Sunday, December 30, 2012

Happy New Year!!!! I hope you have a wonderful and prosperous 2013.


Basketball Update!

The varsity lost to Pine River on Tuesday, December 18th at home 56 -38. This is the first conference lost at home in long time!! Give Pine River credit they came and beat us! We have been working hard over break to get things back on track and look forward to playing Manton at home on Jan. 4th. On Saturday  Jan. 5th we play traverse City St. Francis at home with the time to be announced. The J.V beat Pine River 59 -31. The varsity is 2-2 and the J.V are 3-1.


Advance P.E/ High School P.E-  We will work to get back in shape these three days! I will gradually start out with the running,push -ups and sit-ups so students are not sore. The next two weeks we will retest our time for the mile run, and our scores for  sit ups, push-ups, bench, and squat. The retesting will serve as the class exam.

General Shop- There will be an exam in two weeks! Students will continue to work on their night stand making doors and the drawer. The exam will be a review of all they have done so far on their night stand in regards to building it, processes and different set-ups etc. I will review it with them!

Advance Shop- Students need to stay focused on working on their projects,cleaning up and being respectful. They can easily get an (A) if they do those three things. Students will also have an exam in two weeks!

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Boys basketball update!!!

The J.V and Varsity had one game last week at Manistee and won both. A couple good wins , especially coming off the loses to Cadillac. Varsity won 62 - 34, and the J.V 56-33.

This week is HUGE! Pine River comes to McBain on Tuesday the 18th to open conference play. They are currently 3-0 and playing well. On Friday Traverse City St. Francis comes to town. Last years state runner-ups!! They to are currently 3-0 as well.We could sure use some good RAMBLER support this week. I know the players are excited to be playing home fot the first time this season.


Reminder!!! Delayed start on Monday!! Students will go to 3rd and 4th hours in the morning.

High School/ Advance P.E- This week Monday, Tuesday and Friday students will stretch, do (23)push-ups ( or hold themselves up) do (33) sit-ups snd run 5 laps!! Afterwards they engage in a classroom activity. ( Flag football, soccer, basketball, handball etc.) On Tuesday and Thursday students will jog 2 laps to get warm and we will conclude with a classroom activity. I just need to get all students to dress and participate.

General Shop- Students are working on DOORS!! We got everyones trim on their project!! The doors will be panelled liked the sides. I will router the panels in the door, because they are small. However, some students did do their own routering. I will give them a writing assigment this week on how to fasten on their trim. It will DUE: DECEMBER 21st.

Advance Shop- STUDENTS JUST NEED TO STAY FOCUSED AND  WORK EVRYDAY!!!!!!! Hard to imagine, but we are almost half way through the school year. Ask your son/daughter if they are half way done with their project.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Testing for all 9th -11th graders on Wednesday Dec.12th in the a.m, PLAN and ACT PRACTICE!


Basketball is up and going! The Varsity and the J.V both beat Glen Lake at Glen Lake on Monday Dec. 3rd. Varsity 64-61 the J.V 56-48. Two very tough games, solid wins to jump start the season.

On Friday the Varsity and the J.V both lost in very close games. These were two very physical games, but great for preparations going forward. The J.V game saw the J.V go down early,get the lead back in the second half and eventually lose by 11. The final score does not really show how close this game was. The varsity game was sort of similar, with us getting it to 35-36, but eventually  lose 53-42. Some good things to build on going forward.

Next game is at Manistee on Dec.10.

High School/Advance P.E- Monday, Wednesday and Friday students will warm-up,stretch do (22)push-ups or at least hold themselves up after doing what they can, they will also do (32) sit-ups and run (5 )laps followed by an activity to complete the hour. (flag football, soccer, floor hockey etc.) Tuesday and Thursday will be warm-up get into activity days. More time for students to participate. Some students still fail to dress and participate on a regular basis. They are hurting their grade!!


General Shop- Students need a pencil and a tape measure!!! This is a daily requirement for class or it may hurt their grade. The focus this week will be on building doors and finishing base trim. Most students do a good job of working and doing quality work.but a few find it hard to work and behave!!! Parents help me out here by talking to your son/daughter about their behavior.

Advance Shop- All students need a pencil and a tape measure everyday, this is a daily requirement and part of their grade. Advance shop students in 3rd hour last week did a hand out on finding AREA, PERIMETER, problems to help with performance on the ACT TEST. Students in 7th hour will be doing the same thing this week.

Sunday, December 2, 2012

1st game for the Varsity and J.V Monday at Glen Lake 6:00 pm away.

Advance P.E/ High School P.E- Breaking students into teams this week and playing soccer on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesday and Thursday we will skip the weight room and do more exercises on the gym floor. Students seem to be getting bored with the weight room. For example, students will work more on exercises that deal with the core. Those students who getting a low grade currently are just not dressing or participating. They can still raise their grade simply by dressing and getting involved in class.


General Shop- All students have the face trim on their and are working on the trim around the base.Students are required to bring a tape measure and a pencil to class everyday! Students will have a writing assignment due before Christmas that will need to be typed. The assignment will deal directly with how they went about making, routering and fastening on their base trim.

Advance Shop- Monday I will be going over how to figure "AREA" and " PERIMETER" .  Student will have various objects that they will need to figure out the area and perimeter for like a square, rectangle and triangle. There will also be a handout for them with a sample "ACT" test problem on it. Students also need to have a tape measure and a pencil everyday. The rest of the week will be working on projects.