DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS Friday January 20, 2012

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Friday
January 20, 2012
CLINTON CARDINAL FOOTBALL
If you plan to play for the
2012 Cardinal Football Team
Meet in the Health Room
January 24, 2012
6:45 AM
Drive Safely!
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Stats and Facts:
Distracted driving = texting, eating, talking,
changing the radio and more!
80% of crashes involve some form of distracted
driving.
Under age 22 and caught texting and driving $200 fine.
50% of teen drivers say they text while driving.
Texting drivers spend up to 400% more time with
their eyes off the road.
Scholarship Opportunity
HEY SENIORS!!!
It’s time to turn our swag on. Order your senior shirt today!
We have two designs. It’s $10 for one shirt; $18 for both.
The deadline to order is Friday the 20th, and we need your
$$$ by then! Find Jessica Journey or Paige Arcano for
your order form- we’ll be at lunch most days through the
20th!
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A DOCTOR OR A
LAWYER OR PERHAPS A POLICE OFFICER OR AN
ACCOUNTANT?
Now is your opportunity to explore one of these careers along with many others.
Sign up to job shadow today. Application forms are available in the
High School Counselor’s office or at the Clinton Technical School office.
Lacy Lam job shadowed
Dr. Gary Groff, DDS
during the 2010-2011
Job Shadowing Program
Deadline to apply is
January 31, 2012
Wed., January 11
Thurs., January 19
Mon.,
January 23
Wed., January 25
Mon.,
January 30
3:15 – 5:45
3:15 – 5:45
3:15 – 5:45
3:15 – 5:45
3:15 – 5:45
Talk to your Counselor if you are
interested in credit recovery classes.
Calendars posted:
Computer Lab Room 105 &
Mrs. Smoots’ Room
6:30am-4:30pm
Students come take advantage of our new
extended hours, you can work in the
computer lab, conduct research, and check
out books.
The Spring Play is Coming!
 Auditions for CHS’s
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spring play are fastapproaching!
Sign-ups will be outside
Ms. Blair’s room
You must sign up if you
want to audition
Auditions will be Jan. 2324 from 3:30-5:30
Dress Comfortably!
 The Plot, Like Gravy,
Thickens
 A fantastic comedymurder mystery
 Break a leg and we’ll see
you on the stage!
 Want
to be a part of the next play, but afraid
to be in front of people?
 Are you a good leader?
 Are you creative?
 Fill out an application to be a crew leader
for The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens!
 Applications are available in Ms. Blair’s
Room.
 All Applications are due Monday, Jan. 23rd!
Teen Parents Group
meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 24th
8th Hour
Room 114
January Statistics as of 1/18/12
(Last Year In Parentheses)
Enrollment Males:
Females:
Total:
321
259
580 (607)
Attendance Month:
YTD:
93.16% (93.50%)
94.85% (94.28%)
ACT State Average: 21.6
Do you want to be forced to take remedial
classes in college?
• Remedial Math required if Math ACT < 22
• Remedial English required if English ACT < 18
WE OWN OUR DATA
ACT State Average: 21.6
• 63of 123 SENIORS have taken the ACT
• Range is 14 – 30
• 46 seniors scored a 20 or better
• 33 seniors scored better than state average!
Class average is now 21.7 (above state average)
WE OWN OUR DATA
ACT State Average: 21.6
• 51 of 152 JUNIORS have taken the ACT
• 14 juniors took it for the first time in December
• The scoring range is 16-29
Class average is now 21.92 (above state average)
ACT BASICS
• The core of the ACT test is four multiplechoice tests in the following content areas:
English, mathematics, reading, and science.
Here are the sections on
Have a plan!
SECTION
Total amount of time
allotted
Number of questions
Time to read each passage
Time to answer each
question
English
45 min
75
1 min, 20 sec
30 sec
Math
60 min
60
N/A
1 min
Reading
35 min
40
3 min, 54 sec
30 sec
Science
35 min
40
2 min, 9 sec
30 sec
ACT ENGLISH
• English exam can be divided into two basic sections:
usage/mechanics and rhetorical skills.
• In turn, these two categories can be broken down into
6 parts:
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punctuation (13% of the exam);
grammar and usage (16%);
sentence structure (24%);
rhetorical strategy (16%);
rhetorical organization (15%);
rhetorical style (16%).
• The English section is composed of five prose passages,
followed by questions.
ACT MATH
• Math section can be broken into 6 constituent
parts:
– pre-algebra (23% of the exam);
– elementary algebra (17%);
– intermediate algebra (15%);
– coordinate geometry (15%);
– plane geometry (23%);
– and trigonometry (7%).
