January 4

The SAN Script – the week of January 5 – 9

In this beautiful sunrise we see the shadow of Mt. Rainier being cast upward to the sky and clouds above. The photograph was taken by Redditor PCloadletter26 who says it was the last sunrise of 2012. The view is from Tacoma, Washington USA. During Autumn and Winter, the sun rises farther to the south around winter solstice and Mt Rainier can block the first rays of the morning, casting the brilliant shadow you see above. Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m). Tacoma is on Washington’s Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle. The population was 198,397, according to the 2010 census. Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, originally called Mount Tahoma. It is known as the “City of Destiny” because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century. [Source: Wikipedia]

In this beautiful sunrise we see the shadow of Mt. Rainier being cast upward to the sky and clouds above. The photograph was taken by Redditor PCloadletter26 who says it was the last sunrise of 2012.
The view is from Tacoma, Washington USA. During Autumn and Winter, the sun rises farther to the south around winter solstice and Mt Rainier can block the first rays of the morning, casting the brilliant shadow you see above.
Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m).
Tacoma is on Washington’s Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle. The population was 198,397, according to the 2010 census. Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, originally called Mount Tahoma. It is known as the “City of Destiny” because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century. [Source: Wikipedia]

Happy New Year!

I hope all of you have had a good rest over the past two weeks.  This is a great time of the year to reflect on how good it is not to be racing around all of the time!  I hope you have had time for some reading, exercise and visiting with friends and family.  The big thing to remember as we return is that to sustain yourselves over the next few months, it is really important to keep reading (not Ministry documents!), keep exercising and keep connected to your friends and family.

This is what truly sustains us.

Please also remember all those students and staff members who may not have had the ‘best’ Christmas.  Those who are dealing with difficult and sometimes tragic family circumstances, those who are struggling with the health of a loved one, those who find Christmas a time of greater need.

Let’s take this first week easy – lots of time for the rush!

Paul

St. Anthony This Week

Monday, January 5

Cathy away today – supply in

Waste Walkabout

Tuesday, January 6

Chess at lunch

Wednesday, January 7

Waste Walkabout

PD Session Hapera – Paul out AM

Rosary Program

Hip Hop – final session

Thursday, January 8

Épiphanie songs practice in gym gr.1-6 – 9:20

Friday, January 9

Epiphany Mass – 9:00 AM

Paul away – all day

Waste Walkabout

Coming up – more Little Horn Theatre, a new table tennis program, a new session of Young Rembrandts and Squirmies and maybe a hip hop program.  More to come later.

Great blog to consider for the new year!

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2015

The Week in Review – The Most Popular Posts in 2014

Sunset in the Maine woods.

Good evening from Maine where I am watching a basketball game and enjoying the end of the week that I took off. I hope that all of you have had a relaxing week too. While I was out skiing, hiking, and enjoying the woods of Maine I had the most popular posts of the year re-running on the blog and on the Facebook page. The posts below were the most popular amongst the most popular posts of the year.

Here are this week’s (and 2014’s) most popular posts:
1. How to Create a Jeopardy-style Game in Google Spreadsheets
2. Two Browser-based Noise Meters That Show Students How Loudly They Speak
3. Tackk – Create Webpages for Announcements, Assignments, and Digital Portfolios
4. A Handful of Google Calendar Tutorials for Teachers
5. How to Add 450+ Fonts to Your Google Documents & Slides
6. Seven Free Online Whiteboard Tools for Teachers and Students
7. Thinking Blocks – Model Math Problems on iPads, Interactive Whiteboards, and in Your Browser

Three seats are left in my online course Blogging and Social Media for Teachers and School Leaders. Graduate credit is available for the course. 

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Posted January 4, 2015 by mcguirp in category SAN This Week

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