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Week of September 5, 2014 Volume 1, Issue 5

Tolar High School 2014-2015

Principal: Brad Morgan

Counselor: Ward Hudson

Secretary: Linda Thacker

301 Rock Church Hwy.

Tolar, TX 76476

P: 254-835-4316

F: 254-835-4237

www.tolarisd.org

Upcoming Events

9/15JH VB @ Dublin

4:30

9/15 School Board

Meeting 6:30

9/16 HS VB @ Pool-

ville 5:00

9/17 CC @ Hamilton

9/18 JH & JV FB @

Axtell 5:00

9/19 V FB @ THS 7:30

9/20 HS VB @ THS

10:00

SCHOOL PICTURES

Pre-K through 12

will be Thursday,

Sept 18.

@tolarhighschool

@tolar_athletics

@RattlerBands

SAT BOOT CAMP

Juniors and Seniors inter-

ested in a Test Prep work-

shop on October 6th contact

Mr. Hudson or Mr. Morgan

for further information.

Workshop provided by:

2nd Annual Fun Run

and 5K @ THS Sept.

27 4:30 To register

for run or for T-Shirt

go to Rileyrun.org

Reports will be

mailed to parents

on Tuesday if a stu-

dent has an aver-

age below 75.

2014-2015 National Honor Society Officers

President– Elizabeth Bonnell

Vice President– Hunter Ryan

Secretary– Nathan Langston

Treasure– Dakota Endsley

Historian– Merideth Caudle

Tolar High School Snapshots

The U.S. Constitution has 4,400 words. It is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any major gov-

ernment in the world.

The oldest person to sign the Constitution was Benjamin Franklin (81). The youngest was Jonathan Day-

ton of New Jersey (26)

Some of the original framers and many delegates in the state ratifying conventions were very troubled

that the original Constitution lacked a description of individual rights. In 1791, Americans added a list of

rights to the Constitution. The first ten amendments became known as The Bill of Rights.

More than 11,000 amendments have been introduced in Congress. 33 have gone to the states to be rati-

fied and 27 have received the necessary approval from the states to actually become amendments to the

Constitution.

Constitution Week

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Math Algebra/Geometry/Calculus

Mrs. Dacus jdacus@tolarisd.org Algebra 1 : Algebra students will be learning to solve algebraic equations with more than one step. Geometry: Geometry students will learn basic ter-

minology and formula usage for points, lines, planes

Calculus: Calculus students will learn the concept of

limits and continuity

Algebra II and Pre-Cal

Mr. Smith rsmith@tolarisd.org

Algebra II: and Pre-Cal: On Monday all classes will

be testing, also reviews will be due for grade, alg 2 classes will continue lessons on linear equations and direct variation. pre-cal classes will be looking at inequalities, factoring and polynomial multiplica-tion for the week of 9/15.

Math Models

Ms. Foster jfoster@tolarisd.org Math Models will be wrapping up the data set/graphing projects with presentations of the stu-dent's individual projects on Monday and Tues-day. Wednesday we will begin the next unit - Pre-diction, where students will collect their own data for their projects.

Tolar High School Classroom News

Science Biology/Chemistry

Ms. Nowell dnowell@tolarisd.org Biology :Both Biology and Advanced Biology will be taking a test over the properties of water, simple chemistry and the scientific method on Wednesday. Thursday both classes will start on the chemistry of life to learn about the four types of molecules that living things are made of.

Chemistry: Chemistry students will be learning

how to read MSDS sheets on chemicals. The stu-dents will be assigned a project Tuesday, "MSDS of a Man", that will be due Thursday, Sept 25.

Principals of Technology/Engineering Design

Mr. Griffith jud.griffith@tolarisd.org

Principals of Technology: We will be working on

Force Vector addition and Torque calculations.

Engineering Design: We will be CADing our Iso-

metric parts using Autodesk Inventor.

English ELA I

Mrs. Boisjolie hboisjolie@tolarisd.org ELAI: We will continue grammar study with an assignment due Friday. We will conclude our study of the memoir, Night, and students will take a com-prehensive written exam (short answer format). We will end the week with a video of Oprah Winfrey in Auschwitz, interviewing author, Elie Wiesel. Advanced ELA I: Students will watch Wiesel in an

interview and compare it to the book. We will study restrictive and non-restrictive clauses with an as-signment due Friday, and students will read and analyze selections from Gary Soto and Richard Con-nell.

English ELA II

Mrs. Boisjolie hboisjolie@tolarisd.org

ELA II: Students will continue our novel study of To

Kill a Mockingbird, and complete several close reading analysis assignments. They will read an ar-ticle on mob mentality and its ramifications. Gram-mar study will continue with an assignment due Friday.

Advanced ELA II: Students will present their multi-media presentations over their historical, per-suasive speeches each day this week. There will also be several assigned readings for homework ranging from Ronald Reagan and Nelson Mandela. These speeches will further the discussions of rhetorical analysis in class. Grammar will continue and will be due Friday.

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ELA III & IV/ Writing

DC English III & IV Ms. Anderson manderson@tolarisd.org ELA III :English III will continue the study of Early American Literature by viewing The Cruci-ble. They have a quiz over Puritan Notes on Tues-day, and will analyze The Crucible for elements of characterization and theme Thursday and Friday in preparation for writing a test over The Crucible the following Tuesday.

