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Kelly Mesker Activities: Activities Director-Basketball and Softball Coach -O'Brien and Powers Attitude Monitor |
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First Semester Schedule 1st Period: American Civics2nd Period: Local History 3rd Period: Prep 4th Period: American Civics 5th Period: AD 6th Period: AD 7th Period: American Civics |
American Civics curriculm is based on seven units of instruction; Foundations of American Government, Politcal Behavior: Government By the People, Legislative, Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Comparative Political and Economic Systems, Participating in State and Local Government. The year ends with a the traditional "MOCK TRIAL." The students play the roles of judges, to lawyers, to victims, to defendants, to witnesses... Current event knowledge, comprehension, synthesis, analysis, and evaluation is an important element of the weekly rigor in the classroom. Reading the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Newsweek during the week is part of the curriculm. It gives the students an insight about current events and also allows the students to practice their reading skills, increase their vocabulary, check their grammatical insight... Friday Jeopardy!!! A tradition in Mesker's classroom for many a year. Most students look forward to ending a the week with a very competitive game of Team C.E. Jeopardy. It is the only way in that my students can get extra credit during their class. Each Friday we divide out into teams and play the game. The members of the 1st place team get "x" number of extra credit points, while the last place team gets nearly none. LOCAL HISTORY IS BACK!!! After a years hiatus, our local history class is back. One of the few such curriculms offered in all of the State of MN. The students learn about the rich local history that we have in and around Parkers Prairie. The key component of the class is that the students do research and contribute to finding and recording history. Lot's of neat field trips!!! Extra-curricular activities that we provide at PPHS are; choir, band, knowledge bowl, yearbook, FFA, speech, one-act play, visual arts, girl's tennis, football, volleyball, wrestling, boy's basketball, girl basketball, softball, baseball, girl's track, boy's track, football cheerleading, basketball cheerleading, wrestling cheerleading. "Shoot for the Moon, cuz even if you miss, you'll hit a Star." "Success is a journey, not a destination." "Lifes battles don't always go to the strongest or wisest person, but rather to the person who thinks that they CAN. Think big and your deeds will grow and think small and you'll fall behind. Think that you can and you will, it's all in your STATE OF MIND." Everyone of us can obtain a P.H.D. in the game of life. What is your P. ride, What is your H. ustle, and what is your D. esire. Having this P.H.D. mentality will assist in carrying you towards the "success" level that you want for yourself, your family, your job/career, your neighborhood, your community, your church, ... Kelly Mesker is in his 27th year in education. A graduate of Arlington-Green Isle high school, Fergus Falls Community College (AA), The College of St. Scholastica (BA 1983), and graduate credits from Hamline University. He spent his first six years at Badger Public school in NW MN and has been at PP for the last 20 Mesker is married(1984) to Tracy, a nurse. The couple has two sons. Adam is a rancher, farrier and oil well inspector in western North Dakota. The second son Drew has joined his brother Adam in ND. He ranches with Adam and is seeking a job in the oil industry. |
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Second Semester Schedule 1st Period:
American Civics
FACTS ABOUT PPHS FACULTY- After beiing rejected as the Celtic leprechaun, Obrien came back to Parkers Prairie. He was deemed tall enough to teach social studies. |
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