CVHS 9th grade email update

CVHS 9th grade email update for October 31st, 2008

General Info:

CVHS has early dismissal on Tuesday, November 4th and Wednesday, November 5th. Student will be released from school at 1:30pm.
1st Annual CVHS Fall Festival and Dance on Friday, November 7th from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m.
- It will include games, moonwalks, bands, and food.
- The tickets will go on sale Monday. I think they will be $5 in advance and $8 at the gate.
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/ 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):

Students will be learning articulation and inflection through tongue twisters
How can you help? A good way to help your child practice is to sing songs in the car/shower/room emphasizing every consonant and vowel sound.
Friday – Test – students will be asked to recited story using projection, inflection, rate and articulation.
Please look at: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau

From Mr. Swenson (World Geography):

From Ms. Bullis (English I):

From Mrs. Matsu (Biology):

We are continuing chapter 2. Students should be reviewing their notes and the book.
Lab on Thursday and Friday. Students must wear appropriate shoes and have their hair tied back.
Class website: www.gradientphil.com/matsu

From Ms. Alcoriza (IPC):

11/03 – Unit 3b TEST (Chapters 7-9). There will definitely be word problems on electricity and half-life so be familiar with the formulas including the symbols and units that go with them.
11/05 – Due date for lab report on “Radioactive Decay Simulation.” Make sure the graph and handout are both attached.
11/07 – Due date for “Solar Cooker” project and its accompanying write-up. Remember that the write-up needs to be specific.

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

From Mr. Smith (Spanish I):

In and around more new vocabulary, students will learn about La Tomatina! Simple sentences will then be the order of the day while they learn to work with their Cheat Sheets (list of high frequency words). Then maybe some short short stories but if not then early the following week. Thanks for all you do with your students at home.

From Mr. Falco (Spanish 2):

On Monday we will begin Chapter 2A. We will have a quiz on Tuesday and Wednesday. We will also have a song quiz and packet quiz on Friday. We will continue to read A Succinct History of Mexico. Throughout the week, we will be reviewing grammatical concepts and doing activities to help reinforce vocabulary and grammar.

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

Latin 1 is into Stage 5 and plurals. The multiple choice could be as early as Friday.
Latin 2 and 3 continue to focus on verb conjugation structure, to good effect.

From Ms. Heno (French):

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art):

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