Spring Break

Spring Break is March 27 - 31 this year. Enjoy the time off! 

Hearts of Glass

 Watched a wonderful PBS program called Hearts of Glass about the Vertical Harvest Garden in Jackson Hole.

Trailer Video

Saturday Work

Today students worked on the ceiling, vent line, insulation, mobile portable storage container, green board drywall in the bathroom, and clean up of the construction area for their community service work.

Vent Line installation: The students installed a traditional home 1 1/2 inch vent line for the sewer system. The only thing we did differently was to use a mobile home/rv sewer vent line roof connector.

Also, in the top left picture, you can see where we relocated the upstairs light switch this week. We thought that if someone left the light on in the old location they would have to climb back up the ladder to turn off the lights. This way the switch can be reached from the lower level as well. 

Students building the mobile storage thing.

Ceiling installation

Q3W9 End of Q3

Today was the last day of quarter 3 of the 2022-2023 school year. Today I posted all of the work we completed in the 3rd quarter and gave each student the opportunity to complete any missing work. To distract them I provided quesadillas in class. I love cooking before breaks and the end of the quarters, LOL.

Today students put in an effort to install any of the insulation we needed to replace from work recently completed. 

Skateboard Design Exhibition!

  Mrs. Garcia's Class Skateboard Design exhibition took place today in downtown Upland. This is the second such exhibition that the students of HHS have participated in.

WEB Hunt #3

 Web Hunt #3   Mr. Connor’s Classses Mar 22, 2023

Student Name Period

For this exercise please use the online version of this page by going to google classroom and or https://hillsidehigh2023.blogspot.com . If you use either of the above to anser your questions. Please take the sheet from the sub and indicate you are using the online version when you turn in.

1.   Go to https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov and click on the link GOES Imagery and then Pacific Southwest animation. What do you see. Pretty cool, this is what most news stations are using to make their weather predictions.

2.  Go to https://www.weather.gov/lox/SatelliteViewer  and click on Water Vapor. Check out how much water vapor is over us today.

3. Go to https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/d76fbe96105a47799ed321a309ae8d4f

How many satellites are currently in orbit above the United States.

4.  Go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJ33ddUkcY How big is the satellite used for farming. They are the size of a  ________  box.

5. AT https://www.redbull.com/in-en/technology-and-skateboarding What are some of the technological advancements in skateboarding according to the Redbull site.

6.   From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowrider Where did the lowrider car culture originate?

7.  Do you agree with the sporting blog as to the 5 best NBA teams ever assembled? Who was your favorite?

8.  Do you agree with the BEST SOCCER TEAMS of all time? Why or why not, who is your favorite team?

9. Who is your favorite artist/band of all time?

10. What grade do you feel you deserve in the class for this quarter? If you put nothing you will get nothing?

UJHS Fair postponed to April 12th due to forecasted rain

 The weather for this week is rainy, with 2.5" and another 1.5" scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. We had rain in the AM today. Upland decided it would be safer to postpone the event until after spring break. The new date still provides enough time to get some eggs into the incubator for the event and have the eggs hatch prior.

Q3W9 Final Week of Quarter. We prepare for upland JHS Fair on Wed 3-22

 This week students will have time to make up for work that they have not turned in yet. 

DUE TO RAIN POSTPONED TO APRIL 12, 2023

Work will continue on the tiny home. This week we will continue with hanging drywall and installing vents, sewer, and water lines. Also the installation of the ceiling and an air conditioner.

We will also prepare the HHS Farm booth for the Upland Jr. High school fair that will be taking place on Wednesday, March 22nd. We also have eggs hatching for the event. Students are also in the process of transferring/transplanting small plants into larger containers.

Bittersweet Symphony

 

'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life
Tryna make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah
No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
From one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
(Have you ever been down?)
Well, I've never prayed but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airwaves are clean and there's nobody singin' to me now No change, I can change I can change, I can change But I'm here in my mold I am here in my mold And I'm a million different people From one day to the next I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no (Have you ever been down?) I can't change, oh, no I can't change, oh 'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life Tryna make ends meet, tryna find somebody then you die I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah You know I can change, I can change I can change, I can change But I'm here in my mold I am here in my mold And I'm a million different people From one day to the next I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no I can't change my mold No, no, no, no, no, I can't change my mold, no, no, no, no It's just sex and violence, melody and silence It's just sex and violence, melody and silence I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down Been down Ever been down Ever been down Ever been down Ever been down Have you ever been down? Have you ever been down? Have you ever been down?

This song reminds me of many of the students I have encountered over the past 19 years at HHS. Such a well-written song, with such a beautiful melody, but the image in the video of the song is of a young man walking down the center of the sidewalk bumping into people along the way. It's so similar to the HHS student, some find a new path to lead, but many still remain on the only path that they have ever been on.

This This song reminds me of Hillside