Weekly Update

It was nice seeing the junior parents again this weekend at our open house. The students did an excellent job in presenting what we have been doing at TGA this fall. I may make them do the presentation again and video it to send to the Governor...it would be the best advertisement possible of what we are capable of doing!!!

This week in the classroom:
English IV: Canterbury Tales

This week in Calculus I we will continue to look at fundamental calculus concepts including the Mean Value Theorem and its applications. We will also complete a group Maple Lab this week!

This week in Calculus II we will review for our upcoming exam this Thursday!
Both classes will have a chance to meet with Dr. Steven Wise from UT this Wednesday Night during the 2nd installment of this year's Dinner With a Mathematician Lecture Series.

This week in U.S. History, we will be wrapping up the early colonial period. We will have Unit I next Monday
Pre-calculus update:

This week on Pre-cal we will be finishing up detial on scalar products and projection of vectors, more on planes in a 3-D space, cross products, area of parallelograms, Direction angles and direction cosines.
Examples in class will include applications to real world examples with students also giving their worked solutions on the smart board for EC.

Mandarin I - This week we will continue to learn more date related words, ask about age and make sentences with "..or..." pattern. Students will also be introduced to Chinese input method.

Mandarin II - In Mandarin II this week, we will review the topic on giving directions and have a quiz. Students will also practice Chinese calligraphy.

This week out of the classroom:

On Wednesday, the juniors will be taking the PSAT in the morning. Mr. Breckner has been working to make sure they are prepared to take this important test. After the test, juniors will sit down to a pasta dinner cooked by yours truly. (Last week, with TSD on fall break, several staff members fixed lunch for the students-Syconda fixed lunch Monday, Mr. Mathews and Mitchell on Tuesday, Dr. Rutenberg on Wednesday, and Ms. Tai and Dr. Wang on Thursday)

Also on Wednesday evening, our dinner with a mathematician series has guest #2, Dr. Steve Wise.

Thursday evening many of the students will be making a trip to the haunted corn maze!

Friday is a homegoing day-coming next week: a trip to see the Vols play Memphis for UT's homecoming.

Other happenings-This Thursday a small delegation from the state of Colorado will be visiting to see how we do things at TGA. Colorado is interested in starting their own Academy. Also, Dr. Long and I will be meeting with members of the UT President's office. I will pass on information from that meeting Friday.

That's all for now!
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