CVHS 9th grade email update for October 24th, 2008

General Info:

• All students will be going to the Renaissance Festival on Tuesday, October 28th. It is a school wide field trip. There is no fee for the student (but they should bring money to buy lunch there). Permission slips will be handed out next week.
• Next week is Spirit Week. The days are:
  Monday – Twin Day
  Tuesday – Color day/Renaissance Festival
  Wednesday – Formal day/ Yearbook picture day
  Thursday – Cross Dress Day
  Friday – Best Costume Day
• RECYCLING: Please bring all paper recycling (we only do paper) to school and either drop it in the green and yellow dumpster in the back of the school or ask your child to bring it to the dumpster or to Mrs. Matsu. In order to keep our wonderful recycling dumpster, we have to hit our quota. Thanks for helping us.
  


• Mrs. Matsu is sponsoring a 12 day trip to Australia and New Zealand during July 2009. This will be her 6th trip with students and her 3rd trip with students to Australia . If you are interested in this trip please see this website for a detailed itinerary and price information: www.gradientphil.com/matsu/index.htm Students, Parents, and siblings are welcome to join us. Prices go up on October 8, 2008. So if you are interested, please let me know, or sign up to lock in the current price.
• The English department is planning a literary tour of Dublin and London next summer. For more information and to sign up, please visit www.educationaltravel.com and login. The username is carnegie and the password is rhinos

From Mrs. Bibeau (Theatre):

• Monday - Students begin to learn voice, diction, articulation
• Tuesday – Ren Fest
• Wednesday – students will practice reciting “Twinkle, Twinkle” using projections – assignment grade
• Thursday – students will practice pacing of lines using a monologue
• Friday – students will practice articulation using tongue twisters
• Please look at: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau

From Mr. Swenson (World Geography):

• Starting Chapter 4 Latin America
• Check SnapGrades ‘files’ for details on assignments and major grade dates

From Ms. Bullis (English I):

• Monday, 10/27 – Timed Writing
• Wednesday, 10/29 – Please have Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
• Please refer to the English I website at: www.freewebs.com/hbullis/

From Mrs. Matsu (Biology):

• Biome Brochure Project (test grade) due Monday, October 27th – copies of the directions and template are on my website.
• Video quiz on Wednesday over Monday’s video
• Rainforest Feast on Wednesday, October 29th – this was handed out in class on Friday and there is a copy of it on my website
• We will begin chapter 2 on Thursday. Students should read 35-43 by Thursday.
• Class website: www.gradientphil.com/matsu

From Ms. Alcoriza (IPC):

• On Monday, we will do a lab that simulates nuclear decay. This lab starts off Chapter 9 and 10 which will be discussed starting Wednesday.
• Reminders:
  Please do your online quizzes by Saturday, October 25th;
  Packets are due on Friday, October 31st;
  Project on Solar Cookers is due on Friday, November 7th (both the machine and the write-up).

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

• We begin to learn Chapter 4,
• 4.1. Apply Triangle Sum Properties;
• 4.2. Apply Congruence and Triangles;
• 4.3. Prove Triangles Congruence.
• We will have a Quiz for 4.1-- 4.3 on Friday, 10/31/08.

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• Test 3 has been pushed back to Monday 10/27 – it will be on next grading cycle
• We will start Chapter 4 on Wednesday

From Mr. Smith (Spanish I):

• We will review body parts. The classroom will be prepared for 1-2 November Dia de los Muertos celebraciones on Friday. (Spanish teachers will cook patacones and other surprises. Students are asked to bring at least 1 green plantain (looks like a big banana, is very firm and is frequently labeled as platano or gineo macho. Please, the greener the better!))
• We will also TPR more new vocabulary.

From Mr. Falco (Spanish 2):

• Students will continue reading A Succinct History of México. They will have a song quiz on Friday. We will also review Hace + time expressions to tell how long someone has been doing something. We will review for a test on Chapter 1B on Wednesday. Their test for the chapter will be on Thursday. We will begin chapter 2A on Friday.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

• Latin 1 will have the Stage 4 test on Tuesday or Wednesday.
• Latin 2 is consolidating their command of indicative verbs.
• Latin 3 is consolidating their command of all verb structures.
  

From Ms. Heno (French):

• French 1 will begin the family tree project.
• French 2 will continue to write their detective story.

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art):

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