Intellectual and Emotional Goals

My intellectual goal for this school year is to get straight A's. I am a very hard-working student, and I want to show that through my schoolwork at Notre Dame. I would definitely like to get a high GPA and become one of the top ten in my class. I will work very hard to achieve this goal, and I think it's very important to keep your grades up.

My emotional goal for this school year is to become a better person. I want to keep a positive personality throughout the school year, and keep all the friendships I made in the past year. My friends are extremely important to me, and I know that some of the friendships I make in high school will last forever.

Newsletter

The next computer assignment is creating a newsletter for homecoming with a group of three. I have the best group, and I know we will do a great job. I will be writing about each of the days of homecoming week and how they relate to the Irish. After we finish this project, Mr. Erwin will be reading all of them and choosing the best ones for the Acclaim! newsletter. It would be very cool if Mr. Erwin chose one of our group's, and I look forward to writing an interesting paper!

Some of the things I will be discussing in my paper would be all the different days of homecoming week, such as twin day, class color day, grade school/college day, etc. All of these days help pep up the class to attend the homecoming game on Saturday to cheer on our Irish!

Note: I will be commenting on Lexi's blog.

Saint Project

For computer class this week, we each had to choose a different saint and create a powerpoint about them. I chose my favorite saint, Saint Catherine of Siena. I chose her because she, first of all, has the same name as me, and second of all, she was my Confirmation name two years ago. I really enjoy working on this project because it is always good to learn more about your patron saint, and using a powerpoint is a fun and creative way to learn more about them. I think this is a great assignment that everyone can have a fun time doing.

Notre Dame Mission Statement

As a sophomore of Notre Dame, I plan on further developing my faith. Peoria Notre Dame's mission statement states that the purpose of the high school is to "nurture the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and physical development" of their students. They plan on doing this by teaching the Catholic faith and help lead students to become disciples of Christ.

Notre Dame is such an amazing school, and I feel so blessed to be able to attend it. The teachers at Notre Dame always want us to do our best, and they teach us in the best possible way they can. Not only do they teach us about academics, but they also teach us about morality and how to live fully as a disciple of Christ. I am so proud to be a student of Notre Dame, and I am so thankful that I am able to attend the fantastic school.

Powerpoint 9-08-08

I really enjoy posting on this blog. I have finished my other homework assignments for that class, except for the powerpoint. On my computer at home, I would be able to make the powerpoint easier, but this computer at school makes it more difficult because you aren't used to the links. The powerpoint assignment will be difficult because it is hard to figure out how to animate them the way Mrs. Rodolfi did. Finding the pictures for the slideshow will also be difficult. However, once it's finished, it's going to look very nice!

About Micro Apps

This blog was a great idea! My computer class is amazing. The only problem with that class is the computers. I enjoy getting to use them and work with them, but it is very hard to deal with when trying to figure out how to work it. It is so different from our original computers, and everyone is having a bit of a hard time getting used to them. The new computers are really fun though. This is the most interesting class I have ever taken!

Blog's Ready

Well, finally my blog is ready! I am making this blog for my computer class, and I think that is such a cool class. It's very awesome to be able to create your own blog, and I know that a ton of people are having a great time with it. I have to post new comments weekly on my new blog, and I am really excited to begin this and have people comment. This Microsoft Applications class teaches you a lot about how to create different things such as blogs and excel sheets. This may seem easy to some of you, but we are using new computers, and we are having quite a time getting used to them.