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		<title>Summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have a wonderful summer vacation!! Be seeing you in August.  Read as much as you can over the summer!!  
 
Sara Lee, Mary &#38; Jeff
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have a wonderful summer vacation!! Be seeing you in August.  Read as much as you can over the summer!! <img src='http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>Sara Lee, Mary &amp; Jeff</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 6, 2010
Greetings, Parents! Time sure does fly by quickly! We have about four weeks left until summer vacation. Many events have happened in April and many more events will be coming around the corner soon upcoming weeks. There was a science fair.  Second, there was an ASL poetry competition that involved 1st grade through [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May 6, 2010</p>
<p>Greetings, Parents! Time sure does fly by quickly! We have about four weeks left until summer vacation. Many events have happened in April and many more events will be coming around the corner soon upcoming weeks. There was a science fair.  Second, there was an ASL poetry competition that involved 1st grade through middle school.</p>
<p>ASL Poetry competition- We learned about different types of classifiers to help the students with creating their own ASL poetry.  We focused on rhyme, rhythm, stanza and use of figurative language.  In ASL poetry, either handshape, movement or same line is repeated throughout the poem.  Also, we could use signs that uses same kind of movement or handshape.  Often figurative language is used in poetry so classifiers are like figurative language in ASL poetry. We viewed some other ASL poets to get some ideas.  Then each student created his/her own ASL poem individually.  We had a competition on April 29th with three judges (Kevin Souhrada, Valerie Sharer and Ryan Commerson).  The top 8-9 students were taped and shown at an Art Show at the Very Special Arts center.  The 9 students were:  Sierra Herzig-Wilcox, Madison Latham, Mackenzie Latham, Brenda Ruedas, Carlos Perez, Colleen Gunst, Mia White, Payton Talbert and Rolando Middlebrooks.  They were a part of the &#8220;Poetry in Motion&#8221; at the art show.</p>
<p>Thirdly, we went on a field trip to deaf and hard of hearing track and field day in Aurora last Tuesday. All deaf and hard of hearing students from all over Denver metro met at the track area near  Hinkley High School in Aurora. The middle school students worked as volunteers helping out with Track and Field Day staff. Each student had different roles volunteering face painting, leading the group, giving out awards, collecting food for Food Bank, etc.  Several middle school students joined the dash race after everyone complete their volunteering. It was a great day and the students enjoyed running around on the football field. Here are the images:</p>
<p>Tomorrow will be an exciting day for our students. First, we will have a special guest visiting RMDS. Luke Adams who joined with his mother on TV series &#8220;The Amazing Race&#8221; will be our guest speaker.  On May 19, we will have another field trip to downtown Denver. The middle school students will be visiting Molly Brown museum. We will send home field trip permission slip next week.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Important Dates to Remember:</span></p>
<p>Our last Middle School Fun Night is on May 14th. I will send home permission slip with your child. Make sure to sign the form by next week before May 14th.</p>
<p>May 21- Golf Tournament</p>
<p>June 1st- Graduation and Honor Roll ( We will keep you posted with more information when time is near)</p>
<p>June 3rd- End of School Party (no Jeffco transportation)</p>
<p>Thank you,</p>
<p>Sara Lee, Mary and Jeff</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 16, 2010
Greetings, Parents! We have had many events happening after Spring Break! First, we started with Middle School Fun Night on April 9th. We went to Colorado Mills Mall for mini-golf at Putting Edge, dinner and shopping. The students had a great time! We invited many other deaf and hard of hearing students from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>April 16, 2010</p>
<p>Greetings, Parents! We have had many events happening after Spring Break! First, we started with Middle School Fun Night on April 9th. We went to Colorado Mills Mall for mini-golf at Putting Edge, dinner and shopping. The students had a great time! We invited many other deaf and hard of hearing students from another school. The students were making new friends. Our next Middle School Fun Night will be held on May 14th. The Middle School students will discuss our plans for that night. We will keep you update.</p>
