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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Welcome
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Welcome to Ms. Pflaumer's classroom website!
We read to know we are not alone.
-C.S. Lewis
Parents: Did you know you can receive constant contact from the school? By visiting the school's website at www.abingtonps.org and signing up to join the emailing list you will receive issues of the Happenings newsletter, daily announcements, reminders of deadlines, and more. On the school's website, you may also want to sign up for the Parent Portal. Here, you can see your student's grades prior to receiving the printed reports, which are issued eight times per year (four quarters and a progress report half way through each quarter).
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College to Career Class of 2015
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Students Write to Be Heard (required for all freshmen)
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SW2BH
Students Write to Be Heard (SW2BH) is a publishing opportunity for students to have their opinions, letters, poems, stories, articles, essays, plays and more heard by an audience. Deadline is May 25, 2012 and grades will be on quarter 4 progress reports: 100%=published.
As of April 27,
the following students have had work presented at, published in, or accepted to the a variety of venues. Congratulations!
Period 7 freshmen (72% success so far):
- Josh R. (GWG)
- Megan K. (GWG)
- Amie C. (GWG)
- Greg K. (OMN)
- Zack J. (OMN)
- Susan M. (OMN)
- Brian Caferro (SAM & INT'L WEEK: wow!)
- Ali P. (GWG)
- Amandha A. (GWG & Letters about Literature semifinalist!: wow!)
- Sam M. (GWG)
- Amanda D. (honors in Letters about Literature; The Marble Collection & GWG: wow!)
- Ashley Mc. (GWG)
- Sami L. (GWG)
- Sarah Mc. (GWG)
- Olivia M. (GWG)
- Eva Mc. (GWG)
- James L. (GWG)
- Victoria C. (GWG)
Period 6 juniors (41% success so far):
- Paige Y. (SAM & GWG: wow!)
- Jami D. (GWG)
- Amanda H. (GWG)
- Colleen O'. (GWG)
- Greg C. (GWG)
- Olivia K. (GWG)
- Dan G. (GWG)
Period 5 freshmen (64% success so far):
- Kim P. (GWG)
- Alessandra V. (OMN, SAM, & INT'L WEEK: wow!)
- Alanna H. (SAM)
- Christina H. (OMN)
- Aidan C. (OMN)
- Chris B. (OMN)
- Molly F. (INT'L WEEK)
- Victoria C. (GWG)
- Colton Mc. (GWG)
Period 2 freshmen (47% success so far):
- Alexa E. (OMN, SAM & GWG: wow!)
- Nick S. (OMN)
- Katie G. (OMN)
- Caitlin S. (INT'L WEEK)
- Caroline M. (GWG)
- Kimberly R. (GWG)
- Troy P. (Mariner)
Period 1 seniors (65% success):
- Teddy Andrade (SAM)
- Trisha Campbell (SAM)
- Nick Colarusso (SAM)
- Jimmy Cunningham (SAM)
- Sarah Dano (SAM)
- Ralph Joseph DeMasi (SAM)
- Molly DeQuinzio (SAM)
- Kevin Ferreira de Carvalho (SAM)
- Charles Gagne (SAM)
- Jess Gosselin (SAM)
- Julianne Johnson (SAM)
- Tia Heney (SAM)
- Ashley Patterson (SAM)
- Yasser Pyram (SAM)
- Alyssa Weber (SAM)
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Publishing Possibilities
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 WRITING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS: These have been mentioned often and it has been made clear that each publication has a specific window of time in which they are open for submissions. Also, it has been stated that the in school publications are the best place to start. It is not a good idea to procrastinate, and most students should be published by the end of semester one (late January).
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New England Young Writers' Conference at Breadloaf, Middlebury College, VT (posted and in morning announcements. The deadline to Miss Pflaumer November 10, 2011)
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Longfellow Mountains Creative Writing Workshop, UME at Farmington (see Ms. Pflaumer)
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Juniper Institute for Young Writers: UMASS Amherst (summer writing program)
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Letters about Literature (draft due 12/14/11 to Ms. Pflaumer. LAL deadline is January 6, 2012)
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The Blue Pencil
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The Marble Collection (spring submission period is 12/1/11-2/29/12. Publication 5/1/12. The winter submission deadline was 11/30/11 and the issue will be published in February)
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Teens in Print (TIP)
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Alliance for Young Artists and Writers (AYAW)
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Teen Ink Magazine (must be accepted in print to count for SW2BH)
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Teen Impact Magazine
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Susquehanna U The Apprentice Writer (see Ms. Pflaumer)
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Interlochen Arts Academy
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MIAA Sportsmanship Essay Contest (posted in class. Deadline is the end of October)
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Tricentenennial Commemorative Book Committee is accepting short stories and poetry (posted in class and on Abington websites. The deadline was January 17, 2012)
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The Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (deadline to Miss Pflaumer is December 9, 2011)
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Greenwave Gazette (AHS school news: Mr. Dorman) (posted in class, around school, and in morning announcements. Publishes once per month. Must send query letter to Mr. Dorman FIRST)
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Student Art Magazine (AHS creative writing: Dr. G.) (posted in class, around school, and in morning announcements. The reading period closed 1/31/12)
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Open Mic Nights (held 2-3 times per year: Dr. G.) (posted in class, around school, and in morning announcements.
