Our Forensics Class is working on making bite mark casts. They will investigate their group’s teeth impressions and will measure their teeth. In Lab they are working on Blood Stains and will soon be going on a field trip to John Jay for a hands on workshop.
Mrs. Christian
Students have been talking about the stock market and will continue this discussion for the next several weeks. They will be looking at the “Wall Street Journal,” and how stocks rise and fall each day. Students will also have the opportunity to play a stock market game to see what would happen if they were to invest in stocks.
Mrs. Racoma
March is the month that tests many things especially discipline and heart. Winter is waning and the end of school getting closer. Students must get recharged out of the winter blues, be persevering at staying on task with schoolwork as well as deal with the usual winter illnesses. March is also an exciting month because of the Academic Fair, March 19th. This is a great time for students to shine who are not always the top of the class academically. It allows creativity and performance skills to blossom. It even benefits those students the most who are willing to work as a team with parent and teachers to study, write about, and present their topic and project of interest. We can all benefit from remembering: Galatians 6:9,”Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” and Ecclesiastes 9:10,”Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.”
Mrs. Vikki Kemp
Math II students are learning about growth and decay functions. They are able to calculate how fast their money will grow and how fast their car will depreciate.
Mrs. Wong
Chemistry students have been challenged by balancing equations and calculating quantities. They are also able to predict if a reaction will occur and have investigated various reactions in lab.
Mrs. Wong
In February, we explored Capitulo 14 that deals with “La Tienda”(“The Store”).
The vocabulary learned has dealt with shopping and items that we can purchase at various stores. As a project, the students had to create a store brochure or flyer and label various articles using the vocabulary words learned in class.
Mrs. Pascualini
Students have been working on how to record credits and debits for a business. They are learning the many journals that are kept and how much work goes into owning and maintaining a business.
Mrs. Racoma
We have turned the century into the 1900’s! We are quickly bearing down on the present as we discussed Progressive reforms that still impact us today; some things like direct election of our senators and many municipal reforms. WWI is upon us and our world dominance is being tested as Germany continues unrestricted submarine warfare…
Mr. Prawel
As the second quarter winds down, high school students have been busy in the computer lab. The activity ranges from writing papers for classes to last minute printing for assignments that are due. In computer lab, the students have been learning the ins and outs of Google Maps. Google Maps is a program developed by Google to assist people in looking at maps. The most common use of Google Maps is acquiring directions, but there is much more to the program. The student have learned how to use all the special features including the Street View setting which lets users see destinations as if they were standing on the street. Many students found it interesting to see their home or their favorite location around the city. Technology keeps improving and we strive to keep the students knowledge improving as well.
Mr. Miller
We are encountering the literature of the Golden age in Spain. We are reading a short picaresque novel called “”. This novel depicts the everyday life in the Spain of the era, the good and the bad. Its reading was originally prohibited in Spain because of the portrayal of the people in authority and church hierarchy. For that very reason, the author is unknown. As most things forbidden it was in everyone’s mouths and ears. It was translated to over 10 languages across Europe and is now part of the Spanish literary canon. As we enjoy the adventures of Lazarillo we understand better the people of the time and even come across things that are said today and never understood before where they came from. It is great to see how the more things change the more they stay the same.
Ms. Rivera