Monday Morning Memo --- December 8, 2014

Upcoming Events:

MON. (12/8) HOUR OF CODE WEEK BEGINS!

Students & Teachers In Every Grade Throughout Our District Will Be

Immersing Themselves In Coding Games, Language, And Thinking

For The Purposes Of 21st Century Skill Development

Check Out These Cool Coding Sites For Students & Adults Alike:

LOS AL CONNECTS / ANGRY BIRDS / FLAPPY BIRD

TUES. (12/9) LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING - 7am In Room 500

LOS AL JAZZ WINTER SHOW - 7pm In PAC

Come See Your Nationally Recognized Los Al Jazzers Perform

Some Great Music Suited For All Ages & Musical Dispositions

WED. (12/10) LATE START WEDNESDAY (Check Full Schedule Here)

Department Meetings All Across Campus / Students Start @ 8:37am

BLOOD DRIVE (ALL DAY) IN ROOM 500

This Year We're Really Encouraging PARENTS & COMMUNITY

MEMBERS To Join Los Al Students & Staff As We Aim To Become

The Single Biggest High School Donor Of Blood In California (Right

Now We're Ranked In The Top 5) ------->> Just Come To Room

500 On Wednesday, And We'll Take Care Of The Rest!

SYMPHONIC BANDS SHOW - 7pm In PAC

Listen to Wind Symphony, Chamber, and the Los Al Marching Band

For FREE In Their Last Show Of The Season

THUR. (12/11) INSTRUCTIONAL ROUNDS FOR ALL 1ST YEAR TEACHERS

Colleagues across all of our 6-12 School Sites Will Join Kathy Currie

As They Visit Teachers At LAHS & OAK To Observe Exemplary

Instructional Practice & Debrief The Experience As A Cohort

LAEF KING & QUEEN OF HEARTS - 5:30pm @ HENNESSEY'S

This Year's Fundraising Court Gets Revealed In Seal Beach

FRI. (12/12) BIG-TIME BOYS BASKETBALL GAME @ 7PM IN THE GYM

Los Al Takes On A Top-10 Canyon HS Program In A Match-Up Sure

To Bring Out The #BESTSTUDENTSECTIONINTHECOUNTRY

ATHLETICS: Winter Sports Are In Full Swing Here At Los Al... Are You Ready????

Girls Soccer played a match in the pouring rain this week as they beat a Cypress Team 2-1 on our home field. Girls Basketball is 2-2 in Tournament Play so far this year, and Boys Soccer lost a close one to Santiago on Wednesday. Girls Water Polo was also in action this week, taking it to Irvine 14-2 to start the season off right. And Wrestling is traveling all over the Southland to battle in competitive Tournaments. Proof that it's

true: #LOSALROCKSATALLSPORTS

THE LOS AL CALENDAR HAS MOVED!

Please Use The Following Site From Now On...

& On The Horizon...

12/17 ----------- Holiday Breakfast @ 7:30am In Room 500

12/20-1/4 ----- WINTER BREAK (No School!)

1/5 -------------- First Day Of School In 2015

.............. Unlimited Possibilities!

Show Choir's HOLIDAY SHOW:

What A Way To End A Fantastic Year!!!

If you didn't get a chance to see Los Al Show Choir's Final Show of the Calendar Year, you can click the picture above and be taken to quick medley of some of the show's fantastic Holiday favorites. With over 600 students participating in Show Choir, it is Los Al's largest program on campus spanning all grade levels & abilities.

When Teachers Learn From Their Students...

Los Al's "Modeling Monday" Effort Allows For Teachers To Learn Just As Much From Their Students As Their Students Do From Them

Mr. Awad learns about "student talk" as he listens to the language Ms. Fox's Math students use to discuss a Modeling Monday question. It's this kind of feedback loop that helps teachers get better at targeting instructional practices for their students.

Last month, Los Al High received more than 50 calls the day of our last Modeling Monday effort from parents, tutors, and neighboring school districts asking us to release the answer to our Modeling Monday question so that they could duplicate the experience. While we appreciate the flattery, please know that teachers will always review the problem the next day in class with students, and we're committed to posting the questions online for public consumption --- either here, in this Memo, on the school website, or in Ms. Fox's To Infinity & Beyond publication. Hope U Enjoy!

Here's the problem... King Arthur has a host of knights that sit with him at his grand round table, but not all of them are available all the time. Whenever he has a new quest for which he must send a knight, King Arthur has developed a favorite way to choose who gets to go on the adventure. King Arthur starts by having all knights who are present sit down with him at the round table. He then stands up and starts the selection process with the knight sitting directly to his left. King Arthur moves in a clockwise direction and says, "Yes," to that first knight, "No," to the second knight, then "Yes" to the next knight and continues around the circle in a pattern of "Yes-No-Yes-No-..." (Once a knight has been told "No" he leaves the table.) The selection process continues around the table until only one knight remains.

Sir Mathalot, a knight who's never yet been on a quest, wants to be this last knight at King Arthur's table so he can finally go on a great adventure. Where should Sir Mathalot sit so he is chosen regardless of the number of knights at the table?

Develop a rule, procedure or formula to help him choose the right seat.