Even More Great Debaters

Humor From The Hoose

Dream Makers Health Careers Club

Academy Head, Mrs. Karen Cox and her Dream Maker Health Careers Club members have enjoyed educational collaboratives with BA/MD student Sunny Antillon & UNM Med Students (see below). Pictured above with Mrs. Cox are 6 of 15 founding members: Sandra, Evelyn, Nicole, Vanessa, Jesse & Ashley. Our other co-sponsor is Coach Jessica Villalobos.

Mr. Leh's English Class Blogs

All weekly blogging assignments for Mr. Leh's English Classes can be found (and bookmarked) by clicking the following hyperlink: http://englishblogtoday.blogspot.com/

HEH HEH HEH: Grades are DUE!!!

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." (Dan Rather)

Atrisco Heritage Academy Owl

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

Paths Without Obstacles

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. (Frank A. Clark) Photo taken by Senor Leh at Atrisco Heritage Academy High School.

Collaboration Meeting: Guest Speaker

Randall Starling, Ph.D, Research Scientist @ CASAA, UNM, our partner regarding new federally funded web-based research project on teen-age substance abuse curriculum. This project will be spear-headed by science teacher & academy team member Val Hoose.

Sophomores: The Big Read

This is the novel we are currently readying in Senor Leh's English classes. "A Lesson Before Dying" is a story of two African-American men trying to attain their manhood in a deeply prejudiced community. Jefferson, a young man with a poor education, witnesses a fatal shooting between a white store owner and two other young black men. He is convicted of the murder of the three men and sentenced to death. During his trial, Jefferson’s defense attorney calls him a “hog,” claiming he is less than human and therefore should not be killed. Jefferson’s distraught godmother, Miss Emma, asks Grant Wiggins, the local school teacher, to “make Jefferson a man” before he dies. Over the course of the novel, Grant must find the dauntlessness within himself to face many diverse situations: a hateful white society; an indigent black community with high hopes; a pained young man convicted of murder and slated for execution; and his own reluctant feelings to shoulder the many burdens of the African-American community.

The novel has a long history of championing social justice. Fiction has the signal ability to embody social ideas in a compelling narrative that possesses both emotional and intellectual power. Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying offers a painful yet inspirational tale of institutional injustice and personal redemption. It addresses the biggest theme possible-how one affirms life in the face of death. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to revitalize the role of literary reading in American popular culture. Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America, a 2004 NEA report, identified a critical decline in reading for pleasure among American adults. The Big Read addresses this issue by bringing communities together to read, discuss, and celebrate books and writers from American and world literature. A great book combines enlightenment with enchantment. It awakens our imagination and enlarges our humanity. It can even offer harrowing insights that somehow console and comfort us.

Mr. David Mackey

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. (Gail Godwin)

Third Year UNM Medical Students Visit

UNM Medical Students, Kurt Pedrotty & Jill Oldewage, visit Dream Makers Health Careers Club to discuss STD's and medical careers with the students @ Health and Social Sciences Academy today at lunchtime. Fifteen future AHA HS physicians voluntarily attended the luncheon. Karen Cox, Academy Head, and co-sponsor Jessica Villlabos sponsored today's event with free pizza for the students.

Padres: Nuestros Estudiantes Son Blogging

All of the students in Mr. Leh's English classes have been required to keep an electronic blog of their essays, writings, thoughts, poetry, social justice causes, and other academic writings. Parents have access to these blogs by logging on to Snap Grades. A blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. A blog is a tool that lets you do anything from change the world to share your shopping list. Some say that blogging is the new poetry! Thus far, the students have been doing an amazing job and seem to really like the project. Thanks to the fact that Atrisco Academy High School has amazing technology and access to that technology, our students are becoming proficient in the use of technology. This is very important for entrance into college and the highly technological job market!

Todos los estudiantes en las clases de Inglés Senor Leh han sido obligados a mantener un blog electrónico de sus ensayos, escritos, pensamientos, poesía, las causas de justicia social, y otros escritos académicos. Los padres tienen acceso a estos blogs, conectándose a Snap Grados. Un blog es un tipo de sitio web que por lo general dispuestos en orden cronológico, desde el puesto más reciente "(o entrada) en la parte superior de la página principal a la antigua entradas hacia el fondo. Un blog es una herramienta que te permite hacer cualquier cosa, desde cambiar el mundo a compartir su lista de compras. Algunos dicen que el blogging es la nueva poesía! Hasta ahora, los estudiantes han estado haciendo un trabajo impresionante y parece que gusta mucho el proyecto. Gracias al hecho de que Atrisco Academy High School cuenta con la tecnología sorprendente y el acceso a esa tecnología, nuestros estudiantes son cada destreza en el uso de la tecnología. Esto es muy importante para el ingreso en la universidad y el mercado de trabajo de alta tecnología!

Students and Teachers: Seize the Day!!!

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. (Les Brown)

Our Principal: Karen Sanchez-Griego

"This Academy lays the foundation for school-based health and wellness for this community for years to come. An objective of this academy is to give high school students the opportunity to interact with medical professionals and discuss how and why people become doctors. It is also important for students to analyze the influence of family, peers, culture and school on health behaviors." APS Press Room, October 4, 2009

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