Week of Oct 26

IED classes will continue the research in to the engineering advancements that lead to changes in a product that you are probably familiar with already.  We will spend Monday through Wednesday conducting the research and building the presentations and then present on Thursday and Friday.  Be sure that you are focusing on the engineering and technology advancements that contribute to the improvements.  This is a project grade and will count twice the weight of other assignments.

After that is complete, you will begin working on the puzzle cube project.  You will start with designing your cube with a physical model, moving to a graphical model and then finally a solid model using Inventor.  Note that our school license allows you to download an education copy of Inventor for use at home in your class work. I will give you more information about that as the time gets closer.

Agendas this week
Monday - Wednesday - Product Innovation Research

If you are interested in the A&M Spark Conference on November 22, you should sign up right away.  I have already started registering teams from RRHS, and the deadline from A&M is November 7.

This Week at RRHS
This is Homecoming Week, and you can check out the schedule of events including "dress up days", the parade and pep rally on the RRHS web site.  That means that a pep rally is on Friday, which means pep rally schedule.

Also, we are at the middle of this grading period.  Expect progress reports to come home on Thursday.  You also need to be aware that this "six weeks" period is only five weeks long.  That means that there are now only two weeks and at most a week and a half after you get your progress report before the end of the six weeks. One week after that starts our full week of Thanksgiving break.  The year is certainly going by quickly.

Key Dates:
November 7 - End of 2nd six weeks grading period
November 21 - RRISD Thanksgiving holiday begins
December 1 - School begins after the holiday
December 15-18 - Fall final exams.  School releases for the Christmas holiday starting December 19.

College Recruiter Visits This Week
Tuesday - University of Houston
Thursday - Texas Lutheran University
Friday - University of Houston at Victoria