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Home of The Rattlers

Week of October 12, 2015

Tolar High School

2015-2016

Principal: Brad Morgan

Counselor: Joanne Foster

Secretary: Linda Thacker

301 Rock Church Hwy.

Tolar, TX 76476

P: 254-835-4316

F: 254-835-4237

www.tolarisd.org

INCLUDED IN THIS NEWSLETTER

Parent Information

Campus News

AMAC

95.9 The Ranch Competition

School Pics

Class Information

Tue– VB @ Poolville

Wed– District CC @ Hamilton

Thu– THS Fire Drill

JV FB @ Hico

Fri– FB @ THS vs Hico

Sat– UIL Regional Band Contest @ Glen Rose

Click on the Following Links for Downloads and Information:

TOLAR HIGH SCHOOL WEBPAGE

TOLAR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR: JOANNE FOSTER

TOLAR HIGH SCHOOL GRADING POLICY

TOLAR HIGH SCHOOL EXAM SCHEDULE

TOLAR ISD STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT

TOLAR ISD STUDENT HANDBOOK

RATTLER FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

LADY RATTLER VOLLEYBALL

THS CROSS COUNTRY

RATTLER BAND

TOLAR HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA

TOLAR HIGH SCHOOL CHEER

BUS TRANSPORTATION

THS CURRICULUM

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.tolarisd.org/page/146

http://www.tolarisd.org/Page/120



http://www.tolarisd.org/cms/lib3/TX01000982/Centricity/Domain/12/THSGradingPolicy.1516.pdf

http://www.tolarisd.org/cms/lib3/TX01000982/Centricity/Domain/12/THS_ExamSchedule_1516.pdf



http://www.tolarisd.org/domain/80



http://www.tolarbands.com/index.html

http://www.tolarisd.org/Domain/29





Tolar High School 2015-2016

Extended Day

Students who have been absent from tests or have accumulated multiple zeros

and are endanger of failing the six weeks will be assigned extended day on Mon-

days and Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 to make up missed tests or assignments.

Parent Portal

If you have not signed up for Parent Portal please contact the office if you need

assistance. Please encourage your child to sign up for their own account. They

can come by the office and we can sign them up.

THS Curriculum

CLICK HERE FOR THS CURRICULUM AND TEKS LINK



From the Counselor

PSAT will be administered at THS Wednesday,

October 14th. If your student signed up, the fee

will need to be paid as soon as possible.

The next SAT test date is November 7th - sign up

deadline is October 9th.

The next ACT test date is October 24th - register

late with a fee

Contact Ms. Foster for more information.

Joanne Foster

254-835-4316

[email protected]


Agriculture Appreciation Day

State Fair of Texas


LADY RATTLERS

REMAIN UNDEFEATED


95.9 THE RANCH

LOGIN TO THE LINK BELOW AND VOTE FOR

THS VIDEO. HELP THS WIN A CONCERT BY

WILLIAM CLARK GREEN AND A $1,000

SCHOLORSHIP FOR A 2016 SENIOR.

CLICK HERE TO

VOTE

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UIL REGIONAL BAND

COMPETITION

SATURDAY OCT. 17 @ GLEN ROSE


Math Algebra/Pre-Cal/Calculus

Mrs. Ecton: [email protected]

Algebra 1:

Students will wrap up their initial study of functions. There will be a quiz

on Tuesday and a test on Thursday over Unit 5.

Precalculus:

Students will test on Tuesday over the remainder of Unit 2. On Wednesday, they will begin their

student of quadratics.

AP Calculus:

Students will take their second AP exam on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they will begin their study

of the derivative rules.

Advanced Precalculus:

Students will take their third test on Tuesday and begin their study of square root, semicircle and

absolute value functions on Wednesday.

Algebra II and Geometry

Mrs. Teal: [email protected]

Algebra 2 and Geometry will be finishing quizzes this week. Geometry will continue to study an-

gles. Algebra 2 will begin working on word problems and writing systems of equations. Notebook

checks will be this Wednesday and Thursday! Any student wanting to improve a test grade is

given a retest review. Retests will need to be taken by Friday and are averaged with the first test

for a maximum grade of 75.

Math Courses




Science and engineering Courses

Science Biology/Adv. Chemistry/A&P

Ms. Nowell [email protected]

Biology students will be going over the use of a microscope. They will start the week with an

enzyme lab, and finish the week with microscope labs.

Human Anatomy will continue covering the integumentary system. They will do a lab over the

structure and function of the skin.

Chemistry will continue investigating the organization of the periodic table and the structure of

an atom.

