Current Events- "What's Happening in our World?"

Hello,
It is the second week of February already. Valentines Day is on Saturday and next Monday is another holiday, Presidents Day.
There are many websites and resources online that you can read to "keep up" on current events and to be more informed of events taking place in the world around you.
Browse around Yahoo.com (http://www.yahoo.com/) or National Public Radio's website (http://www.npr.org/). Also, the Tri City Herald website (http://www.tri-cityherald.com/) and the Seattle Times newspaper website (www.seattletimes.com) are good places to find local and Northwest news.

This week's Blog Assignment:
After you have navigated around these pages a little, please do the following by clicking "comment" to leave your reply:
1. Try to locate one happy, positive or "upbeat" news story and copy and paste the link (www.address) in your reply.
2. Try to locate one sad, negative or "depressing" news story and copy and paste the link in your reply.

Happy surfing/reading and have a great week!
Jason & Danica

Winter quarter 2009 Introductions

Hello! It is week 4 of the quarter already. Time flies!

Please reply to the following post with your own introduction. You can publish your post anonymously or sign in if you have a Gmail Account. Thanks and have a great week!


My name is Jason Clizer. I live in Kennewick with my wife, Maren, three wonderful boys, a dog and two cats. Our oldest son, Jordan is 12 years old and enjoys playing soccer. Our middle child, Max, is seven. He loves to read and is learning Spanish in the dual-language program at Edison Elementary school. Our “baby”, Calvin, is four years old. He loves to play Legos with his brothers and he also loves to tell stories to anyone who will listen!

Martin Luther King Day Holiday

On Monday, January 19th, we don't have classes and CBC is closed in honor of the Martin Luther King Holiday. Martin Luther King was a great civil rights leader with a powerful dream for equality in America. Here are a few links for you to look at to learn more about Martin Luther King and his famous "I Have a Dream" speech

Step 1:
Read about the holiday and watch the video, then respond to the discussion questions below.

Martin Luther King Day holiday http://www.thekingcenter.org/holiday/index.asp

Video of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0vAJk

Step 2-- Answer the discussion questions:
1) Why do you think this is a special holiday for all people, especially African-Americans?
2) Do you think Dr. King's message is still relevant (important) today?
3) What part's of Dr. King's speech and life can you relate too?
4) What civil rights leaders are there in your country? Who are they? What did they do?

Happy New Year!

Hello and welcome to 2009!
What is one of your specific goals or "resolutions" for this year?

One of my goals is to not eat seconds as much, especially after the holidays and all the yummy food I've been eating for the past month!

Classes for all students begin Monday, January 12th!