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Week of September 22, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 6
Tolar High School 2014-2015
Principal: Brad Morgan
Counselor: Ward Hudson
Secretary: Linda Thacker
301 Rock Church Hwy.
Tolar, TX 76476
P: 254-835-4316
F: 254-835-4237
www.tolarisd.org
Upcoming Events
9/23-VB @ Ranger
9/24– CC @ Poolville
9/25– JV FB @ Rio
9/26– V FB @ THS
9/27– VB @ THS
9/27-Riley Run
@tolarhighschool
@tolar_athletics
@RattlerBands
SAT BOOT CAMP
Juniors and Seniors interested
in a Test Prep workshop on Oc-
tober 6th contact Mr. Hudson or
Mr. Morgan for further infor-
mation. Workshop provided by:
www.testprepseminars.org
$45 DUE TO OFFICE
BY OCT. 2
2nd Annual Fun Run
and 5K @ THS Sept.
27 4:30 To register
for run or for T-Shirt
go to Rileyrun.org
FRIDAY
END OF 1st
SIX WEEKS
REPORT CARDS WILL
BE MAILED NEXT
WEDNESDAY.
Homecoming Week
Monday– PJ Day
Tuesday– Tacky Tourist Day
Wednesday– Little Kid/ Hat Day
Thursday– Throwback Day– JV & JH Football @ Rio Vista
Friday– Spirit Day (Purple & White)- Pep Rally-Homecoming
Game vs. Rio Vista
Saturday– Volleyball @ THS– Riley Run @ THS
Tolar High School Snapshots
Tolar High School Homecoming Queen Court
Shelby N
unley
Hannah Peregrino
Cassidy Phillips
If parents want to order school pic-tures but did not send an order form, they may go online to mylifetouch.com and use the high school Picture Day ID EZ014676Q0 to place at order.
High school volleyball and cross coun-
try team and individual athlete pictures will be on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Students should have received order forms.
The 2013-14 yearbooks have arrived
and will be passed out to students this week. There are a very limited number of extra yearbooks (around 10) and they will be sold on a first come basis for $38. Please email:
[email protected] or have your student come to Mrs. Anderson's room for an extra yearbook.
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Math Algebra/Geometry/Calculus
Mrs. Dacus [email protected] Algebra 1 : Algebra 1 will complete a unit on solving equations and will test on it Wednesday. They will receive review materials in class on Tuesday and will work on them in class that day. Geometry: Geometry will finish the study of geometry
basics this week and will be testing on Wednesday. They will receive review materials on Tuesday and will work on them in class Tuesday.
Calculus: Calculus will finish a study of limits and will be
testing on Thursday. Calculus students will complete the "Are You Ready?" packet by Friday and will quiz over it on Friday during class.
Algebra II and Pre-Cal
Mr. Smith [email protected]
Algebra II: and Pre-Cal: Alg 2 classes will working on
positive-integer exponent rules and exponent properties with quiz on Thursday Pre-cal classes are working on negative-integer exponent rules and product and quotients involving radicals and will take quiz on Thursday
Math Models
Ms. Foster [email protected] Students will be continuing their study of collecting, orga-nizing, and interpreting data. Bar graph projects will be presented at the end of the week.
Tolar High School Classroom News
Science Biology/Chemistry
Ms. Nowell [email protected] Biology : In Biology, students will continue investigate biomolecules. We will do a lab Friday to test for different molecules in food substances. Notebooks are due Wednesday. Students were given a handout with the pa-pers that need to be in their notebooks. Advance students have the last dialectic journal of the six weeks due Wednesday as well.
Chemistry: In Chemistry the students will be learning
the differences in chemical and physical properties as well as the organization of matter. This will include a lab where the students identify properties of different sub-stances. There will be a test of Friday that covers the sci-entific method, the math of chemistry, and the properties of matter.
Principals of Technology/Engineering Design
Mr. Griffith [email protected]
Principals of Technology: We will study buoyant
forces and Archimedes Principle, through constructing and testing cardboard boats. Please bring cardboard and duct tape, if you have any laying around.
Engineering Design: We will continue working on
multi-view drawings and learn dimensioning rules. We will also learn how to make working drawings using Auto-desk Inventor.
English ELA I
Mrs. Boisjolie [email protected] ELAI: Students will read several fiction selections in-cluding a short story and poetry as we conclude the six weeks. STEMS vocabulary quiz will be Thursday, so stu-dents should continue studying flashcards this week.
Advanced ELA I: Students will complete the short story,
"The Most Dangerous Game" and examine the author's use of foreshadowing, tone, and mood to create suspense. We will review TPCASTT (poetry analysis) with a new poem, and students will conclude the week with their STEMS vocabulary quiz.
English ELA II
Mrs. Boisjolie [email protected]
ELA II: : Students will conclude the novel study of To Kill
a Mockingbird by Wednesday. We will have an inner-outer circle discussion on Thursday as well as our SAT vocabulary quiz. Students will then take a comprehensive essay exam over the novel.
Advanced ELA II: Students will complete an analysis of Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Ad-dress and read and analyze two poems using TPCASTT. Students will then take a cumulative exam over persua-sive speech analysis, poetry analysis, and grammar.
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ELA III & IV/ Writing
DC English III & IV Ms. Anderson [email protected] ELA III :Students will be reviewing The Crucible, focus-ing on characterization and theme. Our test will be Wednesday, and then writing a one-page literary analysis on Thursday and Friday regarding theme.
