week in Class

• In English I, we are continuing to study Homer's Odyssey, updating our college essays and practicing writing short answers.
• In Journalism I, we are continuing our study of visual communication. Students are taking turns working on two projects: laying out a spread using InDesign and finding examples of good pictures to use in a PowerPoint called Picture Perfect
• In Yearbook, we are working hard on deadlines one and two. This means about half the book will be finished in the next month, including all portraits. It's lots of work, but it looks good.
  

If you have any questions or suggestions, please e-mail me at lhearnsberger@newbraunfels.txed.net.