Hopple's Happenings

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Lincoln Junior High School

Lifestyle Changes for a More Relaxed Outlook

Being a educator and working with children, is a very stressful and demanding job. We all have responsibilities that have to be done each day. As we began a new month, focus on these helpful hints to help relieve stress in your day to day activities.

1. Avoid Clutter.
2. Accept the things you can’t change.
3. Look for the learning opportunity in every challenge.
4. Simplify your schedule.
5. Take time for yourself each day.
6. Spend time with positive people.

By making small changes in your day, it can make a big difference in your life. 

 

Teacher Feature:

Corey Duncan: 

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As I start my 9th year teaching, I look back at all the different areas that I have taught in this short time.  After I graduated college, I did a lot of leaves for the school system before I found a permanent job.  I have taught high school math, science, and language arts, first grade, third grade, fourth grade and was at Riverside teaching fifth and sixth grade ENL and sixth grade Pre-Algebra.  For the last three years, I have taught mathematics at Lincoln Junior High.  Teaching math has been my favorite so far!  Before my teaching career ends, I would like to teach everything I am licensed to teach.
I am currently trying out teaching through project based learning.  I really do love teaching this way!  Students are learning content with relevance and rigor.  I get to see students truly think and show what they know, and they will be able to use their newly learned knowledge in their life later at some point.
I was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and moved to Plymouth in 1982.  I graduated from Plymouth High School in 1997 (Yes, I know, there is no way that I am that old!!)  I played one year of volleyball, four years of varsity basketball, one year of varsity soccer, and one year of varsity track while at PHS.  I played summer basketball with then ND basketball star and now WNBA star, Ruth Riley.  
Basketball helped me further my education as I played two years at IPFW before transferring and finishing my playing and school career at Bethel College.  I graduated from Bethel in 2002 where I earned my bachelors in education.  I am currently finishing my masters degree at Walden University.  I will be done in April!
I love to coach and teach!  I am very excited for the up and coming basketball season!  This will be my first year as varsity assistant, and I get to coach alongside my father!  I have coached basketball for fifth, sixth, eighth, freshman, and have been the varsity coordinator for the last few years.
I still live in the Plymouth Community and have a son that goes to Riverside in sixth grade.  His name is Kyle, but he goes by his middle name, Max.  I have two younger sisters, who both still live in Plymouth too.

Dates to Remember: 

 

Oct. 1st- Oct. 5^th Book Fair

Oct. 3rd- Fundraiser Products Arrive

Oct. 5th- School dance 2:45-4:15 in Cafeteria

Oct. 11th- Stat Meeting- 7^th grade

Stat Meeting- 8^th grade

Oct. 15th- Horizontal Week

Oct. 16th- LJH Choir Concert in Auditorium

Oct. 17^th – Plymouth Youth Orchestra Concert

Oct. 18th- Band Concert in Gym

Oct. 19th- End of Nine Weeks

Oct. 19th- Lee Fleming visit from New Tech

Oct. 22nd- P/T Conferences 3:05-8:00pm

Oct. 29th- Connect Training for Parents 5:30pm

Oct. 30th- Picture Retakes

Just A Thought. . .

“Nothing you do for children is ever wasted”.

Garrison Keillor- entertainer and writer