Welcome!
I am delighted to welcome you to Room 209 at St. Luke School. I am looking forward to a wonderful year of working together and enjoying the rewards of understanding and using mathematics and religion. It is my goal to motivate and encourage you as you work diligently and enthusiastically to master the many different topics in mathematics as well as along your faith journey. I look forward to having you in my class and hope you enjoy these courses and all they have to offer.
Yours in Christ,
Karen Blair
Yours in Christ,
Karen Blair
(This website is meant to serve as informational. Daily HW assignments will not be posted here.)
Online Grade Book: The following link can be used to access the online grade book website: http://www.mdeca.org. Passwords will only be given to parents and must be picked up personally in the school office or mailed home via USPS.
Feeling a little stumped?
I have dedicated office hours to help those who need a little extra help in Math or Religion. Please stop by when you need. No need to coordinate ahead of time. Just know that I will be in my classroom
Tuesday/Thursday 7:30-8:00 am
Wednesday 3:00-3:30 pm
Have your parent drop off or pick up at the main entrance to the school.
Tuesday/Thursday 7:30-8:00 am
Wednesday 3:00-3:30 pm
Have your parent drop off or pick up at the main entrance to the school.
Junior High Student Information Form
Please click the button below to be taken to a Google form to be completed by student and/or parent providing contact information as well as other pertinent information about our Junior High students.
Important Dates To Remember
Want to know when the fall social is? When does Christmas break begin and end? When does the first quarter end? When is the last day of school? Click the button below and you will be take to the JH online calendar.
JH Back to School Night Slideshow
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A Poem About Mediocrity
Written by Charles Osgood
There once was a pretty good student,
Who sat in a pretty good class
And was taught by a pretty good teacher,
Who always let pretty good pass.
He wasn’t terrific at reading,
He wasn’t a whiz-bang at math.
But for him, education was leading
Straight down a pretty good path.
He didn’t find school too exciting,
But he wanted to do pretty well,
And he did have some trouble with writing,
And nobody had taught him to spell.
When doing arithmetic problems,
Pretty good was regarded as fine.
Five plus five needn’t always add up to be ten,
A pretty good answer was nine.
The pretty good class that he sat in,
Was part of a pretty good school.
And the student was not an exception,
On the contrary, he was the rule.
The pretty good school that he went to
Was there in a pretty good town.
And nobody there seemed to notice
He could not tell a verb from a noun.
The pretty good student in fact,
Was part of a pretty good mob.
And the first time he knew what he lacked,
Was when he looked for a pretty good job.
It was then, when he sought a position,
He discovered that life could be tough.
And he soon had a sneaky suspicion,
Pretty good might not be good enough.
The pretty good town in our story,
Was part of a pretty good state,
Which had pretty good aspirations,
And prayed for a pretty good fate.
There once was a pretty good nation,
Pretty proud of the greatness it had,
Which learned much too late,
If you want to be great,
Pretty good is, in fact, pretty bad.
From “The Osgood File” copyright 1986, CBS Inc.
There once was a pretty good student,
Who sat in a pretty good class
And was taught by a pretty good teacher,
Who always let pretty good pass.
He wasn’t terrific at reading,
He wasn’t a whiz-bang at math.
But for him, education was leading
Straight down a pretty good path.
He didn’t find school too exciting,
But he wanted to do pretty well,
And he did have some trouble with writing,
And nobody had taught him to spell.
When doing arithmetic problems,
Pretty good was regarded as fine.
Five plus five needn’t always add up to be ten,
A pretty good answer was nine.
The pretty good class that he sat in,
Was part of a pretty good school.
And the student was not an exception,
On the contrary, he was the rule.
The pretty good school that he went to
Was there in a pretty good town.
And nobody there seemed to notice
He could not tell a verb from a noun.
The pretty good student in fact,
Was part of a pretty good mob.
And the first time he knew what he lacked,
Was when he looked for a pretty good job.
It was then, when he sought a position,
He discovered that life could be tough.
And he soon had a sneaky suspicion,
Pretty good might not be good enough.
The pretty good town in our story,
Was part of a pretty good state,
Which had pretty good aspirations,
And prayed for a pretty good fate.
There once was a pretty good nation,
Pretty proud of the greatness it had,
Which learned much too late,
If you want to be great,
Pretty good is, in fact, pretty bad.
From “The Osgood File” copyright 1986, CBS Inc.
"Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path."
Psalms 119:105
Psalms 119:105
GeoGebra Download Link
Please press the button below to move to the download page for GeoGebra. You will want to install GeoGebra on your computer opposed to using the Webstart version. This will help alleviate times when internet service goes down.
Please press the button below to move to the download page for GeoGebra. You will want to install GeoGebra on your computer opposed to using the Webstart version. This will help alleviate times when internet service goes down.
Alice Download Link
Click the link below to be taken to the download page for Alice 2.3x. You are going to want to install the version with textbook worlds. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=downloads/download_alice2.3
Click the link below to be taken to the download page for Alice 2.3x. You are going to want to install the version with textbook worlds. http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=downloads/download_alice2.3
Alice Challenge Directions
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Science Fair Data Analysis Docs
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Multiple Intelligences Assessment
“Intelligence is the capacity to do something useful in the society in which we live. Intelligence is the ability to respond successfully to new situations and the capacity to learn from one’s past experiences.”
— Dr. Howard Gardner, author, Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice
— Dr. Howard Gardner, author, Frames of Mind and Multiple Intelligences: The Theory in Practice
By clicking the link below, you will be taken to a website where you will take a quick assessment which will tell us what kind of learner you are. When you are finished, be sure to jot down your top three intelligence types and their score (it is out of 5.)
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By clicking the link below, you will be taken to the form into which you will input your top 3 intelligences. 8th graders: you will have to enter your information twice. First for your math class period and second for your religion class period.
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