SCHOLARS, be prepared to discuss the article tommorow for a grade.

This week our theme at Princeton Day  Academy is....."Will you change by choice, chance, or circumstance"?

As the story goes, some people make things happen, some have things happen to them and others just say 'What happened?'.

But when things happen, changes follow If you think about it, there are probably three main drivers behind most of the changes we face in business, and in much of life: Choice, Chance and Crisis.

Choice:
Some people choose to change in a way and at a time of their own making. They have prepared for the change, explored all their options and probably even created a specific climate in which their intended change is most likely to be successful. They choose to change.

Chance:
For others, luck has more to do with their decision to change something. Perhaps an unusual event, a chance meeting, or a decision by someone else, has created the circumstances which encouraged a change. An opportunity has fallen in their lap, but at least they recognised it and capitalised on it.

Circumstance/crisis:
For a third group, an impending crisis is the only thing which will cause any change. Their experience of change is rarely positive because of their reluctance to recognise risks or opportunities early enough to prepare and make the best of a situation. By the time this group considers change, they have little choice and few options.

How do you approach change? Think about whether you tend to change through choice, chance or circumstances. Are you waiting for a crisis before you make inevitable changes? Are you actively looking for opportunities? Are you exploring all your options, and planning and preparing to change by choice?

                                                                    “Life is a sum of all your choices.”

This week in Biology you will…

• Continue to analyze the structure of DNA
• Explain the role of DNA in protein production
• Distinguish among different types of mutations

This unit will conclude with an exam on Friday
 

SCHOLARS, please be advised and understand how important it is to cite all of the work that you use when writing material that is not yours. If you do not understand how to use citations seek out your teacher for instructions on how to do so. I WILL NOT ACCEPT any plagerised or copied work without the use of citations. Furthermore, plagerising goes against all the rules of academic inegrity at Princeton Day Academy. Good luck scholars!

Hi class, I just wanted to let you know that I have been acclimated to the Thinkwave system. I think so far we are off to a great start! Please remain focused and determined to learn and to be challenged. I will still have to come up to speed with posting future assignments, a syllabus and grades. Thanks for your patience.

Dr. K. Glasper

SCHOLARS, preparation is the key to success. I hope your have studied for Monday's exam.

Location: University of Maryland, College Park - Reckord Armory

Expo: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Seminars: 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
Presented By Freshman 101 "Why Attend an HBCU"
"Hot Careers"
"Finding Money for College/Scholarships"
"The 411 for the Student Athlete"
"Black Male Summit"
"Real Talk"
"College is Cool" hosted by 93.9 WKYS air personality Angie Ang

Step Show at 3pm hosted by Celebrity Actor/Comedian Kel Mitchell
TV/Film-Nickelodeon "All That", "Good Burger", "Dance Fu"

Step Show and Entertainment: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Admission Cost: $10.00
Online Purchase: $8.00
Groups: $7.00
(Groups 15 or more)

Ages 11 & under are free

“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. “Dorothy Nevill

We are still focusing on the weekly topic "What do you bring to the table". Today we focused on "words" to build up or tear down?

From the very beginning when the first words were uttered, the ability to communicate has played an important role in our world.

Whether within our own thoughts, spoken or written, words have the power to transform the world we live in.

Love, laughter, heroism, friendship, and virtually every emotion we feel as human beings can be inspired by words. Unfortunately, fear, anger, and hatred, can also be invoked by words.

Language is at its best when used to inspire others to find the best in themselves.

Answer this question........"The words I speak bring ____________to the table."

“Speak when you are angry– and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.”
Laurence J. Peter (1919 – 1988)
Educator, author of The Peter Principle

Nearly 93%

African Americans say college is part of their future plans

43 Percent of 2011 College-Bound Seniors Met SAT College and Career Readiness Benchmark

Nearly 1.65 Million Students Take SAT; 2011 SAT Takers Largest and Most Diverse Class in History

SCHOLARS, study everyday to develop good and consistant study habits. Studying over time is similar to practicing your craft everyday in the gym. If you study everyday you will develop great fundamental study habits. Thus, when it is time for the test or the game you will be fully prepared. Some say "practice makes perfect." I disagree. Practice allows you to correct mistakes under pressure with minimal problems. Practice hard scholars!

Happy Monday!

This week our theme at Princeton day is' What do I bring to the table"? 

Everyone has a "certain something" they bring to the table. The table I am speaking about is a metaphor for "what value do you add" to an organzation, school, and/or relationship. Like each part of the body has a function, who you are and your unique qualities, gifts and talents have a function.  In order for any relationship to work and to grow, we must operate in that "something"  When you try and be someone else or operate outside of your true gifts and talents this can cause a malfunction. As we embark upon this journey this week. Take time to think about what you bring, what makes you stand out and what can you add to PDA that will take us to the next level! 

Who are you? What will you bring if given an opportunity?

Good Morning Scholars,

This is a friendly reminder. If you have any missing assignments, there is still time! You have until Novemver 5, 11:59 pm to upload any missing assignments. 

It has been a great 1st quarter and let's keep up the good work, keep on task, remain focus and continue to build on the solid foundation you have established!

Continued success as we enter into the 2nd quarter!

 Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow!

The educator must believe in the potential power of his pupil, and he must employ all his art in seeking to bring his pupil to experience this power.

SCHOLARS, please understand the importance of setting your priorities. As you know, we have our chapter 3 vocabulary exam tommorow. Study and review tonite with the confidence that you will do well. Be clear in what is most important in your academic process.

Each week a Princeton Day we select a theme to focus on, this week our theme is "Unleasing your potential".