Chemistry/IPC

Mr. Dingler: [email protected]

Chem - Chemistry will be discussing the groups of the periodic table, the different atomic

structures, and then chemical bonding to finish the week.

IPC - IPC will discuss the atomic theory, have an assignment covering the periodic table and

the atomic theory, then finish the week with chemical bonding.

Principles of Technology/Engineering Design

Mr. Griffith [email protected]

Engineering Design and Presentation (aka Concepts of Engineering)

Students will construct Toothpick bridges and test them on Friday.

Advanced Engineering Design and Presentation II

Students will focus on making drawing files (.idw's) and begin assemblies using Autodesk In-

ventor

Principles of Technology

Finish Bridge Truss Analysis problems and begin building model bridges.

Engineering Design and Problem Solving

Finish compound machine activity.





ELA IV

DC English III & IV Ms. Anderson [email protected]

English III DC - Students' synthesis essays are due Tuesday. We will then begin the essay en-

tries for the VFW Voice of Democracy contest. The essay topic is "My Vision for America."

English IV - Students will finish stories from "The Canterbury Tales." We will then begin the

King Arthur legend, reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

English IV DC - Students will continue "The Canterbury Tales." We will prepare for their mid-

term exam, which is next week.

English I Reading - Students will begin reading "Cold Sassy Tree."

English Language Arts Courses

English ELA II & III

Mrs. Boisjolie [email protected]

10th on-level: Students will review gerunds,

participles, and infinitives from last year, read

several more persuasive texts and provide

analysis, and begin their first persuasive pa-

per.

10th advanced: Students will have a debate in

class which will be the springboard for their

first persuasive paper (due Friday). We will

then continue various readings in our

"Justice" unit. Students will complete a gram-

mar assignment early in the week.

11th on-level: We will watch The Crucible the

first half of the week, and then begin the

Revolutionary Unit.

English ELA I

Mrs. Lever: [email protected]

In English I, we'll be learning about

irony and will begin Romeo and Juliet.

We'll also continue our study of vo-

cabulary and different sentence struc-

tures.




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Social Studies

Social Studies World History /U.S. History

Mr. Lowry [email protected] World History -- 'Crossing the Rubicon': Triumvirate dissolved;

Julius Caesar; Antony & Cleopatra; First Emperor -- Caesar Augustus; Life during 'Pax Romana.'

U.S. History -- Mining in the West: Comstock Lode, Klondike, Anaconda; Boom towns, placer/

hard rock mining; Cattlemen and Homesteaders:

Trails, railheads, "Open Range" Spanish legacy; "proving up" soddies and buffalo chips, hard-

ships of Great Plains, turn-of-the-century farm technology.

Dual Credit HIST 1301 -- Stay current with online assignments; read lecture notes, begin to for-

mulate essay responses for Exam 2

Gov/Eco

Coach Lee [email protected]




Spanish

Spanish I, II, III, IV Mrs. Slaughter [email protected]

2nd six weeks week 1

Spanish 1: continue equal and unequal compara-

tives / superlatives vocabulary using opinion sen-

tences and teacher-generated worksheet. – video

“me gusta leer” with reading oriented vocab and

power point pics. Continue Muzzy on Friday. Continue

Look I Can Talk vocabulary curriculum, chapter

1 story picture sequence. Working on & reciting the

Araña pequeñita;

Spanish 2: Casi se muere chapter 3 vocab review with

worksheet & and listening Fill-In for chapter 3. Begin

preterite tense using the thief sequence on Power

Point: with worksheets #30 & 29 LADD & walk thru

lecture fill in; vocabulary, intro to preterite regulars;

Spanish 3: Reading Viaje de su vida capítulo 3 with

accompanying worksheet; Continue with page 18 and

following; Imperfect tense this week “Cuando yo era

niño…” - Quiz imperfect tense on Friday. Imperfect

vocube game. Picture sequence possibly: Teacher’s

choice.

Spanish 4: write up quiz Thursday over chapter 7

Viva. Listening transcriptions over podcasts # 7 due

on Wednesday .Complete drill #4 in Clep book . Read-

ing Casa embrujada, chapter 3 with summary write-up

and class discussion. Listening dialogue #6 & 7 from

AP Spanish book.

Spanish Courses

Spanish I & II Mr. Martinez: [email protected]

Spanish I / II

Spanish II

This week we will be learning how to

conjugate stem changing verbs in the

present tense. We will have an oral vo-

cabulary quiz on Tuesday by having a

Spanish conversation using all the vo-

cabulary words. We will start planning

our Hispanic heritage month project as

well as our dia de los muertos project.