ELA IV: Students will continue working on the revisions
of the college scholarship/application essays. Final copies will be due at the beginning of the period Thursday. We will then begin taking notes on the Middle Ages. DC English III: Students will continue working on their
synthesis essays regarding different viewpoints of Mount Everest climbing expeditions. Students will be annotated the articles, briefly summarzing them, and properly docu-menting them according to MLA format. DC English IV: We will take notes on the Middle Ages
and the King Arthur legend on Monday, then students will be reading and discussing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the rest of the week. The should especially be not-ing characteristics of the Medieval Romance. Writing: We will be focusing on reading comprehen-sion excerpts and short answers for the EOC.
Tolar High School Classroom News
Social Studies World History /U.S. History
Mr. Lowry [email protected] World History: -- "Classic Age of Greece" Persian invasions; (Marathon,Thermopylae, and Salimas) Roots of Democracy; Philosophers, Dramatists, Scien-tists, Soldiers: Foundations of Western Civilization; Peri-cles and the Golden Age of Athens; Peloponnesian Wars and the rise of Macedonia
U.S. History: "Labor Movement" Sweat shop condi-
tions, Knights of Labor, Haymarket Bombing, American Federation of Labor (Samuel Gompers), Reaction by American public and Government to workers' demands and subsequent developments. "Have Pity on the Work-ing Man"
World History/ Government
Coach Keith [email protected]
World History: We will be continuing our unit on the
Classical Era. In light of our Holocaust survivor speaking on October 1st, we will be doing some research for our second major test grade this six weeks. Get your grades raised by correcting and doing extra credit essays. I will not take them past Wednesday afternoon.
Government: We will be doing a research unit over the Holocaust and Nazi Germany government. We are doing this research to prepare for the privilege to hear a Holocaust survivor speak on October 1st. We will be us-ing this for the second major test grade for the six weeks. Get your grades raised by correcting and doing extra credit essays. I will not take them past Wednesday afternoon.
Social Studies DC U.S. History & DC Government
Coach Lee [email protected] Dual credit US History has their project due on Tues-day. We will spend the rest of the week discussing pro-test, civil rights and amendments as we present presenta-tions.
Government dual credit has their project due Monday. We will then spend the rest of the week learning more
about the people who represent us. Both classes will have
plenty of work from their professors as well.
Both classes will still have assignments and readings due for Weatherford college.
Business Business Information Management
Mrs. Whiteley [email protected] Students will continue drills in keyboarding with testing on Monday and Friday. Students will also be introduced to Copyright/Fair Use regulations and Powtoon presen-tations. Students will continue
working with Google Docs.
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Spanish I & II Mrs. Carlton [email protected]
Spanish I: Beginning Unidad 1 Etapa 1 Community Vo-
cabulary, and learning subject pronouns. There will be a Vocabulary test on Thursday. Spanish II: Stem- changing verbs and weather vocabu-lary there will be a vocabulary test on Thursday.
Make sure to visit my website you will find our Remind 101 info to subscribe for re-minders on the class, and you will also find information on the new Google tools we will be using.
Tolar High School Classroom News
Family and Consumer Science
Mrs. Raybon [email protected]
The Fashion Design Students had a wonderful time choosing fabrics for their quilts. This next week they will begin the construction process. Principles students worked on knowing their own values and principles for life. The nutrition students learned how to bake the per-fect cookie.
Digital Media
Coach Johnson [email protected]
Digital Media: Last week, we concluded our lessons on Digital Citizenship. This week we will be touring the Adobe Premiere Pro workspace and customizing our own workspace.
Principles of IT : We will begin investigating IT em-ployment opportunities. Students will be able to demon-strate knowledge of positive personal qualities and work behaviors, the hiring process, and details about careers in the Information Technology field.
Manufacturing
Coach Miller [email protected]
Precision Metal: Finish cubes.
Small Engines: Troubleshooting 6.5 hp engine
Ag Mechanics: Deer Stand: finish soffit, hang dor, paint.
Spanish
Spanish I, II, III, IV Mrs. Slaughter [email protected]
Teen Leadership
Coach Walker [email protected]
Coach Keith [email protected]
Teen Leadership:We are starting this week with group discussion on three things. Self-concept, self-confidence, and also reframing. Taking negative events and using positive motivation to move forward. We are then prepar-ing a presentation, due Thursday, that covers any nega-tive events in our life and how we moved forward or in some cases should have moved forward with a new per-spective.
Art and Floral Design
Coach Cook [email protected]
Art: Finish sketchbooks-Begin selfie portrait -Print selfie-Add
grid lines to print Transfer selfie using grid drawing technique -
Paint selfie portrait with watercolors.
Floral Design: Homecoming mum / garter complete con-
struction-Military braids-Gum wrapper braids-Accordion braids.
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Agriculture and FFA
Mr. Parr [email protected]
Remind 101: Text "@tolarffa" to (512) 265-2530.
Tolar High School Extra Curricular
Rattler Band
Mr. Yerigan [email protected]
To receive text message alerts for band news please text the following:
High School Band: text @hsrattlers to (567) 455-7260
Colorguard: text @guardths to (567) 455-7260
Rattler Football
Remind 101: Text @rattler to (972-696-7273
Rattler Volleyball
Remind 101: Text @tolarv to 512-865-4973
Cross Country
Remind 101: Text: @84a79 to 832-564-3267
Tolar Athletics
Remind 101: Text: @2073 to 469-270-3121
