Note To Students Hello mi amigos! I am so excited to be your partner in your education this year! As you may know, your education is the single most important investment you can make for your future. If we all work together I know you can succeed in your academic careers. Many of us have witnessed first hand how education opens doors, so lets come together and open those doors to your future during one of the most important times in your academic careers!
Proud Panthers
Jurupa Middle School is dedicated to "Empowering Students to Achieve Personal Excellence." Students can calculate their GPA, watch the morning news, get to know the principal, etc. There is always something new at ProudPanthers.com so click here and check us out.
Archeological Journal
Notes are the meat and potatoes of my class. This is where I cover all of the state standards. Students take notes 3-5 times per unit and they compose 40-60 days of the school year. To download my class specific Cornell note paper, click here. Students must complete five interactions (review by communicating with the material in the notes) for each unit's set of notes. To download an explanation and example of note interactions, click here.
Shaffer's Sanctuary
School should be a safe place for you to learn and discover the world around you. Room 106 is open every Monday - Thursday during 1st lunch to provide a safe eating environment, where you can study, play or simply to get to know my wife and I better. Click here to print your own passes.
Twitter
Please consider following my class on Twitter. Twitter keeps you informed with what matters most to you today and helps you discover what might matter to you most tomorrow. Students who subscribe to my Twiiter account should recieve daily updates to their cell phone or email accounts detailing what we are doing in class each day.
FRONTSIDE - Sandals Church
What's the meaning of life? What is my purpose in life? Why do bad things constantly happen to good people? Have you ever tried to wrap your mind around any of these questions only to feel your brain turn to liquid gooh? If you are in search of the answers to many of life's most difficult questions and you desperately need a place to fit in, then let me invite you to click here and check out FRONTSIDE, the middle school ministry of Sandals Church. It's impossible to understand 7th grade history standards 7.1.1, 7.1.3, 7.2.1, 7.6.2, 7.6.6, 7.6.8, 7.8.1, 7.8.4, 7.9.2, 7.9.3, 7.9.6, and 7.10.1 without a decent understanding of the Christian Bible because of it's influence on western thought and life.
Colleges & Universities:
It is my sincere desire that all of my students go on to college, become life-long learners, with the desire and knowledge of how to become agents of positive world change. I understand that college may seem out of your grasp, but take it from me, it is far more possible than you realize. Check out these universities where I have either completed degrees or continued my education.
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| Azusa Pacific University is a leading Christian college, ranked as one of U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges of 2009. Located near Los Angeles in Southern California, APU is a Christian University offering undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and degree completion programs, both on campus and online. |
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| California Baptist University (CBU) is one of the top private Christian colleges and universities in Southern California. CBU offers bachelor's, master's and credential programs in Riverside, San Bernardino and online. California Baptist University believes each person has been created for a purpose. Graduates are challenged to become individuals whose skills, integrity and sense of purpose glorify God and distinguish them in the workplace and in the world. |
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| The University of California, Riverside is one of 10 universities within the prestigious University of California system, and the only UC located in Inland Southern California. Widely recognized as one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the nation, UCR's current enrollment is over 19,000 students, with a goal of 21,000 students by 2020. The campus is in the midst of a tremendous growth spurt with new and remodeled facilities coming on-line on a regular basis. |
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| The University of San Diego is committed to academic excellence, Catholic intellectual and social traditions, and providing a top-notch liberal arts education for scholars of all faiths. For more than six decades, the University of San Diego has been dedicated to the values originally articulated by its founders, Mother Rosalie Hill of the Society of the Sacred Heart and Bishop Charles Francis Buddy of the Diocese of San Diego. |
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 | The University of Phoenix provides access to higher education opportunities that enable students to develop knowledge and skills necessary to achieve their professional goals, improve the productivity of their organizations and provide leadership and service to their communities. |
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| The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California. Spanning over 5,300 acres, the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment. The Carnegie Foundation classifies UC Davis as a comprehensive doctoral research university with a medical program, veterinary program, and extremely high research activity. UC Davis is ranked as one of the top 10 public universities in the nation, and consistently ranks amongst the best universities in the world. Additionally, Davis is considered to be one of America's Public Ivy universities, which recognizes top public research universities in the United States. The university has several distinguished graduate programs ranked in the top 10 in their fields by the United States National Research Council. |
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