Week of May 6

This next week, we will only see about half of the students in class on any given day due to a combination of EOC testing (which affects all freshmen and sophomores) and AP testing (some sophomores, but mostly juniors and seniors).  As a result, we will do what we did during the STAAR testing in early April: same lesson in class both days.  Some students will be in class on Tuesday, while most of the others will be in class on Thursday.

Students should be wrapping up the disassembly presentation by this Friday.  I have a link in Moodle for you to load the Powerpoint or other file or to load the link to Prezi or some other online presentation software.  

We don't have very much new material left in this year.  It has certainly gone fast.  Two weeks from now, we will start thinking about preparing for the final exams, and then finals are May 28-31.  The final for IED is the End of Course exam that is required by Project Lead the Way for all students.  There will be no exemptions for exams in engineering for the spring semester.  

The good news is that, if you do well in the course and the exam, you will get a letter from me over the summer stating that you have earned the right to get college credit through Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Tyler, or Texas A&M-Kingsville.  In some cases, those credits can be transferred to another school as a transfer credit.  Check with whichever school you may be interested in applying to see how they will handle it.  You would have to pay the school that is granting you the credit, so you need to decide if it is worth it or not for you.  

The final exam schedule has been released. Be sure to clear up all obligations and get your exemption forms turned in by the deadlines.

If you gave me your pendant design to print, it is ready.  Be sure to pick them up this week.

Finally, we will be starting an engineering club at RRHS next fall.  Five of our current students attended a summit with the other RRISD schools last week and are anxious to begin working on it.  If you are interested, let me know so that we can notify you right at the start of school (if not before) next year to get it moving quickly.  

I am finished with morning duty for the year, so I should be available most mornings and afternoons through the remainder of the year.  Also, the last Late Start and WOW for this year will be May 22 & 23, so the schedule for the next 2 weeks should be normal.

If you are interested in the Aerospace class that we will have next year, I started the blog for it already.  Yeah.  I'm a little excited about that one.  :-) I will post updates over the summer for those who signed up to take the class next year.