Sweet summer time!

Two weeks already gone.  Hope everyone is enjoying their time, whatever it is you are choosing to do. 

I know several of you are teaching summer school.  Thank you!  This year's summer school consists solely of Labs.  That means no math credit for all that effort.  What we are asking everyone to consider is that if a student passes their summer school lab that you change their failing mark to a passing mark.  Let’s keep those kiddos on track to graduate.

Several others are working very hard on the district level teams creating assessments for our courses and writing curriculum as well.  It can be a frustrating and tedious experience, hopefully a rewarding one as well.  This year we will be fully implementing the new curriculum in Algebra 1-2.  It will be a challenging year, but together we will be able to support each other and have a better go at it than if we were to tread the waters on our own.

It is exciting to see so many at North participating in all of the summer offerings.  Opening week will be here before we know it.  Be sure to schedule in some R&R.

We have had to say goodbye to some wonderful math teachers and teachers of math this year.  We wish them all well.  With the closing of their chapters at North new chapters will begin.  We will be welcoming four new math teachers to our community.  Welcome aboard to Lauren, Jeff, and Josh.  At this moment we are still waiting to fill our final position.

Okay, I’m a bit nervous.  Saturday morning I will begin my travel to Kansas City, MO to participate in the 2012 AP Statistics Reading.  For those of you on twitter I will be tweeting as I go.  If you are interested in such tomfoolery you can find me at @dochartaigh66.  I will also be posting on the blog about the experience.  

Have a great summer!  See you soon.