Catholic Central News Flash: September 2014

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO ON OCT 2nd!

Come check out the Lady Hilltoppers as they take on the Racine Lutheran Crusaders this Thursday October 2nd, see the flier below for information

Volleyball Youth Night Flier

Catholic Central - Celebrate My Drive

Dan Meddaugh makes up one-half of the Social Studies Department. Upon graduation from UW-Platteville in 2008, Dan was placed as a student teacher at Catholic Central High School. He earned his B.S. in Comprehensive Social Sciences with a History and Psychology emphasis. He is the school’s Senior Advisor, along with being an assistant basketball coach to the Boys’ Varsity Basketball team. This year Dan Meddaugh is the teacher for the following courses: US History, AP Psychology, International Relations and Social Sciences. Helping to reform the curriculum at Catholic Central, Dan Meddaugh believes in the departments goal to provide a constructivist approach to learning, maximizing a project-based learning approach. Within his classroom, students are engaged and challenged through a multitude of projects and simulations that help with the learning process. Because of this attitude, students have come to expect these opportunities within Dan Meddaugh’s classroom.

The US History class at Catholic Central utilizes the Immersion Process as a tool in the classroom. The Immersion Process could be categorized as “Living History”, from their research on an era in history, students will be responsible for recreating that time in the classroom. This includes transforming themselves to be a person from that time period. Below are some pictures from past Immersions.

Students recreate 1622 Plymouth of Massachusetts

Students recreate a 1930 Speakeasy in Chicago, IL

Students in Tombstone, AZ in 1880

Students living in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692

Students recreate the famous “Signing of the Declaration of Independence” painting

Any Similarities?

In US History class, the students also have the opportunity to visit the Gettysburg Battlefield as a whole class in Gettysburg, PA. For a weekend, Dan Meddaugh, using his years of research on the field, takes the class on a tour of the field, re-tracing the same steps the soldiers took 150 years ago. The 2015 trip will mark the tenth year in a row that Catholic Central’s US History class has gone, it will be the sixth student group that Mr. Meddaugh has led.

Last year this trip was a focus in the education section of the Racine Journal Times, here is the link to that article: Journal Times Article on the Gettysburg Trip

Here is last year’s group picture:

2014 Catholic Central’s Gettysburg Trip

Dan Meddaugh also created a video montage documenting the trip through the eyes of the students, using their pictures and statements made about the trip in their reflections of the voyage, you can view that video here: video chronicling the 2014 Gettysburg Trip

In AP Psychology, students take a college level course covering one of the most popular courses in Universities today. Discussing the wide range of topics that Psychology explores, from the biological processes to social and abnormal, among many others, the goal that the students have for this class is to earn college credits on the AP test in May. The 2014 graduates who took this course had a 70% pass rate for college credits, something that Mr. Meddaugh looks to improve upon for the upcoming year.

International Relations is a course in which students study current events, all the while preparing for a Model UN Simulation that takes up the second half of the class. The major topics this year have included ISIS, the Ukraine/Russia crisis and the Ebola epidemic; students learn about these topics as they are happening in real time, often times reading articles that are mere hours old on the internet, to gain an understanding and begin analyzing decisions made by world leaders. Students will also become involved in their own Model UN within the class. Each student has chosen a country from the pool of all member states to the UN, and has begun research on that country. Starting in the 2nd quarter, students will be in debate, discussion, which will seek to create resolutions on numerous topics that are real issues that the world is facing.

Lastly, Social Sciences is a pop look at Psychology and Sociology. Students will learn the fundamentals of both studies, all the while engaged in projects that will help to further understand the knowledge through practice. Social Psych experiments, Psychoanalysis, Socio-Cultural projects are just a few of the types of simulations and situations students will find themselves involved with in this classroom.

If you have any questions about Dan Meddaugh’s classes, or would love to hear more about the classroom and the educational practices, feel free to call or email Mr. Meddaugh at any time. His work phone is 262.763.1510 x425, and his email address is dmeddaugh@cchsnet.org . Thanks for taking the time out to learn a bit about the Social Studies curriculum at Catholic Central High School and Go Toppers!

JV FOOTBALL GAME TONIGHT AT CCHS!

JV Football Game Tonight at CCHS starts at 4:30 vs. Shoreland Lutheran Pacers! Come on out and cheer on our Hilltoppers.

