CVHS 9th grade email update for December 12th, 2008

General Info:

• 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. We take catalogs and magazines!
  
• 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.

From Mrs. Bibeau (Theatre):

• Theatre 1 finals will be the Tuesday (16 December)
  • Format: fill in the blank/short answer
  • Questions: 50
  • Study guides have been posted to www.freewebs.com/bbibeau - assignments - Theatre I Extra Credit for semester ends Wednesday (17th)
  • Review in class on Monday (15 December); I will answer student questions at that time; they should come prepared
• Please look at: www.freewebs.com/bbibeau

From Mr. Swenson (World Geography):

• Final exam Thursday Dec 18th
• Tuesday Dec 16th all Freshmen go to library during Geography PrepHQ with Mrs. Chapman

From Ms. Bullis (English I):

• Your final will be broken into two parts:
  • Essay - 40% - Due 12/15
  • Multiple Choice Exam - 60% - Due 12/17
    • For the Essay portion, you need to respond to one of the prompts found on the class website in a well developed, academic essay. No first or second person allowed! Papers must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font, and between 2-3 pages. If you do not meet these guidelines, you will lose major points. You will turn in the essay to me Monday, 12/15. If you do not have a hard copy to turn in that day, you may turn it in late the following day, but the highest grade you can receive is a 70. The essay is 40% of your final exam grade.
    • The multiple choice part of the final exam will happen in class 12/17. It is worth 60% of your final exam grade. You are responsible for the following topics:
      1. All literature read this semester, including summer reading
      2. Phrases and Clauses
      3. Parts of an essay (Jane Schaeffer method and thesis information discussed in class.)
• Please refer to the English I website at: www.freewebs.com/hbullis/

From Mrs. Matsu (Biology):

• Final exam will take place on Wednesday, December 17th.
  • All scantron test – one period
  • Students may bring a single 3 x 5 note card as a cheat sheet. They may write or type the note card and use both sides.
• We will be reviewing in class on Monday and Tuesday. Students should come with questions over old tests, quizzes, review sheets, etc
• Class website: www.gradientphil.com/matsu

From Ms. Alcoriza (IPC):

• 12/15 – Second day of Finals: Multiple-choice questions. This covers chapters 1-15.
• 12/16 – Continue presentations of Waves projects.
• IPC website: http://www.freewebs.com/planetamy/

From Mr. Li (Geometry):

• Chapter 6 Test will be on Monday, 12/15/08;
• Review of Final Exam on Wed. & Tue.;
• Final Exam will be on Thursday, 12/19/08 (50 Minutes, covered Chapter 1-6).

From Mr. Barnes (Algebra I):

• The project (which was assigned before Thanksgiving) is due Monday 12/15
• The last regular test of the cycle is on Monday 12/15. Students completed a review sheet for Friday which we went over in class.
• The final exam in on Friday 12/19. All questions will be taken from old tests (either directly or with slight modifications). Students should study their old tests. We will review in class Tuesday-Thursday.

From Mr. Smith (Spanish I):

• This week will be dedicated first to presentation of projects that are due Monday. Presentations will take at least 2 days. The rest of the week will be summarizing what we have done during the semester to include vocabulary, culture, the cheat sheet and the verb chart.
• Felicidades a todos de Sr. Smith

From Mr. Falco (Spanish 2):

• Students will present their projects during class for their final exam. We will also go over some Hispanic culture during the days when students will not be presenting.
  

From Ms. Huffman (Latin):

• Latin 1, 2 and 3 have www.nle.org for a study guide for their midterm, which is set for Tuesday. Meanwhile, at least half the Latin 1 Class explicitly agreed to a pop quiz on Monday…

From Ms. Heno (French):

• French 1 and 2 have their grammar final on Monday. We have already discussed this in class.

From Mr. Rodriguez (Art):

• The Art final will be on Wednesday, December 17th.

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