The Future Is Yours....

Dear reader,

Welcome to our 7th Grade History Blog.  Blogging served as a familiar vehicle to post student's ideas and comments.  It allowed students to safely and respectfully share opinions and at times even disagree.  We are very proud that of our blog, not only because it reflects growth in intellectual prowess, but also because it was awarded the COLLEGE BOARD'S-Bob Costas Grant for the Teaching of Writing.....( http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/awards/costas ) check it out!  This money will serve to launch an international GLOBAL EDUCATION PROJECT gec.atspace.com  site to be unveiled next year.   Without giving too much away..I can tell you that this class helped launch a larger global project involving partnerships with schools around the world, private-public sector collaborations, virtual college mentors at premier universities (i.e. Yale, Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, etc...), and even professionals who will serve as College to Career virtual mentors.  This vision has been long coming and will hopefully serve as a future model for educators who are trying to teach not only our respective traditional standards, but also teach in the context of Globalization.  The world is small and our lives are intrinsically intertwined.  Please view the video below as it will hopefully put into context why our class is about creative problem-solving, traditional linear thinking, tapping into multiple intelligences, competition as well as collaboration, story telling/communicating, and acquiring the skills necessary to succeed in an ever-changing global economy.  See you next year kids!:o)

REFLECTION!!!! End of the Year....

This year was our first, of our six years here at Whitney High School. It was a very tough year, we were new and we were the youngest. In the beginning of the year our history class was very relaxed. Throughout the year we started progressing into a more hard-working class. Our analysis progressed too, with our STEEP analysis. (sociocultural, technological, economical, environmental, political) Towards the end of the year we started getting more homework and projects. We had many new experiences as seventh graders. From the first spirit week to the last, we became accustomed to this high school. Next year we will not be new, or "scrubs" anymore. We will be older and become a little bit more experienced. We will learn about new things, in history we'll be learning about the U.S.

We endured our seventh grade year!!! :)

end of the year has arrived

this year we learned a lot but at the same time, we had a lot of fun too. i liked this year because at the same time as we were learning, we also had many fun activities such as the Renaissance fair and the bowers museum. he planned a lot for this class and tried to let us have fun. excluding all the rough times and hard times we had in his class, we ended up having a lot of fun. we have learned a to from the beginning of the school year to the end. we started learning from the roman empire and then we ended at the the renaissance. Whitney is a great school and i am very lucky i got into this school. i thought that it would all be only education and stuff but at the end it proved me wrong, turns out it is really fun.

GOODBYE 7TH GRADE.... :(

For every student in our class, this was their first year here at Whitney. It was hectic, crazy, confusing, and fantastically fun! :D Mr. G's class was exceptionally exceptional with all the fun and excitement surrounding Room 10, or more frequently, the media lab. :) 7th grade was a great experience and I really don't want to say bye to it or Mr. G's history class. I'll miss the very laid-back STAR tests and the video parties in the Connection Center.

Yet, when one door closes, another one opens! For next year, I hope the GEP program flourishes to become the best! I hope more people get involved and more people see our blog that is the fruit of our harsh labor. :) GOODBYE 7TH GRADE. HELLO 8TH GRADE! :D

End of the year

It is the end of the year alreay and it was really fun and even though history isn't my best subject. This class isn't like others. The PESTE analysis is a real help to write essays that are assigned to us. The year 2010 had gone by really fast in my opinion. Sometimes, Mr.G is doubting that I am not on task but he's a fun teacher and taught me many new things. He's stubborn at times but he's the kind of teacher takes jokes easily and know how to have fun. Whitney was more than what I expected and the 5 years I have left here seems like I will have an awesome time here. The new friends I have made are really fun. I have really enjoyed this year.

The Next Step is Waiting!

