Wednesday, December 10, 2014

1st Semester Exam Schedule

Tuesday-       7th Period Exam    1:45 pm -2:58 pm

Wednesday-  2nd Period Exam   8:00 am- 9:55 am
               
                      4th Period Exam    10:10 am - 12:00 pm

Thursday-      1st Period Exam    8:00 am- 9:55 am
               
                      5th Period Exam    10:10 am - 12:00 pm

Friday-          3rd Period Exam    8:00 am- 9:55 am

                      6th Period Exam    10:10 am - 12:00 pm

Pre-Calculus Quiz Thursday 12/11

We will have a Quiz on Implied Domain Thursday, 12/11.

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Algebra 1 Test Moved to Wednesday, 12/10

We will have a test tomorrow, 12/10 on writing slope-intercept equations given 2 points 4-2, and writing slope-intercept equations with parallel and perpendicular lines, section 4-4.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Pre-Algebra Test tomorrow, 12/9

We will have a test tomorrow, 12/9. It will be on solving 1-step equations by multiplying and dividing.

Algebra 1 Test moved until Tomorrow, 12/10

We will have a test tomorrow, 12/10 on writing slope-intercept equations given 2 points 4-2, and writing slope-intercept equations with parallel and perpendicular lines, section 4-4.

Geometry Test Tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/9

We will  have a Geometry Test Tomorrow, 12/9. It will cover section 4-6 as as well Chapter 4-8 on transformations.

Algebra 2 Test Tomorrow, Tuesday, 12/9

We will have a test Tomorrow , 12/9 on Chapter 4 Section 1. It will include graphing quadratic functions.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Algebra 1 Quiz Tomorrow, 12/4

We will have a quiz tomorrow, Thursday 12/4. It will cover writing slope intercept form equations of parallel and perpendicular lines.

Geometry Quiz Tomorrow, 12/4

We will have a quiz tomorrow on Equilateral and Isosceles triangles and finding missing angles and sides.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

PTO Meeting

There is going to be a PTO meeting on Tuesday, December 16 starting at 6pm

PTO Christmas Store Hours

The Christmas Store will be open on Thursday, December 11 from 7:15am-2pm and on Friday, December 12 from 7:15am until 1pm.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Attention 8th Grade Homeroom Parents

Good morning, I hope everyone had a wonderful break. We are collecting items for the Marketplace which will be occurring this coming Thursday and Friday. The items that the 8th grade homerooms are responsible for bringing in for the fundraiser is Gift Cards. Please help us out by sending in a gift card of any variety ASAP. Thanks for your help in everything. Go Pike!

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Pre-Calculus Test Tomorrow, 11/20

We will have a Test Tomorrow on Section 1-1. It will include set notation, interval notation, and evaluating functions to include piece-wise functions.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Pre-Algebra Test Tomorrow, 11/19

We will have a test tomorrow, 11/20 on Chapter 4-3. It will include solving 1 step equations by addition and subtraction.

Algebra 3 Test Tomorrow, 11/19

We will have a Chapter 3 Part 2 Test tomorrow, 11/9. It will cover matrix operations and determinants.

Pre-Calculus Test Thursday, 11/20

 I am tentatively scheduling a Chapter 1 Part 1 Test for this coming Thursday, 11/20. It will cover interval notation, set notation, and evaluating functions of a piece-wise function.

Algebra 1 Test Thursday, 11/20

We will have a Chapter 4 Part 1 Test this Thursday, 11/20. It will cover section 4-1. This includes graphing linear equations and writing equations in slope intercept form given a point and slope.

Geometry Test tomorrow, 11/19

We will have a Chapter 4 Part 1 test tomorrow, 11/19. It will cover labeling parts or congruent triangles, finding missing parts of congruent triangles, and Determining if triangles are congruent by SSS or SAS.

Algebra 2 Test Tomorrow, 11/19

We will have a Chapter 3 Part 2 Test tomorrow, 11/9. It will cover matrix operations and determinants.

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Algebra 1 Needs Graph Paper

All Students in 4th period Algebra 1 Class need to have a pack of graph paper by this coming Monday, 11/10.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Pre-Algebra Test moved to Thursday, 11/6

We will  have a Chapter 4 Part 1 Test Thursday, 11/6. It will cover distributive property and simplifying like terms.

Algebra 1 Test tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/4

We will have a Chapter 3 Test tomorrow, 11/4 on linear equations and slope.