<p>Secondly, our next exciting event was Honor Roll Assembly. It was held on Monday, April 12th. We would like to applaud to all of our students who received Honor Roll Awards. They have worked hard throughout the third quarter to achieve their awards. Here are the images:</p>
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<p>Last, we went for a field trip to Boulder Ice Cream factory with the whole school. The students were able to experience going a walkthrough a freezer where they stored ice cream packages below 20 degrees for two to three minutes. Boy! It was cold! Then we walked through manufacture processing hallway and witnessed the workers making ice cream. Each student had a taste of vanilla ice cream recently made. It was delicious! Each students received small sampling of their ice cream. We went to the park to have our lunch. After lunch, we watched several dance performances by undergraduate and graduate students at Colorado University. At the last minute, our own Middle School students who was taking dance as elective performed for all of us! We all had a great time! Here are the images:</p>
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		<title>April 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Optimist Club competition went well even though it was postponed one day due to the snow day.  Everyone did a great job.  We will post pictures of the competition ASAP.  Congratulations to the winners:
1st Place - Mia White
2nd Place - Greta Wolcott
3rd Place - Colleen Gunst
They will compete at the statewide competition at CSDB [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Optimist Club competition went well even though it was postponed one day due to the snow day.  Everyone did a great job.  We will post pictures of the competition ASAP.  Congratulations to the winners:</p>
<p>1st Place - Mia White</p>
<p>2nd Place - Greta Wolcott</p>
<p>3rd Place - Colleen Gunst</p>
<p>They will compete at the statewide competition at CSDB on Monday, April 12th.  We wish them the best!!</p>
<p>Sara Lee, Mary and Jeff</p>
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		<title>March 22, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 22, 2010
Happy Spring!
First day of spring was last Saturday and last Friday was the last day of 3rd quarter, too.  March has been a busy month with CSAPs.  Last week we celebrated the end of CSAPs with a pizza party and jeopardy activities that the teachers participated.  During the assembly last week, we had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>March 22, 2010</p>
<p>Happy Spring!</p>
<p>First day of spring was last Saturday and last Friday was the last day of 3rd quarter, too.  March has been a busy month with CSAPs.  Last week we celebrated the end of CSAPs with a pizza party and jeopardy activities that the teachers participated.  During the assembly last week, we had a visitor from England.  He was an itinerant teacher for the Deaf.  He shared his experiences and showed the studenst how to fingerspell using British alphabet.   And the month isn&#8217;t over yet!  We will have parent and teacher conferences this Wednesday.  Hope to see you there.</p>
<p>Also, the middle school students are participating in the Optmist Club oral presentation competition.  The local competition will be held at RMDS this Wednesday at 1 p.m.  The topic for presentation this year is as follows: Cyber Communication: Progress or Problem?  If you could come,  come on over and watch our students present.</p>
<p>Finally, there is a student teacher from University of Northern Colorado in the middle school and his name is Craig Stalker.  He will be working with Sara Lee in the mornings for 8 weeks until 1st week of May.</p>
<p><strong>Sara Lee&#8217;s corner:</strong></p>
<p>Both of my reading classes completed their books, took tests and presented their projects.  Now both groups are working on pre-reading activities related to their new books:  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stone Fox</span>.</p>
<p>In writing classes, we have been focused on descriptive writing.  We learned about writing super sentences (adding more information to make our sentences more interesting).  This week, our focus is on word choice (one of the 6 writing traits).  We will work on synonyms in revelance to word choice.</p>
<p>In ASL, all the students have completed their power point presentations on their person who has contributed to the deaf history or community.  We enjoyed learning something new about some people.   Also, we have been working on our presentation for the optimist club competition.</p>
<p><strong>UPCOMING EVENTS:</strong></p>
<p><strong>March 24th</strong>: Optimist Club competition at RMDS at 1 p.m.</p>
<p><strong>March 24th</strong>: Parent/Teacher conference from 6 to 8 p.m.</p>
<p><strong>March 26th</strong>:  3rd Quarter Honor Roll ceremony at 2 p.m.</p>
<p><strong>March 29th</strong>: April 2nd: Spring Break</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 26, 2010
Greetings!!!