As a new student at Whitney High School, everything was new, fresh, and even terrifying. And now that I look back, I see so many things that we have gone through. There were so many things I loved about being a 7th grader at here.One thing I loved was that we got to make great new friends! I know that all of the people I got to know this year will be my close buddies as I grow up. Also, we got to learn many new things at Whitney in the subjects of history, music, English, math, physical education, and science. I love this year, how everything has a touch of innocence, and that we got set who we wanted to be in this new start. And I can see how much stress, tough hardships, and homework we had to overcome. I cannot believe how much work we actually did this year! Reflecting this year is something hard to do, in my opinion. I can't describe how wonderful and troubling this year was. All I can say is that no matter how tough this year was, I loved it and I can't wait for next year! Thank you everyone for making this year FANTASTICO! And a lot to teachers like Mr. G who can sometimes be strict, but only to teach us to be good students :)
- saranghae! Sunny Kimm:)

Next Year

This year was really fun and we learned a lot. I had a lot of fun in this class because of the many activities that Mr. G gave us. This class isn't really like all the other history classes. The all-new PESTE analysis makes it super-easy to organize my essays. He's the weird, corny, teacher that we all love who jokes around all day long, even though most of his jokes aren't even funny. (You heard that right!) He does, however, keep our class relaxed. And so, Whitney is a great school and I've made a lot of new friends in it. Now it's the end of the year, one of our last days as the "Scrubz". Time for 8th grade!! Rawr :P PHOENIX!!! :D

Reflection of My Seventh Grade Year

My first year here at Whitney was more fun than I expected it to be. I had teachers that were always helping me aught classes in an interesting way. If I look back, I had many hard times during classes, but I had friends who helped me and supported me throughout the year. I can't believe it's end of the year already. It's really strange, because during the year, I wanted to leave the school so badly, but now that the year is really over, I want to stay a little more. I hope I have a great time for next year's classes, too, and learn more interesting facts throughout the year. I also would like to get to know more people. =)

end of the year reflection

THIS YEAR HAS BEEN cool specially because of blogging. blogging has been a great experince because we can share our ideas into the blogg that we made and have been working on this whole year. history class is the funnest of them all because of mr g the best teacher that encouraged us/ forced us to blogg. i really look forward to blogging becuase it keeps the class entertained and busy for the whole period and it is better to share our ideas on blogger so we could learn things we didnt know before. what i look forward to next year is blogging more so that we can get wiser in history and also because its a great activity to be doing while at school.

A Memorable Experience

On the first day of school, on the first period of the day, I entered Mr. G's classroom, nervous with aniticipation about the start of the Whitney lifestyle. To calm us down, he played a game with us, so we could find out about others. From then on, I knew, at least, I would be able to start the day off with a good class. Throughout the year, we started using innovative methods of teaching such as blogging and acting out skits. This year has been memorable, not only to be in Whitney, but learning in a different way in Mr. G's class. In addition to the blogging, we used technology to start a new global education project (aka GEP). Through this project, I hope that in the future, we can use camcorders to videotape us, and other schools around the world to both learn about them, and connect with each other.

Goodbye 7th Grade...

This year has truly been amazing, from the different projects in different classes to the variety of field trips. As the first year at Whitney has already gone by, I am starting to understand what to expect in the next five years of my Whitney life. I think that this year has been filled with lots of fun activities, which is a very good way to start off. I hope that next year can be just as fun, but even better, being that it will be our last year of middle school. Next year is supposed to the year that we will always remember, because it would be our last year of "freedom," so I hope that it will be even more exciting than this year. I can't wait to see what is coming my way for 8th grade.

This year...and next year too?

This year..totally undescribable!! Tofinish my first year at whitney was amazing, and more fun than I ever could have imagined, even through all of stress and drama this year. THe year went by way too fast, and I wish I could stay this age forever. THis is impossible, so I would just like to tell everyone to live life to its fullest, as our motto this year at WHitney is "carpe diem", meaning sieze the day.
I look foward to this coming year with excitement, as well as saddness, since I realize i am getting older, and my time at whitney consists of one less year. I wish that I will learn just as much next year, hopefully just as much and more than learned this year.
To all of my classmates, have a great summer and i'll see you either during the summer or next year!!
<3 kaili hamada!!!

