CVHS 9th grade email update for November 14th, 2008

General Info:

• CVHS Magnet Open House: Carnegie Vanguard High School will be hosting an open house on Saturday, November 15 from 4:00-6:30 p.m. This will be a chance for us to let potential students/parents what a wonderful school we have! Free pizza will be provided by the PTO, so we hope Carnegie families will come out and help spread the word about this great school!
• Early Dismissal on Tuesday, November 25th. Thanksgiving break starts on Wednesday, November 26th and students return to school on Monday, December 1st.
• RECYCLING: Please bring all paper recycling (we recycle paper, magazines, phone books, junk mail, etc…) 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.
• The Thespian Society will be performing their first play for the 2008-2009 school year. They will be putting on Alice in Wonderland. The directorial choices for this play have married a dark Tim Burton-esque theme to Louis Carroll’s original stories. Tickets are $7 presale and $10 at the door. Contact Mrs. Bibeau to reserve your tickets – bbibeau@houstonisd.org.
  
• 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):

• Neutral Monologue Assignment
• The class will nominate and vote to select one monologue which will be performed by every student. The monologue must work for any gender or physical type.
• You will bring in a copy of your monologue, typed on 11 November. We will read them as a class and vote on it at the end of class.
• Each actor will then create his/her own character and interpret the monologue as he sees fit.
• The words you speak will be given to you.
• The character and imaginary world you create will be your own invention.
  1. Monologue Planning Form Due:12 November
     Typed, stapled in file folder.
  2. Character Creation Form Due:13 November
     Typed, stapled in file folder.
  3. Script Copy Due:15 November
     Typed, stapled in file folder (left side).
  4. Character Collage Due:18 November
     Typed, stapled in file folder.
  5. Memorization/Rehearsal Due:19 November
     Typed, stapled in file folder.
  6. Performance Due:20-21 November
     • Simple, appropriate props and costumes will add to your performance.
     • All students should be prepared to perform on the first day of the assignment.
     • Volunteers will be accepted first, then I will call on actors at random.
     • Time Limit: 1-3 minutes.
• Please look at: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau

From Mr. Swenson (World Geography):

• Chapter 5 test Thursday and Friday

From Ms. Bullis (English I):

• Vocabulary quiz – Monday 11/17
• Finish reading Great Expectations
• Please refer to the English I website at: www.freewebs.com/hbullis/

From Mrs. Matsu (Biology):

• We are starting Chapter 12. Read 287-294 by Monday.
• Lab on Thursday (DNA extraction). Make sure to wear appropriate shoes.
• Class website: www.gradientphil.com/matsu

From Ms. Alcoriza (IPC):

• 11/15 – Last day to do quizzes for Chapters 11-12
• 11/17 – Test on Chapters 10-12; Solar cookers will be tested (weather permitting)
• 11/18 – Chapter 13 Section 1
• 11/19 – Chapter 13 Section 2
• 11/20 – Chapter 13 Section 3
• 11/21 – Group brainstorming session re: Waves Project
• 11/22 – Last day to do quizzes for Chapters 13-14

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

• Focusing on Centroid and Orthocenter, Inequalities in Triangles;
• 11-20 (Thursday) has a small quiz (20 Min.)
• 11-24, Monday, Review of Chapter 5;
• 11-25, Tuesday has chapter 5 Test.

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• We are starting Chapter 5 on Friday 11/14
• The project for cycle 2 will be assigned next week
• We will have our next test on Monday 11/24 (The Monday before Thanksgiving)

From Mr. Smith (Spanish I):

• Mini story production will continue in groups using a variety of strategies, props, etc. An individual mini story will be due on Friday. Students will be assessed for group and individual work.

From Mr. Falco (Spanish 2):

1. Culture: They will continue the series: A Succinct History of Mexico and have a quiz on Friday.
2. Grammar: Preterite of regular verbs, demonstrative adjectives, and using adjectives as nouns.
3. Vocabulary: Articles of clothing; types of stores. They will have a quiz on Monday.

• There will also be a song to accompany the chapter. A quiz on the song will be given on Friday. Various activities will be done throughout the chapter to reinforce reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

• Latin 1 is consolidating the two past tenses, and will have the Stage 6 test midweek.
• Latin 2 is back to reading stories and discussing them in Latin, after our grammar focus.

From Ms. Heno (French):

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art):

• First-year Art test on Thursday covering Paleolithic, Neolithic, and Near Eastern art.

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

• Health class: Students should read chapter 11.
• Students do not have to work on the chapters they were assigned before. However, they will receive a project to work on (at later notice)