High School Happenings
September 2021
Welcome to the High School Newsletter for The Campus (SSAE and PPEC)
Algebra II
Geometry & Algebra I
Pre-Calculus, Algebra II, & College
Students in Pre-Calculus have studied the transformation of families of functions, and are focusing on mixture problems, along with other story types of problems. Algebra II students have focused also on mixture problems and wrote a ThinkCERCA on how to solve a mixture problem involving a mixture of coffee beans looking to reduce the cost to the owner by mixing expensive and cheaper coffee beans. Students are engaged and it and it is so nice to be in a classroom learning mathematics again. We are impressed with student’s engagement and enthusiasm all over campus. Honored to teach all these brilliant students from SSAE and PPEC.
Physical Science-Biology-Forensic Science
Chemistry & Honors Biology
English I
English II & Gothic Lit
English 2 is reviewing how various forms of media communicate information, such as podcasts, speeches, videos, and more. Students will choose one form to create themselves in a research project that focuses on the topic of happiness. English 2 Honors students are also working on personal passion or “Genius Hour” projects in which they are choosing their own topics to research and developing a plan to showcase their learning by creating, designing, performing, or writing something of their choice.
Yearbook & Communications
The yearbook theme is 80's - Skating Thru the Years. We want your input: click here for a brief survey, and be sure to follow us on Instagram for updates @thecampus_yearbook.
English III
History
Art
College Adobe Photoshop- introduction to Photoshop, artboards, history, guides, exporting, saving
Jewelry Design- introduction to design basics, supplies, tools, key chain, belt
Spanish
Engineering
Intro to Engineering students have spent the first three weeks discovering Engineering as a career and exploring the many inventions that have come from it. Now, they will begin learning and applying the design process through a series of mini design challenges. Principles of Engineering students are being introduced to building with VEX robotics by discovering and building a series of simple and compound machines. Students in Engineering Design and Development are problem seeking, finding a worthy real-world challenge that can be solved through the engineering and design process.
Electives Galore!
Drones, coding, Minecraft, leadership games, speeches, and much more have been going on in the electives department. It's been a wonderful first month of school and it's been exciting getting to know all of the new and returning students. They have been working hard through training and in class. Students who need any elective support can contact me at ncummings@d49.org or (719)964-6820. My zoom link is https://zoom.us/my/ncummings. Keep working hard in your courses and please let me know if you need any support.