Edwin Markham Elementary was founded in the year 1965. With the housing boom of the 1960s, the surrounding neighborhood needed a school. The school was named for the accomplished poet, Edwin Markham. Edwin Markham is most recognized for The Man With the Hoe and Other Poems published in 1899. In the beginning, Markham was known as the Markham Mustangs. Today, the school’s mascot is a Timberwolf. When the mascot was changed, the staff also decided change the colors. The green and gold colors of the past Mustangs were traded for the teal, black, and white colors of the present Timberwolves. The curriculum was also updated with the introduction of the S.P.I.C.E. Program (Spanish Immersion Cultural Education). The S.P.I.C.E. program makes Edwin Markham Elementary a culturally diverse school. With the start of the Waldorf Educational System in the 1990s, Markham elected to incorporate this program with the introduction of A.C.E. (Alternative Cooperative Education). Markham’s traditional program, R.E.A.C.C.Ch. (Raising Educational Achievement for College and Career bound Children), focuses on encouraging children to do their best. Due to conflicts between programs, the A.C.E program moved to Hemlock …show more content…
This is my fourth year. I didn’t pick this school because I wanted to continue my streak. I picked this project because I wanted to do what scares me. Before this, I had only worked with kids older than the age of nine. I am uncomfortable with little kids. Working with Mrs. Horsley and her first graders made realize that little kids are not that bad. Normally, I shy away from loud crowds of people. These kids were something else. The first graders were loud, but they were a good loud. They were happy. I learned to smile more. Doing the Markham Service Learning project, I learned that it is okay to be loud. I learned to have more patience when helping others up off the ground. I learned to be a better
As we all know 27 year old James Eagan Holmes opened fire in a crowded movie theater, Century 16, on July 20,2012. Holmes had over 700 rounds of ammunition with him, killing 12 and injuring 70. Not long ago, over 3 years after the shooting, on August 7th, Holmes was sentenced to 12 life sentences and 3,318 years without parole. Holmes was a former grad student.
Edith Cowan (nee Brown) was the first woman elected to the Australian parliament. She defined a generation of female parliamentarians and cleared the way for the hundreds of women who followed. Born in 1861 in Western Australia, she grew up in the country. She lived a challenging childhood, with her mother dying when she was seven during childbirth, and several years later shooting and killing his second wife, whose murder he was subsequently hanged for. She and her sister attended a boarding school in Perth.
James Holmes is one of the most recent serial killers to be caught and charged for what he had done. James killed 12 people and injured 70 others in mass shooting in movie theater in aurora colorado. People showed up to the movie theater expecting to watch the new batman but they got much more than they ever expected. The police station is only about a block away to the theater so the police did not take long to show up and they were able to take James down without having to kill or injure him.
Ogden used to entertain and lodge renowned people in the Tee House Plantation, among them Harvey Firestone and family, Billie Burke (a silent movies star), and the George Pfeiffers who were neighbors and frequent guests of Ogden and his “paramour” – his mistress. Ogden sold the Tee House Plantation in 1920 and moved to a hotel in downtown where he died in 1922. By 1920s with the real estate boom, the land became too valuable to sustain a fruit cultivation industry; plantations were subdivided into small parcels and sold rapidly. Moreover, “The Roaring Twenties” years, a period of sustained economic prosperity, brought to Miami an overflow of cash and people - visitors and residents. Some of these newcomers had an extravagant life style and an inclination for gambling, practice which took over Miami and Miami Beach.
Danielle Amoils Psychology, Law, and Justice Track 7 April 14, 2016 James Holmes James Holmes was found guilty of killing twelve people and wounding seventy others in a mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado theater on July 20, 2012. The incident occurred at a movie theater, while they were screening the 2012 Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises. James Holmes was arrested wearing a gas mask, a “body armor,” and died his hair red to look like “the Joker,” a popular Batman villain.
