Social Studies
After School Tutoring and Project Support (Please ensure you send an email to the teacher to coordinate): Click here for After-School Tutoring and Conferencing
Student Lap Top Issue: All students will have access to a laptop to complete work and assignments. Students must take care of their assigned laptops and will be held accountable if they are damaged.
Student Absences. Parents, please please see the parent/student handbook on student absences. Students who miss school or are absent must go to theri google classroom site to get caught up on their assignments. If a student should miss school because of the Corona virus, packets will be prepared fo the student. Alternatively, students will still be able to access google classroom from home to complete their missed assignments.
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NWEA Map Testing. Fall NWEA MAP testing will be conducted during the month of September. MAP testing results will provide input for student individual learning plans (ILPs). Parents, ask your child if they met their spring target goals. If you have any questions, you may contact your child's homeroom teacher by visiting their home page on the PCLC website.
Thanksgiving Break Packets: To Be Determined.
Labor Day. On the first Monday of every September the nation celebrates Labor Day. The Labor Day federal holiday is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievement of workers. President Grover Cleveland signed the Labor Day bill into law on June 28th 1894.
September is National Hispanic Heritage Month. In September we celebrate Hispanic heritage. This month also corresponds with Mexican Independence Day, which is celebrated on September 16th, and recognizes the revolution in 1810 that ended Spanish dictatorship. During this month we celebrate the contributions, heritage, and culture of Hispanic and Latino Americans. Check out the video below to see how people of Hispanic and Latino origins make up a sizable portion of American citizens.
Learning From Home. Parents, we do not anticipate going back to remote learning without direction from the state. If or some unfortunate reason we go back to remote learning, the video below can help students get prepared for remote learning. You can review this video with your child and encourage them to be ready EVERY DAY for learning.
Let the Games Begin! During the school year, students will be able to participate in Kahoots competitions to win prizes.
Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Challenge (To Be Announced)
- 1st Place:
- 2nd Place:
- 3rd Place:
2022 New Year's Kahoots Challenge (To Be Announced)
This week in U.S. History
Sep 5, 1774: Twelve of the thirteen American colonies adopt a trade embargo against Great Britain at the first Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Personal Background.
I received my Masters in Teaching in 2016 from Miami University after serving in the U.S. Army. My military experience allowed me to have a front row seat to global events giving me a unique perspective and greater awareness and understanding of how those events over the last 10-20 years are relevant to the lives of our students today. I have served and completed missions in Europe, the Far East, Middle East, Caribbean, and South America. Unfortunately, for most of my career the continent of Africa was not a national priority. I am originally from Metropolitan Detroit and a public high school graduate. I have two grown children, a son serving in the U.S Air Force, and a daughter who is a teacher. 
My passion is teaching and studying history. History is important because it allows us to understand our past, which in turn informs us how to make sense out of our present. The past created the present. However, we can influence the present and control our future by learning the lessons of the past to build a brighter future. Studying history provides insight into our culture and our origins so we can learn who we are in order to create opportunities that will benefit us and our fellow man.
Feel free to contact me by clicking on the send email button at the top of the page by my photo or at the following email: dshirley@phoenixclc.com
The importance of Learning Targets.
Why are learning targets important? A well-written learning target ensures that the teachers can explicitly teach and model the important performance criteria necessary for learning, provide the appropriate practice opportunities, and assists in monitoring student progress and sharing purposeful and actionable feedback with students.
Current Week's Learning Targets. The learning targets will also integrate performance tasks required to engage, analyze, interpret, summarize, and predict historical events and outcomes.
8th & 7th Grade Unit: Historical Thinking Skills
Learning targets not covered will move to the following week until sufficiently covered
- Name
- Mr. Darryl Shirley Sr.
- Position
- 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies Teacher
- Send email
- Other
- Hello Parents! My name is Darryl Shirley and I am the 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher here at the Phoenix.
Background.
I received my Masters in Teaching in 2016 from Miami University after serving in the U.S. Army. My military experience allowed me to have a front row seat to global events giving me a unique perspective and greater awareness and understanding of how events over the last 10-20 years are relevant to the lives of our students today. I have served in Europe, the Far East, Middle East, Caribbean, and South America. I am originally from Metropolitan Detroit and a public high school graduate. I have two grown children, a son serving in the U.S Air Force, and a daughter who is a teacher.
My passion is teaching and studying history. History is important because it allows us to understand our past, which in turn allows us to make sense out of our present. The past created the present. However, we can influence the present and control our future by learning the lessons of the past to build a brighter future. Studying history provides insight into our culture and our origins so we can learn who we are in order to create opportunities that will benefit us and our fellow man.
You can email me at: dshirley@phoenixclc.org.
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