Attention Grade School Students K-8 - Football Youth Night

For more information on youth night click here for flier:

Football Youth Night Flier

If you have any questions please contact Catholic Central High School office 262-763-1510

CCHS Topper Auction-Great Car Raffle Incentive Prizes!

As a special incentive to sell Car Raffle Tickets, CCHS is offering an opportunity for you to win:

a $100 scrip card (you get to choose!)
your student (or faculty/staff member) gets to dress-down (sweatpants or athletic shorts), one Friday per month beginning Dec. 8th through May, 2015 (not valid on Mass days).
your student (or faculty/staff member) gets to be first in line at lunch for for the entire week of December 8th.

You must sell at least 2-$100 tickets to have your name placed in the bin. Each time you sell 2 tickets, your name will be placed in the bin! Make sure to hand your ticket stubs in to Mrs. Selburg or Mrs. Tadeo by the morning of Monday, December 1st to qualify. Make sure to put your stubs in an envelope with your family's name on the front. If you have already purchased at least 2 tickets, and your name is on the tickets, your name will still be placed in the bin.

Three names will be drawn on Monday, December 1st, at the beginning of 8th hour. The first name drawn will win the $100 scrip card of your choice, the second name drawn will win the dress-down pass and the third name drawn will win the "first in line" certificate.

Good Luck!!

WELCOME TO THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT - MRS. DELASSUS

Hello and welcome to the English department! Nicole DeLassus is one of the three English teachers this year and is excited to be in her fourth year here at Catholic Central. She has a Masters in Secondary Education and a Masters in English from DePaul University. She also earned an interdisciplinary BA degree from Columbia College in Fiction Writing and Film/Video with a focus on story adaptation. She enjoys spending time with her husband, family and many pets, reading, writing, painting, kayaking, and knitting projects she doesn’t finish. Her current project is a blanket for Baby Violet who she is expecting any day now.

This year, Mrs. Delassus teaches English I (freshmen requirement), American Literature and Composition (junior non-AP requirement), Speech (elective), and Story in Fiction and Film (a second semester elective where the students study how films create narratives and even create their own films).

In English I, the students are reading The Pearl and analyzing for theme while about to start learning about argument writing. Then they will move on to a Man Vs. Nature unit with poetry and the epic poem The Odyssey. In American LIt and Composition, the students are reading about the Salem Witch Trials in The Crucible and will eventually move on to American Romanticism, American Revolutionaries and then Catcher in the Rye. Her speech class is in the middle of delivering demonstration speeches and are beginning a radio broadcast essay to practice speaking rate, voice inflection, enunciation, etc. Then they will move on to a drama skit.

Books that English I and American Lit are reading .

Freshmen working together.

Shan Gill giving a speech.

Brendan Goethal giving a speech

Nicole McCourt and Cal Sanfelippo performing a skit in drama class.

Come Support the Catholic Central Girl's Basketball at Geneva Lake Brewery!

Come join us ... for Suds, Buds, and Duds Get-Together!!! *:) happy

October 4, 2014

Come in anytime between

1 and 8 pm

Feel free to invite more friends, support CC girls' BB, and enjoy the afternoon!

Geneva Lake Brewery

750 Veterans Parkway | Suite 107 | Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 53147

www.genevalakebrewingcompany.com

REGRETS ONLY ... please reply to this email at s11cubby@yahoo.com.

Homecoming Activities for Friday September 19th & Saturday September 20th!

Friday September 19th- Theme Day - Blue & White Spirit Wear

Parade Begins - 1:00 p.m.

Parade Route is as follows:

Begins at Randolph Street, to State Street, to Kane Street and then Duane Street back down Randolph Street

Pep Rally - set to begin after parade approximately 1:30 p.m. held in the Gym

Varsity Football Game vs Racine Lutheran Crusaders @ CCHS - 7:00 p.m. in the Topper Bowl

Saturday September 20th

JV Volleyball @ The Prairie School Invitational - times to TBD

Homecoming Dance 7:30-10:00 p.m. in Topper Hall

Have a safe and enjoyable Homecoming Weekend to all of our CCHS students and their families.

Inspirational Message From Mike McCoy During Homecoming Activities!

Mike McCoy played in the NFL for eleven years, seven of those
with the Green Bay Packers. Mike was brought up in a religious family
and while playing with the Packers, a teammate helped him see the
difference between religion and a personal relationship with Jesus. He
invited Christ into his life and He has changed him for the better. You can learn more about
Mike at www.mccoy77.com.

