This is a GREAT show!!

Hope you are having a great summer! I have spent the last 2 weeks in Virginia, North Carolina, & Washington, DC doing more ancestry research. I got to hold the handwritten will of my 5x great-grandfather in my own hands, 200 years & 2 months after he wrote it & held it himself. For me, it was an amazing experience that, believe it or not, was also filled with history. How? It's a document from the past.

Which brings me to the show in the title. It's called "Who Do You Think You Are?" And starts tonight on TLC, 8 or 9 pm, I forget which. It's about celebrities who are having professionals do their research for them but in the process you will learn some amazing history. Remember, everyone's ancestors, everywhere, lived what we study today. If you like history, if you are interested in how to start researching your own family , watch it.

I LOVE this show. I hope you enjoy it as we'll!

Have a wonderful summer!

Last post, now that the US History RSVP deadline has passed.

I wish all of you a happy, healthly, & fun summer break.  Remember to come to school on September 9th with supplies in hand - at least paper & pens - because most of us will start teaching right away.

One last thing...don't forget to READ!  If nothing else, it allows your mind to take a vacation, even if you stay at home.

Enjoy!
~ Mrs. Ramo

PS Monica & Diana - I will see you Saturday at 5 PM at the diner.  Any questions, just email me.  I won't be checking in here for comments! 

10 minutes to post or lose out on dinner!

It is 12:20 PM on Friday, 6/28.  As promised, I am calling for a reservation in 10 MINUTES.  So far it's me, Mr. Ramo, Monica, & Diana.

Unless anyone else from the 90+ group posts before I call, it's just us.

I will make one final post after time is up & I've called.  It will be shortly.

Diner for Dinner - Read me!

No RSVP by deadline, no dinner.  You will not be able to just show up & eat, sorry.  RSVP by 1 pm FRIDAY, June 28th, or you lose out on dinner.  If you show up without RSVP'ing, you will not be sitting with us, not will I be paying for you.  No kidding.  Mr. Ramo won't fall for it either.

90+:
Steven Gomez
Brandon Hill
Blanca Nolasco
Gordon Olekanma
Monica Ortiz - RSVP'd
Diana Pena - RSVP'd
Alexis Pineda

The diner seems to be our best bet.  I need to make a reservation by Friday afternoon...if they let me make one.  The diner is quick & easy to get to despite how far it looks on the map. 

Please post HERE, with your name, so I know if you will be joining us.  You will need a ride there & home.  You do not need any money.  School district insurance & policy prevents me from transporting you in my car.

Here is a link to the diner so you can get directions that are best for you:
http://www.paradisedinerli.com/Directions.html

Again, please post HERE with your name and let me know if you will be joining us.  I need to call the diner by early afternoon Friday, so please post by 1 PM Friday.  Be sure you have a ride there & back before you post.  I listed the names so you can arrange car pools with each other.

90+ Update - US Regents

UPDATE:

The diner I was planning on going to closed, go figure.  We're either going to Bertucci's on Motor parkway OR the diner at the corner of the Vets Hwy & Rte 347 split, also In Hauppauge (take Route 111 down to Vets Hwy, turn left, it's about a block down.)  In all likelihood, it will be the diner (gives everyone a lot of variety.)

What IS set is this:

• This Saturday, June 29th
• 5 PM - you need to be on time since I have to make a reservation.
• You need a ride there & a ride back.  Try to carpool so you don't aggravate your parents more than necessary.

I will post tomorrow which place, if it matters.  What I need to know is who can make it because I need to see about reservations.

If you didn't email me by the deadline, you should have your report card by now and know if you got a 90.  I don't have the names handy, but I will post those by tomorrow afternoon as well.

US "Regents 90+ Club"

Stayed tuned for a date, and I will post the names here in the next few days in case you didn't email me & you earned that score.  It looks like next Saturday night is the only time Mr. Ramo can guarantee he'll be on time to take you to dinner, but he did say if you prefer to do lunch at the end of next week he'd send me without him.  You can post a comment to weigh in on the decision.

Global Regents results

The Global results came in midday yesterday, with only enough time to enter them into the computer system, figure out final course averages, and run around to do the end of the year check outs teachers must do.  Plus, I'm on the Senior breakfast committee, so that meant staying late yesterday.  There was no time to post anything on here when I got home, and no way for you to reach me to know your grades.  Bad timing, blame the people who told us to grade US first.

You will see your results on your report card.  5 of you failed (4 in 2nd period, 1 in 6th), and I believe each of you also failed the course.  8 of you didn't bother to show up and, as a result, failed the course as well.  You will see a "0" as a final exam grade in accordance with school policy.  Unless you pay for & attend summer school in another district AND pass the August Regents, you should expect to be put back in Global II again next year.  If you DO pass the course & Regents over the summer, be sure to bring your transcript to Guidance AS SOON AS YOU GET IT so they can fix your schedule before school starts.

Some of you worked really hard all year, and I'm very proud of you.  trust me, US History is a breeze compared to Global.  You still have a lot of work to do and still have a Regents Exam, but next year there's a little curve and it's based on 1 year.  You need more detail on that exam, but if you work just as hard next year I know you'll be great at it!

Enjoy your summer!!!  See you in 10 weeks!