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You might also want to try the Abington Mariner, Patriot Ledger, Brockton Enterprise, Boston Globe, etc. These newspapers take opinions and letters to the editor.
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Helpful Links for ELA
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Newspapers:
Vocabulary:
Research and Writing:
Libraries:
Preparedness:
Other:
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class of 2014
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2011-2012 Pep Rally
Class of 2014
Officers:
- Marianna Porcello, president
- Ryan Mariano, vice president
- Matt Whalen, treasurer
- Lindsay Ryan, secretary
- Miss Pflaumer, advisor
2011-2012 events:
- Car Wash (Saturday, May 19, 8:30-2:00, Bailey's Garage)
- Bake Sale at the Town Elections (Saturday, April 28, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- St. Paddy's Day Gold coins (March during lunch)
- T-shirt sale (late February-early March during lunch)
- Candy Cane Delivery (December during lunch)
- Bake Sale and Basket Raffle (November parent-teacher conferences)
- Pep Rally and Poster Making Pizza Party (November, room 205)
- T-shirt sale (November, lunch and homerooms)
- Car Wash (September, Bailey's Garage)
Support your class by volunteering to help or purchasing items. Thank you!
2010-2011 Pep Rally
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Freshmen Reading List
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Dear Parents/Guardians:
Jim Trelease wrote The Read-Aloud Handbook. The book contains helpful reading information. Here is a printable brochure: www.trelease-on-reading.com/10-reading-facts-brochure.pdf
2011-2012
What will we read?
 Freshmen Honors (periods 2,5 and 7)
- Expect to read a book per quarter for pleasure (SSR). All freshmen classes will read poetry, fiction, drama and nonfiction in the textbook, as well as longer, independent works. The literature will be thematically focused, highlighting such things as growing pains, trials and tribulations, rites of passage and more.
- The textbook is McDougal Littell's Language of Literature
- Longer, independent works will be from this list:
- The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
- The Odyssey by Homer
- Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
- Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
- My Antonia by Willa Cather
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AP Language and Composition
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Poetry: The Power of Words (grade 12)
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Welcome class of 2012!
The goal of this class is to read, write and peer edit a variety of poems in a safe and supportive environment. I look forward to sharing this opportunity with you.
Here are some poetry links you might find enjoyable:
Senior class: Poetry: the power of words.
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Syllabi, policy, rubrics and procedures
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Teacher Information
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New England's 2010 Winner
of the College Board's Bob Costas Grant
for the Teaching of Writing
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Ms. Patricia Rose Pflaumer
♦English Language Arts teacher
♦Abington High School class of 2014 advisor (2010-present)
♦Abington Greenwave Gazette advisor (2006-2011)
♦Abington Student Art Magazine advisor (2001-2008)
♦Abington School Council member (2002-2004)
Abington High School
201 Gliniewicz Way
Abington, MA 02351
(781) 982-2160
Education, Licenses and Grants
♦Boston College: BA; English cum laude, 1994. MA; Philosophy, 1999.
♦Professional licensure: English Language Arts 5-9; 9-12
♦Certification as a Qualified MELA-O Adminstrator (QMA)
♦Recipient of the College Board's Bob Costas Grant for the Teaching of Writing, 2010
♦Recipient of the DOE's Massachusetts Initiative for New Teachers' (MINT) Grant & Scholarship, 2001
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The mission of the Abington Public Schools is to provide all students with relevant, challenging educational experiences to prepare them to be engaged, responsible citizens and members of the global community.
The Abington Public School System is committed to ensuring that all of its programs and facilities are accessible to all members of the public.
We do not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
The contents of all Abington Public Schools publications are available upon request in languages other than English.
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