October, 2015

Letter From the Editor

Dear MC2 Families,

Welcome to the first ever student-written

MC2 newsletter! As some of you may know,

our newsletters were traditionally written

entirely by the MC2 staff. As the Journalism

teacher, I’ve given the responsibility of writ-

ing articles for the school newsletter to my

students. You’ll notice that every article

(with the exception of this one) was written

by students. This assignment was in correla-

tion with our interview unit. Students were

assigned a staff member to interview and

then write an article for the newsletter. I

couldn’t be more proud of all of the hard

work that the students put into this project,

and I’m very happy with the results.

In addition to being responsible for the

newsletter, Journalism will be delving into

some interesting learning this semester. We

just finished our interview unit, and the stu-

dents really thrived. We just began a unit

on the podcast Serial, and students are al-

ready hooked on the story of an investiga-

tive journalist on a murder case.

I hope you enjoy this new format of the

newsletter, and I’m very excited about

what is sure to be an excellent year.

Yours in fun and learning,

Evelyn Wippich

Meet Our New Principal!

Stacy McCoy

smccoy@seedsofhealth.org

We had the pleasure to interview our very

own new principal, Stacy McCoy. Stacy

really loves working with the staff and stu-

dents here at MC2. Stacy was born in Mil-

waukee, Wisconsin. After graduating from

the University of Milwaukee and getting her

master’s degree, Stacy began traveling

around the world. She traveled to Hong

Kong, Thailand, China, France, and many

more places. She has an eleven year old

child, Will. Before Stacy was our new princi-

pal she had multiple jobs such as being a

waitress, salad chef, English teacher, and a

high school assistant principal. She likes

teaching but loves being a principal here

at our school. “I like being the principal and

moving forward with the school community

to accomplish goals.” She stated that even

though she loves being the principal, it

comes with a lot of responsibility and work.

Her dream in life is to work with MC2 and

work to move our community forward by

building more partnerships and expanding

opportunities for all students. We learned so

much about Stacy and we hope that she

will stay with us and help improve MC2 for

the best.

Brianna Ivey ‘16, Ayana Santiago ‘17, and

Dajon Carter ‘16

MC2 High School is program of Seeds of Health, Inc.

The Milwaukee Community Cyber (MC2) High

School mission is to empower students to become engaged

learners utilizing 21st century tools and resources leading to

successful post-secondary opportunities in a global environment. UPCOMING EVENTS

October 21st: Parent/

Teacher Conferences

from 4PM-8PM

October 22nd: School

8:15-12PM Parent/

Teacher Conferences

from 1PM-8PM

October 23rd: No

School

October 27th: 2:30

early release

October 30th: No

School

November 3rd: 10th

Grade WKCE Testing

November 10th: 2:30

early release

November 24th: 2:30

Early Release

November 25th-27th:

Thanksgiving Break

Volume 3 Issue 1

MC2 High School News

A great place to learn

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work. Her biggest goal as of right now is to

make MC2 a better place for teenagers to

go and have fun learning. She also stated

that here at MC2 she loves the fact that she

can get to know all the students.

Brianna Ivey ‘16, Ayana Santiago ‘17, and

Dajon Carter ‘16

Rachel Germain―We interviewed MC2’s

new resource teacher, Rachel. She attend-

ed Northern Illinois University. Rachel went

to school for Special Education because

she loves supporting students. She decided

to be a resource teacher because she

loves helping students get their work done

on time. She works with students that need

extra help. She likes working with students,

using technology, and collaborating with

their data. She is always positive and she

always has a smile on her face.

Jalen Blake ‘17 and Jovani Loera ‘17

Laura Lawonn―Laura is the newest English

teacher at MC2 High School. Laura is five

foot one but calls herself five foot two to

make herself feel tall. Laura is a nerdy, fun,

and outgoing type of person who loves

Harry Potter and Star Wars. Laura went to

Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

After Laura graduated from Carthage, she

signed up for Americorps. Laura taught in

many schools across the country. Laura re-

ally likes MC2 and is looking forward to a

great year.

Willie Sanders ‘17 and Cortez Childress ‘17

CALENDAR Oct.-Nov. 2015

Oct. 21 4PM-8PM Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 22 8:15-Noon School in session

Oct. 22 1PM-8PM Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct. 23 All day No School

Oct. 26-29 Each Day Spirit Week

Oct. 26 9AM Picture Retakes

Oct. 27 2:30PM Early Release

Oct. 30 All day No School

Nov. 3 TBD 10th Grade WKCE Testing

Nov. 10, 24 2:30PM Early Release

Nov. 24 1:40PM All School Talent Show

Nov. 25-27 All day Thanksgiving Break

© Seeds of Health, Inc. October, 2015

Max Ormond―Max is back at MC2 this year

as our online learning lab teacher for all

grades. He enjoys watching his students

succeed. He also enjoys the good times

during class. Max wants all his students to

get tools at school to become happy.

