Our High school Photography students are learning how to take professional portraits. We will learn that to take a good picture is not just to “point and shoot.” There is a method that will help ensure good quality pictures. This is what they are learning to do along with the different effects of natural to artificial light.
Eleventh grade Spanish is learning to put into practice what they have learned over the past two years. We will be doing exciting projects to help reinforce this knowledge. This will enable the students to succeed when taking the regents test.
In our tenth grade class we are learning how to buy things from clothes to school supplies at a store. We are also learning the different verbs to use in each case.
Ninth grade Spanish is learning about school and the many names for classes available in school. They are learning to tell time and express their opinions. By doing this we learn how to describe people and things.
We are learning about our families and our homes. We will learn the different places where people live. Also we will learn about the importance of family in the Spanish culture.
We are learning about friends. Our class is studying the different characteristics of a person and how they feel. We are also learning to greet and say goodbye.
We have gone on pause with the balancing of checkbooks, keeping a checking account and so on due to the upcoming PSAT. Students have been working hard to study and prepare themselves for next week’s exam as they prepare themselves for SAT’s and the college life.
Mrs. Racoma
We have gone back the past two weeks and reviewed old material so that we can continue with harder concepts in Algebra. The areas we have covered are multiplying and dividing decimals as well as “Order of Operations,” or PEMDAS. (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) Because this is review, we are going through each concept in a day and then moving on as we continue to get deeper into Algebra.
Mrs. Racoma
PEMDAS- If you don’t know what this stands for, 7th graders have been learning this concept. (Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, Subtraction) Students are given an equation and have been working on solving the problem by applying PEMDAS, which is really, “Order of Operations.” Because some of the symbols are new to students, it has taken a little time to get the hang of it. As the students have learned the symbols, they have become more proficient.
Mrs. Racoma
In math class we have been working on dividing and multiplying numbers with decimals. At first, it was a bit confusing, especially with the multiplication decimal placement, but students seem to be getting the hang of it. The students seem to really be grasping the concept and will be taking a chapter test next week.