High School Happenings
October 2021
Welcome to the High School Newsletter for The Campus (SSAE and PPEC)
October Break is October 11-22!
Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences, October 8- 7:30 AM- 2:30 PM
We are excited to offer parent/teacher/student conferences for our high school families on Friday, October 8, 2021, from 7:30-2:30 PM. Be sure to verify which teachers your student has and then check out the sign-up link. Please only sign up for one time slot per teacher. We encourage you to bring your child with you to these conferences if possible.
Algebra II
Geometry & Algebra I
Pre-Calculus, Algebra II, & College
Students have been working hard on Aleks as they work their way up to 85%. It is strongly recommended that students work on Aleks during fall break if they are behind. Precalculus and College Algebra Prep students will be taking the Accuplacer in class on Oct. 6th. There are two tests; if they pass the first test called Quantitative Reasoning, it will take them into the second test which is Advanced Algebra and Function. It is important that students do their best because they are meeting both college readiness guidelines and graduation requirements as they take these tests.
Physical Science-Biology-Forensic Science
Chemistry & Honors Biology
English I
English II & Gothic Literature
Yearbook & Communications
Students are working hard designing yearbook pages, capturing school events and activities, and developing side projects such as broadcasting and a publication for communicating school announcements.
English III
History
Art
College Adobe Photoshop- all about Adobe Layers, all about Adobe Selections
Jewelry Design- fossil prints, glass beads, and belt creations/drawing/self-critiques
Spanish
Engineering
Students in Intro to Engineering Design are now beginning work on their Certified Solid Works Associate course, which is the industry-leading CAD software. They will have the opportunity to earn professional certification through the Engineering program. They will also get to apply their skills in the "Wacky Races Design Challenge", where we will have a contest for 3D printed CO2 racecars at the end of the semester. In Principles of Engineering, students are using 90% of their time debugging as they begin to learn about control systems. Their project will be to create a prototype of a recyclable materials sorter that can accurately sort a variety of different types of marbles into their correct bins. They're using ROBOTC, which is heavily based on the C++ programming language to code their robots. Engineering Design and Development students are creating ideas on how to solve the problems that they have been researching so thoroughly over the last 6 weeks. Their design solutions will be refined and they'll present a project proposal and design solution by the end of the year.
Electives Galore!
This month Intro to Computer Science students created their own programs to wrap up Unit 1. In unit 2 Coding students will start coding Conditionals, While Loops, and Booleans to add to their Python programming skills. Teen Leadership students have been working very hard learning about their own leadership skills and have delivered two great speeches so far this semester. Students are currently creating digital portfolios to start documenting their high school journey.