Watercolors This Week!!!

This is a sample of some of the watercolors and drawings your children created this week.



Landscape by a 7th Grader - Jensen Garrett



Shading and shadows with graphite pencils

7th Graders

9th Grade - Kayla Dendy

7th Grade - Jensen Garrett

7th Grade- Hollis Floyd



Bulletin Board in the hall!

I hope you enjoyed seeing these as much as we enjoyed creating them!

Connie Campbell



August 27, 2012

Juniors need to sell magazines and turn them in!

We had sold more than $2000 before today's turn in.

Speech 9  - 1-2 minute speech is due Tuesday and Wednesday.

Topic:  "All students should____________.'

Grading:  Time limit , two sources, and intro, body, and conclusion.

We will begin Chapter 8 on Thursday 

and study "researching for a speech"

I am giving them MANY opportunities to stand and speak!

When we get to the last three speeches, they will READY.

Reading - Finish reading  The Westing Game

and take test as you finish! 

If they are finished , they are reading a "free" reading book of their choice!

Test on Friday on "The Medicine Bag".

(vocabulary and comprehension)

I hope they will learn to love reading as much as I do!

Character Ed -  We are listening to The Noticer by Andy Andrews in class.  This is a wonderful book about "perspective".  Parents, we all need this book!! Read it! You will be blessed by his writing.

The students are writing about "Friendship" in their journals!

I will check journals this week.

They have two activities this week.  One on Friends that we will do in class. The other is the students should bring a book, story, or poem with the theme of friendship and share it with the class.

We will begin sharing on Wednesday!

I love teaching this class!!

Art 7 and 9 - We are working on water color still lifes! 

We will look at Ce'zanne this week and critique his art. 

We should also work on a landscape late in the week with our water colors.

This class is fun and they are learning so much!

All of my classes are so well-behaved, attentive, and sweet!

Thank you for working with me,

Connie Campbell

Week Two!

Foundation Meeting on Thursday at 6:00!!

Juniors are selling Magazines please email if you would like me to send a junior to you!

ccampbell@pikelib.com

8th Grade READING needs to finish The Westing Game!!

Art and Character Ed are working on Coat of Arms!!

Here are a few goodies:



Junior Class News

Junior Class Officers

President:  Carrley Barron

Vice President:  Chandler Coston

Secretary:  Robbie Calk

Treasurer:  Chandler Cox

Junior's Magazine Sale will begin on FRIDAY!!!

All parents and friends of Patriots, please contact me or one of the juniors about buying or renewing subscriptions.

This will be the only fund-raiser for the prom. 

These young people are very excited!

If you want to help, just let me know and I'll send them to you!!!
There will be a table set up Friday night at the jamboree game.

Go Patriots!

Connie Campbell

Great 1st DAY!

What a Great Bunch of Young People!

All of my students seemed eager to get busy today.

The Character Ed class worked on journals and I took some pictures of them working.  We will print these and put them in their journals, but I will post a few here for parents to see. 

JUNIORS:

BRING all the signed paperwork in as quickly as possible!

Officers will be nominated on Weds and elections will be Friday.

Meeting with the MAGAZINE Rep will be Friday at 9:00.

Some of the FINE ARTS students need to get their portfolio poster board in tomorrow!!!

The READING 8 group needs to bring The Westing Game in tomorrow, so we can REVIEW for the test

Speech 9 will give Introduction Speeches tomorrow!

 Susie Q

 Friends Make School Fun!

Sweet, sweet girls!! 

Smart and Cute!!

 Showing off!!

 Boys will be Boys!

So happy to have this precious child at school!!

He had a looooong summer!

Thank you for letting me work your kids!

I learn as much from them as they do from me,

Connie Campbell



Let the Learning Begin!!

Welcome to Mrs. Campbell's Blog! 

The 2012-2013 year is going to be a busy, fun year! I am so excited about the activities and learning opportunities I have planned for this year.  Please check back often for pictures and information about my classes.

A little information about me!

I have 21 years of teaching experience.  My husband, Ken Campbell graduated from Pike in 1975. Both of our children graduated from Pike too! 
WE ARE PATRIOTS!

Ken Campbell (husband)

Aimee (Sam's girlfriend), Sam (son), Casey (daughter), Don (son-in-law)

My hobbies are photography and reading,
so I will post pics often!

Here are some that I took last year of your children.  I hope you enjoy.

Also, Casey is having our first grandbaby on Nov 1.  He is Campbell Edward Moore!  We are so excited.

I will post all information about classes before Friday!

Thank you for sharing

your precious children with me.

I will treat them like they are mine.

Connie Campbell