{"id":475,"date":"2015-05-17T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T00:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Blog\/?p=475"},"modified":"2023-09-12T17:02:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T00:02:48","slug":"news-spring-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Blog\/?p=475","title":{"rendered":"News &#8212; Spring 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>National French Teachers Examination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Mrs. Mary Catherine Lavissi\u00e8re&#8217;s students Katie Cruse, Alana Ross, Micah Wittenberg, and Moriah Wittenberg! These four Scholars Online students placed with honors in the National French Test Le Grand Concours 2015. The test is offered annually by the American Association of Teachers of French to identify and recognize students achieving high proficiency in the French language.<\/p>\n<p>Madame Lavissi\u00e8re offers courses in both French and Spanish through Scholars Online. See our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Info\/modernlanguages.php\">Modern Languages course descriptions<\/a> for more information.<br \/>\n<strong> Update on Summer Session Courses for 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve added several new courses for the summer session, which runs from June 8-August 21, 2015 (individual courses may span different periods within the session, so check your course description for exact start dates). Most summer classes are chances for students to build new skills in fun but still useful ways. Click on the course name to see descriptions of class schedules and costs, and on syllabus links to see detailed course content and assignments. Enrollment must be completed by May 31 to ensure placement in the course, and payment in full is due before students can attend chat sessions. Enrollments received after May 31 may not be processed in time for students to attend the first sessions of their course.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore the many facets of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s creation in\u00a0<a title=\"Looking at Middle-earth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Info\/coursedesc.php?id=944&amp;title=Looking%20at%20Middle-earth\">Looking at Middle-earth<\/a>. Discussions will focus on Tolkien&#8217;s world-building, use of language, his theology of &#8220;subcreation&#8221;, and his work as a philologist. Students are expected to have read <em>The Hobbit<\/em> and\u00a0<em>The Lord of the Rings.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Sample Shakespeare&#8217;s comedy, tragedy, and history plays, including\u00a0<em>Twelfth Night<\/em>,\u00a0A<em>s You Like It<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Taming of the Shrew<\/em>,<em>The Merchant of Venice<\/em>,\u00a0<em>A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream<\/em>,\u00a0<em>King Lear<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Julius Caesar<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Richard II<\/em> in\u00a0<a title=\"Summer Shakespeare I\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Info\/coursedesc.php?id=925&amp;title=Summer%20Shakespeare%20I\">Summer Shakespeare I<\/a>. Students taking Scholars Online&#8217;s literature series, supplemented with <em>Summer Shakespeare II <\/em>and<em> III<\/em>, have the opportunity to study and discuss all of Shakespeare&#8217;s plays. [See the <a title=\"Summer Shakespeare I\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dorthonion.com\/drmcm\/shakes\/index.php\">Full Syllabus<\/a> for details.]<\/li>\n<li>Gain practical writing skills with\u00a0<a title=\"Molding Your Prose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Info\/coursedesc.php?id=922&amp;title=Molding%20Your%20Prosehttp:\/\/\">Molding Your Prose<\/a> (based on an idea suggested to Dr. Bruce McMenomy by Mary McDermott Shideler). Learn to organize your ideas and improve your dialectic skills in <a title=\"Molding Your Argument\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Info\/coursedesc.php?id=923&amp;title=Molding%20Your%20Argument\">Molding your Argument<\/a>. Both of these popular courses requires short weekly writing exercises, with students analyzing each others&#8217; work to learn to identify and improve their own writing.<\/li>\n<li>Jump start your academic year Physics course with an overview of key theories and concepts in\u00a0I<a title=\"Introduction to Physics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Info\/coursedesc.php?id=971&amp;title=Introduction%20to%20Physics\">ntroduction to Physics<\/a>, a survey of the fundamental concepts of classical mechanics and modern physics, and gain essential analysis and problem-solving skills. Students planning to take the combined AP Physics 1 and 2 course will be able to count lab work from this course toward their AP lab requirements.\u00a0[Full syllabus]<\/li>\n<li>NEW COURSE! In\u00a0<a title=\"The Age of Reagan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/Info\/coursedesc.php?id=913&amp;title=The%20Age%20of%20Reagan\">The Age of Reagan<\/a>, discover how the events and decisions of the Reagan administration have shaped current political, religious, economic, and environmental policies. Students opting for the media studies component of this course will also examine how movies, TV, and ads portray cultural messages (parental guide available in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarsonline.org\/~godsflunky\/Age_of_Reagan.html\">full syllabus<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National French Teachers Examination Congratulations to Mrs. Mary Catherine Lavissi\u00e8re&#8217;s students Katie Cruse, Alana Ross, Micah Wittenberg, and Moriah Wittenberg! These four Scholars Online students placed with honors in the National French Test Le Grand Concours 2015. 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