Week of Jan 27

It seems like forever since I've seen 4th period!  When we have class again (on Thursday), we will be starting the reverse engineering unit, beginning with a lesson on visual analysis.  If you have not completed the CAD modelling packet, you will need to find time to come in before or after school during tutorial times in order to complete the designs.

Internships & Summer Camps
If you haven't already discovered the tabs for scholarships and for summer camps, now would be a good time.  About this time of year, I start getting information from companies, universities, and agencies like NASA about opportunities that are available to high school engineering students.

Specifically, for now, A&M has a summer camp for aspiring architects, called Camp Arch.  Check out their web site and pick up an application from Mrs. Hernandez in the main office if you are interested.  Also, UTSA hosts a summer engineering camp with 2 options (overnight or day only).  Look for more details on their respective web pages or on my Internship & Summer Camps page, linked on the tab above.


Field Trips & Extra-curricular opportunities
Sign-up for the A&M Engineering Expo is still available.  The sooner you get your team together and sign up through me, the more likely it is that you will get your choice of competitions.  The expo is March 22, and the bus will leave RRHS at 6:00 a.m. for College Station, returning by 10:00 p.m.  All activity events, meals, and the event t-shirt are covered for you through A&M and the engineering activity fund.  Also, don't forget to fill out the required RRISD and TAMU permission/behavior forms.

Students may attend the Edison Lecture series with us this year on Feb 6.  The bus will leave from the 700 bldg bus loop at 10:00 a.m. and return by 2:00 - in time for C Lunch.  The topic this year will be Mobile Computing, so you can expect exhibits related to the challenges of mobile computing and hear UT professors talk about the challenges of solving problems surrounding making our computing power more mobile as give some insights as to what you can expect to see as the "next big thing". If you are interested, sign up on the form below so that I know who will be attending and (of course) fill out the required permission forms.


This week at RRHS
Report cards will (now) be sent home on Thursday, a day later due to the weather cancellation on Tuesday.

DE students can earn credit through ACC based solely on your course grade (no EoC exam requirement).  The credit would automatically show up on your ACC transcript if you qualify once you enroll in classes at ACC.  A letter was sent home last week offering you the opportunity to "opt out" of using your social security number as the ACC identification number for this process.  Any student who does NOT return the letter signed by his or her parents will have their social security number assigned as the student ID for ACC.  Please make sure to return these or contact me if you have any questions.