Quizzes and College Credit

The students had their first online quiz to complete, and many passed with flying colors. There was some concern about the overall grade, but I reminded them that there are two bonus points on each quiz so it only counts out of 10 instead of the 12 shown. Keep that in mind as you look at grades online, the overall course grade in the Virtual School will be a little lower than their actual grade. I encourage students to keep track of their points using a spreadsheet (or even plain old paper) so they are always up to date. Some students forgot to take the quiz and received zeroes. I encourage them to set weekly reminders on their cell phones so you may want to reinforce that as well.

Juniors registered with SLU for ACC enrollment. We are slowly starting to get the names and numbers in from the university. In my classes we had 53 enrolled which is almost 100% of the class. Remember that SLU bills will come in October addressed to the student.

I have added several new links on the junior website for students and parents with information about ACC and AP. This includes SLU's parent page as well as the AP website that allows you to check for what credit options that they offer. Use these tools in college planning with your son or daughter.

The US History classes are woking on the American Revolution and watching the John Adams miniseries in class. Make sure you ask what preconceptions the series has revealed about the American Revolution so far. We will continue to watch the series as the kids complete homeowork that complements each episode.

The Policial Science classes just finished the political theory chapter (one of the hardest), but they excelled at mastering some abstract concepts. We began the junicial branch this week and had a great discussion about who should be on the Supreme Court. All of this is leading up to their first paper assignment coming soon!