End of the year Reflection

This year we have done a series of fantastic things, most were really fun and helpful to our studies. I think the projects we did were really cool. I think that one of my favorite projects this year was the blogging that turned to a global thing when we got the grant for blogging. One thing I would really like to see next year with our global project is to see more people involved. I'd like to see that more than just the seventh grade class is aware of this project. It would be really cool to have the whole school involved and ,maybe even other school in our district. This would be really cool and we would have pride of knowing that we have helped spread ideas and opinions farther than we originally thought we would be able to do.

Looking back into the year, history has been made quite exciting by Mr. G. With his little games, comparisons, and interactive teaching, it is easier to comprehend history. A big factor of why this year was exciting, was blogging. Through blogging, we were able to share each others ideas and perspectives easily. Also, blogging enabled us to start a global project that tried to involve several different countries. Next year, i would like to see more connections between countries. So now its the end of the year, im somewhat tired, and i dont really know what to say thats not what i said. good night.

A Memorable Year 09-10

This year was a wonderful year! We had cool field trips and it was fun blogging and making the digital storytelling movie. All the mini projects and skits were very enjoyable to make. I really enjoyed being in this history class because we were able to do many fun assignments while other classes studied the textbook and wrote notes all period long. As well as having fun, we also learned a lot through all of our projects. Next year, I want to continue to blog and also connect to other parts of the world and learn about different cultures in an interesting way. It would be great if we could learn about people around the world through a blog! I also want to have more digital projects and continue to be assigned fun projects. This year was very exciting, and I hope that next year will be even more wonderful. :D


Also, thanks for being a fabulous teacher Mr. G. :D

Bye, and have a happy summer everyone‼

Looking Forward

The Global Education Program, abbreviated as GEP, is a program to educate students around the world. As time passes, we will hope to gain more publicity to enter in what students may think of different subjects and improve the way of how they learn it. Maybe when technology advances in its levels, we may begin to teach or be taught in better ways than just reading or listening. With more people, we may be able to see what we can do to help more people gain both academic and opinionated knowledge to foresee what they may be able to do to improve education for the better.

WHAT DO I WANT NEXT YEAR????

Let's see.... Next year I definitely want to see more, digitalized things. Hopefully we will be able to use cameras and upload them to make "educational" things. Also, I really hope that we will be able to talk to kids around the world. That would really help us and them because we can learn about their culture and they can learn about ours. Blogging is very useful for we are able to connect with the world outside.

Daphne

end of the school year(:

This year was really fun and we learned a lot. History isn't my best subject but we had a lot of fun in this class. This class isn't like other history classes. The PESTE analysis helps me write essays that Mr. G assigns us. This year has gone by really fast. It's awesome that the 7th graders are called "scrubs". Sometimes, Mr. G is frustrating but he's a fun teacher and I learned a lot from him. He's stubborn but hey, a lot of people are too. He's the kind of teacher that you can joke around with like he's your best friend. Whitney has been a great experience for me and I can't wait for the years to come. I've made a lot of new friends and found out that we have a lot in common. Now it's the end of the year, I'll miss Whitney. But we'll be coming back for next year as 8th graders.

End of the Year :(

Wow! This year has certainly passed by fast! Without a whole lot of ups and downs, it was an interesting ride. History, was one of the most adventurous classes. We did a whole lot of essays with the PEST PESTE STEEP factors, and that was pretty boring, but it certainly helped us understand more abou the old ancient people. But we didn't always write essays, we created sill plays that helped us understand more about history. Over all, Mr. G's class has been an awesome experience. It has certainly been an "interesting" journey with Mr. G's class. From the Sexy Clan to doing pointless work in Mr. G's class, I had a great time, during the whole entire year. It was very special because I was able to meet so many different people that made the whole year extraordinary. Mr. G, I hope you go on to become the fantabulous guidance counselor/teacher. Thanks for Everything! I will always love you guys!





