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Welcome!You Are In
Mr. McKendrick’sMath Class
(Don’t be afraid to leave if you’re in the wrong room)
Welcome to GEOMETRY, PRECALCULUS, OR AP CALCULUS!
• Tonight’s Agenda:– Important Course Info on
Website!!!–A Little Background info. about me–Getting Extra Help–Course Recs–My Philosophy of Teaching through
Quotes
• Course Policies, Handouts, Solution Keys, and Assignment Sheets are all on my website.–Deerfield Home Page
WHEN IN NEED, HIT THE WEB!
All About Me
• My background– I grew up in Villa Park, IL. Home of Portillos, Ovaltine,
and the Jewelry Exchange!– Willowbrook High School (Class of 1999) and was a
soccer, basketball, and baseball player.– I attended Trinity International University (Class of 2003)
for undergrad, and I also played basketball in college.– For graduate school, I attended Northeastern Illinois
University (Master’s Degree #1 in Math Education) and Concordia University (Master’s Degree #2 in School Administration).
– I’m 34 and have been married for 12 years
– I have a 6.5 year old daughter (Skylar) and a 3.5 year old daughter (Brooklyn).
My Family
My Experience
• Student taught here at DHS in 2002 under Kip Gasper
• This is now my 13th year at DHS
• I teach AP Calculus, Precalculus Advanced, and Geometry this year.
• I’m also the Head Boys’ Basketball coach.
• Meet with me!http://dhs.dist113.org/Faculty/McKendrickD/Documents/Mr.%20McKendrick%27s%20Daily%20Schedule.pdf
• Use the ARC (Academic Resource Center) http://dhs.dist113.org/services/ARC/Pages/default.aspx
- FAST PASSES
GETTING EXTRA HELP!
• Currently Geometry:
- Options for next year are:Algebra 2 or Advanced Algebra 2
• Currently in Precalculus (SO or JR)
- Options for next year are:
AP Calculus AB, AP Stats, AP Computer Science,
Intro. to Programming, Statistical Reasoning, Calculus
• Currently in AP Calculus (JR)
- Options for next year are:
AP Stats, AP Computer Science, Intro. to
Programming, Statistical Reasoning
COURSE RECS
MY PHILOSOPHY
• “Math is not a spectator sport.”
• “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” - Thomas Edison
• “What you know , you might never use. What you don’t know, you’ll definitely never use.”