ECOLOGY
This upper level course will involve cooperative group work and research while focusing on ecological principles and human impact on the Biosphere. This class is also responsible for the care, maintenance and development of the Outdoor Education Area as well as the district-wide recycling program and other selected projects. PREREQUISITE: Biology or Life Science and science teacher recommendation.
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Ecology Calendar- Spring 2020
Date |
Activities |
Homework |
1/6 |
No School – Teacher Work Day |
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1/7 |
Goal Setting, put yellow bins back where they belong and recycling paper!; Great Habits, Do Those Missing Assignments Really Hurt My Grade? |
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1/8 |
Great Habits; Chapter 7 Questions; Freshwater worksheet
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Questions due 1/24 Freshwater Wksht due 1/13 |
1/9 |
Water |
AB Project due 1/23 |
1/10 |
Con’t. water Freshwater notes; importance of wetlands |
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1/20 |
No School – MLK Jr. Day |
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1/21 |
Lab: Ocean Factors |
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1/22 |
Shallow Seas video |
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1/23 |
Aquatic Biome Project Due; |
ABP due |
1/24 |
Jeopardy |
Chapter 7 questions due |
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1/27 |
Test: Chapter 7 Aquatic Biomes |
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1/28 |
How Many Squirrels |
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1/29 |
Finish Lab, Career Cruising |
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1/30 |
Chapter 8 –Sect 8.1 notes, |
Chapter 8 Questions due 2/6 |
1/31 |
3rd –Recycling 5th – Choices and Preferences |
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2/3 |
NO SCHOOL – Inservice |
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2/4 |
Video: Strange Days on Planet Earth-Predators |
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2/5 |
Sampling Lab; Chapter Review pgs. 225-226, 9-24 |
Quiz 2/7; CR due 2/7 |
2/6 |
Finish Lab; Con’t Chapter 8- Sect. 8.2 |
CC Eco- Population Ecology CC Eco- Community Ecology I CC Eco - Community Ecology II Predators |
2/7 |
Review, Chapter 9 questions |
Chapter 8 Questions due; Chapter 9 questions due 2/12, quiz on Monday |
Ecology Calendar- Spring 2019
Date |
Activities |
Homework |
Jan7 |
No School – Teacher Work Day |
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Jan8 |
Goal Setting, put yellow bins back where they belong!; Great Habits |
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Jan9 |
PALOOZA DAY – short regular classes Chapter 7 Questions; Freshwater worksheet
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Questions due 1/25 FW wksht due 1/14 |
Jan10 |
Revisit Social Contract Water |
ABP- due 1/24 |
Jan11 |
Con’t. water |
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1/14 |
Go over FW wksht.; wetlands; Eutrophication; Everglades; Marine Wksht |
M wksht due 1/17 |
1/15 |
Margins of the Land |
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1/16 |
Margins of the Land; Revisit Social Contract |
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1/17 |
Recycling |
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1/18 |
Go over Marine wksht, Prelab: Ocean Factors |
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1/21 |
No School – MLK Jr. Day |
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1/22 |
Lab: Ocean Factors |
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1/23 |
Shallow Seas video |
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1/24 |
Aquatic Biome Project Due; Jeopardy |
ABP due |
1/25 |
Test: Chapter 7 Aquatic Biomes |
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1/28 |
How Many Squirrels |
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1/29 |
Finish Lab; go over tests; Binders |
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1/30 |
Chapter 8 –Sect 8.1 notes, |
Chapter 8 Questions due 2/7 |
1/31 |
Sampling Lab |
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2/1 |
Recycling |
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2/4 |
NO SCHOOL – Inservice |
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2/5 |
Finish Social Contract; Con’t Chapter 8; Chapter Review pgs. 9-24 |
Quiz 2/7; CR due 2/7 |
2/6 |
Modeling Disease and Diversity Lab |
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2/7 |
Review, Quiz Chapter 8; Chapter 9 x-word |
X-word due 2/11 |
2/8 |
Notes 9.1, Chapter 9 review pgs. 9-24 |
CR due 2/12 |
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2/11 |
Population videos Notes 9.2 |
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2/12 |
Wrap Chapter 9 Go over Chapter Review |
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2/13 |
Jeopardy |
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2/14 |
Recycling |
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2/15 |
(Musical) |
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2/18 |
Jeopardy |
CR due, IUCN Red List |
2/19 |
Test Chapters 8 and 9, the Future of Biodiversity wksht., Extinct/Endangered Project |
FOB wksht due 2/27 EE Project due 2/28 |
2/20 |
Free ACT test for juniors |
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2/21 |
NO SCHOOL – Conferences
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2/22 |
NO SCHOOL – Conferences
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2/25 |
Chapter 10: 10.1 CR pgs 277-278 8-24 |
Chapter 10 Questions due 2/28 FOB wksht due 2/27 CR due 2/28 |
2/26 |
10.2 |
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2/27 |
10.3 |
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2/28 |
go over CR; Jeopardy |
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3/1 |
Cardboard in Bins, Hand in Extinct/Endangered project; |
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3/4 |
Test Chapter 10, |
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3/5 |
