Parent Information Sheet
Pre AP Physics
Mr. Young
Phone:
903 839-5551 (school) 903 595-6946 (home)
Email:
youngt@whitehouseisd.org
Web
Site: www.mryoungphysics.com
Planning
Period: 1st, 7:50-8:37
Tutorials:
Every morning (Except Thursday) and every afternoon
Additional
tutorials are available during Friday night school and
Saturday School
Textbook:
Textbook: Holt Physics
See www.go.hrw.com
for a look at the book on line.
Grading:
Daily Work
.. 50%
Chapter Tests and Labs
.... 30%
6 Weeks Test
20%
Pre
AP Physics is a very demanding subject. It is taught as a college preparatory physics
course. Students who take this course should expect to be well prepared for
their freshmen level college physics course. However, between the teacher and
the textbook the course material will be brought to a level that your child
will be able to handle.
As
a part of your childs college preparation homework is assigned in this class
as a means of preparing for class and for the chapter tests rather than for a
grade. Doing work and not getting a grade for it is a difficult concept for
high school students; so, it is important that your child learns the importance
of doing work for its own sake, for their own growth and understanding rather
than for a grade.
You
should be aware of the late policy for this class. Work that is turned in late
will have a penalty added to the grade. A 10% penalty will be added to the earned
grade for work that is late on the due date and a 30% penalty for work that is
one day late. You should also be aware of the early policy for this class. Work
that is turned in one full day before it is due will
have a 30% bonus added to the earned grade.
Your
child will need to have the following materials for this class every day: Two
working pens and pencils, ten sheets of blank note paper, a class notebook
complete with six pockets, and, of course, the textbook. In addition, your
child will often be required to download material from the internet.
While
family access is provided as a means for you to keep up with your childs
progress in this class your child will be given the opportunity to keep their
grades up-to-date even more efficiently. They will be given a grade record
sheet for this class upon which they will record all of their assignments and
the grade they earned for their work. It will often be the case that this
record sheet will be more up-to-date than family access. It is also important
that your child be allowed to compare their grade record sheet with skyward to
discover any mistakes that Mr. Young might have made.
You
are encouraged to go to my web site (www.mryoungphysics.com).
On this site you will find a weekly syllabus consisting of the order of study
for a particular week and the assignments for that week. Your child is required
to download these syllabi every week. The syllabi are posted in two week
intervals and past syllabi are always available for examination. You will also
find a copy of this information sheet as well as other papers that will be
given to your child, including the class rules, policies and the all-important
procedures.
In order to be successful in this course your child must review notes and class work, solve really challenging and fun problems, as well as do a lot of reading. I will make every effort possible to help your child to be successful in this class. However, many students have found it helpful to form study groups. You may wish to encourage your child to do this as well and you may want to consider making your house a welcome location for such a group to meet. I have found from 20 plus years of teaching experience that pizza and classical music (www.abc.net.au/classic) go together very well with the study of the King of Science!