Students worked on taxes this month. They realized that even now, as they go to the store, they pay taxes. We talked about taxes as related to owning a business, house and how the FICA or Social Security Tax works.
Mrs. Racoma
Students worked this month on Linear Systems. They had to learn how to eliminate variables in order to solve the problem. They also learned how to substitute part of their answer back into an equation in order to complete the Linear System.
Mrs. Racoma
We have spent this month doing Regents review. The students have been busy
taking sample tests and learning to write Spanish essays to prepare for the Regents exam.
Mrs. Pascualini
This month we have explored vocabulary that has to do with hotel stays and air travel. The students have learned the correct way of making a room reservation and how to check in and out of a hotel.
Mrs. Pascualini
We have looked at Paul’s letters to the Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. We have seen more of how we are to love and obey God while maintaining healthy relationships with our fellow man. The task is difficult, but the reward is well worth it.
Mr. Prawel
We have determined that there are some very appealing parts of privatizing Social Security and healthcare, while there are also some very unpredictable and scary parts to being responsible for our future. We have discussed the massive budget that our government spends, and how we help feed into it as well as draw out from it. I think most of us realized that we are far more involved in government that we knew, and that most of us are content not to be any more involved.
Mr. Prawel
We have spent four solid weeks reviewing for the Regents exam in June. We are tired and ready to be done! It’s been a tough job going over material from September, but somebody’s gotta do it. We have outlined essays and looked at hundreds of multiple choice questions – ready or not, here we come!!
Mr. Prawel
We discussed radicals [mathematical, not political], midpoint and distance [how to meet half way in Manhattan]. We are finishing our probability unit – we are looking at the likelihood of the Magic beating the Lakers, and the Penguins beating the Red Wings. We can tell you your odds of drawing a face card, or rolling doubles to get out of jail; and we finally figured out how many different outfit combinations we really have in our closets!
Mr. Prawel
The seniors finished the hardest but most likely vital section of Economics, Supply and Demand. When the students go off to college they will probably have to discuss and understand the concepts again. The last section we have been discussing has been budgeting and saving. I feel as though this is the most important section because this has the most application to their own lives and they will have to learn how to budget and save at some point in their lives if they haven’t already. A fun activity the students did to illustrate how to budget was that they were given $500 dollars to use for a date. They had to have at least these three criteria, transportation, food, and entertainment. Next week we vote as a class to see who came up with the “perfect date”.
Mr. Fowler
The sophomores just finished their last section on the Cold War and Post World War II, the students were very excited to finally be finished with Mr. Fowler’s note packets. Due to the close proximity in time between what we are studying and the time we live in now, the students were able to discuss and see how they are a part of history. We discussed issues such as the environment (global warming) and terrorism (impact of 9/11) and how the students saw the impact of those things on their lives. Now as the school year comes to a close we are in review mode as the students prepare for their first Social Studies regents. The students have been practicing both their essays and test taking skills during class and extra credit sessions after school. I have confidence they will do well this June.
Mr. Fowler