03/13/12 - Keep the date open: the visit to Indian Point is tentatively set for May 30, 2012. Lunch included. Any parents interested in chaperoning, please contact me. Details and permission slip to follow. Everyone will need an ORIGINAL photo ID.

12/22/11 - Calling all budding brain researchers: Dana Foundation is sponsoring a competition for the best brain experiment. You need not conduct the experiment - merely design it. Submission deadline is 1/19/12. See me for more info or visit dana.org.

11/28/11 - After some reflection over the Thanksgiving break, I am changing the assessment re-take policy to reinforce that this is not supposed to be a crapshoot. Re-assessment remains available, but anyone requesting to be assessed again MUST first show that he/she has made a serious effort to increase his/her proficiency on standards that were lacking in the original assessment. This may take the form of answering a self-generated Castle Learning quiz, coming to extra help, working with a tutor,... Lacking such PRIOR effort, you will earn the score of the most recent assessment as opposed to the highest of the two. Re-assessment for Unit 2-2 will be during P3 on Friday 12/2/11.

11/3/11 - First quarter ends 11/14/11. Be sure you hand in all your missing assignments ! You can email them if needed.

10/27/11 - Manhattan College in Riverdale will be hosting its Engineering Awareness Day for high school students on 11/11/11. See Guidance for details and sign-up info. Lunch will be provided.

10/7/11 - students received an individualized list of missing assignments to be signed by parent/guardian. The progress reports will go out 10/19/11. Any assignments not handed in by 10/12/11 without prior teacher consent for an extension, will negatively impact grades by earning no credit.

9/26/11 - progress reports go out 10/12/11. Make sure you have handed in all assignments by 10/10/11!

9/23/11 - P3 class on 9/26/11 superseded by G.O. Speeches in auditiorium. We will still have the lab during P2.

9/23/11 - Unit 1 re-assessment 9/28/11. Bring your calculator and Physics Reference Tables.

9/15/11 - Unit 1 assessment tomorrow 9/16/11: bring calculator and Physics Reference Tables !

9/13/11 - As requested, I have added Edward Tufte's guidelines for excellence in visual representation of data to the graphing workshop in the calendar.

9/10/11 - Thank you for the timely return of the parent letter acknowledgement.