Wow! We couldn&#8217;t believe today is the last day of February. We have several events we would like to share with you. But first, we want to share with you about our Literacy Night in which was held on February 10th. Everyone had a great time! We started with Opening Ceremony, had four [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">February 26, 2010</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Greetings!!!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Wow! We couldn&#8217;t believe today is the last day of February. We have several events we would like to share with you. But first, we want to share with you about our Literacy Night in which was held on February 10th. Everyone had a great time! We started with Opening Ceremony, had four different Olympics theme areas,  door prize and awards. Each family represented each country. Each family rotated from each  Olympics theme areas. Here are the pictures:</span></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn1838.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1764" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn1838-150x150.jpg" alt="dscn1838" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn1835.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1763" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dscn1835-150x150.jpg" alt="dscn1835" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">We will having CSAP testing start March 1st - March 12th. Make sure your child have some plenty of rest for the next two weeks.  We kicked off the CSAP testing with a Pancake breakfast this morning.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">We have been working on preparing our students for CSAP in different areas.  We reviewed inferencing, finding main idea and giving support to our answers with information from the text, writing our answers in full sentences, reading different charts, vocabulary, grammar rules as well as concepts for Math and Science.  We will continue to do that on Monday and Friday when our students return to regular class schedule.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Now is a good time for the students to catch up on their missing assignments before the end of 3rd quarter <strong>(March 19th)</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Sara Lee&#8217;s corner:</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Both reading groups have completed their books.  We are now reviewing and finishing up.  The students will have a project to do in relation to their book. We will begin new books after CSAPS.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">In writing, we reviewed the difference between narrative and expository pieces and what was expected in each type.   We learned how we were evaluated in CSAP on our writing pieces.  </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">ASL:  We completed our power point projects on our person of choice for Deaf History.  Currently the students are presenting their projects to the class.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mary&#8217;s Corner:</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Reading /Wizard Wands – We just started reading our new book, <em>Bud, Not Buddy,</em> written by Christopher Paul Curtis. It is about<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>an orphan struggling to find his father during Depression Era. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">Reading /Twilights- We started reading a new book called, <em>Ramona the Brave</em>. The students wanted to continue to read more about Ramona. In this book, she is a first grader and she is learning how to find courage. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Writing- We are still working on our writing projects about Winter. The students reviewed the differences between narrative and expository writing. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">Purple/Orange Math- We have been reviewing different math problems for CSAP test.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span><span style="color: #0000ff;">US History- We are now studying Civil War. The students are working on their Civil War/Gettysburg project by researching different battle locations, generals, and the causes of the Civil War.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Us Georgraphy- We are researching about Great Lakes. Each students are researching for information on their assigned lake. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>UPCOMING EVENTS</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Middle School Fun Night will be held on <strong>March 19th.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Middle School Students will be involved with Optimist Club competition.  The competition will be on <strong>March 24th</strong>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Parent/Teacher Conferences will be on <strong>Wednesday, March 24th.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Happy March,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Sara Lee, Mary &amp; Jeff</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 30th: Good Nutrition and Exercises are IMPORTANT!!
For the past 2 weeks, we participated in activities where we learned the most valuable things in life that would make a difference in how we stay healthy.  We did two experiments of the drinks: 1) compared juice drinks in amount of calories, fat content, sugar, and protein [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: mceinline;"><strong>April 30th: Good Nutrition and Exercises are IMPORTANT!!</strong></span></p>
<p>For the past 2 weeks, we participated in activities where we learned the most valuable things in life that would make a difference in how we stay healthy.  We did two experiments of the drinks: 1) compared juice drinks in amount of calories, fat content, sugar, and protein to determine which would have nutritional values and be worthwhile to drink; 2) we test tasted 3 different kind of milk; whole, 2%, and 1% and determine which tastes better and which would be healthier to drink from.</p>
<p>When we compared the juice drinks, we learned that what we thought would be the healthiest is actually the worst while the drink we thought would be the worst is actually better to drink.  In our experiment, fruit V8 is the worst drink with least nutritional value while the Yoohoo (chocolate milk) is better with protein and least calories.</p>
