February 2017

Letter from Administration

What a great time to be an MC2 Owl! The spring

semester is off to a great start! The second half

of the school year is always very busy with a host

of activities, including MAP testing, state testing,

great field trips, prom, and graduation, to name

a few. The pace in the classroom is rapid this se-

mester so please encourage your children to

stay on top of their assignments and responsibili-

ties so they don’t fall behind. Finally, we would

like to look back and recognize the recipients of

our first semester awards:

Most Improved Students: Emerald Castro and

Christopher Hannah

Owl Spirit Award: Abdiel Arias, Matthew

Avendano, and McKalie Johns

Humanitarian Award: Dominic Rodriguez and

Giselle Solis

Students of the Semester: Adam Alkhatib

and Liliana Diaz

Positively MC2 : Xiomara Lara and Markeda

Williams

Jonathan Dorman and Colleen Stuckart

Principals MC2 High School is program of Seeds of Health, Inc.

The Milwaukee Community Cyber (MC2) High

School mission is to empower students to become engaged

learners utilizing 21st century tools and resources leading to

successful post-secondary opportunities in a global environment.

UPCOMING EVENTS

March 1st ACT

WorkKeys

March 6th No School

March 16th Parent-

Teacher Conferences

March 17th No School

April 7th Incentive Day

April 10th-14th Spring

Break!

April 17th School

resumes

April 28th Prom

MC2 High School News

A great place to learn

© Seeds of Health, Inc.

“Sociopath,” “The Revenge,” “Vegan Va-

cation,” and “Clown House,” were all wor-

thy projects, but the night’s big winner was

“Shell Shocked.” The event was even cov-

ered by student journalists and photogra-

phers from Laura’s Communications class. I

think that it is fair to say that everyone at

MC2 learned something from the movies

this semester.

CALENDAR March-April 2017

March 1st ACT WorkKeys

March 6th No School—Staff Professional Development

March 14th 2:30 Early Release

March 16th 12:30 Early Release | 1-8 PM Parent-Teacher Confer-

ences

March 17th No School

March 28th 2:30 Early Release

April 7th Incentive Day

April 10th-14th School Closed—Spring Break!

April 17th School resumes

April 28th Prom!

© Seeds of Health, Inc. February 2017

Field trip to the Milwaukee Film Festival

Testing catapults in science class

News from Jennifer

Science is very busy right now! Our

physical science classes are

exploring energy by building roller

coasters. Our chemistry classes are

conducting flame tests to help learn

about energy and electrons. And,

bioethics wrapped up the semester

by creating Mars colonies where

students will deal with a variety of

bioethical problems.

The MC2 Film Festival

Audrey Hepburn once said, “Everything I

learned, I learned from the movies.” It’s ap-

propriate, then, that Arts and Humanities stu-

dents learned so much while writing, filming,

scoring, and editing their own original short

films. First, we attended the MKE Film Festival

and then we dove in headfirst to the movie

making process. Students had the

opportunity to screen their films for the entire

school. Finally, students attended the star-

studded Abelyn Awards to be recognized for

their accomplishment. “A Taco Between

Us,” “The Girl in the Wrong Generation,”

Some of the

creators and

stars of “Shell

Shocked” on

the red

carpet with

their Abelyn

Awards.

NEWS Feb 2017

Students who earned a 4.0 GPA last semester! Good work, students!

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News From Laura

All of Laura’s classes worked hard right

up to the end of the semester! Juniors

in English 11 researched different

topics independently to defend claims

in a research paper, while also

analyzing college-level poetry. English

10 students delved into the mind of

Holden Caulfield as they read and

analyzed The Catcher in the Rye in

small literature circle groups. While

keeping up with grammar lessons in

English 9, students also had a chance

to tell stories through their own

personal narratives. Final ly, in

Communications 1+2, students made

impressive short films expressing their

most prominent attributes, and wrote a

range of articles for another great issue

of the MC Scoop!

News From Jeff

The seniors are beginning their

exploration into the world of robotics

with the Lego Mindstorms EV3 Robotics

Kits. Students are working in pairs to

construct and program a robot to

complete various tasks. Construction

should take approximately one week,

but then the real fun begins. Each

robot has a variety of sensors to help it

detect various elements of its

environment. By using input from the

sensors, the seniors can make the

robot respond to new challenges that

arise. The robots will be able to detect

distance, pressure, rotations, and even

color differences! Once the students

have mastered the basics of

programming the robots, they’ll have

even more fun challenging each other

to new builds and competitions!

News From Evelyn

Step right up! GSA held the first ever

MC2 Winter Carnival, and it was a

roaring success! Students of all ages

attended and enjoyed classic carnival

food, games, and friends. Maya

Angelou, the author of I Know Why the

Caged Bird Sings, said “We are more

alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”

Seniors in English 12 are finding

inspiration from wise words from

Angelou in our unit on her memoir, all

while analyzing text and practicing

college-level discussion. In English 9,

students are learning about the art of

persuasion in order to write persuasive

essays. One of the most important skills

for college is to be able to support a

claim in an argumentative essay; in

English 10, students are organizing

essays that will make a claim and

include evidence to support that

claim. This is the first ever semester of

our Composition elective course. The

class is focused on improving students’

writing skills. Students write a journal

entry every day and will complete an

expansive book report on a book of

their choice. Ask your student what

they’re reading; they might have a

good recommendation!

© Seeds of Health, Inc. February 2017

Building robots in Coding

Students creating graphic novels for their final

project in World Literacy

MC2 High School

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Milwaukee, WI 53204

Positively MC2 Award

winners , Xiomara and

Markeda

Students of the Semester,

Adam and Lili

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