Last Week of School!

Lesson Plans for this week are posted.

We will be finishing up our substance abuse videos today with a look at Heroin and Cocaine.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Last Day of School is Thursday.

High School students will have Semester Tests on Wednesday and Thursday.  Personal Fitness has an online study guide posted.  Students can take it as many times as they would like.

Hope the last week of school goes well for everyone.

Monday, April 16th

Lesson Plans for this week are posted.

We finished up the end of our "group projects" last week for Health classes.  Test scores were not as good as I had hoped.  In each of the 3 classes that did group projects instead of standard classroom learning test scores fell significantly.

This week we start studying Chapter 23 "Chronic Diseases and Disabilities". 

PE classes will be having a Physical Fitness week.

Hope everyone enjoyed the rainy weekend.  Sure limited time spent outside, but it was still a much needed soak.

Have a good one!

Friday the 13th!

Welcome to a RAINY April Friday!

JH students are having ICU/Fun day today.  Students on the list will have work, students not on the list will have fun day.

High School Personal Fitness will have game day.

Weekend:  Nothing planned.  staying home and working on some Grad School stuff. 

Lesson Plans... not posted online yet.

The Friday Video...  Enjoy the Eurythmics!

Thursday, April 5th

Lesson plans for next week are completed, but not posted online, yet.

No School on Friday, April 6th or Monday, April 9th for Easter Vacation.

Dakota STEP testing will be held for grades 7, 8, and 11 next week on Tuesday-Thursday.

Weekend plans.... probably going to head East to visit the family back in the Brookings area over the weekend.

Video:  Today's video is from Peter Schilling

Enjoy Major Tom!

Friday, March 30th

Lesson Plans are not done yet.  Should be posted later.

Weekend Plans:  Final Four on Saturday, and that's about it.

Good Luck to the Cubs Track teams as the travel to Winner today.

No School next Friday for Easter Break.

Friday's Video:  Enjoy Santa Monica from Theory of a Dead Man.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Welcome Back Monday

Welcome Back to School from a State A Tournament Weekend.

Congrats to the Cubs for winning 7th place.  You had a wonderful season and should be proud.

Lesson Plans for this week are posted.

Health classes will be studying Chapter 22 this week.

No School on Wednesday, March 21st due to the Regional Music Contest held at CHS that day.

Hope everyone got to enjoy some basketball action over the weekend, whether it was SD HS boys basketball, or the NCAA tournament.  It's March Madness.

Friday, March 9th

Announcements:

1. Today is the end of the third quarter.  Monday will be the start of the 4th quarter.
2. Next Thursday, March 15th, we will have a 2 pm dismissal for the State A Basketball Tournament in Sioux Falls.
3. Chamberlain will face the Aberdeen Roncolli Cavaliers at 7pm in first round action.
4. No School on Friday, March 16th, due to the State A Basketball Tournament in Sioux Falls.

Be sure to watch "Selection Sunday" on CBS or ESPN this coming Sunday evening to see where the SDSU Jackrabbits will play in their first ever NCAA Tournament.

Lesson Plans for next week are posted.

Weekend! - not much planned for this weekend.  I'm sure we'll be busy doing something or another, but for the most part... not much planned.

For today's Friday Video, lets go with a little bit of The Black Keys

Enjoy "Lonely Boy"

Monday, March 5th

Lesson plans for this week are posted.

In Health this week we will finish studying Chapter 21 Infectious Diseases and prepare for the test.

In PE this week we will be playing Pickle Ball in class.

Personal Fitness class will be making up assignment 6 from last week, and continuing to do their fitness workouts.

Good Luck to the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits Mens and Womens Basketball Teams today, as they play in the semi-finals of the Summit League tournament in Sioux Falls, SD.

Go Big.  Go Blue.  Go Jacks!

Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans for next week are posted.

That is all.

Tuesday, Girls Basketball Districts

Welcome back from an extended weekend.

Good Luck to the Lady Cubs as the travel to Crow Creek tonight for a district BB game.

Lesson Plans for this week are complete.

Today is a PE Day, we will be doing a fitness workout in the gym, and then playing a game.

Personal Fitness has a workout type of day in the weight room.

Have a good week everyone!

Monday, Feb. 13th

Lesson Plans for this week are up and on the internet.

