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Chemistryville High School

Miss Meyer’s Class Newsletter

Volume 1, Issue 1

September 2012

Inside this issue:

Welcome to the new School Year!

About Our Chemistry Class	2
About Our Algebra Class	2
About Our Geometry Class	2
Cross Country/Track Info.	3
Info. for Parents/Guardians	4
Contact Information	4

My name is Miss Meyer and welcome to the start of a new school year! I’m very excited to have the opportunity to teach you for the next two semesters. Whether you are in my chemistry or one of my math classes, you are sure to learn a lot and have fun while doing so. :)

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The highest temperature produced in a laboratory was 920,000,000°F at the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor in Princeton, New Jersey.

About the Newsletters

Algebra and Geometry are the “building blocks” for higher level math!

At the end of each marking period (so every six weeks) a newsletter will be posted on the classroom website for both students and parents to view. In the newsletters there will be information regarding each of the classes as well as what is happening with cross country and track. Highlights from the marking period (written by the students themselves) and previews of what is happening the next marking period will be talked about as well. If you (student or parent), would like something to be featured in our class newsletter, feel free to get ahold of me using the contact information provided on the last page .

About Our Chemistry Class

Chemistry will start out like most classes do: notes, lectures, small activities/experiments. However, after the first marking period when the basics of chemistry have been taught, each marking period after that we will be conducting multiple experiments, many of which will take more than one class period. When it gets closer to this time, students will have been taught lab safety procedures and rules. There will also be a strict dress code on certain days when we do experiments (i.e. no open toed shoes), so as a heads up, students who are not dressed appropriately will not be allowed to participate in the lab and will lose their participation points for that day. I will send out emails to both students and parents the day before classes when the lab dress code needs to be followed as a reminder. Top experiments will be featured in our class newsletter each marking period.

About Our Algebra Class

If you are in my algebra class, then welcome to the world of algebra! This class is Algebra I and will cover a lot of the basics of this branch of mathematics. It is the pre-requisite course for Geometry, Algebra II, and the other math classes that are offered here at our school. Calculators will be available for use in class, however, we will not always be using them. Certain assignments will only allow you to do “mental math.” :) There will be many fun projects and games that we will do throughout the school year, so get ready to have a blast while learning algebra! Who knew that was even possible? ;)

About Our Geometry Class

Geometry: the mathematical world of shapes and proofs! There will be a lot of fun activities and projects done in this class, and I am very excited to see what creative skills the students have to offer. An introduction to the free program called GeoGebra will be conducted during this first marking period.

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Cross Country Information

Cross Country is one of my favorite sports, and I am so excited to have been given the opportunity to be the coach this year. We have already had our cross country camp and we have started practices the week before school started. Practices will continue to be at 3 pm Monday through Friday, unless we have a meet. Our first meet is this weekend on Saturday at our rival school. More information about the meet will be handed out at practice this week to the athletes. Remember, if you miss practice and did not tell me ahead of time or have a reasonable excuse, you will not be competing. Further absences will result in your removal from the team. The schedule of all of our meets can be found online on the class website. Any parents that want to bring snacks or drinks for the athletes after races are more than welcome to. Just contact me ahead of time so that way I know who will be bringing what in case more than one parent wants to bring something.
Let’s have a great season!

Track and Field Information

Track does not officially start until March, however, we do have indoor track and field club starting at the end of November once the cross country season ends. The club is voluntary and practices are not mandatory (but they are highly encouraged). There are only four indoor track meets, but if there are a lot of athletes that want to go to more than that, we will try to find other meets in the area to go to. If you did not do cross country and did not get a physical, you will need to make sure you have one done before the first practice in March for track. Just a note:: anyone can join the team, but if you are not willing to work hard, you will not last long on my team. Teamwork is a huge part of track even though it may seem like an individual sport. More information regarding the outdoor track and field season will be given in later issues of the newsletter.

Miss Meyer

School Address:
1234 Mathisfun St.
Chemistryville, MI 56789

School Phone Number:
(989) 123-4455
Ext. 2222

Chemistryville
High School

“Let’s Have a Great School Year!”

About Miss Meyer: I am currently pursuing a secondary education degree in both mathematics and chemistry at Saginaw Valley State University. I work at the Math & Physics Resource Center as well as the Chemistry & Biology Resource Center on SVSU’s campus. I also run on SVSU’s varsity cross country and track teams. I earned All-Academic honors during cross country and All-American honors during the indoor track season. I am the mile record holder at SVSU, and was a part of the team that broke the Distance Medley Relay record at SVSU. Some of my interests include animals (my favorite animal are tigers), running, reading, and eating peanut butter M&M’s.
Link to Class Website: missmeyersclasswebsite.weebly.com
Link to Miss Meyer’s Blog: missmeyersmathblog.wordpress.com

Information for Parents and Guardians

Hello Parents and Guardians!
I am looking forward to working with you and your student(s) this school year. Any information that I need to present to you will be on this page of every newsletter. If I have any immediate information that I need to give to you, I will just send out an email. If you could send me an email with your contact information (name, email address, phone number) as well as your child’s name, I would appreciate it.
For this school year, in all of my classes, students will need at least a 2 inch three-ring binder as well as dividers (so they can keep everything organized). Paper/notebooks and pencils are also items that the students will need. Calculators are not a requirement., however students may want to get one (the basic scientific one will work just fine for all three classes). We have calculators at school that the students can use, however, these cannot leave school property.
If you ever need to get a hold of me for any reason, feel free to contact me via email or phone. Email is usually the best way to contact me since I do not always check my voicemails at school.
Let’s have a great school year! :)