Course Teacher Online Presence

You picked up a handout (Course Teacher Online Presence) and used your own device, one of the mini-lab computers (we have 9 in the classroom), or one of the iCraps from the iPad cart (I prefer the Chromebooks - actual keyboard and personalized login with access to your GDrive) to look up teacher web pages.  We'll go through this and find the BEST and NOT-THE-BEST Teacher pages.

Tomorrow, we'll go through Cornell Notes (known as "Reflective Note-Taking" at WHS), and collect TRF #2 that MUST BE PRESENTED ON THURSDAY!

Work Day - For Conferences

We gave you a day to get ANY MISSING WORK completed & submitted.  After tomorrow, ALL "MISSING" work will simply be marked with a ZERO (0) and CANNOT BE CHANGED!!!  This may be the case in all of your classes, so fix what you can, while you can still do so!

In class tomorrow, the tutors will NOT be conducting tutorials. They will be visiting classes throughout the day, in order to get to know your teachers and get a feel for what WHS is like.

In AVID, we'll show you how to check your teacher class pages online and maybe grab their calendars into whatever device you regularly use.

Advice to High Schoolers

We read an article by the person who runs the Common App for college admissioons.  His advice had five main points:
As we read it aloud in class, you annotated for understanding.  That means tha you:

• circled unknown/difficult words
• underlined/highlighted key statements/takeaways

Upon completion, you then transferred your annotations into your notes, with five sections (one for each of the author's suggestions.
When you finished that part, you concluded by reflecting on the following prompt on the BACK of YOUR NOTES page:

What is one piece of advice you'd give yourself 4 weeks ago after living through them already?

Missing Work

You have (hopefully) done EVERYTHING in class, but simply forgot to submit it.  That is what the red MISSING indicator means.  The teacher has simply not seen your work.  If you have to finish it, get it done as soon as possible (ASAP) and turn it in the next day - your planner is your best friend here.  If you are positive that you turned in complete work, check for a no-name collection.  If it remains a problem, see me or Ms. G and we will try to help you deal with it as best you can.

For AVID, ALL assignments are linked to from within the portal.  For some classes, links to handouts may be available online through the teacher's classroom page.  If you cannot find a digital copy to download, visit with your teacher BEFORE or AFTER school, when s/he has the time to work with you individually.  Honestly, you will see a completely different person when there are only one or a handful of you seeking assistance.  Classes are only 50 minutes long, filled with over 30 bodies, and the agenda may need every second.

You are in High School now and cannot expect teachers to get your missing work together for you, nor check your grade for you.  You have access to the live gradebook, even as we are entering scores.  Stay organized,