Welcome Back!

Welcome back to a new school year and Round Rock High School Engineering. I am excited about the engineering program and a number of the things that we will be doing this year inside the classroom and out. Make sure that you check this site regularly to keep up with, all of those things. I will notify you of what we will be doing in class, when there are activities that need to be completed outside of class, and field trips or special events that we will take throughout the year.

Check out the related pages above this post. I have one for scholarships that apply to engineering students, internships and work opportunities as well as college recruiting visits. You may even feel free to browse some of the older posts on those pages as many of the items are either ongoing or recurring events. You may find that the links are useful for finding available scholarships and internships even if the stated deadline has passed.

I encourage students and parents alike to sign up for the IED reminders at Remind 101.com The instructions to sign up can be found here, but this is a Twitter-like (short) text delivery system which I can use to send out reminders about assignments, deadlines and other key class information. You can sign up with your mobile phone and/or your email account, depending on which you would prefer, and it does not give me your information. The only thing that I see is a name that you give and which list you are signed up on (in this case, IED). Please make sure to sign up so that you can keep up.

Finally, fill out my information contact form and let me know how to best reach you and also some information about your student that will help me guide them better as we explore engineering and prepare for the future.

This week

We began sketching last week as being able to communicate via pictures and drawings is important to engineers.  Take note as we go along of the difference in the front view, on which we are currently working, and other possible views.  All work should go in your journal.  While I'm at it, remember to sign, date, and number each page in your journal as we go along.  I will conduct the first journal grade next week. following the drawing unit, we will study the different fields of engineering and then the history of engineering development of a product of your choosing.  Students will get practice presenting both of these reports later on.  

Laptop Distribution

All 9th and 10th graders at RRHS will be issued their own laptop as part of the 1:1 initiative.  We will distribute laptops to the current sophomores this Thursday & Friday in the 1100 bldg library.  Freshmen will be issued their laptops next week. 

Open House September 9

Make plans to attend the RRHS Open House next Monday, September 9 at 6:00 p.m.  The evening will kick off with a PTSA meeting, and you will then follow the student's schedule through all 8 periods.  It is a quick opportunity for you to meet the teachers and learn about the different classes that your student are taking.  If you are unable to attend in the evening, we are having a reverse open house offered the morning of Thursday September 12 from 8:00 until 9:00.  You will need to make appointments with the teachers for that morning event.

This week

I am waiting on the solder practice kits before we can finish the foundation unit. Keep in touch with remind101 (see instructions to sign up) to know what videos to watch.

I will do the first journal check this week. Make sure to update your table of contents, sign (or initial) and number each page of your journal. This Friday is the last day for grades before progress reports.