Algebra 3 Test tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/4

We will have a Chapter 3 Test Wednesday, 11/5. It will cover sections 3-1 and 3-2 on solving systems of equations.

Geometry Test tomorrow, Tuesday, 11/4

We will have a Chapter 4 Test Tomorrow on classifying angles and sides of triangles and finding missing angles of triangles.

Algebra 2 Chapter 3 Test Wednesday, 11/3

We will have a Chapter 3 Test Wednesday, 11/5. It will cover sections 3-1 and 3-2 on solving systems of equations.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Algebra 2 Quiz Monday, 11/3

We will have a quiz on Monday, 11/3/. It will cover Solving Systems of Equations using the elimination method.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Early School Dismissal Football Friday

School will dismiss next Friday, 11/7/2014 at 1:30 pm so that students can come and support our football team in the playoffs next week. We will be traveling to Bessemer to take on Bessemer Academy. The cost for admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets will go on sell tomorrow in the office. Please come and support us!

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Geometry Quiz moved to Tuesday 11/4

We will have a geometry quiz next Tuesday, 11/4. It will cover section 4-2, which consists of finding angles in triangles.

Pike Liberal Arts Spirit Day

Pike Liberal Arts will host a Spirit Day on Friday morning, 10/31 at Hardees. PLAS will receive 20% of all pre-tax purchases made at Hardee's between 4am and 11pm! Please help support our school and GO PIKE!

Homecoming Pep Rally

The homecoming pep rally has an admission fee of $1. If a child is under age, he/she will be admitted free of charge. The homecoming theme is Halloween, so some what you see during the performance may be scary looking to some young children, ie spooky music, loud noises, creepy masks. Young children may want to be accompanied by an adult.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Pre-Algebra Quiz tomorrow, 10/23

We will have a quiz tomorrow, Thursday 10/23, on adding and subtracting unlike fractions and mixed numbers.

Geometry Quiz Friday, 10/24

We will have a Geometry quiz this coming Friday, Oct.24, on sections 4-1. It covers labeling  triangles by their sides, by their angles, and also to find sides given Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles.

Algebra 1 Quiz tomorrow, 10/23

We will have a quiz tomorrow, Wednesday 10/23 on graphing linear equations. The students are also to finish any classwork tonight from today that they did not finish in class. They were given ample amount of time and also allowed to work in a group to complete the assignment.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Algebra 2 Quiz

The students have a take-home quiz tonight on graphing linear inequalities.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Homecoming Float

The 8th grade students have decided as a group for a time to work on their float and a homecoming theme. They will meet at 2:00pm on this coming Saturday, October 25, at Kaylee Ferraro's house to decorate their float. They are responsible for all the ideas and materials. Please help them with the labor and in brainstorming for ideas. The class decided on the theme of "Pink Out: Walking Dead." This theme honors breast cancer awareness month and the homecoming theme of "Nightmare on Kervin Drive." Thanks for everything for all do!

Friday, October 10, 2014

8th Grade Homecoming Float

The 8th Grade has collectively decided to design the homecoming float as "Pinked Out Zombies" in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Homeroom representatives are coordinating a time and place to work on and build the float. Parents please let Mrs. Waldrop or myself know if you can help in any way. Homecoming is Friday, October 31st so we need to get working as soon as possible. Brock Davis is going to help us by supplying a trailer for the float and a truck to pull it.

Fall Break

Enjoy the Fall Break Monday-Wednesday!!
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Thursday, October 2, 2014

Algebra 3 Quiz, Tuesday, 10/7

We will have a quiz on Tuesday, Oct 7th on  writing linear equations.

Algebra 1 Quiz RETAKE Tomorrow, 10/3

I am allowing students to retake their quiz from Wednesday, tomorrow morning at 7:30 before school. They will keep the higher of the two grades.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

9 Weeks Exam Schedule

We will begin our 9 weeks exams starting next Tuesday.

Tuesday, Oct 7-  1st and 7th period exams
Wednesday,Oct 8- 2nd and 6th period exams
Thursday, Oct 9- 3rd and 5th period exams
Friday, Oct 10- 4th period exam

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Monday, September 29, 2014

Geometry Quiz tomorrow, 9/30

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 9/30 on section 3-3. It will cover parallel angles and finding missing values giving parallel lines.

Algebra 2 Quiz tomorrow, 9/30

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 9/29 on writing slope-intercept equations.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Geometry Quiz Tomorrow, 9/23

We will have a Geometry Quiz tomorrow, 9/23 on Section 3-2. We also have homework that is due tomorrow, p 181 #1-7.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Algebra 2 Test Tuesday, 9/23

We will have a Algebra 2 Chapter 2 Part 1 Test on Tuesday 9/23. It will cover Chapter 2 Sections 1-2.