<3 dc

End of the Year Reflection o.o

Wow, this year went by so fast! Mr. G's history class was the best! I really love the blogging and the projects we do. The field trips were fun, too. I really like the togetherness we had with this blog: how we share ideas and opinions, and how we can "safely" argue about each of our points. The video was a good end-of-the-year project, yet I think I had a bad grade:(. But still, it was really fun being with everyone, having parties and tests and essays and posters and skits. This was a very memorable year to be in, and I'm glad I got to be part of it.
Next year, I would like to be blogging with other countries. That would be really cool! And then being able to talk to other people all around the world! I would loveto see other student's perspectives on the cultures we study, and it would be so much fun to be learning from different people's eyes. I would love to be part of next year's global project! :D

EnD oF tHe YeAr ReFlEcTiOn

This year was super fun. At first, on our first day of school, I was so scared because I thought that it would be hard. I was wrong. The teachers were very nice and were understanding. All the classes were awesome. I always thought it would be just study, study, study. Of course, some days are study, study, study but there's always a fun activity waiting for us in each class. The blogging idea is really cool. I am looking forward to our project next year. I can't wait to interact with other people. When we won the Bob Costas Grant, the whole class was happy because we worked hard for it and put a lot of effort in our essays. I thought we really deserved it. In next year's classes I know that there will be more work and pressure in doing our best. This year's history class was way better than any history class that I ever had in elementary school. I hope next year's history class is fun too. Thanks everyone for making this year so great and that includes Mr. G for making our history class the best.

Goodbye this year....HELLO to the next!!!!

This was our first year at a new school, and new friends. In our history class, we experienced something that we never had before. Mr. G introduced us to many things we haven't done before in history which is very interesting. Some of the things include "P.E.S.T.E" which helped us organize our essays so much better. We took history to another level because of the things Mr.G did. I really enjoyed what Mr.G came up with. It made history easier to learn and also made it so much more fun. Not only did we come up with new things, but we also did some hands-on activities such as using chalk and drawing all the continents where they are located. We did so much other activities to express what history was all about.

Even though this year is going away...but next year will be even better because each year just gets better than the last. I would like to do the same things as this year, but maybe some more other awesome things along with the really fun skits, chalk writing, and etc.

Thanks Mr.G for all the fun experiences this year!!! :D

-Jennifer Poh
Class of 2015

End of the Year reflection

Seventh grade is almost over, and we have almost survived a whole school year of Whitney High School. History has been really fun and exciting, from the blogging to the Roman skits, from the projects to the field trip. Everything was very new and original, and our teacher Mr. G made it really fun. This class was very fun and creative, and I liked everything. Next year though, I think we should get more homework assignments to raise our grade more often. Blogging was also very fun, and we also won a lot of money for a grant. Mr. G was very creative, and I hope he will stay this way. Thank you Mr. G!

Fiinnnallly the end of the YYYYEEEAAARRR

Looking back at the year, I have made several reflections on what we did. For instance, when I think about the Bob Costas grant I reflect that we worked hard on blogging in order to recieve the grant. However, I know the blogging was definitely worth it because I am excited about next year's project where we are going to communicate with different societies. I expect it to be a fantastic experience for anyone, but I won't know until next year.

However, this year was great and awesome. I still remember our amazing experiences in history class and i'm really thankful to everyone. I think this going to be my last blog for a long time so I just have some notes to people >.<

A NOTE TO MR. G: History class this year was 10000000 times better than in elementary. THANKS Mr. G for everything!!!! ^-^

A NOTE TO BEN: Thanks for making our video so great!!!

A NOTE TO DON, MICHAEL, AND DIEGO: I hope your feelings weren't hurt about being not sexy.... sorry you aren't.....

A NOTE TO THE MICHELLES: Thanks for always being there for me!!!!!

A NOTE TO EVERYBODY: THANKKS FOR THE AMAZING YEAR!!!!! I would make five million more notes but my hands are starting to hurt.... HAVE AN AMAZING SUMMER

End of the Year

It is the end of the seventh grade and it was a fun year using blogger. We won lots of money in a contest. We posted lots of fun stuff on blogger and posted cool pictures. Not only did we have fun, but we also learned a lot and made many new friends. Blogging was very exciting and I hope we will do it again. Next year in blogger I would like it more if we used blogger more often and posted more things. This was a very fun and exciting year.