Vestavia Math Tournament Schedule

Vestavia Math Tournament - Saturday, December 3rd

8:00 am  Meet in the Auditorium (see map you were given)

8:45 - 10:00  Written Test

10:00 - 10:30  Refreshments in Cafeteria

10:30 - 11:10  Ciphering (everyone) in testing room

11:15  Parents pick students up 

2:00 Awards Assembly in Competition Gym (optional - Parents are welcomed to join us)

This tournament is attended each year by over 1000 6th - 12th graders, so traffic and parking will be challenging.  You might want to consider car pooling.  The 5th - 8th graders will be done a good 30 minutes before the high school kids, so traffic should not be as bad when you pick up.  Please have a plan in place as to where you will pick up your student(s).

Homework Week of November 28

Monday:  Lesson 5-2 pp 192-193 #3-54 mult of 3, 57, 58, 60 (wf #21, 24, 30, 34, 42, 45, 60)

Tuesday:  Lesson 5-3  pp 196-198 #26-48 mult of 4, 49-54, and #1-11 (wf #21-30, 49-54, 1-11)

Wednesday:  Lesson 5-4 p 202 #22-36 evens, 38-43, 45, 46, 48 (wf #38-48)
                       Vestavia Tournament Permission forms are due or detention will be assigned
                        (see seperate post for Saturday's schedule)

Thursday:  Lessons 5-5 and 5-6 WS  #1-32 (wf #7, 8, 27-32)

Friday:  Lessons 5-7 and 5-8 WS #1-40 (wfa)

You are Invited.....

to a handbell concert that I will be performing in this week.  There are two identical concerts at different times and locations and I would love to have you attend one of them if it fits into your schedule.  The details are below.

FIRE AND ICE

An Evening with the Embellishments Handbell Ensemble

Free Admission

Monday, November 28th

Southside Baptist Church

1016 19th Street South

Birmingham, AL

7:00 pm

and

Sunday, December 4th

Hoover High School Theater

1000 Buccaneer Drive

Hoover, AL

3:00 pm

Homework Week of November 14

Monday:  Lessons 9-6- and 9-7 Review WS #1-8 and #1-8 (wfa on own paper - this is for a grade)


Tuesday:  Ch 9 Test review WS #1-17 (wfa on own paper)


Wednesday:  Study for the Ch 9 test.  Extra Credit:  Chapter Test p 452 #1-14 (wfa - #1-2 MUST be on graph paper)


Thursday:  Chapter 9 Test  Homework:  Lesson 5-1 p 187 #12, 15, 18, 34-48 evens (wfa - read through the lesson and examples first)


Friday:  NO HOMEWORK


Have a blessed Thanksgiving week with your family and friends.


The new graphing calculators have arrived.  Students who have not returned their signed calculator contracts will not be allowed to use them until I receive the signed contract.

Your Exam grade and Semester Average

Your exam grade is NOT part of the 2nd 9 weeks grade.  It will be one-fifth of your semester average, which means it will have the weight of half of a nine weeks grade.  Your semester average will be calculated as follows:  2(1st 9 weeks grade) + 2(2nd 9 weeks grade) + exam grade all divided by 5 = 1st semester average.  If that average is 60 or above, you will have earned half a credit for Algebra I.  If that average is below 60, you will not receive half a credit for Algebra I, which means you will have to attend summer school to make-up that credit or repeat Algebra I in high school.

Since this exam grade will have such a big impact on your semester average, it is IMPERATIVE that you complete all assigned exam review homework to be thoroughly prepared for this exam.  Each exam review assignment will be graded and be part of your 9 weeks average.

2016 Vestavia Math Tournament Team

Congratulations to the following students who will be representing HMS at the Vestavia tournament on Saturday, December 3rd:

Madelyn Cohn

Jack Crouch

Jake Dransfield

Judson Fitts

Maddie Garrity

Anna Harbin

John Kelly Hawkins

Will Heisler

Reed Jeffries

Sam Jones

Robert Merchant

Akram Mohmoud

Emma Petry

Nolen Riddlehover

Anna Claire Smith

Hardy Smith

Hugh Williams

Jane Wilson

Hudson Wingo

McKeever Wright

First Semester Exam Schedule

Monday 12/12: History Exam in your class period


Tuesday 12/13: Science Exam in your class period


Wednesday 12/14: English Exam in your class period


Thursday 12/15: Math Exam from 12:40- 3:00*
  *SCHEDULE CHANGE in homeroom/assigned room


Friday 12/16: all Make-ups to be completed




It is IMPERATIVE that everyone is present on the afternoon of Thursday, December 15th for the math exam.  Because Algebra I is a high school course, we have to give students  2 hours for their exam, just like the high school does.  Please do not schedule appointments for that afternoon or check students out early that day.

Homework Week of November 7

Monday:  Lesson 9-5 p 432 #21, 24, 28, 32 and pp 434-435 #16-22 evens, 23, 26, 28 (wfa) and study for 9-1 to 9-4 Quiz   Vestavia Registration forms due tomorrow.

Tuesday:  9-1 to 9-4 Quiz  Homework : Vestavia 2014 Test ( do circled problems first, then try others - wfa on own paper)  Signed progress reports due tomorrow or detention will be assigned (only given to students who currently have a D or F average)

Wednesday:  Lesson 9-6 pp 441-442 #1-4, 6-22 evens (wfa)

Thursday:  Lesson 9-7 pp 447-448 # 2-30 evens (wfa)

Friday:  Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL

Homework Week of October 31

Monday:  Linear II Tasks WS  #2-8 (#7 and 8 on graph paper)

Tuesday:  Vestavia 2013 Tournament Test # 1,2,4,5,8-11, 13,20, 21, 23, T1 (wfa on own paper)  and try any others you think you can do.

Wednesday:  Lesson 9-2  pp 419-420 #4-32 mult of 4, 34-40 evens (wfa - #34 and 36 MUST be on graph paper)

Thursday:  Lesson 9-3 p 423 Oral Exercises #4-12 evens and p 424 #11-20 (wfa)

Friday:  Lesson 9-4 pp 428-429 # 15-27 mult of 3 and Word Problems #1-8 (wfa)

Quiz Tuesday on lessons 9-1 to 9-4 (Self Test #1 p 437 #1-9 wfa - graphs MUST be on graph paper - good review for quiz and worth 3 extra credit points).


Vestavia Tournament Registration form is due Monday or detention will be assigned.