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Root of the Week

Weekly Top Winners

Week 7: Mrs. Costales's Per. 3 Class

Week 7: Mrs. Costales's Per. 3 Class

Week 6: Mrs. Wirth's Period 3 Class

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Week 5: Ms. Mangini's Period 3 Class

Week 5: Ms. Mangini's Period 3 Class

Week 4: Ms. Das's Period 3 Class

Week 4: Ms. Das's Period 3 Class

Week 3: Mrs. Khoury's Period 3 Class

Week 3: Mrs. Khoury's Period 3 Class

Week 2: Ms. Chao's Period 3 Class

Week 2: Ms. Chao's Period 3 Class

Second Semester - Week 1: Ms. Rodriguez's Period 3 Class

Week 1: Ms. Rodriguez's Period 3 Class

Week 18: Ms. Jessen's Period 3 Class

Week 18: Ms. Jessen's Period 3 Class

Week 17: Mr. Myers's Period 3 Class

Week 17: Mr. Myers's Period 3 Class

Week 16: Ms. Vivas's Period 3 Class

Week 16: Ms. Vivas's Period 3 Class

Week 15: Ms. Maroun's Period 3 Class

Week 15: Ms. Maroun's Period 3 Class

Week 14: Mrs. Wirth's Per. 3 Class

Week 14: Mrs. Wirth's Per. 3 Class

Week 13: Mrs. Khoury's Per. 3 Class

Week 13: Mrs. Khoury's Period 3 Class

Week 12: Mrs. Zhou's Period 3 Class

Week 12: Mrs. Zhou's Period 3 Class

Week 11: Ms. Jessen's Period 3 Class

Week 11: Ms. Jessen's Period 3 Class

Week 10: Mr. Chen's Period 3 Class

Week 10: Mr. Chen's Period 3 Class

Week 9: Mr. Beck's Period 3 Class

Week 9: Mr. Beck's Period 3 Class

Week 8: Mrs. Milon's Period 3 Class

Week 8: Mrs. Milon's Period 3 Class

Week 7: Ms. Ramirez's Period 3 Class

Week 7: Ms. Ramirez's Period 3 Class

Week 6: Ms. Poma's Period 3 Class

Week 6: Ms. Poma's 3rd Period Class

Week 5: Mr. Jacobo's Period 3 Class

Week 5: Mr. Jacobo's Period 3 Class

Week 4: Mr. Sanford's Period 3 Class

Week 4: Mr. Sanford's Period 3 Class

Week 3: Ms. Battersby's Per. 3 Class

Wk 3: Ms. Battersby's Per. 3 Class

Week 2: Mrs. Barreto's Per. 3 Class

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Week 1: Ms. Maroun's Period 3 Class

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What is the contest about?

The Root of the Week Contest is part of WCHS's school wide literacy efforts to help students develop academic vocabularly. Each week, Period 3 classes are given one minute to come up with as many words using the Root of the Week. All entries are submitted to Ms. Mo in W-3. Three classes with eligible lists are selected and the class with the most words wins for the week! All weekly winners will be placed in a drawing that will take place every 6 weeks for a class reward that is sponsored by ASB. Thanks Ms. Mo for running this contest!

 

Grading Period Winners

1st Grading Period:

Battersby

2nd Grading Period:

Milon

3rd Grading Period:

Maroun

4th Grading Period:

Chao

5th Grading Period:

6th Grading Period:

Roots of the Week

Week 1: derm (skin)

Week 2: err (to wander, go astray)

Week 3: eu (good, well, beautiful)

Week 4: cur, curs (to run)

Week 5: it, itiner (to go, journey)

Week 6: ex, exo (out of)

Week 7: exter, extra (beyond, outside)

Week 8: tend, tent, tens (to stretch, strain)

Week 9: fac, fec (to make, to do)

Week 10: fall, fals (to deceive)

Week 11: gen, gener (origin, race, species)

Week 12: geo (earth)

Participating Classes

All Period 3 class have the opportunity to participate in the Root of the Week Contest! Here are the classes currently competing each week:

Mr. Barnes
Mrs. Barreto
Ms. Battersby
Mr. Beck
Ms. Beleno
Ms. Breidinger
Mrs. Carrera
Ms. Casso
Mrs. Chu
Ms. Chu
Mrs. Costales
Mr. Cox
Ms. Duke
Mr. Emigh
Ms. Estafanous
Mr. Jacobo
Mr. Johnson
Ms. Jones
Ms. Khoury
Ms. Kim
Srgt. Larson
Ms. Maroun
Mr. Messick
Mrs. Milon
Ms. Mo
Mrs. Olivas
Ms. Poma
Ms. Ramirez
Capt. Robbins
Ms. Rodriguez
Mr. Sanford
Mrs. Vivas
Ms. Whitten
Mrs. Wirth
Mrs. Zhou