CVHS 9th grade email update for April 1st, 2010

General Info:

• No school tomorrow - Friday, April 2nd.
• Recruitment and Q&A “Parent coffees” are coming up and we’d love parent and student involvement.
  All coffees take place from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. If you can make it to one, we’d love to have you there!

  April 6th
  Diana Dinn
  5414 Edith 77096

  April 7th
  Heidi Kaplan
  6118 Fordham 77005
  OR
  Jocelyn Ellis
  4521 Maple 77401

  April 8th
  Peggy Sue and Randy Gay
  Tanglegrove Clubhouse
  5845 Lynbrook Drive 77057

• Mrs. Matsu is sponsoring the Japan trip:

  • June 2011 – JAPAN
    **Special: $150 off of the price until March 31. Please let me know if you have questions.
    To sign up, go to http://student-travel.eftours.com/Default.aspx and go to ‘enroll on a tour’ in the bottom right hand corner
    Enter tour # 792923 and follow the directions
    Or you can call EF tours at 1-800-665-5364

From Mrs. Bibeau (Theatre I):

• Monday – Practice audition piece; Character Collage Due
• Tuesday – Practice audition piece with intros and monologue etiquette
• Wednesday – Performance Day 1 (Test); Memorization Log due
• Thursday - Performance Day 2 (Test)
• Friday - Performance Day 3 (Test)
• Please check website for class information: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau
  

From Ms. Moumni and Mr. Swenson (AP Human Geography):

Ms. Moumni

• Human geography week 26:
  All the classes are going to have a pop quiz on chapter 11 during this week.
• Monday:
  Chapter 8 Kuby’s activities 1 and 2 due
  Current event due (and for period 7 choose your topics.)
  Start reading chapter 14.
  End of lecture Agriculture
• Tuesday:
  Discussion about the green revolution and comparison between the different models.
• Wednesday:
  Skills and essay writing group working
• Thursday
  Chapter 13 lecture
• Friday
  Chapter 13 lecture and discussion
• My Website is CVHShumangeography.webs.com

Mr. Swenson

• Test Tuesday April 6th Unit 6 Economic Geography (Study Guide and Chapter 10 and 11 from text book)
• Wednesday Start Unit 7 Cities and Urban Land Use
  

 

From Ms. Bullis and Ms. Harris (English I):

Ms. Bullis

• Slaughterhouse-Five AP Packet due – 4/7
• Slaughterhouse-Five Test – 4/7
• Note Cards due – 4/9
• Thesis and Outline due – 4/12
• Continue checking class website for updates and guidelines for projects & assignments: www.freewebs.com/hbullis

Ms. Harris

• Students need to bring Slaughterhouse-Five every day for the rest of April (check class website, “Calendar of Events” for reading schedule)
• Make sure your student is attending their weekly lunch conference with me for the research paper
• Note Cards Check 4/9
• Thesis/Outline Due 4/12
• Slaughterhouse-Five Reading Quiz 4/14
• Please visit http://ewharris.freewebs.com for more info about what we are doing in class.
• I highly encourage you to contact me if you have questions/concerns about your child’s progress in the class at harris.cvhs@gmail.com or Eharri10@houstonisd.org.
  

From Mrs. Matsu and Ms. Alcoriza (Biology):

• GATTACA questions due Monday 4/5
• Read pages 369-386 – we begin chapter 15 on Monday.
• Newspaper Wednesday due Wednesday, April 7th
• Video quiz over Darwin video on Friday 4/9
• Darwin’s Great Voyage of Discovery Map and Chart due Monday 4/12
• Class websites: Matsu: www.gradientphil.com/matsu & Alcoriza: www.freewebs.com/planetamy/
  

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

• We study Chapter 12.1-12.3 from Mon. to Wed;
• They are about the Surface areas of Solids, Cones, Pyramids
  Prisms, and Cylinders;
• Assignments are: 12.1. #2-12,15-28,30-33;
  12.2. # 1-8, 11, 14-17, 21;
  12.3. 1-11, 12-16, 18-26(even);
  * Continue to review EOC everyday (10) minutes;
  * Review for Chapter 12.1-12.3 is on Thursday;
  * Quiz for 12.1-12.3 is on Friday.
  
  

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• There is homework due on Monday.
• Homework that is due on Tuesday is already posted on Gradespeed.
• The test on Graphing quadratics (using factoring, complete the square, and the quadratic formula) is on Thursday 4/8.
• The cycle 4 project will be assigned next week.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

• Latin 1 will have the Capitulum 9 vocabulary test on Monday. We will continue into Capitulum 10 and more nuances of 3rd declension nouns.
• Item, NJCL registration packets must be requested by May 1.
  

From Mr. Beall (Spanish I & II):

• Span. I will present current events on Monday (reading allowed) to continue to develop their pronunciation and listening skills in a more real world context. Tuesday they will resume their studies in Chap. 8A. Various written and reading work will be assigned from pgs. 387 - 392. There will be a quiz over Chap. 8A on Friday.
• Span. II will present current events on Monday (reading at a minimum) to continue to develop their pronunciation and listening skills in a more real world context. Tuesday they will resume their studies in Chap. 9A. Various written and reading work will be assigned from pgs. 450 - 461. There will be a test over Chap. 8A & B on Thursday.
  

From Ms. Heno (French):

• French 1 and 2 must research the celebration of Easter in Francophone countries.
  

From Lamane (PE):

Lamane:

• Health: Test on Chapter 23
  Start chapter 24
• PE: Wednesday presentations are due
  Volleyball\Flag Football