AP Language is a course open to all juniors at Helena High interested in a challenging course focused on rhetoric and argument.
Debate class is an elective that combines argumentation with the study of philosophy. It’s open to all grade levels.
Word Clues is an honors course open to students of all grade levels. In it, we’ll build vocabulary through the study of Latin and Greek.
If you’d like to get reminders via text about due dates and other assignments, sign up below: AP Language (or just text @a3ecgk to the number 81010) English II (or just text @2017engliu to the number 81010) Debate (or just text @72a2fk to the number 81010)
As the school year comes to and end and summer break begins for most of you, the words of “Uncle” Walt Whitman seem especially appropriate: “This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, […]
The final house race of 2016-17 was fiercely contested before being settled on a day of flying eggs, chased freshmyn and sophomores, and lovely poetry. 4. House Shakesharp: 446 3. House Thortoi: 574 2. House Abbey: 607 1. House Marrowdill: 668.5
This is my fourteenth year at Helena High School,where I teach English III AP Language, Word Clues, Debate, and Speech. In my spare time, I enjoy grading essays, watching the San Diego Padres, and buying more books than I could ever hope to read.
I came to Helena High after a period of wandering that included attending law school for two days, coaching debate at Carroll College for four years, and teaching in Great Falls for nine months, but the real decision to become a teacher probably began in a theater in Billings, Montana, when I saw “Dead Poets Society” for the eleventh or twelfth time. As ridiculous as it sounds, that little movie helped me understand that my passion for language and literature was something that could be shared with others.
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