<p>When experimenting milk, we learned that while the whole milk tastes better, it&#8217;s high in calories and fat (160 calories, 5g saturated fat) and not too healthy for us to drink.  In comparison, the 1% has only 110 calories and 1.5g of saturated fat and it would be healthier for drinking on daily basis which is necessary for body growth because it has all the nutritions that our bodies need.</p>
<p>We learned about BMI (Body Mass Index); why we use it, and why it is not always accurate for everyone.  We have different bone density, different body build, and different pace of body growth.  All these factors make BMI unreliable at times so we have to be careful about how to use them.  The best way we would know if we are healthy is to monitor ourselves&#8211;eat healthy, watch for junk food, exercise, and sleep good.  In addition to that, we learned how the exercise affects our heart rate and why it is good for our heart and the body as a whole.  We measured our pulse rate at several positions: sitting, walking, and running.  We all went outside to walk and run and it was a nice break for all of us!! We had fun calculating and seeing the difference among each other.  We also determined our target heart rate and why it is important to keep below it.  We exercise but we can exercise too excessively and it can cause harm to our hearts and bodies.  If we stay within HR (heart rate) Zone, our exercise would be beneficial.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s to our health!  Summer is coming so now is the perfect time for us to try and be healthier everyday!!</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;It is remarkable how ones wits are sharpened by physical exercise&#8221;&#8211; Pliny the Younger</span></p>
<p><strong>March 22-26th<br />
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<p><strong>4th quarter: NEW HEALTH CLASS!  WELCOME!</strong></p>
<p>Here is attachment of syllabus for 4th quarter Health class:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/healthsyllabus.doc">health class syllabus</a></p>
<p>Please feel free to contact Nicole Beatty, the school counselor, at (720) 235-0003 or via email at Nicole@rmdeafschool.net if you have any questions about the class!  Enjoy your Spring Break!! <img src='http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span class="stxt">Spring is nature&#8217;s way of saying, &#8220;Let&#8217;s play hard!&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p><strong>March 8-18th: Communicable Disease</strong></p>
<p>The last classes of the quarter covered topic about communicable diseases.  First, we identified the difference between communicable vs non-communicable diseases and ways of preventing the spread of disease.  Noncommunicable diseases can be allergies, asthama, cancer, heart/ circulatory problems, disabetes and arthritis.  Those diseases are not spreadable and are usually inherited from parents or influenced by the environmental factors such as pollution and poor eating habits.</p>
<p>A communicable disease is carried by microorganisms and transmitted through people, animals, surfaces, foods, or air. Communicable diseases is shared through fluid exchange, things that are contaminated, or close contact with others.</p>
<p>The disease might need a blood exchange via an injection, float along a sneeze in a movie theater, or get transmitted through childbirth. The examples of communicable diseases also, and they are the following: swine flu, ringworm, whooping cough, and sexually transmitted infections (HIV/AIDS)We discussed our bodies&#8217; defenses against infection and then we did the worksheet for in-class assignment.  The students were to choose a disease and identify whether it is communicable or non-communicable then name what are the risk behaviors, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.  The most popular topic for this was the HIV/AIDS.</p>
<p>Here are the websites we have used for learning about the diseases:</p>
<p>http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/</p>
<p>http://hes.ucfsd.org/gclaypo/commdise/commdise.html</p>
<p>http://www.searo.who.int/en/section1174/section1459.htm</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;Take care of your body. It&#8217;s the only place you have to live.&#8221;<br />
~Jim Rohn</span></p>
<p><strong>March 2-5th: Drugs and What is Alcohol?</strong></p>
<p>We covered several different drugs that are common among high school students, and they are alcohol drinking, use of marijuana, and cigarette smoking.  We talked about how these drugs affect the bodies.  For example, the smoking has nicotine and it suppress feelings which need to be addressed for one to be healthy mentally.  Nicotine is damaging to body because it raises blood pressure and lungs are being damaged by the smoke.  While it&#8217;s damaging, cigarette and marijuana smoking are addicting and teens who smoke are found not to perform well in school, not feeling like they are a part of school, become isolated from other students, and can&#8217;t perform as well in sports.  The negative effects of alcohol drinking on body and mind are also discussed and the students made their own list of negative effects of the drinking.  The goal of this lesson is for the students to understand the addictions that are</p>
<p>Here are the websites that parents can use to discuss with their child(ren):</p>
<p>http://www.teendrugabuse.us/teensmoking.html</p>
<p>http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/govpubs/ph323/</p>
<p>http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/alcohol.html</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;Reach for the stars not the drugs&#8221; &#8212; unknown</span></p>
<p><strong>February 16-25: Mental Health</strong></p>
<p>This week, we covered topics such as personality traits, self-esteem, goal setting, stress management, and skills to build healthy relationships.  The goal for this topic is to understand how social and cultural factors influence psychosocial development and identity formation among young teens and adults.  We discuss how we differ in psychosocial development due to our upbringings and our genes that we are born with.  We discuss what &#8220;mental illnesses&#8221; mean and how the label affect us in general.  Depression, attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and anxiety, conduct,  and eating disorders are common among middle school students, and mental health disorders are more common in young people than many realize.  Studies show that 1 in five children and adolescents have a mental health disorder.</p>
