CVHS 9th grade email update for December 4th, 2009

General Info:

• Final Exams begin on Tuesday, December 15 and continue through December 18th. Exam days are early dismissal days where student will be released from school at 1:00pm. There are 2 exams per day and each exam is 2 hours long.
• Mrs. Matsu is sponsoring two summer international trips. Both trips are currently accepting students and parents. The day you sign up locks in the price.
  • July 2010 – COSTA RICA
    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 # 604113 and follow the directions
    Or you can call EF tours at 1-800-665-5364
  • Summer 2011 – JAPAN
    Anyone who has already signed up or will sign up on a 2011 tour before December 15th will receive $200 off their program fee! This is the lowest the program fee will ever be for tours in 2011, now is the time to take advantage of this great incentive!
    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
• Please sign up to receive the e-mail newsletter of the CVHS PTO. Click on this link to go to the CVHS site, then, after you enter your email address, you will be prompted to sign up. Please sign up for "Class of 2013" AND "General Interest." You will receive updates every week or two about things going on at school.
  http://www.vanguardian.org/Subscribe_to_PTO_Email_Newsletter/
  

From Mrs. Bibeau (Theatre I):

• Monday – Friday Improv activities
• Mon day 14 – Review
• Please check website for class information: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau
  

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

Mr. Swenson

• Free Response for Chapter 6 & 7 due Wednesday. Students have all the questions for Final Exam

Ms. Moumni

• Monday:
  Take home essays DUE before first period
  Current event optional as extra credit
  Reading chapter 6 textbook p 163 to 173
• Tuesday
  Quiz on the reading
  Lecture
  Reading p174 to 182
• Wednesday
  Lecture
  Reading p 182 to 192
• Thursday
  Quiz on the reading from p174 to 192
  Lecture + review for final
• Friday
  Review day for final
• My Website is CVHShumangeography.webs.com

 

From Ms. Bullis and Mr. Holloway (English I):

• The English component of the 9th grade project is due Monday, 12/7.
• Have all short stories in the packet read by Tuesday, 12/8.
• Responses to the questions at the end of the short stories are due Wednesday, 12/9.
• Final Exam essays are due in class Friday, 12/11 and online to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm on 12/11.
• Refer to class website for additional information www.freewebs.com/hbullis
  

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

• CHNOPS Lab due Monday
• Test #6 over Protein Synthesis and Mutations is on Tuesday.
• The next newspaper Wednesday is due January 13.
• We will begin The Hot Zone in January, please have your copy available.
• Class websites: Matsu: www.gradientphil.com/matsu & Alcoriza: www.freewebs.com/planetamy/
  

From Mr. Li and Mr. Schenke (Geometry):

• We study Chapter 6.6 and 6.7 Mon to Tue.;
  Assignment: 6.6. # 1-13, 14-30 (even) and
  6.7. # 1,2, 5-14, 16-30 (even);
• We have general review for Fall semester Wed. & Thur;
• Assignments are: P. 896-907, questions which one’s digit
  Number is 1, 4, 6, 8 only;
• Friday has Chapter 6 test;
• Friday has a Quiz for 6.1-6.4.
  

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• On Friday 12/4 Students received a packet of review problems for the final exam. It is due on Monday 12/14, but they should be working on it a little at a time over the next week. We will also be reviewing for part of the class period each day for the next week while we are also finishing Unit 6. Students should also start to study for the final exam by looking over their old tests and quizzes and making sure they understand and can do all of the problems from those assessments. Several questions on the final will be straight off of old tests (but with different numbers).
• There will still be regular homework this week. There will be handouts on Monday and Tuesday night and a Unit 6 Test Review handout on Wednesday night. We will go over the test review on Thursday.
• The Unit 6 Test is on Friday 12/11.
  

From Mr. Beall (Spanish I & II):

• Span. I will start their semester research project presentations on Monday, and they will continue on subsequent days next week until they have all had the opportunity to present. Once the presentations have been made, we will resume our studies in the textbook (pgs. 211-214). They will probably have a quiz over chapter 4 B on Friday.
• Span. Ii will start their semester research project presentations on Monday, and they will continue on subsequent days next week until they have all had the opportunity to present. Once the presentations have been made, we will resume our studies in the textbook (pgs. 196-201). They will probably have a quiz over chapter 4 A on Friday.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

• Latin 1 will finalize all outstanding Capitula activities, and review by way of practice copies of the National Latin Exam.
  

From Ms. Heno (French):

• All levels and all classes are reviewing for the final exams. French 2 has an oral and written project based on Chocolat. French 1 will have and oral project based on the poem “Dejeuner du matin”
  

From Ms. Casperson (Debate):

• Student will be given an in-class review sheet on Monday, December 7th. Monday through Friday (Dec. 7th - 11th) students will be provided class time to work with their peers (or work independently) to complete the review sheet. If students review with the resources provided to them (Textbook, review sheet, hand-outs, etc.) they will be well-prepared for the examination.
• The last weekly current event assignment will be turned in on Friday, December 11th.
  

Mr. Lamane and Ms. Terry (P.E.):

Lamane:

• Health: We will continue ch 13
  Test on ch 12 on Thursday.
• FPF: We will continue chapter 5
• PE: continue soccer unit
  

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art)::

• Art I students have a test on space/depth on Wednesday, Dec. 9th covering linear and atmospheric perspective. The Art I final exam will consist of a written, free-response portion (50%) and a drawing portion (50%).