KUDOS TO BLOCK A FOR YOUR ATTENTIVENESS TO DR.GIBBON

JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON BEING AN ATTENTIVE AND THOUGHTFUL AUDIENCE FOR DR. GIBBON. IT IS NOT EVERYDAY THAT YOU HAVE BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION STOP BY, SO IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT YOU STILL HAD THE COURAGE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL INSIGHTS TO DR. GIBBON'S QUESTIONS. SPECIAL KUDOS TO SHANNON, JAKE, JOE, ERICA, PETE, KATE, BRAD AND ALL THE REST OF YOU WHO PROVIDED COMMENTS. SPEAKING OF COURAGE, REMEMBER OUR QUIZ ON POPULISM AND THE ELECTION OF 1896 WITH W. J. BRYAN WILL NOW BE ON FRIDAY.
GOOD JOB AGAIN!!!!!!!

TRADITION

WELL BEFORE WE CAN BLOG ABOUT THE PRESENT AND FUTURE, I THINK WE MUST PAY HOMAGE TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU. ONE OF THE PEOPLE I ADMIRED AND RESPECTED WHEN I FIRST CAME TO NORTON WAS MR.MOLLICA, I REALLY RESPECTED THE TRADITIONS HE ESTABLISHED IN HIS GYM CLASSROOM OR ON THE BASEBALL FIELD, WHETHER IT BE SIX BASE KICKBALL OR WEARING NUMBER 13. HE REALLY BELIEVED IN ESTABLISHING TRADITONS AND LEGACY . I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO THE SAME WITH AP US ESTABLISHING THE AP US HALL OF FAME, EACH CLASSES RECORD, AND EVENING/SATURDAY FOOD-FILLED REVIEW SESSIONS. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, THE AP US HALL OF FAME FROM 2006-PRESENT

2006
STACEY ALLEN
ANGELA CORMIER
JILL FISK
MATTHEW JORDAN
EILEEN KELLY
GRACE KENNEDY
MEL ORPHANOS
LIZ PELLETIER
RACHEL PHILLIPS
JACKIE PIGEON
MEG PIGEON
BRENT SCHUKO
RACHEL STAAB
KEVIN SYLVESTRE

2007
ERYN DION
EMILY ECKART
BRETT HINCHLIFFE
JULIANNE MCCREADY
EMILY MEDEIROS
CAROLYN OHLSON
AMANDA REID
2008
KELLY ALLEN
EMERSON ALMEIDA
JOSH ARCHER
SHANNON DOYLE
CALLEY FISK
SAM HAYES
KRISTINA KEATING
MICHELLE LE
ROSEMARY LE
TIM MOLLINS
KELLEY MORRIS
GIL O'NEIL
CAM PARKER
CALVIN WIESE

2009
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CLASSES RECORDS(PERCENTAGE OF CLASS THAT GOT A 3 OR ABOVE ON THE EXAM)

2006 68 PERCENT (NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS 48 PERCENT)
2007 67 PERCENT(NATIONAL AVERAGE WAS 50 PERCENT)
2008 75 PERCENT(NATIONAL AVERAGE TBA, RELEASED BY NOVEMBER)
2009 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

SO NOW WE HAVE PAID RESPECT TO THE TRADITION OF THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE YOU, BUT I GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ANSWER OF HOW WELL THE AP CLASS OF 2009 DOES. THATS ALL FOR THIS BLOG, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU WILL WELCOME THE VALUE OF TRADITION, I WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A LEGENDARY COACH WHO WORE AN UNLUCKY NUMBER TO REMIND ME JUST BY THE PASSION HE DEMONSTRATED FOR WHAT HE LOVED TO DO, YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT.

GUEST SPEAKER ON WEDNESDAY, DR. PETER GIBBON

WE WILL BE HAVING A GUEST SPEAKER, AN AUTHOR, SCHOLAR, AND PROFESSOR FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY, DR. GIBBON DURING WEDNESDAY'S CLASS. MR. DUFF HAS ARRANGED FOR DR. GIBBON TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO US ON CONSTITUTION DAY AND HIS LECTURE WILL REVOLVE AROUND HISTORICAL HABITS OF THE MIND.
DR. GIBBON HAS HELPED TO ORGANIZE THE TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY GRANT THAT NORTON IS IN YEAR TWO OF COMPLETING. IT WILL BE A CHANCE FOR AP STUDENTS TO GET EXPOSURE TO AN ACCOMPLISHED COLLEGE PROFESSOR AND SCHOLAR, AND ENGAGE IN A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION OF HISTORICAL TOPICS.

DR. GIBBON WILL SPEAK FROM AROUND 10;45-12;00 DURING CLASS, WE WILL BE TAKING OUR QUIZ ON POPULISM ONCE HIS PRESENTATION IS COMPLETED AND THAN GOING TO LUNCH

AP US IS NOW BLOGGING ,

WELL AP US HISTORY AND THE CHALLENGE AND HARD WORK THAT COMES WITH IT CERTAINLY DESERVE ITS OWN BLOG, SO HERE WE GO. THIS BLOG WILL BE INTENDED TO RECORD THE LEGACY OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF AP US HISTORY STUDENTS AND CHRONICLE AND DOCUMENT THEIR TRADITION OF ACHIEVEMENT.
THE BLOG WILL ALSO CHRONICLE THE JOURNEY OF PREPARING FOR THE AP EXAM IN MAY AND ALSO PAYING TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY TAKING THE CHALLENGE OF AP US HISTORY AND THOSE WHO WILL DO SO IN THE FUTURE. THE LEGACY AND TRADITION OF ACHIEVEMENT IS YOURS, I AM JUST HERE TO DOCUMENT AND RECORD IT . SO MY FIRST CHALLENGE AND QUESTION FOR THE 08-09 GROUP IS CAN YOU DUPLICATE THE SUCCESS OF LAST YEAR'S GROUP. THEY SET THE BAR REALLY HIGH WITH THEIR RECORD-BREAKING FOURTEEN 4'S AND 5'S AND THEIR UNBELIEVABLE 75 PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO GOT A 3, 4, OR 5 ON THE EXAM WHICH WAS 25 PERCENT ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. A BIT INTIMIDATING BUT I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH YOUR CLASS'S COHESIVENESS AND COMMITMENT SO FAR AND YOU DO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING A PRE-AP COURSE. THE ADIDAS SLOGAN COMES TO MIND-- IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. IT MOTIVATES ME TO HAVE EACH CLASS DO BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT CAME BEFORE IT. LET IT MOTIVATE YOU AS WELL AND LETS KEEP THE TRADITION OF ACHIEVEMENT GOING STRONG, ALL THAT STANDS IN OUR WAY IS HARD WORK AND TIME....