<p>We reviewed the causes of mental illnesses and which are mostly by biology and environment.  We closed the discussion with what we can do for ourselves if we recognize the &#8220;imbalance&#8221; in ourselves and in others.  The things in life that happen are out of our control (i.e., exposure to environmental toxins, such as high  levels of lead; stress related to chronic poverty,  discrimination, or other serious hardships; and the loss of important people through death,  divorce, or broken relationship).  These factors happen beyond our control, but it is our responsibility to maintain our mental health.  Just like we exercise our bodies to stay healthy physically; we exercise our minds by doing things necessary to keep healthy mentally, such as getting help, managing stress, and staying positive about people and things around you.</p>
<p>Here are several websites we used to cover the topic in class:</p>
<p>http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/CA-0004/default.asp</p>
<p>http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/mental-illness-children</p>
<p>http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/school/teststress/index.html</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;Attitudes  are nothing more than habits of thought.&#8221; &#8211;John C.  Maxwell</span></p>
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<p><strong>February 11th: BMI: Why is Body Weight Important?</strong></p>
<p>Concept of BMI: Body Mass Index was introduced this week.  According to the Center for Disease Control, &#8220;for adults, overweight and obesity ranges are determined by using weight and height to calculate a number called the &#8220;body mass index&#8221; (BMI). BMI is used because, for most people, it correlates with their amount of body fat.&#8221;</p>
<p>Students are aware that in the past many people assumed people who were overweight were lazy and indulgent. Now it is quite clear that there are many genetic factors that control our weight and make it more or less easy to control.</p>
<p>We looked at our own BMI by going to  <a href="http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx" target="blank">http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx</a> . Given the sensitivity of this issue, they were given privacy when calculating their BMI and were encouraged to finish calculating their BMI at home with their parents.  Not only that, but we also learned that the test does not take into account athletes whose body weight is due primarily to muscle mass.  We discussed about factors that may influence our BMI&#8230;.physical development and timing of development (some develop at earlier age), gender, and height, and density/sizes of their bones.  In order to maintain healthy weight, one would need to follow the food pyramid, eat healthy, nurtitious meals, and stay active.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">The greatest wealth is health.  ~Virgil</span></p>
<p><strong>February 5th: &#8220;Get Your Calcium!!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p>This week, we covered the following points about the health benefits of calcium-rich foods:</p>
<p>*Diets that are rich in lowfat and fat-free milk and milk products help build and maintain bone mass.</p>
<p>*Students their age especially need to drink milk, bcause this is when their bone mass is being built</p>
<p>We took samples of 1%, 2%, and whole milk and each student had an opportunity to try 3 paper glasses to try the taste test to determine which would taste better.  Before taking samples, they decided that 1% would taste better because it is healthier, but to their surprise, the whole milk tasted better.</p>
<p>After the tasting test, we talked about how we can reduce the fat we consume by switching the milk we drink.  If they usually drink whole milk, they should witch gradually to 2%, then to 1% milk, and finally to fat-free milk.  We reviewed the label of each milk, in addition to the milk that are flavored and then compared them to see which is a better choice for them.</p>
<p><em>Questions included are the following:</em></p>
<p>*What is the serving size for this drink?</p>
<p>*How many total calories in one serving?</p>
<p>*How many total grams of fat in one serving?</p>
<p>*What percent of calcium in one serving?</p>
<p>This week, the students learned to read charts, to develop thinking skill in making comparisons, and to practice their math computation skill.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;Got Milk? Drink like there&#8217;s no tomorrow!&#8221;</span></p>
<p><strong>Welcome to Health Class of 2010!</strong></p>
<p>We started off the 3rd quarter with this new, exciting class! We have covered nutrition during the first 2 weeks; we talked about food pyramid and learned that the food pyramid is an important nutritional tool. They classified foods, understand nutrients provided by each food group, and determine whether they are healthy eaters.</p>
<p>We planned a nutritional breakfast meal and made breakfast taco to enjoy as a culminating event.  We discussed the nutrition of ingredients of the breakfast tacos: scrambled eggs, bacons, cheese, vegetables (mushrooms, green peppers), and salsa.  We discussed healthier replacements also (i.e., turkey bacons would be healthier).</p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;">Parents: here are the websites to food pyramid that we&#8217;ve covered in class:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;">http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #3366ff;">http://www.nourishinteractive.com/hco/free_printables (free activities/worksheets to do with your children)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t feeling well in the first half. I felt down, man. I had three slices of pizza before the game and the food took me down.&#8221;<span class="quote-author"> - Leroy Loggins, basketballer with the Brisbane Bullets after 1986 semi-final</span></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Sorry this wasn&#8217;t published until now! It was saved as a draft instead of being published)
Happy February!!