Never Cry Wolf |
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3/6 |
NCW |
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3/7 |
NCW, Binders OR Trash pickup in the OWLS |
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3/8 |
Recycling |
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3/11 |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/12 |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/13 |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/14 |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/15 |
SPRING BREAK |
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3/18 |
Controlled burn info. |
Permission forms due 3/20 |
3/19 |
State Testing, pick up trash in OWLS |
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3/20 |
State Testing, pick up trash in OWLS |
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3/21 |
Controlled Burn in the PM, Debreifing, haul cardboard |
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3/22 |
Start Chapt. 11 Water, 11.1 |
Chapter 11 questions due 4/1 |
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3/25 |
11.2, work on Chapter questions |
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3/26 |
Strange Days: Troubled Waters |
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3/27 |
Finish video, Water treatment Tour |
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3/28 |
Recycling |
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3/29 |
11.3 Pollution; CR 315-316 10-25 |
CR due 4/1; Chapter 11 Quiz 4/1 |
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4/1 |
Go over CR, Review, Quiz, Chapter 12 Questions |
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4/2 |
Free ACT Juniors |
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4/3 |
12.1 Air pollution |
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4/4 |
12.2 Noise/Light Pollution |
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4/5 |
12.3 Acid Rain; CR pg 341-342 10-26 |
CR due 4/8; Chapter 12 Quiz 4/8 |
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4/8 |
Finish Chapter; Review; Quiz |
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4/9 |
Jeopardy |
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4/10 |
Test Chapter 11 and 12 |
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4/11 |
Field Trip!!! |
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4/12 |
Recycling |
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4/8 |
Go over Chapter 12 review; Review; Quiz |
Write your vocabulary for Extra Credit- Bold, italicized and underlined words Chapters 11 and 12-Due 4/10 |
4/9 |
Jeopardy |
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4/10 |
Test Chapter 11 and 12 |
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4/11 |
Field Trip!!! |
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4/12 |
Recycling |
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4/15 |
Info Gaps |
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4/16 |
Binders, Questions |
Mini Questions due 4/29 |
4/17 |
Finish Info Gaps; Videos, Climate Scramble-13.1 |
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4/18 |
Lab: Global Warming and Diversity |
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4/19 |
NO SCHOOL – Teacher Inservice |
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4/22 |
Finish Lab, go over; ozone videos; Ozone Scramble-13.2 |
The ozone hole: Closing the gap Mini questions due 4/29 |
4/23 |
Video: The One Degree Factor |
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4/24 |
Finish Video; discussion |
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4/25 |
Global warming videos; Climate Change Scramble - 13.3 |
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4/26 |
Recycling |
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WEEK 1 |
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Monday |
1/1/18 |
NO CLASSES - BREAK |
Tuesday |
1/2/18 |
NO CLASSES – TEACHER WORKDAY |
Wednesday |
1/3/18 |
1st Day of Classes, Goal Setting, Replace yellow bins, Freshwater Worksheet due Mon. 1/8 |
Thursday |
1/4/18 |
Revisit Social Contract, Intro to Water, Aquatic Biome Project Due Tues 1/23, SR pg 190 1-6 Due Wed 1/10 |
Friday |
1/5/18 |
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WEEK 2 |
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Monday |
1/8/18 |
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Tuesday |
1/9/18 |
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Wednesday |
1/10/18 |
Finish MOTL |
Thursday |
1/11/18 |
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Friday |
1/12/18 |
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WEEK 3 |
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Monday |
1/15/18 |
NO CLASSES – MLK DAY |
Tuesday |
1/16/18 |
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Wednesday |
1/17/18 |
Go over 190 1-6, Review wetlands, Marine wksht due 1/18, Pg 197 1-6, pg. 199-200 10-27 due Mon., 1/22, PROJECT due next Wed, Test on Thursday 1/25 |
Thursday |
1/18/18 |
Video: Shallow Seas |
Friday |
1/19/18 |
Marine Ecosystems wksht due |
WEEK 4 |
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Monday |
1/22/18 |
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Tuesday |
1/23/18 |
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Wednesday |
1/24/18 |
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Thursday |
1/25/18 |
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Friday |
1/26/18 |
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WEEK 5 |
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Monday |
1/29/18 |
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Tuesday |
1/30/18 |
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Wednesday |
1/31/18 |
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Thursday |
2/1/18 |
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Friday |
2/2/18 |
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WEEK 6 |
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Monday |
2/5/18 |
NO CLASSES – PROF. DEVELOPMENT |
Tuesday |
2/6/18 |
