Lightning Round: January 2020

It's All About Respect at Lakeside! This week is the 1/2 way part of the year. The second marking period will end on Tuesday and the 3rd marking period will begin on Thursday. Students will not have school on Wednesday for a Staff In-service. When students come back to school on Thursday they will be attending Grade Level Assemblies to address concerns throughout the school such as cell phone policy, respect, conflict resolutions and expectations for hallways. On Friday, our school will be hosting Stand Tall Steve, a motivational speaker who will be discussing how students can succeed in school and in life through focusing on their goals. For more information on Stand Tall Steve click this link. We hope students are ready to continue achieving, learning and being respectful as we enter the second half of the year! The National Junior Honor Society is now accepting applications for new members.

Any current 7th or 8th grade student who has maintained an 85 or above average in all subject areas for six consecutive marking periods is eligible to receive an application. Applications must be filled out entirely. All sections must be completed for membership consideration. If essay on why i want to be in national junior honor society have any questions about the applications, please see Mrs. Gaudio in Y 133 prior to the application deadline. In addition to the application, students are required to submit one letter of recommendation from a non-family member, as well as a personal essay detailing why you should be selected for membership. Thank you and our joke for the week is: What is the Snowy Owl's favorite subject in school? Have a fun week! Congratulations to our students who participated in the Dash for Cash on Friday. Students had to sell 10 items in the fall fundraiser to be invited to this exclusive event. Janiya Whitaker took home the $100 grand prize, while Autumn Craig found the $50 bag, and Shayde Desail found the bag with the Golden Zap. Monday - 1/28/19 - A Day - Boys and Girls Basketball vs. Fernwood Tuesday - 1/29/19 - B Day - 2nd Marking Period Ends Wednesday - 1/30/19 - No School - Teacher In service Thursday - 1/31/19 - A Day - Grade Level Assemblies; 3rd Marking Period Starts; Wrestling vs. Galloway Friday - 2/1/19 - B Day - Stand Tall Steve Assemblies; Boys and Girls Basketball vs.

Kau and Yang, 1991). Materialism has been found to be negatively correlated with higher ethical standards (Muncy and Eastman, 1998). Added evidence is furnished by the World Competitiveness Yearbook (1998) which showed that on competitiveness and adapting to new challenges, Hong Kong outranked Singapore, whereas on corporate social responsibility, Singapore ranked 6th compared to Hong Kong's 27th. Given the positive association found between achievement orientation and Machiavellianism earlier documented, we can expect that the negative effects predicted for this factor on CESR should also be greater for Hong Kong than Singaporean business undergraduates. Further evidence of Machiavellianism among Hong Kongers is furnished by Ralston et al. Respondents were 75 and 102 Chinese business undergraduates from Hong Kong and Singapore respectively. Respondents were told that the survey was about their beliefs on different business practices and that their responses would help in understanding how the youths of today feel about businesses.

As there were no right or wrong answers, their honest opinions were sought. The questionnaire took about eight minutes to complete. A debriefing was then conducted in which respondents were informed what variables were studied and hypotheses guessing ascertained. No respondent guessed the true purpose of the research. The 13-item PRESOR scale developed by Singhapakdi et al. 1996) was used to measure respondents' belief in CESR. An average score was computed across the items, with higher scores reflecting stronger beliefs in CESR. A nine-item Likert-type scale was employed to measure guanxi (see Appendix). The items covered various aspects of guanxi including knowing the right people, maintaining a network of relationships, being in the "inside" circle, returning favor for favor, gift giving, and cooperation. 0.82), an average of the scores obtained was used in the analyses. A higher score indicates greater belief in guanxi. A four-item scale was used to measure mianzi.

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