John Marsden was born on the 27th of September, 1950. Marsden was born in Victoria, Australia, despite this, he spent his first 10 years of life in the country towns of Kyneton, Victoria and Devonport, Tasmania. His name has a high aspect of respect, due to the fact of being a nephew of well-known colonial Anglican clergyman and magistrate, Samuel Marsden. At the age of 10, Marsden moved to Sydney and later attended, The King’s School, Parramatta, renowned for its military style and approach towards education. Marsden’s hobbies during his spare time included education, scrabble, reading, writing and backyard cricket.
Richard Bassett was a significant Figure of the Constitutional Convention. Richard was in the convention at the age of 42 with the state of Delaware. Although Mr. Bassett was not apart of the committee assignments he did partake in New government such as, Attending the Delaware ratification convention, supported the ratification of the Constitution, served as a Senator from Delaware in the years of, 1789 through 1793 and Serving as the Midnight Judge appointee by President Adams. Prior Political experience Bassett was involved in includes, Lower House of Delaware State Legislature 1785, The Upper House of Delaware State Legislature 1776 and 1770-1780 and 1783-1785, also the Delaware State convention in 1776 with lastly being apart of the Annapolis Convention in 1786 as a Delegate. Richard Bassett didn 't know at a young age that soon when he was older he would be a significant Figure Of the Constitutional Convention.
I knew there will be going to be children, but I never expect younger children and older children coming to the event especially kids who are only few months old. I never thought I would be working with such a young child, and it was interesting how we work with these younger kids compare to 10 years old. It was totally different, and it was a great experience to work with kids at that young age and also with older kids. I expected families will join their kids and participate, and they did. Parents and their children join in together and having fun.
Born on October 10, 1837 in Boston, Massachusetts, Robert Gould Shaw was the second child and only son of Francis George and Sarah Blake Shaw, two prominent abolitionists at the time. Shaw’s family line consisted of very successful merchants and businessmen who had amassed millions through trade, making the childhood of Shaw and his four sisters a comfortable one. When Shaw turned four, his father retired from his part time law practice so he could pursue a literary career and to spend more time with his family; he moved his family to the country near Brook Farm. It was here that Shaw was exposed to the beliefs of freethinkers’ such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson, along with the open-minded ideals of the local Unitarian church.
Anthony Hopkins has touched the world with so many of his roles. People know him as Hannibal Lector, William Parrish, and Odin, but don 't know a multitude of things that make him even more interesting. Here are more facts about the man that remain to be rather unknown in the public. Number Eight: Anthony Hopkins Is Dyslexic Not many people know that Anthony Hopkins is Dyslexic, meaning that he often has difficulty reading.
Work with children Throughout my high school and college years, I have had several experiences with children that have all played a part in shaping my love for working with children. During high school, I spent two summers nannying for two young school aged children. Working with these siblings really made me realize how much fun I have working with children and watching them grow. Once I came to college, I started another babysitting job working with two four year old twin girls.
Edwin Arlington Robinson was an American poet during the Modern Era in history. He was born on December 22nd, 1869 in Head Tide, Maine. He was the son of Edward Robinson, who was once a timber merchant, and Mary Elizabeth Palmer, who was once a civic leader. Robinson also had two elder brothers, Herman (who was destined to receive the fortune from the family) and Dean (who was destined to become a doctor).
I learned how to love. I learned what it felt like to be appreciative for what I have and not take things for granted. I also learned smaller things like how to care for myself, how to be truthful, and to not talk to strangers. I learned how to accept another family and love them like my own. I learned how to cope with my family issues and I figured out how to understand why things
Besides learning rock climbing and LNT I feel I learned a lot about myself as well. I was able to learn what it takes to be a leader, participant, and teacher in these outdoor activities and how to apply what I learned to my future. To start I learned
It taught me to help better be on my own and develop a better sense of independence. It gave me the opportunity to take classes that will help me achieve a career I can be proud of. The next steps for me is to start throwing my name in the ring for different jobs and internships to get some good