ACT READING
• Four passages will be presented to the candidate,
each of which is roughly at the level of difficulty
found in college freshman courses.
• The four content areas from which these
passages are drawn are social studies, natural
science, fiction, and the humanities.
• The questions that follow these passages are
meant to assess the candidate's ability to
understand and evaluate material, rather than
the ability to recall obscure facts or define
vocabulary.
ACT SCIENCE
• It is recommended candidates have taken
Earth science, physical science, and biology.
• This test seeks to measure the candidate's
ability to apply scientific reasoning skills.
• Content will be presented in the following
formats: data representation, as for instance:
– graphs and tables (38% of the exam);
– research summaries (45%);
– and conflicting viewpoints (17%).
ACT Scoring
• The raw score is calculated as the number of questions
answered correctly.
• There is no penalty for incorrect answers on the ACT test,
so students should guess on questions they do not know.
• The raw scores are then converted into scores on a scale of
1 to 36 for each of the four multiple-choice tests.
• These four scores are averaged to produce the student's
composite score.
• The score report will also show the student's percentile
rank in each of the four tests and on the test as a whole.
• The ACT test is administered six times during the school
year at testing locations across the country.
ELA Question of the Day
1-20-12
Math ACT Question of the Day
01/18/12
ANSWER
After 1 year: 2000 (1.25) = 2500
After 2 years: 2500 (1.2) = 3000
After 3 years: 3000 (1.5) = 4500
OR (2000)(1.25)(1.2)(1.5)=4500
Profit equals 2500
Tax on profit = 2500(.20) = 500
Hence, Total Investment is now worth
4500 – 500 = 4000
Math ACT Question of the Day
01/18/12
Bonus Question ANSWER
Higher Order Thinking Method
The ratio of the sides of two
similar Δ’s is a=b if the ratio of
the areas is a2=b2.
OKAY, so if we want the ratio of
areas to be 1:4, then the ratio of
sides needs to be 1:2 (so just
double the sides of the Δ);
hence, C is double the ratio of
sides.
Guess and Check Method
Area of a 3-4-5 right Δ
A=(1/2)(b)(h)
A=(1/2)(3)(4)
A= 6
Area of a 6-8-10
A=(1/2)(b)(h)
A=(1/2)(6)(8)
A=24
Math ACT Question of the Day
01/19/12
ANSWER
If Leah is 6 years older than Sue, and John is 5
years older than Leah, and the total of their ages
is 41. Then how old is Sue?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 14
D. 19
E. 21
John is the oldest, Sue is the youngest.
Leah is in the middle and
John + Leah + Sue is 41! They asked about
Sue, so if we let Sue’s age be x,
Then (x +11) + (x+6)+ (x) = 41
3x + 17 = 41
3x = 24
x=8
Leah is 8 years old!
Math ACT Question of the Day
01/20/12
The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the
original price. What is the original price?
A. $14,310.40
B. $14,990.90
C. $15,290.70
D. $15,737.50
E. $16,935.80
ACT WORD OF THE DAY
oblique (adj) Neither parallel to, nor at right angles from,
the base; slanting; indirect; obscure.
*Oblique muscles
*Oblique asymptotes
*Oblique approach
*Oblique cones
-You get the idea….slanted/at an angle/indirect.
MATH DEPARTMENT
TUTOR and RE-TAKES SCHEDULE
Monday -
AM:
PM:
Eckers (tutor)
Kaiser (re-takes)
Guenther (tutor) Kaiser (re-takes)
Tuesday -
AM:
PM:
DeHart (tutor)
NO RE-TAKES
Guenther (tutor)
Wednesday - AM:
PM:
DeHart (tutor)
DeHart (tutor)
Kaiser (re-takes)
Kaiser (re-takes)
Thursday -
AM:
PM:
Eckers (tutor)
DeHart (tutor)
NO RE-TAKES
Friday -
AM:
PM:
Eckers (tutor)
Kaiser (re-takes)
Guenther (tutor) Guenther (re-takes)
Zachary Wheatley
Parents: Steve & Selina
Hobbies: hunting, fishing, shooting trap, hanging out with
friends & Brooklyn 
Involvement: FFA, Tutor Mentor, Tournament Fishing,
Welding, Skills USA
Staff Spotlight
• Knew my future husband,
Sam, at the age of four!
• Reconnected in college and
married after our graduation
• Three daughters
• Dietitian
• Audiologist
• Stage actor
• Grew up in Indiana and went
to college at the University of
North Texas (in Denton)–good
adventure!
• Lived in Clinton, IA, before
moving to Clinton, MO!
Staff Spotlight