Science Department Meeting Friday, January 15, 2016 (7:30am) H103 – BioHazard Meeting Room
I. Looking Ahead – Important Dates to Note
a. Finals (Jan 20 – 22)
b. Semester Break (Jan 25 – 29)
c. Restricted Course info meetings (Feb 8-12)
II. Schedule Feedback
- meeting with Frank – he talked about his vision and feedback, and rationale, - another meeting where the dept. chairs presented their feedback from the departments - no changes being made – but Frank is open to hearing our feedback – open to suggestions but no decisions have been made - other departments do echo our concerns
III. Finals
a. Copies of Finals (to me and Rosie)
b. Proctoring assignments – will be emailed by the end of the day
IV. Restricted Course Info Meetings (Otero Reserved) (11:30-1:00pm)
Monday 2/8 - Honors Chemistry for current freshman (Qazi, Hairston) Tuesday 2/9 –APES, AP Biology and AP Chemistry (Gorr, Picard, Simon, Qazi) for current sophomores and juniors Thursday 2/10 – AP Physics C, Honors Astronomy (Cacnio, Artistov) (for current juniors) Friday 2/11 – Robotics, Anatomy & Physiology, Oceanography (for current juniors)
V. Registration Schedule
Feb 1- Mar 4 Teachers hold meetings for restricted courses – next meeting Fawzia will give the talking points Mar 7 – 9 Homerooms Preregistration with counselors and teachers – 3 days of homeroom – at the end of the homeroom they will actually register on Naviance right after the homeroom – drawback is that the essay portion will be omitted from the registration process. During the petitions, they can then give why they want to take the course, etc. April 13 Restricted lists due from departments April 15 Acceptance lists on Canvas April 18-22 Petitions/students register on line using Q
Robotics – Gerry – 4-5 faculty members are helping out, build season has started 5 more weeks and then done – Competing Long Beach March 9-12. Main competition is Saturday. Gerry will send out info about the event and link with the information.
Andrew – Broadcasting room is completely redone – Dan wants to do live broadcasts – will be doing announcements 8:00-8:05 live broadcast sometime next semester.
Friday, January 15, 2016 (7:30am)
H103 – BioHazard Meeting Room
- II. Schedule Feedback
- meeting with Frank – he talked about his vision and feedback, and rationale,- another meeting where the dept. chairs presented their feedback from the departments
- no changes being made – but Frank is open to hearing our feedback – open to suggestions but no decisions have been made
- other departments do echo our concerns
- IV. Restricted Course Info Meetings (Otero Reserved) (11:30-1:00pm)
Monday 2/8 - Honors Chemistry for current freshman (Qazi, Hairston)Tuesday 2/9 –APES, AP Biology and AP Chemistry (Gorr, Picard, Simon, Qazi) for current sophomores and juniors
Thursday 2/10 – AP Physics C, Honors Astronomy (Cacnio, Artistov)
(for current juniors)
Friday 2/11 – Robotics, Anatomy & Physiology, Oceanography
(for current juniors)
- V. Registration Schedule
Feb 1- Mar 4 Teachers hold meetings for restricted courses – next meeting Fawzia will give the talking pointsMar 7 – 9 Homerooms Preregistration with counselors and teachers – 3 days of homeroom – at the end of the homeroom they will actually register on Naviance right after the homeroom – drawback is that the essay portion will be omitted from the registration process. During the petitions, they can then give why they want to take the course, etc.
April 13 Restricted lists due from departments
April 15 Acceptance lists on Canvas
April 18-22 Petitions/students register on line using Q
Robotics – Gerry – 4-5 faculty members are helping out, build season has started 5 more weeks and then done – Competing Long Beach March 9-12. Main competition is Saturday. Gerry will send out info about the event and link with the information.
Andrew – Broadcasting room is completely redone – Dan wants to do live broadcasts – will be doing announcements 8:00-8:05 live broadcast sometime next semester.