Mike McCoy is giving Hertel some football tips.

Who does Monica trust? Mike McCoy or Mackenzie?

CCHS Plant Sale 2014

More Information - CLICK HERE

Essay Contest

Tell Pope Francis how youth are making noise!

Below is information in regards to the 2014 Maryknoll Student Essay contest. Winning essays are published on the Maryknoll website, are sent to Pope Francis, and are eligible for a cash prize! What an incredible opportunity for you as a writer and as a teenager! See the description and link below for further details.

-Miss Distel

ASSIGNMENT: Write a letter to Pope Francis telling him how you or young people you know have courage, go forward and make noise to build a better world.

RULES: Students in grades 6–8 (Division I) and grades 9–12 (Division II) qualify. Entries must be written in English, only one entry per student. Please specify the division to which the entry is being submitted. Children of Maryknoll employees, Associates and Affiliates are not eligible.

LENGTH: 500–750 words. Pages should be typed or neatly handwritten in ink and stapled. Note: Spelling and grammar count.

DEADLINE: Entries must be postmarked by FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014. All entries become the property of Maryknoll and cannot be returned. First-place essays will appear in the May/June 2015 MARYKNOLL magazine. ALL WINNING ENTRIES WILL BE SENT TO POPE FRANCIS and published online at www.maryknollsociety.org/winners by April 1, 2015.

INSTRUCTIONS: Click here to print the cover page.

MAIL TO:
2014 Student Essay Contest
Division _______
P.O. Box 302
Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302

PRIZES:
1st place prize: $1,000 per division
2nd place prize: $300 per division
3rd place prize: $150 per division

STUDENTS IN DIVISION II ONLY: You may submit essays online by clicking here.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call 1-888-627-9566, ext. 2368. Ask for Student Essay Contest.

http://www.maryknollsociety.org/index.php/articles/2-articles/2-maryknoll-essay-contest-rules-

Rescheduled Volleyball Games vs. Martin Luther Spartans

The postponed volleyball games vs the Martin Luther Spartans has been rescheduled for:

Monday, September 15th at Martin Luther High School in Greendale, WI

JV1 and JV2 @ 5:30 p.m.

Varsity @ 7:00 p.m.

GO HILLTOPPERS!

Business & Technology - Mr. DeLorme

Business & Technology

Welcome to the wonderful world of Business and Technology, where Mr. DeLorme is the teacher and he shows you all the new latest technology, while helping to make you more Business savvy. Do you have an interest in the world of business and/or technology? Then this is the place for you! Mr. DeLorme offers a number of different courses, which include: Web Design I & II, Personal Finance, Computer Applications, Focus on Multimedia(team taught with Mrs. Sheldon in the art department), Focus on Careers, Business Management, Marketing and much more. He also teaches a general technology course to the 6th, 7th & 8th grade students from St. Mary School.

If you were to find yourself in one of these classes you might find yourself learning about the following:

Web Design I - How to create, build and update your own website. We use the latest program from Adobe, including: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, InDesign and much more.
Web Design II - How to update and manage a real world website, as you work on Catholic Central’s website - www.cchsnet.org
Personal Finance - Everything you need to know for the future, including: Banking, Credit Cards, Managing your finances, Buyin a Car, Buying/Renting a home or apartment and much more.
Business Management - Creating and managing your own business. Find out what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
Marketing - How to get people excited about purchasing your product. What it takes to drive up business and make people aware of the products you have to offer.
Focus on Multimedia - Ever wanted to do a project for a class and you don’t know where to start? Well then this is the place for you. Mrs. Sheldon and Mr. DeLorme show you a number of neat programs to help you complete and spiff up your projects. Teachers will be amazed at what you can do!
Computer Applications - Probably one of the most important classes to take as an elective with the way our future is going with technology. In this class you will learn all there is to know about Microsoft Office(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher) and Google Apps (Drive, Gmail, Calendars, Contacts). Having knowledge of these programs is a great Resume booster and something that will help you be more efficient in the future.

As you look at the classes offered, one thing that you will notice is how each class can connect to real world examples. This is exactly what Business & Technology is. Whether you are buying a car, like you will do in Personal Finance, walking into a grocery store to buy a product as you would do in Marketing, or learning about the new features of Gmail, something that most people use every single day. The real world examples are all around. You’re living in it, you might as well learn more about it!