SWHS 2013 Film Festival.

SWHS 2013 Film Festival.

Great student made films in 4 categories: Drama, Comedy, Completely Original and Short Shorts which are under 2 minutes.

There will be prizes for the winners. The audience will choose a grand prize winner.

Admission is 5 dollars at the door. 3 dollars in advance (go to E105 to purchase advance tickets)

For more information and especially if you want to submit a film go to Mr. West's website at 2 or join the Facebook page "Southwest Film Festival 2013

Young Artists Party – Saturday, May 11 – 6-9 pm

Young Artists Party – Saturday, May 11 – 6-9 pm

Gallery of Student work at the Minneapolis College or Art and Design

2501 Stevens Avenue, Minneapolis, MN

Donations collected at the door – silent auction – fine snacks and refreshments

Safety is a Priority at Southwest

Friday, May 10, 2013
Good afternoon,

This is Bill Smith, principal at Southwest High School. I am informing you of a neighborhood incident that happened this afternoon. Two Southwest students said they were confronted by two adults who were waving a gun from a car. Pershing Park is located about three blocks from Southwest.

The School Resource Officer and a part-time Minneapolis police officer responded to the incident. After searching the area of the park and circling the school building at least twice, police officers determined that there was no danger to students. School dismissed per usual at 3 p.m.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Minneapolis Police Department at 311.

Again, this is Bill Smith, principal of Southwest High School.

Safety is a priority at our school.  Our best  source of information is our students and families.  If you know or suspect inappropriate behavior, please notify the school officials.

 

 

Helping Parents Help Their Children with Math Homework

Helping Parents Help Their Children with Math Homework
In this article in Teaching Children Mathematics, Regina Mistretta (St. John’s
University/New York) shares strategies for getting parents involved in their children’s math
learning.

Here are questions that teachers could suggest parents ask their children if they are
struggling with math homework:

- What problem are you working on?
- What do the directions say?
- What words or directions don’t you understand?
- Where do you think you should begin?
- What do you already know that can help you work through the problem?
- What have you done so far?
- Do you have similar problems to look at?
- Can you draw a picture or make a diagram?
- Can you explain what the teacher asked you to do?
- Can you tell me where you are stuck?

“‘We DoCare,’ Say Parents” by Regina Mistretta in Teaching Children Mathematics, May
2013 (Vo. 19, #9, p. 572-580), www.nctm.org; Mistretta is at mistretr@stjohns.edu

Media And Arts Projects

Southwest High School has been the first to complete their Media and Arts Projects this Spring.

 

For their project, Mr. Kier's 9th grade Human Geography classes discussed, explored, and researched the idea of urban agriculture, community gardens, and alternative solutions to today's food industry. Students were given the chance to write and develop their own project proposals as long as they worked to address the driving question: How do we live a lifestyle that helps reduce or eliminate the negative impacts of our food industry?

 

Every student approached the project differently and the classes created a final body of work full of diversity and ingenuity. Whether working individually or in groups, students tackled this question using an impressive variety of mediums including painting, mosaics, computer illustration, song, film, multimedia and more.

 

 

Some groups decided to focus on the need for healthy and organic food options. Others focused on forgotten areas of Minneapolis, such as roofs, or abandoned lots, and re-imagined the spaces as lush community gardens. Whether an interpretive painting representing the hope for change in our food industry, or an actual, functioning, hydroponic plan system, every student’s piece explores the driving question in a unique and creative way.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzwvPjTIjR8

 

-- Ken Simon

Director, Office of College and Career Readiness

Minneapolis Public Schools

612-382-2657

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Senior DeAnthony McKinley Honored

Southwest Senior DeAnthony McKinley was honor by the Minnesota Alliance of Black School Educators at a reception and program at University of St. Thomas Thursday evening.

According to the presentation, DeAnthony was awarded the honor and scholarship for his character, written essay, high school academic record and community service.  DeAnthony reported that he will be attending Concordia University this fall.

The reception and program was part of the University of St. Thomas Julian Parker Lecture Series.  Dr. Joesph Scherer was the speaker for the program.

2009 Grads Singing on David Angulo's Web Site

Some of you remember that in 2009 during graduation, Patrick Budde, Matthew Grathwol, Celina Kane, Tommy Bernardi, Sam Tank, Eli Kamin and Tarek Makky sang a song in Spanish, “El lago de mis sueños” by David Angulo (I had bought his CD during one of his concerts in Spain in 2000).

David Angulo is an artist of a kind (composer and singer, actor, does commercials, composes music for shows, designs covers for books and CDs, and writes comics).  In his website…

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19749824/prueba_web/index.html

he shows a lot of what he does…his art.  BUT, he also put the link to the SW High school kids singing.  The title: Universidad de Minnesota, 2009 (they sang in Northrop Auditorium).  How cool is that?

 

I had written to him before they sang, telling him about my students learning one of his songs and he was extremely excited to know that kids in MINNESOTA, at SW HIGHSCHOOL, were singing one of his songs…and here it is…

http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19749824/prueba_web/REPROD_PLAYLIST_AS3/videos3.html

at the bottom of the screen you will see a bunch of videos.   Bring the cursor (without clicking)  to the last video and they will move until you reach the last one…that is the one.  You save the best for last!

 

Jose Fresco

Spanish Teacher