Potential "what is to be", or shall we say the "possibility". Potential describes the possibilities of average people, to accomplish extraordinary results, in whatever they choose to pursue. Within each person lies potenial, there are talents and gifts you have not even touched, as you continue on your journey of life, the potential that is within each of you will begin to reveal itself layer by layer........

We all have amazing potential, but not everyone has figured out how to bring that potential to the surface. And, that really is the key. The difference between someone who is moving in the right direction and someone who seems to always be off course is not the presence of ability and potential, but the understanding of how to appropriately utilize their abilities and tap into their potential.

It can seem too good to be true … but, it’s not. We convince ourselves we have to be realistic with what we seek to accomplish… but, why?

Think about those amazing people who were able to get their limiting beliefs out of the way and tap into their potential … writers, musicians, athletes, scientists, entrepreneurs, doctors, actors, the list goes on and on.
 

While we each have our path and something unique we can accomplish and contribute to the world, the process for being able to accomplish our dreams is the same for everyone and the first thing we must do is find our way to the truth that we do have amazing potential!

To Discover Your True Potential, Is To Soar As An Eagle, and Beyond.
 

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

'It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think, if that is possible, and always to think for themselves.' --- Robert Hutchins

"Teach a child how to think, not what to think."

SCHOLARS, please take advantage of all of your academic opportunities. Also, be prepared to discuss The Navigation Acts in class on Monday Novermber 2nd. Have a great day!!

There are powers inside of you
which, if you could discover and
use, would make of you everything
you ever dreamed or imagined
you could become . . .

- Orison Swett Marsden

SCHOLARS . . . Mark your Calendars . . .

Final Exam for the 1st Quarter . . .

November 3, 2011 (Thursday) - Keyboarding, Computer Applications, Accounting, and Computer Science

November 4, 2011 (Friday) - Algebra 1, Geometry, PreCalculus, Calculus, and Algebra 2

The weekly Princeton Day Academy's  theme: Uncovering/unleasing your Potential

Potential comes from the root words "potency" and "potent" and refers to all the things you can be successful at if you develop and use your gifts, talents and natural abilities.

Many people use the word potential yet few realize that your potential defines who you are, what you can excel at, and what is possible for you to become.

All of us have within us the seeds of greatness.

REMINDER.........

Scholars please check thinkwave....A project was due on Friday, October 28th! It is now LATE.........

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do. — Thomas Edison

This week our theme was Possibilities, we explored the limitless possibilities that are before us, when we plan and excute that plan. We create our possibilities by thinking outside the box and by believing that it is possible. Just because it has not been done does not mean it's not possible, it means it was never tried your way. Nothing beats a failure better then a try!

As I reflect on last weeks theme, a Bible verse comes to mind, Matthew 19:26, Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”.  Here is a thought, if all the inventors in the world thought that their ideas were not possible we would not have the common products, devices and or everyday items we use daily. I believe that our faith allows us to believe anything is possible!  It first begins with you, YOU must first believe it is possible. Believe that change is possible!  You must believe that you can have better grades and a better outlook on life, YOU must believe that your goals will and can be meet! YOU must believe that a negative situation will turn out for a positive for YOU!

Everyday that you wake up,  you have before you 24 hours of endless possibilities. Take this day and discover Today's possibilities which are limitless!

"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make"

                                                *Next week's theme-"Uncovering your potential"

Limitless Possibilities!

Our weekly theme is "possibilites"........

I always say, and truly believe that "anything is possible, as long as your desire is compelling and you believe it can happen." When I think of possibilities I see a huge expanse of limitless experiences and opportunities in front of me. People and places yet to discover, things yet to try, potential yet to reach. Beyond what my eyes can see and often beyond what my mind can even imagine. It's almost like a playground of excitement and aliveness that surrounds me, constantly expanding and welcoming me.

Possibilities play an important role in taking us out of our comfort zones, especially since they often fall in the realm of the unknown and tap into our greater potential. To fully embrace possibilities we have to let go of the "need to know" all the details and all the steps along the way. We have to be open to letting things unfold in their due time, to having patience and trust that they will.

Give some strong thought to the following questions.......

1. What possibilities are right in front of you? Which will you embrace?
    
2. What possibilities might be in your future? Are you ready to walk toward them?

“Your mistake does not define who you are...you are your possibilities”

Scholars please remember that your country notebooks are completed! The deadline is October 31, 2011

How Do You Use Facebook?

Research shows that for students, specific ways of using Facebook – not use of it in general – correlate with some real-life behaviors like participating in extracurricular activities and even with academic achievement. How do you tend to use Facebook, if at all? Do you think the ways you use it are reflected in other areas of your life?

What book do you read again and again because it inspires you?

“It’s possible.”

Those two small words, liberally applied, could change your life. When you come from a perspective of possibility, you see options and you see potential. Obstacles exist, but like whitewater rushing over and around a stone, you don’t let them define your path.

If you want your life to be packed with possibility, you first have to see it. Prime the pump by asking yourself one simple question every day: “What’s possible?”

You might apply that question to specific goals. Or you might apply it to different areas of your life.

Asking what’s possible is useful as a point of departure for brainstorming. But more than that, asking it consistently is a way to develop your mind’s possibility muscles. When your possibility muscles are strong, an expansive perspective comes more naturally and you’re less likely to cage yourself in by limiting thinking. Don’t let obstacles control your world!

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

- Norman Vincent Peale

SCHOLARS, as you know I have posted an opportunity for you to do an extra credit assignment. You will have an opportunity for that as we will visit the National Museum of American History this week. This is a great chance for you to pick a subject to create a good extra credit assignment..Good luck and if you any questions please seek me out.