Sunday, November 15, 2009

Grade Info

This past Friday, all students took their Unit Three exam which covered Mitosis, Meiosis, Cancer and Karyotypes. Students will receieve TWO test grades for this exam.

1. Mitosis, Meiosis and Cancer
2. Karyotypes

Depending on results, students WILL have an opportunity to retake one or both of these tests AFTER they come to tutorials to improve their grade!

Mrs. Rawlings' tutorials: Mondays 4:30-6:00 PM (others can be requested by appointment)

Be sure to ask for your students' test grades and encourage them to attend tutorials if needed!

Week At A Glance


This week is an exciting week! All students will be working in their groups on their exhibition project!

In this project, students are to convince the World Cup committee to host the World Cup in their assigned country in 2018!

The parts of the project to be completed this week are below:

-Biology: Design an experiment to see "Can Mosquitoes Transmit Swine Flu?"

-World Geography: Detailed study of assigned country

-English: Persuasive letter

-Math: Regression analysis on attendance numbers

-Spanish: ESPN commercial

-Technology: All information should be displayed on a web site


A public exhibition display will take place December 3rd, 2009 from 6-8:30 in the great hall! Mark your calendars today!

How can you help at home?

1. Check their daily work plans and make sure they have completed planned sections of the project each day! This will be a major grade in all classes!