When he was younger he lived in many

places, including: California, Minnesota,

Illinois, Colorado, and he’s even traveled

through Southeast Asia. He graduated

from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Naomi Batres ‘18 and Salina Staples ‘18

Brittany Cords―MC2’s new science teacher

Brittany thinks that education is very im-

portant: “I think education is a powerful

tool.” Such inspirational words. When she

isn't talking about education, she is usually

having fun. She visits her family in Minneso-

ta and hangs out with them. She says that

there is always something to do in Milwau-

kee. She is excited about this school year

and is enjoying herself so far.

Alier Alvarez ‘19 and Salvador Vasquez ‘18

Jackie Yurk―We had the pleasure to inter-

view our new MC2 Parent Coordinator

Jackie Yurk. Before Jackie started her ca-

reer at MC2, she had multiple jobs such as

being a camp counselor, social worker,

and stay at home mother. She went to col-

lege at University of Wisconsin Green Bay

where she earned her bachelor's in social

Meet Our New Staff!

NEWS Oct. 2015

News From Elective Classes We sat down with Evelyn and Abby to talk about their Arts &

Humanities class. Abby told us they’re studying the “1920’s be-

cause a lot of art things happened and it was an amazing

time.” The latest project they completed is painting a stool for

each teacher. The reason they did was to jazz up the school

and to makes things look fun. The class is going to be doing

many exciting things for the rest of the semester. A person from

the Haggerty Museum will be coming in to do some activities

with the students plus they get to visit the museum and they will

be doing a program with the Repertory Theater.

Alley Moffett ‘17 and Rashada Harris ‘17

We interviewed Laura, the teacher of College, Careers and

Communities. Her class covers how to be successful during high

school and learning things that usually aren’t taught. As far as

education, Laura is concerned about the students learning the

financial aid process. Laura is very comfortable with the Col-

lege, Careers, and Communities class, she is very supportive,

and wants all of her students to be successful after high school.

Sequoyia Burke ‘16 and Deja Davison ‘17

Seeds of Health, Inc. is a K-12 system of schools offering innovative

options to meet the needs of students. It

includes Seeds of Health Elementary,

Grandview High School, MC2 High School,

Tenor High School, and Veritas High School.

News From the Math Department

Jeff is working with students to help them

figure out different math strategies. In Alge-

bra 1, He is working with the students on

many basic areas of equations, including:

Distributive property, Associative Property,

Order of Operations, and One-Step equa-

tions. In Algebra 2, Jeff is teaching the stu-

dents how to do linear equations. They

have to solve them then coordinate them

in a graph. Jeff also has the Seniors working

with Rubik’s Cubes. The students are using

algorithms to try and solve it. “It helps the

students with real life problems,” Jeff told

us. Jeff started out as a teacher's assistant,

and, with time, he learned that he loved to

teach others. His enthusiasm for teaching

has made him the teacher we all know

and love.

Laura Rodriguez ‘19 and

Megan Moynahan ‘19

News From the Social Studies

Department We were curious why history was always so

much fun so we decided we'd set up an

interview with Abby to get the scoop. Abby

said her class is so fun because “I try not to

be too serious. I try to make jokes and have

fun and let kids to have an opportunity to

move around and talk with each other be-

cause it can get a little stuffy.” Abby

doesn’t just teach us about history--she

teaches us some important life lessons, for

example: “If you can’t win a war in Af-

ghanistan, don’t start a war there.” That is,

if you know you’re going to get in trouble

don’t do it. We don't necessarily always fol-

low her advice, but we're learning to, so

she must be doing something right.

Walter Edwards ‘17 and

Vanessa Lozornio ‘17

News From the Science Department Science is an interesting subject to learn

about how things work around us. In Biolo-

gy class with Brittany, we’ll be learning

about micro level biology and developing

oral presentation skills. We will also be learn-

ing about cells and DNA. In Environmental

Science, we will be learning about the dy-

namic of earth, ecology, and interactions.

Brittany is excited about both, but ¨Biology

is fascinating because we are biology.” Bi-

ology is the study of living organisms, so she

is excited to teach about the body. When

asked “What came first, the chicken or the

egg?” Brittany silently thought about it and

responded, “I think the chicken came first.”

Brittany seems very excited about being

here and teaching at MC2.

Anastasia Velez ‘16 and Erika Torres ‘18

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Art & Humanities Stool Project

News From the

English Department

Evelyn likes all of her

English classes for

many reasons, going

from the energy and

enthusiasm of the

Freshmen to the Sen-

iors which are more

a c c e p t i n g o f

knowledge and

seeking of independ-

ence. She says she

tries teaching differ-

ently, for her students

to see the subject

from “a different per-

spective.” She al-

ways tries to relate

the topics to some-

thing funny that

would help students

to remember things.

She would always

use silly examples

that would make

things easier for stu-

dents to learn.

William Kamper ‘19

and Ricardo

Guerrero-Zuniga ‘19

Last week we had

the opportunity to

interview English

t e a c h e r L a u r a

Lawonn. She said

that she is good at

English and that she

also is a people per-

son and teaching

combines those two

factors. Although

Laura has worked

with middle schoolers

for the past few

years, she said she is

excited to be here.

Laura said there will

be many projects to

come and is excited

to see the results of

her effort. Laura is

excited to be able to

work here.

Cristian Hernandez

‘19 and Ruben

Bonilla ‘19

Science Egg

Lab with

Biology Class