First day back in school for me in what feels like forever.  I was home with sick children last Wednesday and Thursday, and had an appointment on Friday that I had made weeks ago.  So it's been almost a week!

Lucky for me, I had all my grades up to date so all I have to do is play catch-up... but still, 3 days is alot of work to catch up on. 

Let's see... News and Notes.
1.  Parent Teacher Conferences - Conferences will be held this Thursday, February 16th from 2:30 to 8:30 pm.
2.  No School Friday - Friday will be a no school day, after conferences.
3.  No School Monday - President's Day
4.  Conferences Drawing - I'm not real certain about this myself... I'm not one of the planners, but I know that each MS teacher was given some money from the PTA to use to buy a gift.  Each student whose parent/guardian attends conferences gets their student's name put in a drawing, and then that teacher will draw who wins the prizes from their "pool".

Good Luck to the Cubs JH Basketball team as they play at St. Joes tonight.

Caught a pretty good portion of the Grammy Awards last night.  I really enjoyed the show for the most part.  Some pretty good performances from Bruno Mars, Foo Fighters, Taylor Swift (yes, Taylor Swift!  She was awesome... I can't believe I'm saying that), Adele, and Jennifer Hudson did a great tribute to Whitney Houston.  That was really a fun show to watch.

Monday, February 6th

Good Morning Everyone, hope you had a safe and happy Super Bowl Sunday.

Congratulations to the New York Giants for winning another classic Super Bowl last night.  I was cheering for the Giants, but only because I can't bring myself to cheer for the Patriots.

Lesson Plans for this week are posted.

Busy week coming up... Health Students will be starting Chapter 21 on Infectious Diseases, and PE classes will be having a Physical Fitness week.  We'll even break out the Heart Rate Monitors this week.

Personal Fitness students will be having their first test of the semester, which is over the first four assignments.

Congrats to the Chamberlain 3rd Grade Boys Youth Basketball squad for going 3-0 in the Sully Buttes Basketball Tournament this past weekend.

Good Luck to the Cubs JH Boys Basketball team today, as they host Lyman.
(Take it easy on the ref!)

Monday, Jan. 30th

Lesson Plans for this week are up and online.

Health students are preparing for their Chapter 10 Test today.  There is also an online study guide, that they may take as many times as they want to prepare for the test.  Test will be held this coming Wednesday.

Personal Fitness class will be weighing in and fitness testing today.

Good Luck to the Cubs MS basketball team as they take on Winner today.

Had an extremely busy weekend this weekend, and was unable to get out and run.  I need to make time for this.  I didn't have alot of time, but I could have gotten something done, instead of nothing.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Late Start Monday

Late start at school today, because of the icy road conditions.
Be safe out there!  It's wet, and slick, and with the temperature where it is, doesn't look like it's going to improve much in the next few days.  Let's hope the road crews do a good job and keep the roads safe for everyone!

Lesson Plans for this week are done.

Health classes today, with shortened periods.  We will be reading section 2 of the textbook, and having class discussions on the material.  Todays topic is "Keeping Your Digestive System Healthy".

Personal Fitness will have our weekly weigh in, and fitness test.  Today, we will be testing out on maximum bench press.

Good Luck to the Lady Cubs as the travel to Kimball tonight in Girls Basketball action.

No School this coming Friday for staff development.

Friday, Lesson, Weekend

Welcome to a cold January Friday!

Lesson plans for next week are posted.

Congratulations to the Cubs Boys Basketball Team for their win over Todd County last night.

Also, congrats to the SDSU Jackrabbits for their big win over the USD Coyotes last night.

Full weekend of events coming up... CHS Wrestlers, Gymnasts, Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball are all in action this Saturday.  Best wishes to all the Cubs teams!

Also, a good luck shout out to the Cubs JH Boys Basketball team as they travel to Winner to play in the Winner Tournament.

Saturday is a big Basketball day in our house, as not only do both kids team's play, but also the UNC Tar Heels, The SDSU jacks mens and womens teams, and the LA Lakers all play!

This weekend will also be the NFL Divisional Round of the playoffs.

Sunday I have my first 10 mile run scheduled for the new year.  Could be tough.  I've only gone 8 miles once, so I may be dragging a little.

For the weekend video, my younger boys have had me listening to "The Rocky Story" CD in the van the last few days, so I've got Rocky tunes on the brain.