Algebra 2 Quiz Monday, 9/22

We will have a Algebra 2 quiz Monday, 9/22/14. It will cover section Chapter 2 Section 2.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Pre-Algebra Test Tomorrow 9/19

We will have a Chapter 2 Part 2 Test tomorrow, 9/19. It will cover multiplying and dividing integers, as well as translations and reflections over axis.

Algebra 1 Quiz Tomorrow 9/19

We will have a quiz tomorrow that will cover solving equations with variables on both sides of the equation.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Algebra 2 Test Tomorrow, 9/12/14

We will have a Chapter 1 Part 2 Test tomorrow, 9/12/14. It will cover sections 1-5 and 1-6.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Geometry Quiz Tomorrow, 9/9/14

We will have a quiz tomorrow on Finding Angle Measurement using algebra.

Algebra 1 Quiz tomorrow, 9/9/14

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 9/9/14 on solving 1-step equations.

Algebra 2 Quiz Tomorrow, 9/9/14

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 9/9/14 on solving inequalities. We will also have a Chapter Test later this week after we finish the next section in the chapter.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Pre-Algebra Test Tuesday, 9/9/14

We will have a Chapter 2 Part 1 Test next Tuesday 9/9/14. It will cover absolute value, adding integers, and subtracting integers.

Pre-Calculus Test tomorrow, 9/5

We will have a chapter 1 part 2 test tomorrow, 9/5. It will cover sections 1-5-1-6 which includes absolute value equations and compound inequalities.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Algebra 2 Quiz tomorrow, 9/3

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 9/3, on sections 1-6. It will cover solving absolute value equations.

Algebra 1 Test tomorrow, 9/3

We will have a Chapter 1 Test covering sections 1-6 through 1-7. It will cover functions, domain, range, and evaluating functions.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Geometry Test Friday, 8/29

We will have a test this Friday, 8/29. It will cover sections 1-3. It will include all homework, examples from class, and quizzes taken thus far in class.

Monday, August 25, 2014

Geometry Quiz Tomorrow, 8/26

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 8/26, on using the distance formula. We will also probably have a chapter test later in the week as well.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Pre-Algebra Test Tuesday 8/26

We will have a Chapter 1 Test Tuesday 8/26. It will cover order of operations, evaluating expressions, graphing points on the coordinate system, and labeling domain and range of a relation.

Algebra 3 Test Tuesday, 8/26

We will have a Chapter 1 Test Tuesday 8/26. It will cover order of operations, evaluating expressions, and solving equations.

Algebra 2 Test Tuesday, 8/26

We will have a Chapter 1 Test Tuesday 8/26. It will cover order of operations, evaluating expressions, and solving equations.

Algebra 1 Test tomorrow, Friday, 8/22

We will have a Chapter 1 Test tomorrow, 8/22. It will cover order of operations, evaluating expressions, distributive property, and combining like terms.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Pre-Calculus Test tomorrow, 8/22

We will have our test covering Chapter 1 order of operations and equations this  Friday 8/22/14.

Geometry Quiz Re-take Friday Morning

I will be offering a quiz re-take this Friday morning, 8/22/14 at 7:15 a.m. The higher of the 2 scores will be the one reflected in the grade book. In order to take the re-take, the student must be in my room no later than 7:20.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Algebra 3 Quiz Tomorrow, 8/20.

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 8/20, on combining like terms and simplifying expressions.

Pre-Calculus Quiz tomorrow, 8/20

We will be having a quiz tomorrow 8/20 on solving equations. I am also planning on having a chapter test coming up in the very near future.

Algebra 2 Quiz tomorrow, 8/20

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 8/20, on combining like terms and simplifying expressions.

Monday, August 18, 2014

Pre-Algebra Quiz 1-2 Tomorrow, 8/19

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 8/19, on evaluating expressions involving variables.

Algebra 1 Quiz 1-2 tomorrow, 8/19

We will have a quiz tomorrow, 8/19, on evaluating expressions involving variables.

Geometry Quiz Tomorrow 8/19

We will be having a quiz tomorrow, 8/19, on section 1-2. It will cover betweeness of points and how to find distances of points.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Course Syllabus Sheet

The course syllabus sheet is due tomorrow, August,12th. It must be signed by the student and a parent. It is counted as a homework grade.