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Wednesday |
2/7/18 |
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Thursday |
2/8/18 |
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Friday |
2/9/18 |
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WEEK 7 |
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Monday |
2/12/18 |
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Tuesday |
2/13/18 |
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Wednesday |
2/14/18 |
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Thursday |
2/15/18 |
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Friday |
2/16/18 |
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WEEK 8 |
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Monday |
2/19/18 |
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Tuesday |
2/20/18 |
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Wednesday |
2/21/18 |
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Thursday |
2/22/18 |
NO CLASSES – Parent – Teacher Conferences |
Friday |
2/23/18 |
NO CLASSES – Parent – Teacher Conferences |
WEEK 9 |
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Monday |
2/26/18 |
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Tuesday |
2/27/18 |
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Wednesday |
2/28/18 |
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Thursday |
3/1/18 |
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Friday |
3/2/18 |
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WEEK 10 |
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Monday |
3/5/18 |
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Tuesday |
3/6/18 |
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Wednesday |
3/7/18 |
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Thursday |
3/8/18 |
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Friday |
3/9/18 |
END 3rd Quarter. Test Chapter 10 |
WEEK 11 |
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Monday |
3/12/18 |
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Tuesday |
3/13/18 |
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Wednesday |
3/14/18 |
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Thursday |
3/15/18 |
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Friday |
3/16/18 |
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WEEK 12 |
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Monday |
3/19/18 |
NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK |
Tuesday |
3/20/18 |
NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK |
Wednesday |
3/21/18 |
NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK |
Thursday |
3/22/18 |
NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK |
Friday |
3/23/18 |
NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK |
WEEK 13 |
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Monday |
3/26/18 |
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Tuesday |
3/27/18 |
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Wednesday |
3/28/18 |
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Thursday |
3/29/18 |
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Friday |
3/30/18 |
NO CLASSES - BREAK |
WEEK 14 |
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Monday |
4/2/18 |
NO CLASSES – PROF. DEVELEOPMENT |
Tuesday |
4/3/18 |
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Wednesday |
4/4/18 |
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Thursday |
4/5/18 |
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Friday |
4/6/18 |
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WEEK 15 |
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Monday |
4/9/18 |
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Tuesday |
4/10/18 |
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Wednesday |
4/11/18 |
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Thursday |
4/12/18 |
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Friday |
4/13/18 |
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WEEK 16 |
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Monday |
4/16/18 |
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Tuesday |
4/17/18 |
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Wednesday |
4/18/18 |
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Thursday |
4/19/18 |
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Friday |
4/20/18 |
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WEEK 17 |
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Monday |
4/23/18 |
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Tuesday |
4/24/18 |
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Wednesday |
4/25/18 |
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Thursday |
4/26/18 |
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Friday |
4/27/18 |
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WEEK 18 |
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Monday |
4/30/18 |
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Tuesday |
5/1/18 |
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Wednesday |
5/2/18 |
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Thursday |
5/3/18 |
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Friday |
5/4/18 |
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WEEK 19 |
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Monday |
5/7/18 |
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Tuesday |
5/8/18 |
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Wednesday |
5/9/18 |
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Thursday |
5/10/18 |
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Friday |
5/11/18 |
(Graduation Saturday May 12 – Hartman Arena) |
WEEK 20 |
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Monday |
5/14/18 |
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Tuesday |
5/15/18 |
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Wednesday |
5/16/18 |
FINALS (ODD HOURS) |
Thursday |
5/17/18 |
FINALS (EVEN HOURS) LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
Friday |
5/18/18 |
TEACHER WORKDAY |