Welcome
It’s homecoming week at Asotin High School. Also a short week, with no school on Friday.
Look below for details about your student’s class this week.
Entrepreneurship
This class begins the “Downtown Ventures” group project this week. For the next 5 days, they will develop a business idea that would be a good fit for Asotin. The setup is this: Develop a business concept (idea, summary, marketing, operations, and projections for startup costs and revenue) for which business you think would thrive in the old “Jane Richards” building on Second Street in Asotin. They will present their pitches (in business costume, no less) next Monday. I must have done a convincing pitch to the students, because one of them asked, “Is there really money available if we win?” (sorry kiddo! purely hypothetical this time)
Economics
Taxes! Starting with “what does government spend our money on?” and “How many different taxes can you name?” Eventually, they will learn about “tax deductions” and how to do the form 1040. Super-practical stuff!
AP Computer Science Principles
This week: the first steps to programming in Python. Everybody starts somewhere, and they will get an easy intro with plenty of “instant gratification”.
(Note: this used to be my LEAST favorite part of this class, but now that I’ve gained confidence by pushing my own knowledge, it’s actually my favorite!)
Business Communications
Emails this week: do’s and don’ts, tone and word choice, the limitations of email as a medium… and phishing
Middle School Tech
They will dig into some report-writing tools found in Google Docs this week.
FBLA
This Wednesday is the Homecoming spirit night at the football field. Starts at 5:30 (snacks) then starts for real at 6:00. There’s the annual competition between FFA, FCCLA, and FBLA.
Makerspace
open for student use!
