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On this page:

1. Food for Thought Quotations to inspire or bother you. Updated every week or so.

2. More food for thought about education and what it should be.

3. Links to My Class Pages Updated as needed. School Loop brings you back to these for assignment and class updates.

4. Grades Updated often. Grades will be posted on School Loop.

5. School Loop Updated at an astonishing rate. If you are a parent and have not registered with School Loop, WHY HAVEN'T YOU DONE SO YET? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???

6. Academic Decathlon Updated a lot during the winter.

7. My Domicile at Chaffey Updated hardly ever.

8. Links related to some important current issues Poverty, Darfur, Japan, Economics. Updated pretty often.

9. Other Links and email Updated less often.

10. About Mr. James Updated 17 May 2012.

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Food For Thought

“As long as algebra is taught in school, there will be prayer in school.”

--Cokie Roberts (1943- ), Emmy Award winning journalist and author.

Image credit: Cokie Roberts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Congratulations to Coach Steven Mercado and the 2011-2012 Chaffey High School Academic Decathlon Team

In addition to the schedule listed above, I assisted head coach Mr. Steven Mercado and Chaffey High School's Academic Decathlon Team as they prepared for the 2012 San Bernardino County competitions to be held in January and February. My principal areas of involvement are mathematics, science, speech, and interview.

In the 2012 San Bernardino County Academic Decathlon, Chaffey earned a first place finish for the third time in four years. Chaffey has finished in the top two each of the past eight years. Mr. Mercado published this summary of the 2012 County competition results.

This year's competition took place at Arroyo Valley High School in San Bernardino. The speech, interview, and essay portions of the competition took place on Saturday, January 28, 2012 with the objective portions including the Super Quiz relay on Saturday, February 4. Individual, event, and team winners were announced at the county banquet held at the National Orange Show event center in San Bernardino on February 9.

Chaffey joined Rancho Cucamonga High School and Redlands High School (who finished second and third, respectively) at the California State Academic Decathlon Competition on March 15-18 in Sacramento. This year, Chaffey finished 17th out of 65 teams competing.

The picture above was taken on January 28, 2012 after the speech, interview and essay competitions at Arroyo Vista High School in San Bernardino. Click on the image for a larger view.

Most of the school day I can be found in or near MS114, the class room I have worked in since 1995. Students are welcome to visit or seek help after school until I go home (usually around 5 pm). Students can also email questions whenever they want. I'll reply pretty much as soon as I read the question. I still have never set up a Facebook page (contrary to student rumors). Of course, School Loop is another way to contact me, but once I'm at home, I don't monitor School Loop as frequently as my regular email account.

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My classes meet in room 114 of the Math-Science Building.

As Japan continues to clean up following the destructive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami on March 11, World Vision relief distribution operations are underway in Miyagi prefecture, including the city of Tome and Minami Sanriku, one of the hardest-hit coastal towns in the country.

As of March 28, the United Nations estimates that some 244,000 remain in emergency shelters. Some quake and tsunami survivors have returned home because electricity and water supplies have been reconnected. Read more.