Enjoy Robert Tepper's "No Easy Way Out"

Friday, January 6th

Today in MS/JH PE class we will be having an "ICU Day".  Which means that we will have some sort of fun PE game or activity for all students who are caught up on their work.

Students who are not caught up on their work, or are on "the list" will have study hall and be forced to work on any and all missing work.

High School Personal fitness class will be playing a game today, but it depends on the weather as to what that is.  I'd planned on doing "fitness relays" in the wrestling room, but it is so nice outside lately, that we may scrap that plan and do something to take advantage of the beautiful weather.  It's not often you can have outdoor PE in January.

Congrats to the Lady Cubs for their victory over Crow Creek last night.  The win moves the Lady Cubs to 6-1 on the season. 

Good Luck to both the Lady Cubs, and the Cubs Boys Basketball team as they travel to Cheyenne-Eagle Butte for a double header game tomorrow.

Lesson Plans for next week are completed and posted.

This Weekend the South Dakota State Jackrabbits Men and Women's Basketball teams will travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma to take on Oral Roberts University.  Oral Roberts was the preseason favorite to win the conference in both divisions.  At this point in the season the Men are tied with SDSU with a perfect 5-0 conference record, and the SDSU women are actually a game ahead of the ORU women.

Go Big.  Go Blue.  Go Jacks.

Also, this weekend marks the Wild card round of the NFL playoffs.  For the second straight year, my San Diego Chargers have missed the playoffs.  So while that is disappointing, it allows me to watch the games and just enjoy them with no real emotional attachments to any teams.  Sometimes, as a fan of a sport I think that is almost better.

Today's music video is from:  The Twilight Singers.  First time I heard this band was last summer, and I was up later than normal and caught their performance on David Letterman.  Excellent Song.
(And no, they have nothing to do with the Twilight movies)

Enjoy.... "On The Corner"

Back To Work

Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year.

Lesson Plans for this week are posted HERE.

Second Semester Starts tomorrow, January 4th.

Staff are back at school today, for a teacher workday, preparing for the start of Second Semester.

For anyone who is a newcomer to my classroom blog, I use this as a kind of "online bulletin board" where I post what's going on that day, upcoming tests, etc, etc.

Friday, Dec. 19th

Lesson plans for next week are done, click the link.

High School Classes will have Semester Tests next week on Wednesday and Thursday.
An on-line practice test is up and available for Personal Fitness class. Again, click the link.

No School on Friday next week to begin the Christmas holiday break.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed Christmas season.

Good Luck to the Lady Cubs and Boys BB teams tonight as they host Parkston in double header action.  Go Big.  Go Red.  Go Cubs.

Good Luck to the CHS Wrestling squad as they will travel to Madison for a tournament tomorrow.

Weekend Plans:  Harming family Christmas back in Aurora this weekend, so we will be travelling.  Looking forward to getting the whole clan together.

In other news, another semester of Graduate School is done and in the books for Mr. Harming.  One more semester to go, and I'll be graduating in May from DSU with a Masters of Science in Educational Technology.

Weekend Video:  I'll be Home for Christmas from She and Him

Have a great Weekend Everybody!

Next Week's Lessons

Lesson Plans for next week are completed.

Friday, Dec. 2nd

Well, got to see the elementary school concert last night.

Really enjoyed their version of "the nutcracker".

Lesson Plans for next week are done.

Feeling a bit like a "poser" this morning, because I was unable to get out for a run yesterday.  When I arrived home my in-laws had just arrived as they were attending the Elementary Christmas Concert.  So, I had to stay and visit with them.  So my first run will be today.  I have to remember the working man's running motto:  "sometimes life gets in the way".

Has anyone else out there tried Google Music yet?  Pretty neat.  Google allows you to upload all the music you have on your computer to their "cloud" and you can keep it there forever... for free.  When I started uploading it told me it had room for 12,000 songs, so it's a pretty neat deal.

The idea of cloud computing is really catching on.

Weekend Plans
Well, I'm going for a run tonight, and plan on attending the girls basketball red/white scrimmage. 

Nothing major planned for Saturday, probably a run and hang Christmas lights on the house.

Sunday will be family time, and yeah I'll probably try to get a run in.

This week's video is from... Vampire Weekend.

Enjoy A-Punk