More Drawing/Sketching, a Quiz, and Open House

We are continuing learning to sketch this week.  We have already begun learning to draw orthographic projection (multiview drawings), which are one of the most important concepts to understand in a first engineering course.  I want to spend a couple of more class periods because of the importance of this to our engineering; because it has critical links to your geometry classes; and because it is relatively new and difficult to grasp for many students.  Spending more time here now will make some other material later in the year go faster.

IED students will have a quiz on Tuesday/Wednesday.  I will have an object for you to sketch and will have some questions regarding the terminology of orthographic projection.  Know where the views are located and the directions of height, width, and depth in a multiview drawing. 

Finally, don't forget about the ribbon cutting/open house Monday night.  All students, parents, and other interested parties are invited to attend a ribbon cutting of our awesome new building at 5:30.  At 6:00 there will be a short PTSA meeting, and then parents are invited to walk through your child's schedule beginning at 6:30.  We will have 10 minutes per class period with a short passing period in between.  I hope to see you there and look forward to meeting you. 

Week of Sep 5

We will continue working on sketching this week.  Oblique sketches will be due this week.  They should be complete in your journals by Wednesday as I will start grading isometric and oblique sketches.  After perspectives, we will get in to more technical drawing and learn about orthographic projection (multi-view) drawings, which are the main type of drawings with which engineers and technicians communicate with each other. 

Expect a quiz over sketching and the beginning of orthographic projection on Friday/Monday. 

Thank you to those of you who have brought in your lab fees.  If you have not, please get it to me or get with me so that I can make plans.  We will use the fees to cover some of the cost of materials and supplies, such as the 3d printer powder, and expenses related to demonstrations for the classes.

Home access will be available starting this week.  Contact the school office if you need to set up access or can't remember your access information.  

RRHS Open House
Once again, make plans to attend the RRHS open house on Monday evening September 12, which will begin at 5:30 with a ribbon cutting ceremony and chance to visit our beautiful new building. At 6:00, there will be a brief PTSA meeting, and then you will have a chance to go through your student's schedule and meet all of their teachers.  I hope to see you then.