What's Going On? October 23rd through October 25th

Short Week This Week!

This is just a reminder that we will run a Monday-style schedule on Monday and Tuesday.  On Wednesday, we have a shortened schedule with early release and students have the day off on Thursday and Friday.  Enjoy your time and find some time to regroup!


Programming the Web 1

On Monday during this short week, students will have some time to finish up our lesson 7 web assignments.  On Tuesday and Wednesday, we will go through our notes for lesson 8 where we will study the box model in CSS.  This will set us up so that we can hit the ground running when we return from our short break.



App Development

This week, we will spend some time talking about the "scope" of variables.  That is, how variables can be created and referenced from different parts of our code.  Once we have talked about this, we will create a short app where we practice gesture recognizers, including the pan gesture and the tap gesture.  We will add a simple rectangle to the screen, and by using the different gestures, we will be able to tap on the rectangle to change its color and drag the rectangle to a different location on the screen.



AP Computer Science Principles

This week, we will continue our study of the Python programming language.  This week, we will spend some time focusing on nested "if" statements and strings.

College, Career and Community Resource Fair 

Monday, October 23rd, the school district of Waukesha will be hosting the 2nd annual College, Career and Community Resource Fair at Waukesha South High School.   The fair will take place from 4:30 to 7:30 PM  in the Fieldhouse and surrounding Classrooms. There are several new additions to the fair and some wonderful resources from last year will also be included.

Here is what the night will entail: 

* 50+ Colleges and Universities (public, private, in-state and out-of-state)

* Over 50 local Career Professionals ready to either share about their career or invite students to job shadow, join internships, or be hired on the spot

* 20+ Community representatives offering volunteer opportunities to students.

* Eight rotating workshop/presentations provided by the many transition services for all students with an IEP or 504 organized by many of our Special Ed. leaders.

* College Applications Assistance from High school counselors.

* Financial Aid Presentations in English and Spanish from financial aid professionals.

* Scholarship information and College Essay writing from Janet Baer and Erin Martin.

* NCAA Eligibility information provided by Paul Darling

* The list of resources go on!