We are now into the second half of the school year!  Time sure flies!!
There will be a Family Literacy Night at RMDS on Wednesday, February 10th.  The theme will be Winter Olympics.  We hope to see you there.  Also, [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Happy February!!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: mceinline;">We are now into the second half of the school year!  Time sure flies!!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: mceinline;">There will be a Family Literacy Night at RMDS on Wednesday, February 10th.  The theme will be Winter Olympics.  We hope to see you there.  Also, there will be a book fair during this time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: mceinline;">We had a honor roll ceremony last Friday.  Congratulations to our students who got on the honor roll.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: mceinline;">We hope to see more students on the honor roll.  The key to get on the honor roll is to participate, be ready for classes and </span><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">complete their homework on time</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Here are tidbits from what is happening in our classes:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Mary’s classroom</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Reading and Writing-</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">We are very close completing our book reading. The students continued to work on answering reading comprehension questions and writing down their feelings/thoughts of each chapter of their book. The students are practicing with interference and prediction skills with different short stories. Winter theme essay is our current writing project. Some of the students are writing descriptive essay about their favorite winter sport. Other students are writing narrative stories. The students are still practicing writing topic sentences and paragraphs. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Math-</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">The students are still working with Singapore Math strategy using word problems. Some students learned number theories with fractions such as divisibility, simplify fractions, equivalent fractions, addition and subtraction with fractions while other group of students started to learn number theories with factions. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">U.S. History-</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">The students just completed their history review test last week. The test covered what they have learned since beginning of August. We emphasized our studies on the tensions between the colonists and the British. The objective was to comprehend what events caused the start of the American Revolutionary War. Currently, we are learning about the strength and weakness of the British and Continental Armies. We will learn about the Constitution and Bill of Rights next week.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">U.S. Geography-</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;"> The students completed their studies on Southeast Regions. They created books or brochures on different states. Currently, we are focusing on Midwest Region. The students learned variety of geography vocabulary terms as we study each region.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Sara Lee’s corner:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">ASL:</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;"> We are focusing on presentation skills and how we can organize our thoughts and present them in ASL. We are participating in the ASL essay contest at Gallaudet University. Also for Deaf Studies, we are starting a biography project on Deaf People. </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Reading:</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;"> We focused on how to write great short answers by paraphrasing the questions. This is a great preparation for the CSAPS. We are starting new books and working on the setting. On Fridays, we work on specific skills involving reading comprehension and how to read charts in preparation for CSAPs, too. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Writing:</span></strong><span style="font-family: mceinline;"> We practiced writing great topic sentences for a variety of topics. Also, we are working on creating a multi-paragraph essay on the same topic as ASL essay contest. We are working on how to organize and expand the paragraph with examples or details.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: mceinline;">The topic for both writing and ASL essay contest at Gallaudet University is as follows:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: mceinline;">Helping Others: How I Can Make a Difference in My Community?</span></em></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: mceinline, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, fantasy;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, fantasy;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Sara Lee, Mary &amp; Jeff</span></span></em></span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[January 15, 2010
Hello, Parents,
We want to keep you in post that this week was the last week of 2nd quarter. The whole week, we focused on reviewing all the information that students have learn since beginning of 2nd quarter.
We want to let you know that we will post all the grades by next week.