Spanish I

This week we will be learning how to

use subject pronouns when conjugating

verbs. We will conjugating present tense

verbs all week. We will also be plan-

ning our Hispanic heritage month pro-

ject as well as our dia de los muertos

project.




Career and Technical Courses

Family and Consumer Science

Mrs. Raybon [email protected]

FCCLA is ordering t-shirts for its members.

Rattler Bites Bistro had a great opening day.

Congrats to the two winning teams

1st Period Kinadee Adams, Kaylee Cook,

Madison Kuykendall and Kayla Snyder

Cinnamon roll muffins (Gluten Free)

5th Period Rabecca Chadwick, Alexandra

Hughes, Darci Harkins, Riley White

Chicken Cheese Quesadillas

Web Tech Coach Johnson [email protected]

Web Technology - We will finish Ch. 1 - Getting

to Know the Workspace in Photoshop then we

will move on to Ch. 2 - Basic Photo Correc-

tions.

Principles of Information Technology - Stu-

dents will finish their Copyright Laws Power-

Point Project then we will move on to Intro-

duction to Scanners.

Business Info. Managment

Mrs. Whiteley [email protected]

Students will continue working in Microsoft

Word (using the Pearson Ecourse) on Projects

16-21 and test on Chapter 1 near the end of

the week.

Art & Floral Design

Coach Cook [email protected]

Art 1 - We will continue drawing spatial rela-

tionships in 2D using linear perspective.

Art 2 - Continue Ft.worth Star Telegram Art

contest entries. Painting for Tolar Elementary

Carnival.

Floral Design - Bouquet design






Agriculture and Manufacturing

Courses

Manufacturing/Adv Welding/Ag Me-chanics

Coach Miller [email protected]

JH Fence removal with oxy/acetylene

cutting application.

Ag/FFA/Animal Science/Wildlife/Ag. Mechanics

FFA NEWS

Mr. Newton: [email protected]




ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

Girls Coordinator– Jaci Johnson

[email protected] 254-835-4316 ext. 408

Boys Coordinator– Mike Franklin

[email protected] 254-835-4316 ext. 415


THS STAFF Brad Morgan– Principal– [email protected]

Joanne Foster– Counselor– [email protected]

Linda Thacker– Secretary– [email protected]

Margarite Anderson– ELA III/IV/Yearbook– [email protected]

Heather Boisjolie– ELA II/III/Cheer– [email protected]

Courtney Lever– ELA I/Reading/Writing– [email protected]

Angie Ecton– Algebra-Pre Cal– Cal/ STUCO– [email protected]

Annelle Teal– Algebra II/Geometry– [email protected]

Jud Griffith– Engineering/[email protected]

Cal Lowry– U.S. History/ World History– [email protected]

Joan Slaughter– Spanish I/II/II/IV– [email protected]

Misty Cook– Art/Floral Design/ Coach– [email protected]

Cynthia Raybon– FCCLA/Family and Consumer Science– [email protected]

Nate Newton– FFA/Animal Science/Ag.—[email protected]

Bobby Yerigan– Band– [email protected]

Christina Martinez-Special Ed./ [email protected]

Denise Nowell– Biology/Adv. Chemistry/A&P– [email protected]

Brennan Dingler– Chemistry/IPC/Coach– [email protected]

Gregg Lee– Gov/Eco/ Coach– [email protected]

Michael Martinez– Span I/II/Coach– [email protected]

Jaci Johnson– Web Tech/Girl’s Athletic Coord– [email protected]

Mike Franklin– Boy’s Athletic Coordinator– [email protected]

Claudia Whiteley– BIM– [email protected]

Scotty Miller– Manufacturing/Coach– [email protected]

Darrell Hogan– Special Ed./Coach– [email protected]

Shelby Jameson– Math Support/Coach– [email protected]

Peggy Spraggins– Librarian– [email protected]

Tara Shelton– Instructional Aide– [email protected]


District Calendar

http://www.tolarisd.org/cms/lib3/TX01000982/Centricity/

Domain/12/1516_School_Calendar_Updated.pdf

http://www.tolarisd.org/cms/lib3/TX01000982/Centricity/Domain/12/1516_School_Calendar_Updated.pdf

http://www.tolarisd.org/cms/lib3/TX01000982/Centricity/Domain/12/1516_School_Calendar_Updated.pdf


Bell Schedule

http://www.tolarisd.org/cms/lib3/TX01000982/Centricity/Domain/12/Bell_Schedule_15.pdf



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