<p>Oh, I have BWRK! :D</p>
<p>Itâs too early yet (and with no coffee) for me to ponder the GSRK puzzle.</p>
<p>Thanks to everyone who provided thoughts about AP Chemistry and AP Biology.</p>
<p>I get to play a little photographer this week, taking pictures of the teachers, students and classrooms that received Ed Foundation grants for things like tech equipment. I got to choose which math/science classroom, so of course I chose the one with the AP Calc teacher whoâs writing Sâs LOR next year. The pictures will be used at the slide show during our big Tribute to the Stars (teacher awards) annual fundraising auction/dinner in May.</p>
<p>Okay, the GSRK answer posted WHILE I was writing my post above. Iâm not THAT out of it.</p>
<p>Iâm obviously still asleep. We need an asleep smilie.</p>
<p>I think I AM that out of it!</p>
<p>Good morning, all. More snow today! Anyone else as tired of winter as I am? </p>
<p>DougBetsy - havenât looked at the 2013 acceptance thread in awhile - glad to see itâs a nice range of schools being discussed.</p>
<p>Youdonâtsay - glad your Sâs team got a new baseball coach. Hope he manages to do something with the team - it would be nice to have a winning season, wouldnât it? </p>
<p>Jackief - youâre so lucky that spring sports donât start practicing until the end of March. D pretty much goes straight from one sport to the other (in fact, practices have even overlapped on occasion). Sheâs tried to get to both, but she has too many other commitments to make that possible most of the time.</p>
<p>FindAPlace - have fun with your camera. </p>
<p>Youdonâtsay - and asleep smilie? LOL.</p>
<p>I think weâll have a much better season than the previous two. Weâve started a booster club this year and had a big field workday last weekend (the two previous coaches had let the grounds fall into disrepair). The new coach really has us energized; all we needed was someone to ask! </p>
<p>And, the guy made a bold move: Heâs not fielding a JV team this year in order to concentrate on the varsity squad. Thatâs kind of a bummer, to not be able to train kids up for their shot at varsity, but heâs rostering a HUGE varsity team so underclassmen will still get experience, just not as much playing time.</p>
<p>LIMOM, I used to belong to a board that had a great array of smilies, including one of a smilie in a nightgown and sleephat walking dragging a blankey and carrying a cup of steaming coffee.</p>
<p>LIMom, Iâm so deathly sick of winter. I can really understand why some people retire to warmer climes.</p>
<p>D2 just got her report card. 95.78 average. B- in math. Iâm so relieved. She can be so incredibly erratic.</p>
<p>zm â thatâs a great average! Congrats to D2!</p>
<p>I wish we would get a little of that eastern snow out this way. We have had very little and itâs stgrange. Are we in an El Nino or La Nina or something? However,we do have the distinction of having some of the countryâs dirtiest air â so thick you could cut it with a knife â disgusting. Donât drive! Donât burn! Donât exercise! Donât go outside! Donât BREATHE! :roll eyes:</p>
<p>Youdonâtsay:</p>
<p>DS played HS baseball as well - and I remember well the tension of those âwill he make the teamâ days. Congratulations to your son on making it through. </p>
<p>It sounds like the new coach certainly has a vision for turning the program around. Not sure I agree with cutting out the JV team since I am a big believer in game time but it is difficult to judge from here. Getting the field in shape is a great first step - our program had a wonderful field, better than some college fields (like the one my son plays on now) and the players, by doing most of the work themselves, had a real pride of ownership. </p>
<p>One suggestion - now that cuts have been made, gather up a group of parents and go to the coach, asking if there is anything else you can do - e.g. would it help if there were another work day or does he have a list of nice to haves?</p>
<p>He may say no - but I know with our program we put together a group of the parents and knocked out a long list of do its every season (e.g. painting the bleachers, putting out new garbage cans, hauling away piles of debris to the dump, electrical repairs (we had an electrician dad), etc.</p>
<p>Iâll PM you scualum!</p>
<p>D just called. She got her final exam scores, so even though we donât have the report card yet, it looks like she got 3 As and 4 Bs. So her average for this semester will be 3.43 unweighted and 4.14 weighted. This was also her average last semester.</p>
<p>I was hoping for an A in chem, but I am pretty happy with this.</p>
<p>My S has a field trip today with his AP English class. They are going to see the following play, which sounds like a good one for a bunch of SoCal kids.</p>
<p>Taking Over</p>
<p>OBIE Award-winning solo artist Danny Hoch returns to Center Theatre Group with his riveting new work, Taking Over, a show that brings to vivid life the residents of his Brooklyn neighborhood. In rapidly changing Williamsburg, the melting pot is boiling over with strained ethnic relations and economic tensionsâand the threat of gentrification, which threatens to crush the cityâs diversity. Hoch masterfully depicts this community in transition with compassionate and hilarious results. </p>
<p>The AP English teacher also gives a few bonus points if students present ticket stubs for attending such movies as Milk, Frost and Nixon, Valkyrie, and Definace (my S went to the latter two and enjoyed them both. A bit different than the typical fare for the average teenager.</p>
<p>FindAPlace - so nice that your Sâs teacher is trying to make the class more interesting/appealing to the students. That play sounds very interesting. Williamsburg is an cool part of Brooklyn. We discovered the gentrified section a few summers ago, and enjoy checking out the shops and sampling the restaurants. Iâve never heard of the play, but will have to see if itâs playing in the city. </p>
<p>zoosermom & Queenâs Mom - congrats on your Dâs grades. My D said grades had to be submitted by either yesterday afternoon or this afternoon, so she probably wonât be getting her report card until next week. Iâm hoping for no surprisesâŠlol.</p>
<p>zoosermom - I feel exactly the same way! The snow is just getting on my nerves at this point. It all finally melted yesterday, and yesterdayâs gorgeous weather gave me hope that this snow wouldnât materialize - but I was wrong! Itâs coming down like crazy!</p>
<p>BengalMom - how awful about the poor air quality - weâre usually ok here, except on some of those hot and humid summer days. BTW, feel free to help yourself to our eastern snow - most of us would be happy to share.</p>
<p>Youdonâtsay - that smilie sounds very cute.</p>
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Thatâs all I ever hope for. This is the first time we didnât get any from her. I always sit her down the night before and offer amnesty if she warns me ahead. She never does. Sigh.</p>
<p>oooo.i like that amnestyâŠmaybe iâll do thatâŠiâm nervous about this oneâŠ</p>
<p>So far, I havenât had to worry about surprises, so if one does occur, it would be a true surprise. </p>
<p>zoosermom - glad this time all was well.</p>
<p>Thanks LIMom, Iâm so glad and relieved as well. This is the kid who scored lower this year than her freshman PSAT because she wasnât âin the moodâ to take the test. Needless to say, Iâm not using any freebies with either the ACT or SAT.</p>
<p>Good luck Rodney! Iâm hoping yours will bring the âAâ game, too.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I got me one of those too.</p>
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Iâve heard there are medications for that.</p>
<p>For the parents, I mean.</p>