Week of March 25

Spring break is over, and we are in the next-to-last week of this six weeks.  That means that all work needs to be finished by next week (first week of April).  Make sure that you are on top of your grades in the gradebook so that you know where you stand.  We have morning duty this week but will be available after school for tutorials and make-up work.  Next week, we will be available before and after school as usual.  You may take advantage of WOW this week to complete assignments, if you need the computer lab.  There is now WOW next week.  This is your chance before the end of the grading period. 

Don't forget that this Friday is a school holiday.  Enjoy your long weekend with family and friends.  Also, Wednesday is WOW, but Thursday is NOT a late start. 

CEA will do the soil classification lab this week to determine the content of a given soil sample.  We have also started posting videos as a way of delivering instruction.  This will give students more time to perform your work in class, where you have equipment and resources available to you.  Expect that to continue even more through the balance of the year. 

Week of March 4

Have you ever seen a crew working on a construction site or maybe where they are buiding a road and looking through a camera-looking device?  Those are called Autolevels and are used for determining elevation changes on a site where construction is taking place.  We will learn to use the Autolevels and survey the area around RRHS this week in CEA.  Wear comfortable clothes for being outside and moving around.  Make it a goal to get caught up on all of your work before spring break, so that you can come back afterwards without that burden hanging over your head.

Also, be sure to watch the $cholar$hip List tab on this page.  I post information that I get up there that colleges and companies send to me, who are looking for good engineering students.  It includes both scholarships and internships (money tied to a chance to do engineering work over the summer). This is the only paragraph on this post without any mention of spring break.


Next week (March 11 - 15) is spring break. In case you were planning to come to school all week, don't.  Enjoy your week off.

My watch is in the shop. It has a spring inside of it.  If I wind it too tightly, I think the spring breaks.