BMS AVID: October 2011

October 28, 2011

UCLA - I'm going to college"

UCLA- I'm Going to College
November 5th
Rose Bowl

Bring snacks from home. You are welcome to bring food into the college fair area and into the Rose Bowl. However, you cannot bring coolers, glass bottles, aluminum cans or items that are easily thrown, such as unsliced fruit into the Rose Bowl stadium.

Prohibited Items

Noisemakers including thunder sticks, musical instruments, whistles, air horns and boom boxes

Weapons or projectiles

Alcoholic beverages

Glass, metal or hard plastic containers of any size

Hard or soft sided coolers of any size

Plastic drink containers (except 2 liters or less with factory seal intact)

Backpacks, bags and purses larger than 14" square

Boxes or wrapped packages of any size

Unsliced fruits or vegetables

Animals (other than service animals required because of a disability)

Balls, toys or sports equipment

Banners, signs or flags

Helium balloons

Laser pointers

Poles or sticks

Unauthorized video cameras, monopods or tripods

Skates, skateboards, scooters or bicycles
Note: strollers are permitted but must be checked with an usher at tunnel vomitory

Red Ribbon Week

In Memory of Enrique Camarena

Cornell notes and ribbon

Paradigm Glasses

7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen

Second Qrt. Goals

PE Vocabulary

10/28

OFFENSE, DEFENSE, TRANSITION, FIERCE, DETRIMENT

10/21

rhythm, pace, cadence, facsimile, rotation

10/14

ALLERGY, ADVERSARY, PARTICIPATE, INVIGORATE, EXPEND

10/7

CARDIOVASCULAR, ASTHMA, OBESE, DIABETES, NAUSEA

Required "a-g" Courses

a History/Social Science – 2 years requiredTwo years of history/social science, including one year of world history, cultures and geography; and one year of U.S. history or one-half year of U.S. history and one-half year of civics or American government.

b English – 4 years requiredFour years of college-preparatory English that include frequent and regular writing, and reading of classic and modern literature. No more than one year of ESL-type courses can be used to meet this requirement.

c Mathematics – 3 years required, 4 years recommendedThree years of college-preparatory mathematics that include the topics covered in elementary and advanced algebra and two- and three-dimensional geometry. Approved integrated math courses may be used to fulfill part or all of this requirement, as may math courses taken in the seventh and eighth grades that your high school accepts as equivalent to its own math courses.

d Laboratory Science – 2 years required, 3 years recommendedTwo years of laboratory science providing fundamental knowledge in at least two of these three foundational subjects: biology, chemistry and physics. Advanced laboratory science classes that have biology, chemistry or physics as prerequisites and offer substantial additional material may be used to fulfill this requirement, as may the final two years of an approved three-year integrated science program that provides rigorous coverage of at least two of the three foundational subjects.

e Language Other than English – 2 years required, 3 years recommendedTwo years of the same language other than English. Courses should emphasize speaking and understanding, and include instruction in grammar, vocabulary, reading, composition and culture. Courses in languages other than English taken in the seventh and eighth grades may be used to fulfill part of this requirement if your high school accepts them as equivalent to its own courses.

f Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) – 1 year requiredA single yearlong approved arts course from a single VPA discipline: dance, drama/theater, music or visual art.

g College-Preparatory Electives – 1 year requiredOne year (two semesters), in addition to those required in "a-f" above, chosen from the following areas: visual and performing arts (non-introductory level courses), history, social science, English, advanced mathematics, laboratory science and language other than English (a third year in the language used for the "e" requirement or two years of another language).

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