LIA MARATHON

Yesterday, October 20th, was the day Lincoln Academy

held its annual Marathon.

LIA students showed a lot of enthusiasm and school spirit.

 Students from other schools,

parents, coaches and teachers came to participate in this fun event.

At the same time, The Bake Sale for The missions was taking place. 

Teacher's Beatriz Gomez and Alvaro Cruz from LIA  took

first place in the adult male and female

division. Congratulations to all the students and

 teacher who participated.

See you next year! 

Ms. Beatriz Gomez wins 1st place!

Mr. Adolfo Gonzalez makes his way towards the finish line!

WAY TO GO

Grown Ups

This weekend I went to see the movie Grown Ups...I think Adam Sandler definitely hit this one out of the ball park, it is very funny! Here's what moviretriever had to say...

Sandler stars as Lenny Feder, a successful Hollywood agent with spoiled kids, a nanny, and a high maintenance wife (Salma Hayek). Thirty years earlier, Lenny was a part of a championship-winning basketball team and when the coach dies, he’s reunited with the gang for the funeral after they’ve all grown up: Eric Lamonsoff (Kevin James), Kurt McKenzie (Chris Rock), Marcus Higgins (David Spade), and Rob Hilliard (Rob Schneider). Of course, most of them come with spouses, offspring, and subplots. Eric’s wife Sally (Maria Bello) is still breastfeeding their son at age four (although James’ character’s existence is basically just an excuse for multiple “man fall down … funny” scenes). Kurt’s pregnant wife Deanne (Maya Rudolph) not only wears the pants in the family but poor Kurt is also berated by his overbearing mother-in-law (Ebony Jo-Ann). Marcus is the player, the one who comes unattached enough to hit on Rob’s unnaturally hot daughters. Finally, the overly sensitive Rob is the brunt of most of the gang’s jokes, not just for his hippie nature but for the fact that his wife (Joyce Van Patten) is a few decades older. Other regular Sandler collaborators including Colin Quinn, Steve Buscemi, and a nearly movie-stealing Tim Meadows pop up in small roles (http://www.movieretriever.com/blog/733/movie-review-grown-ups/1704568 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e01NVCveGkg

Ants in My Pants!

Location: Classroom
Situation: Students just came in after recess

Student: Mrs. Anita, I really need to go to the bathroom
Teacher: No you don't
Student: Yes I do, I really have to go to the bathroom
Teacher: You jkust came in from recess, why didn't you go then?
Student: But Miss...I have Ants in My Pants
Teacher: *laughing* that's a good one
Student: rolls her pants up and shows me the ants that have somehow appreared in her pants!

Gotta love the 8th graders!

Teaching Prezi to My Students

So I introduced my 9th and 11th grade students to PREZI, a web site where they can create astonishing presentations live and on the web. It confused them at first, because you can do amazing zooms but I think they will eventually get the hang of it and start making amazing presentations. POWERPOINT? who uses powerpoint? That is one boring tool, may I remind you my friends...times they are changing and we need to keep up with technology if we want to keep our students interested...
I will introduce Prezi to the 8th graders this week...we will see how that goes...

http://prezi.com/