Here are the latest updates from the PLTW Engineering courses:
Introduction to Engineering Design: Students have started designing an outdoor patio for a local business, utilizing skills acquired throughout the year. They are currently brainstorming and researching ideas individually before collaborating in groups to finalize their designs, which will be created in CAD software and 3D printed.
Principles of Engineering: The class is concluding its robotics unit, where students built and coded robots to play “Eye of the Tiger.” Next, they will focus on Electrical Circuits, learning about energy sources and applying Ohm’s Law to calculate voltage, current, and resistance.
Digital Electronics: Students are finishing a project with a seven-segment display that shows their birth dates based on various inputs. They are transitioning from SSI circuits to MSI circuits.
Architecture Design: The class is wrapping up their Residential Unit, examining Wastewater Management and Storm Water Runoff. They will soon shift their focus to commercial building design.
General Policies
Regular attendance is key to success in school and is a positive factor that develops habits of punctuality, self-discipline, and responsibility. Students who attend class regularly generally achieve higher grades, enjoy school, and are more employable after leaving school.
Excused Absences:
Personal illness of the student (A doctor’s excuse stating for what days specifically the student should be excused from school may be required by the school for every absence over 72 hours. Once a doctor’s excuse is required, it is required for all absences for the remainder of the year).
Illness in the home (student must be 14 years of age or older).
Quarantine of the home by local health officials.
Death of a relative (limited to three days unless reasonable cause can be shown for a longer absence).
Observance of a religious holiday (consistent with the student’s established creed or belief).
Alternate learning experience approved in advance by an administrator.
A maximum of two (2) college visits for juniors and seniors to take place during the regular school year. These are extensions of the school day and are not counted in the attendance record. These absences must be approved five days in advance.
Reporting Absences:
- The morning of the absence, a parent/guardian should inform the office of the absence and the reason.
- An absence note or email, containing the dates and reason for the absence, signed by the parent or guardian or physician must be presented to the office within three (3) days of the student returning to school.
- Failure to produce an acceptable note from a parent or guardian within three (3) school days following an absence will result in an unexcused absence.
*Please see the student / parent handbook for the attendance policy and procedures