Reminder! Middle [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>January 15, 2010</p>
<p>Hello, Parents,</p>
<p>We want to keep you in post that this week was the last week of 2nd quarter. The whole week, we focused on reviewing all the information that students have learn since beginning of 2nd quarter.</p>
<p>We want to let you know that we will post all the grades by next week.</p>
<p>Reminder! Middle school will be having Middle School Fun Night on January 22nd. Your child will bring home permission slip. We would like to have the permission slip by Thursday January 21st.</p>
<p>Have a good weekend!</p>
<p>Jeff, Mary and Sara Lee</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">December 4, 2009</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Hello, Parents! </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">We hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving Break! We had a good week. There were several events happening during the week. Before Thanksgiving break, Middle School students were assigned a young student from either Learning Center, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten or some of first grade class  to help them making a wish list for Signing Santa by choosing pictures from catalogs and helping them write. This was like mentoring.  Last Monday, the Middle School students met with the younger students to rehearse signing their letters to the Santa with their wish list.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Last Tuesday, the whole school went to Cherry Creek Mall to meet Signing Santa. Middle School students met with the younger children to support them with Signing Santa. In fact, our event was captured by the CBS4 news!! Hope everyone did watched our event, but if not, don&#8217;t worry! Here&#8217;s the link: </span><a href="http://cbs4denver.com/local/santa.sign.language.2.1343959.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Signing Santa</span></a> (be sure to link the signing santa picture below the current video)</p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Today, we had a guest visitor, Angelyne, &#8220;The Amazing Deaf Cattle Dog&#8221;.  His owner, Eric Melvin demonstrated his tricks with Angelyne to the whole school. The students enjoyed viewing the demonstration. Several students participated using tricks with Angelyne.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Enjoy!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Jeff, Mary and Sara Lee</span></p>
<p>******</p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;">November 13, 2009</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;">Wow, time sure flies fast! We have one more week before Thanksgiving break. Just a reminder, we will be having a Thanksgiving Feast on Thursday, November 19 in the evening.  The RMDS Board members will provide food at the feast to show their appreciation for RMDS families.  It would be wonderful to see you all.  Students&#8217; stories, performances and comments will be shown at the dinner. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;">Two Mondays ago (November 2nd), we had an award assembly for First Quarter Honor Roll.<br />
Congratulations to our Middle School students for receiving their special awards for their hard work!</span><br />
<span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Perfect Attendance Award</strong><br />
Matthew Cowger, Carlos Perez, Caleb Pendley, Vladislav Malyshkin</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsperfectatt.png"><span style="color: #993300;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1252" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsperfectatt-300x182.png" alt="rmdsperfectatt" width="300" height="182" /></span></a><br />
<span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Honor Roll Mention Award</strong><br />
Matthew Cowger, Justice Grumbach, Austin Wolfangle, Payton Talbert, Caleb Pendley</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds_honormention.png"><span style="color: #993300;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1253" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds_honormention-300x202.png" alt="rmds_honormention" width="300" height="202" /></span></a><br />
<span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Honor Roll Award</strong><br />
Elijah Ruck, Renee Gunst, Sunshine Souhrada, Brenda Ruedas</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds_honorroll.png"><span style="color: #993300;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1254" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds_honorroll-300x198.png" alt="rmds_honorroll" width="300" height="198" /></span></a><br />
<span style="color: #993300;"><strong>Highest Honor Roll Award</strong><br />
Colleen Gunst, Mia White, Destiny Campion, Vladislav Malyshkin</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds_highesthonor.png"><span style="color: #993300;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1255" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds_highesthonor-300x181.png" alt="rmds_highesthonor" width="300" height="181" /></span></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;">Last week on November 6th, the Middle School students went on a field trip to the Boondocks in Northglenn. It was co-sponsored by CSDB Outreach program and a teacher at Hill Middle School. They invited all middle school deaf programs in the Metro Denver area to meet at Boondocks. The students really enjoyed their fun day by riding on the Go-Karts and playing arcade games. Not only they get to play games, it was a chance for our middle school students to meet other deaf students from another schools. There were about 7 programs in attendance and over 75 people attending.  Here are the images from our fun day at Boondocks:<br />
</span><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsbd010.png"><span style="color: #993300;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1256" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsbd010-300x270.png" alt="rmdsbd010" width="300" height="270" /></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsbd011.png"><span style="color: #993300;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1257" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsbd011-300x189.png" alt="rmdsbd011" width="300" height="189" /></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsbd013.png"><span style="color: #993300;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1258" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmdsbd013-300x158.png" alt="rmdsbd013" width="300" height="158" /></span></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;">Check out our Newsletter:</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ms-newsletter-11_13_09.pdf"></a><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/msnewsletter11_13_091.pdf">msnewsletter11_13_091</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #993300;">Mary, Jeff &amp; Sara Lee</span></p>
