Sunday, August 31, 2008

Weekly Schedule - 9/1-9/8

Monday, September 1:

Tuesday, September 2: Professional Development (8:30-3:30), MTEA Meeting (3:45), Montgomery Band (3:30-8)

Wednesday, September 3: Professional Development (8:30-3:30), Montgomery Band (3:30-8), USSBA Conference Call (8:30-10)

Thursday, September 4: First Day of School, After School Help (2:30-3:30)

Friday, September 5: School, Montgomery Band (2:45-8)

Saturday, September 6:

Sunday, September 7:

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Weekly Schedule - 8/25-8/31

Monday, August 25: Montgomery Band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell Valley Band (9-12)

Tuesday, August 26: Montgomery Band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell Valley Band (9-12), Montgomery Fantasy Football Draft (7:30)

Wednesday, August 27: Montgomery Band (8:30-4:30)

Thursday, August 28: Montgomery Band (8:30-4:30)

Friday, August 29:

Saturday, August 30: Ridge Fantasy Football Draft (7:30)

Sunday, August 31:

Thursday, August 21, 2008

An article from www.kansascity.com

Matt has sent you the following story:


Posted on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008

Olympics buzz: Ugly side of China

Ugly side of China

Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday.

The women were officially notified they would have to serve a year-long term of “re-education” through labor and were under surveillance by a government-backed neighborhood group, said Li Xuehui, the son of one of the women.



Monday, August 18, 2008

Weekly Schedule - 8/18-8/24

Monday, August 18 - Monty band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell band (9-5)

Tuesday, August 19 - Monty band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell band (9-5)

Wednesday, August 20 - Monty band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell band (9-5)

Thursday, August 21 - Monty band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell band (9-5)

Friday, August 22 - Monty band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell band (9-5)

Saturday, August 23 - Staples Teacher Appreciation Day, Steve and Stephanie's Engagement Party (1)

Sunday, August 24 -

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Weekly Schedule - 8/11-8/17

Monday, August 11: Nathanael Greene Liberty Fellowship at MHS (7:30-3:00), Kearny Band Camp (8-10), Montgomery Band Leadership Training (9-12), Montgomery Band Staff Meeting/Party (6)

Tuesday, August 12: Nathanael Greene Liberty Fellowship at MHS (7:30-3:00), Kearny Band Camp (8-10), Montgomery Band Leadership Training (9-3), Hopewell Band (6-9)

Wednesday, August 13: Nathanael Greene Liberty Fellowship at MHS (7:30-3:00), Kearny Band Camp (8-10), Montgomery Band (8:30-2)

Thursday, August 14: Nathanael Greene Liberty Fellowship at MHS (7:30-3:00), Kearny Band Camp (8-10), Montgomery Band (8:30-4:30), Hopewell Band (6-9)

Friday, August 15: Nathanael Greene Liberty Fellowship at MHS (7:30-3:00), Kearny Band Camp (8-10), Montgomery Band (8:30-4:30)

Saturday, August 16:

Sunday, August 17:

Monday, August 04, 2008

Hawaii 3

facebook
Matt Mingle
3:54pm Aug 4th
Hawaii 3
To mmingle1.email@blogger.com
 
I have added new photos!

Matt has shared an album with you. To view the album or to reply to the message, follow this link:

http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=504217967&k=YWL43Y5YR3XM5AFERKX4P3
Are your friends bothering you? You can opt out of emails from friends on Facebook.

Schedule - 8/4-8/10

Monday, August 4 -

Tuesday, August 5 - Hopewell Marching Band (6-9)

Wednesday, August 6 - Meeting with Monty Band Director (12)

Thursday, August 7 - Hopewell Marching Band (6-9), DCI at the Movies (6)

Friday, August 8 -

Saturday, August 9 -

Sunday, August 10 -

Friday, August 01, 2008

Friday, August 1

8:00: Continental Breakfast

8:25: Announcements/Housekeeping

8:30: Placing Pearl Harbor and the Pacific War in a global context: A perspective from "Down-Under" - Doug Trevaskis, Senior Lecturer and Manager, Studies of Asia Professional Development Program, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

Different perspectives on map worldview
Australia's Pearl Harbor (February 19, 1942) - Japanese air raid on Darwin
The Battle of Isurava (August 26-9, 1942)

Australia in 1941
Nervous about invasion from the north
Heavily reliant on Britain
Had already been at war since September 3, 1939 so most troops were already out of the nation

Pearl Harbor had immediate impact on Australia
Shock, vulnerability, relief (because it got US involved)
Australia moved from relying on Britain to United States because Britain did not come through with protection of Australia
1141 Japanese interned within 24 hours of Pearl Harbor
Up close and personal with Americans suddenly
19000 Australian military killed, 22000 captured

Darwin bombed 63 more times
1 US destroyer sunk
Northern Australia continually air raided

Instructions for American troops book

Number of cases of friendly fire between US/Australia
The Battle of Brisbane - brawling due to fight between US MPs and US/Australian troops

Reasons for bitterness toward Japanese
Commencing hostilities without declaring war
Disregard for Geneva convention
Treatment of captives (torture, beheading)
Cannibalism
Attacks on hospital ships
"comfort women"

10:00: Break

10:15: Pearl Harbor school visit program, "Witness to History" video conference, and "Pennies for Pearl Harbor" community service intiative - Paul Heintz, Director of Education, Arizona Memorial Museum Association

10:40: Developing lesson ideas for "Teaching Pearl Harbor through multiple perspectives": Small Group Work

My small group got a lot accomplished on our lesson plan concept "Overcoming barriers to reconciliation." I organized our work into a short, simple power point to help guide us through the presentation.

We made a great presentation as a group and we were the only group where all group members actively presented. I opened the presentation by saying: "Konichiwa. Watashi wa New Jersey no Mingle des." This translates into: "Hello. I am Mingle from New Jersey." I used my small arsenal of Japanese phrases throughout the week when I talked to Japanese teachers and they all loved it because they did not expect it. As I have learned through my previous experiences, Japanese people especially enjoy foreigners attempting to speak to them in Japanese. This is true in many other countries as well, but I have found it most rewarding with Japan.

A number of Japanese teachers made presentations today to share some resources they brought or to present us with small gifts they brought from home. Pretty amazing how completely prepared the Japanese teachers were for this experience - much more so than the American teachers.

12:30: Lunch

1:30: Group Share: Lesson Ideas

3:00: Break

3:15: Group Share: Lesson Ideas

4:00: Becoming an East-West Center Associate

4:10: Workshop Closing and Award Ceremony

We received our $500 stipend checks, an East-West Center pin and a slew of other materials. Apparently, we join 55,000 alumni of E-W programs since its creation in 1960.

4:30: Workshop Concludes