ELA IV: English IV will continue working on two

essays. The first is the essay for the Tolar Scholar-ship fund and the rough draft is due Tuesday by the end of the period. The second essay is a response to typical college admission essays such as describing an obstacle the student has overcome in life. The rough draft for that essay is due Thursday.

DC English III: English III Dual Credit is revising

their Personal Narrative after working in peer edit-ing groups. The final copy is due Thursday. They will then begin their synthesis essay regarding vari-ous articles describing an expedition to Mount Ev-erest. DC English IV: English IV Dual Credit is continu-

ing Beowulf and will have a formal class discussion on Wednesday and a personal writing response on Thursday. They will then begin their study of the Middle Ages with the King Arthur legend. Writing: ELA Writing will be focusing on improv-

Tolar High School Classroom News

Social Studies World History /U.S. History

Mr. Lowry clowry@tolarisd.org World History: 550 BCE Cyrus the Great and his

descendants lay the groundwork for the world's

first empire eventually spanning the length of the

entire known world and setting up an epic show-down with the emerging Greeks. "The Persian Em-

pire"

U.S. History: "Captains of Industry" Interwoven

story of Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Morgan, Edison, and others; Entrepreneurism, Philanthropy/

Gospel of Wealth, Social Darwinism, and the ori-gin of the Labor movement and Government regu-

lation.

World History/ Government

Coach Keith ckeith@tolarisd.org

World History: We are beginning a new unit over

the Classical Civilizations. We will be learning about Greece and Rome, among others. There are only two weeks left in the six weeks. Stay on top of your grades. Come in any activity period for some help and chances to do extra credit essays.

Government: We will be starting a new unit over the Causes of the Revolutionary war. Many of the causes of that war have a great impact on how our Constitution is written. There are only two weeks left in the six weeks. Stay on top of your grades. Come in any activity period for some help and chances to do extra credit essays.

Social Studies DC U.S. History & DC Government

Coach Lee coachlee@tolarisd.org Coach Lee's Dual Credit class will continue on our projects from last week. Please make note that the deadline for Government project over legislators will now be Friday instead of Tuesday. US History class will be in the library 2 days for group project assignment over civil rights. As always, make cer-tain you are logging on to Weatherford College and keeping up with all your assignment as readings.

Both classes will still have assignments and readings due for Weatherford college.

Business Business Information Management

Mrs. Whiteley cwhiteley@tolarisd.org

In addition to keyboarding drills, students will be introduced to Google Docs and citing references using MLA as well as APA styles. Students will be required to have an email account, gmail is pre-ferred. Friday keyboarding test on this week's drills.

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Spanish

Spanish I, II, III, IV Mrs. Slaughter jslaughter@tolarisd.org Spanish I:

Spanish II:

Spanish III:

Spanish IV:

Spanish I & II Mrs. Carlton bcarlton@tolarisd.org

Spanish I: Introducing the days of the week, and

numbers 1-10. We will have a test on Wednesday over Greetings and farewells, days of the week, and numbers. Ending the week with 16th of September project Mexico's Independence from Spain.

Spanish II: Continuing with Spanish I review looking at Present Tense & Stem Changing verbs on Thursday we will have a Spanish I Review Test. Ending the week with 16th of September pro-jects Mexico's Independence from Spain.

Make sure to visit my website you will find our Remind 101 info to subscribe for re-minders on the class, and you will also find information on the new Google tools we will be using.

Tolar High School Classroom News

Family and Consumer Science

Mrs. Raybon craybon@tolarisd.org

Nutrition classes will be baking for the first time. Fashion classes will make the annual field trip to JoAnns to begin their quilt projects.

Digital Media

Coach Johnson jjohnson@tolarisd.org

Digital Media: We will begin the week decoding the double standard between males and females when it comes to sharing online. Towards the end of the week, we will discuss what it means to do the right thing online by analyzing a fake profile in the categories of privacy, self-expression and identity, connected culture, and respecting creative works.

Manufacturing

Coach Miller smiller@tolarisd.org

Precision Metal: Dice Project in Manufacturing

Stage Small Engines: Differences between 2 stroke and 4 stroke engines.

Ag Mechanics: Finish Ms. Foster’s Deer Stand

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Agriculture and FFA

Mr. Parr jparr@tolarisd.org

Meat/Cookie Dough Sales, FFA Dues, and SAE Dues are to be completed by Sept. 25, however the earlier the better to turn in dues. Saturday, Septem-ber 20, Tolar FFA will have a barn workday (9 AM-3 PM); all students housing an animal at the ag barns will be expected to help.

Remind 101: Text "@tolarffa" to (512) 265-2530.

Tolar High School Extra Curricular

Rattler Band

Mr. Yerigan byerigan@tolarisd.org

To receive text message alerts for band news please text the following:

High School Band: text @hsrattlers to (567) 455-7260

Colorguard: text @guardths to (567) 455-7260

Rattler Football

Remind 101: Text @rattler to (972-696-7273

Rattler Volleyball

Remind 101: Text @tolarv to 512-865-4973

Cross Country

Remind 101: Text: @84a79 to 832-564-3267

Tolar Athletics

Remind 101: Text: @2073 to 469-270-3121