August 2013 archive

Random Drug Testing Information

As many of you already know this year the district is requiring all students who participate in any extra curricular activities to submit to a random drug test.  The details of which can be found on the district website . In order for your child to participate in any afterschool activities (math team practice)  they …

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Parent Information Meeting Flour Bluff Academic Team

When:  Tuesday September 3rd 5:30pm Where:  Flour Bluff Junior High Library Who:  All returning Academic Team member,  New Team members, or anyone wanting more information. Why:  We will discuss why the Academic team is such a valuable resources in the Junior High Year.  Give information about what we do along with the travel schedule, and …

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Stepping Out of the Shade

The greatest lesson I ever learned as a teacher happened to me even before I started teaching.  It all started in 1990 with a bench, some shade, and a lazy teacher.  I was in college beginning my degree in engineering when I stumbled across a job at a local day care.  I soon realized that …

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My Philsophy of Teaching

Excerpt taken from an essay I wrote:     If a surgeon performs a surgery and doesn’t make a single mistake–and the patient still dies–the surgeon does not pat himself on the back and consider it a successful surgery.  Likewise, if I do everything I know to do in my efforts to reach a child yet fail to change …

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Protected: Worksheets Unit 1

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Algebra Unit 10-1

10-1 Graphing Y= X²+Bx+C 10-1 Graphing Quadratics without B

Algebra Unit 9-1

9-1 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials 9-1 Adding and Subtracting Polynomials

Algebra Unit 8-1

8-1 Multiplying Exponents student notes 8-1 Multiplying Exponents student notes  

Algebra Unit 9-2

9-2 Multiplying Polynomials 9-2 Multiplying Polynomials  

Algebra Unit 8-2

8-2 Dividing Exponents 8-2 Dividing Exponents