Althoff Catholic High School 2004

2004·82.5 MB·English

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ACADEMICS & CLUBS

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2004 crusader, vol. 39
althoff catholic high school
5401 west main street
belleville, il 62226
(618) 235-1100
www.althoff.net

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cosine functions, foster learning and
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Ms. Newton tells all: about the brain project, her love of
teaching, and what she does for fun.
0\1PILI.D B't RACHEL P DGETI • FOR 1ATIED B't H! LLrY Hl:-..Dl !·R
rve always loved science. (1 to become more aware of their themselves. I thought that was
wouldn't mind teaching geogra learning preferences and their really positive
phy also I'd love that.) Anatomy multiple intelligences. K1ds work After a long day at school, I ride
was what they needed me to on becoming more aware, and my motorcycle home the long
teach, so I had to learn it really once they kind of get an 1dea of way. I live 5 miles away, but it usu
quickly to be able to teach it. My what vocabulary to use, about ally takes me 25 miles to get home
mom was always a teacher, and how they learn, well, they just go because I take all of the little coun
my sister was a teacher. Science for it and then they think, "gosh, I try roads, look at the trees and
was just always the thing I liked in should try listenmg to this music love the breeze and the smells and
school, so Ig uess Ij ust had a natu when I'm doing this", or, "I'm all that stuff. Iw ork out in the yard
ral tendency. As a kid (when play going to write notes like this," or, when I get home. I love physical
ing school), we used to fight "I'm going to put post-it notes all labor, I need it in the summer; I
over who got to be the teachers, over my body." My primary goal can't do too much brain work.
and do the penmanship, and then is that they keep building a reper In ten years, I'll be 57, too
we always played mass and fought toire of strategies to use. But my young to retire, and too poor
over who would get to be the secondary goal is that they learn (laughs). I know I would never
priest, or the altar girls (laughs). many different parts of the brain do administration, never, ever,
The Brain Project is teaching and the overall idea of how the ever, and I would never want an
the anatomy and physiology of brain takes in info through all of office job. Is uppose I'll be teach
the brain from a metacognitive your senses. ing. It wears you down, but It hink
(an awareness of one's thought A lot [of students] said they I'm getting better at handling the
processes) pomt of view. The stu could use it in a lot of other classes. stresses so Iw ill probably be teach
dents take many surveys and try They just enjoyed learning about mg. I love teaching.
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