Today in class we’re taking the 2004 Released EOCT for physical science.
You’ll have a classroom copy that you can’t take home, but if you would like your own copy or an answer key you can get it from the state’s website here. (look for the box heading “EOCT RELEASED TESTS“) We’ll take it with the clickers so I can give you a printout of your answers.
It’s a good time of the year to review the Milton Honor Code:
Honesty is expected of all students at Milton. All students and their parents will sign a copy of the Eagle Honor Code at the beginning of the year. Cheating in any one of the following areas (Test taking, homework, or plagiarism) will result in a grade of zero on the assignment and an Honor Violation Form being placed in the discipline folder. Several clubs, organizations, and prospective colleges and universities consider honesty and integrity as a characteristic required for acceptance. Any Honor Code Violation may result in ineligibility for some clubs and organizations. The possibility exists that colleges will request honor code violations and, if requested, this information will be provided by the school.
You’ll find this on page 6 of the Milton Student Handbook.
Of course, the time of the year and location are not truly relevant… Planning on attending UGA or anywhere else for college? You’ll find that the rules at Milton aren’t so tough. (click those links and you’ll see)
An important email from administration:
This is a good time to remind your students of the recovery policy:
RECOVERY POLICY
Grade recovery opportunities will be allowed if a student’s performance indicates a significant decline in achievement or a failing cumulative average. Students are responsible for contacting the teacher concerning recovery opportunities. Teachers will establish a reasonable time for recovery work to be completed. All recovery work must be completed by May 7, 2010, ten school days prior to the end of the semester.
Recovery is not for the student who has been failing for many weeks, then wishes to recover during the final days of a course.
Students must complete all required work before recovery can be initiated. If a student has any “zeros” then he/she is not eligible for recovery until such assignments are complete (if the student is eligible to complete the assignment).
(update: If you were using Internet Explorer this page should show up properly now. You’d think that Microsoft Outlook would all a cut & paste into an HTML document and Microsoft Internet Explorer would be able to handle it. But no….. Ok, I digress. But seriously – try Firefox or Safari.)
There has been a change in the date of your physical science EOCT!
The physical science EOCT for you is now scheduled for Friday, April 30th.
Please make a note of it.
The EOCT is coming!
The EOCT is coming!
The Physical Science EOCT (End Of Course Test) is scheduled for Thursday, April 29th. Remember – it is 15% of your total grade this semester and covers both semesters!
Mrs. Mathiak (a teacher here at Milton) was nice enough to make and share a review for you! Put it on your iPod/iPhone/iPad/Blackberry/Palm/Android for convenient studying! (or just print the thing)
Just click here! — PhysicalScience_EOCT_Review_Semesters1and2.pdf (just be sure to thank Mrs. Mathiak when you see her!)
Yes! I have an App for that!
If you have an Android phone, you can download an app for my class now! It’s the same content as my webpage (blogposts, calendars, links, etc), but it puts everything in one handy spot. (Besides, it was fun to make.)
Lanham 411 for Android | Open on handset
iPhone/iPod Touch App should be in App Store in 2-3 weeks!
Note: I used a company that makes an app for you for a small fee. Unfortunately there are claims that spammers are taking advantage of this. Programmers on the Android Marketplace forums claim that most of the apps by this company are spam. I couldn’t find any. These unhappy programmers are now starting a campaign to rate down and/or leave negative comments for any app made by this company without bothering to read the description. It’s legit. It’s my stuff. It’ll help. It’s not required. I’m open for suggestions!
- Lanham
I just emailed progress reports out again. (No, it isn’t one of the official times – it just makes more sense to stay on top of your grades frequently.)
As usual, if you didn’t get the progress report in your email:
I also killed a bunch of trees (printed copies to hand out) for your convenience.
Please read the notes at the bottom of the page. It took a lot of bananas to get the monkeys to type out something to answer (most of) your questions.
Today is Sunday, March 14th, 2010.
That’s 3/14!
It’s Pi Day! Wahoo! As if that weren’t enough, it’s also Albert Einstein’s birthday! There is only one way to celebrate! Bagels!
Just get there early. Daylight Savings starts too. Sorry for that one – that’s a real bummer. We won’t do any risky science this week, just in case.