<p>October 22, 2009</p>
<p>Hello, Parents! It was a busy week! This was the last week of the first quarter. Last Wednesday, we held Family Math Night. Everyone had a great time. The most popular middle school math event was &#8220;Wild Trail Mix&#8221; with fractions. Many parents enjoyed the game. Families can continue to play &#8220;Wild Trail Mix&#8221; at home with their child. Here are the images from Family Math Night-</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds0081.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1013" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds0081.png" alt="rmds0081" width="288" height="322" /></a></p>
<p>Last Night was a big event for RMDS. Jefferson County Education Center had approved our request for high school. Some of our middle school students did present on our behalf to the panel. They did an impressive job! We would like to thank Christine Pendley, David Wilcox, Greta Wolcott, Mia White, and Justice Grumbach. We would also like to thank Matthew Cowger giving the middle school students&#8217; letters to the Jefferson County Board members. We want to thank all the parents, staff and students for showing up to show their support! Here are the images from Board meeting-</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds001.png"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1014 alignnone" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds001-150x150.png" alt="rmds001" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds0021.png"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1016" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds0021-150x150.png" alt="rmds0021" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds003.png"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1017" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds003-150x150.png" alt="rmds003" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds004.png"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1018" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds004-150x150.png" alt="rmds004" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds005.png"><img class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1019" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds005-150x150.png" alt="rmds005" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Today, we had our first SBG meeting. The students are planning different ways to set up fundraising and middle school events. We will keep you posted if we need your help with our fundraising and middle school events. Today at the assembly, we had a visitor from Jefferson County Police K-9 unit. He did some demonstration how the dogs search for drugs and bomb.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds006.png"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1020" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds006-150x150.png" alt="rmds006" width="150" height="150" /></a> <a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds007.png"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1021" src="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/rmds007-150x150.png" alt="rmds007" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>We teachers are currently working on Gradebook. You will expect to see your child&#8217;s final grades next week. Thank you for all of your patience.</p>
<p>Have a great weekend!</p>
<p>Here is our second newsletter: <a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/middleschool-nl-oct-23.pdf">middleschool-nl-oct-23</a></p>
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It is hard to believe we have about two weeks left until the end of first quarter. Last Monday, we had Student Body Government election. The students who ran for different positions did very well with their speeches. We applauded to all of their hard work and effort running their own [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #008000;">October 5th to October 9th</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">It is hard to believe we have about two weeks left until the end of first quarter. Last Monday, we had Student Body Government election. The students who ran for different positions did very well with their speeches. We applauded to all of their hard work and effort running their own campaign. We announced the winner by the end of the day.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Winners:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">President: Greta Wolcott</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Vice President: Kevin Dale</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Secretary: Renee Gunst</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Treasurer: Sunshine Souhrada</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Student Representative: Rebecca Olson</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Congratulations to SBG winners. We will have our first SBG meeting on Friday, October 23rd. We will have our SBG meetings on Fridays twice a month. It will be a great year for SBG!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">We have exciting news to share.  Denver Commission for Disabilities contacted us  about having  our Middle School Dance Team (Noisy Hands Dance Team) to perform at their awards ceremony this coming Tuesday morning.  It will be a great experience for our middle school students.  You will get a permission slip for your child to be part of this event this Monday.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">We mailed out the letters about the gradebook website. You should be expecting it soon.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Here is our new updated newsletter, Enjoy!</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.rmdeafschool.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/middleschool-nl-oct-51.pdf"><span style="color: #008000;">middleschool-nl-oct-51</span></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #008000;">Mary, Jeff &amp; Sara Lee</span></p>
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