FPCS TIDBITS
February 8, 2019
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APC Board Meeting
from the Business Office
Dear Awesome FPCS families;
Thank you so much for your patience and understanding with the reimbursement process. The earthquake and the timing of new hire training and the winter break caused slower than usual processing times. We apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused.
Just a friendly reminder: If you are using Vendor Services, please be sure to enter them into the Online Learning System (OLS). We want to make sure that you allocate funds so that we can pay your vendors. This prevents you from having to pay out of pocket for services.
Office Closure
Scholarship Opportunities
Writing Prompts for February
Get a writing prompts calendar to celebrate the art of writing and journaling!
There is a different prompt every school day to get your students thinking of creative ways to tell a story.
Use these during journaling time, for longer writing assignments, and more.
You can save it, print it, and share it with your homeschooling friends. This is part of the 2019 "WeAreTeachers" calendar, which you can get right here.
Spring's Coming Early! Percents & Fractions, Probability, Counting & Combinatorics, Statistics & Data
Over the weekend, the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, enjoyed his favorite day of the year – Groundhog Day! According to historical data on Stormfax® Weather Almanac’s website (stormfax.com/ghogday), Phil has predicted a long winter 104 times, and an early spring 18 times from 1887 to 2018 (no data for nine of these years). That makes the odds of Phil seeing his shadow, thereby predicting six more weeks of winter for this year, 52 to 9. Based on this information, what is the percent probability of Phil seeing his shadow? Express your answer as a percent to the nearest whole number.
Given this historical data, you might be surprised to learn that when Phil emerged from his burrow in Gobbler’s Knob this past Saturday, he did not see his shadow, sending the message that spring will come three weeks early in 2019. Winter is officially from December 21 to March 19, inclusive. Since Punxsutawney Phil predicted that spring will come three weeks early, by what percent will the length of the normal winter be decreased? Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
Historically, Phil’s winter forecasts have been correct 39% of the time. Suppose Phil’s historical accuracy of predicting an early spring is 50%. Based on the previous problems, what would be his historical accuracy of predicting a long winter? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.
CHECK THE PROBLEM OF THE WEEK ARCHIVE
FOR SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS
February 6, 1933
February 8, 1910
February 10, 1967
Monday March 11- Friday March 15th - Spring Break
Friday, March 29th - Poetry Jam & Ice Cream Social 6:00-7:30pm @ New Grace Christian Church
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