Schedule at a Glance (click here for schedule archives)

M 5/15/00

Work in class on designing the STA student survey for 2000-01. The original Nov. 1999 survey is available in Microsoft Word and HTML formats. We will divide into small groups to generate good ideas. Let’s make a survey that is much better than the one that was administered in November 1999!

T 5/16/00

Steering committee finalizes criteria for groups to use when writing surveys. Groups will meet for second half of class.

W 5/17/00

Field trip to National Cryptologic Museum at NSA, Fort Meade, MD. Meet at bus loading area next to the gym at 9:00 a.m. sharp. We will leave at 9:05 a.m., so don’t be late. You will be excused from your B, C, D, and E periods if you come on the field trip. F period class will be held at the normal time for those who do not attend the field trip. In order to avoid an unexcused absence, you must do at least one of the following:

1. Attend the field trip. (If your other teachers give you their permission, you can do this even if you have not already signed up.)
2. Or, attend the F period class to work on your survey project. (This is not required for those on the field trip, obviously.)
3. Or, if you miss both the field trip and F period class, work the alternate problem.

Th 5/16/00

Work on survey project. Be sure you follow the D period or F period guidelines approved by the steering committee for your group. For your convenience, the original Nov. 1999 survey is available in Microsoft Word and HTML formats.

F 5/19/00

Last day of class. Final survey project (100 points per person) is due. Grading criteria are as follows and will be equally weighted:

1. Quality of questions (e-mail or Microsoft Word floppy disk format strongly preferred).
2. Quality of methodology write-up. Consider such issues as ensuring coverage of subjects, reducing response bias, describing randomization or stratification (if any), time and day of survey, etc.
3. Quality of conformity to the steering committee’s guidelines. Note that D period and F period guidelines differ. You are responsible for conforming to the guidelines for the group to which you are assigned, regardless of the class you are enrolled in or normally attend.

For your convenience, the original Nov. 1999 survey is available in Microsoft Word and HTML formats.

Individual submissions are acceptable and may be advisable in cases where your group partners have ended their senior year early. However, group submissions will be easier, better, and are encouraged provided you state in writing what each person did.

Th 5/25/00

Final Exam, 2:00 p.m., Trapier Theater. Anyone with a B (or higher) semester average who has already taken the AP exam is exempt from taking the final exam. Seniors with a B semester average are exempt even if they have not taken the AP exam. Anyone with a semester average below B must take the final exam, regardless of AP exam status. If you think you might be in danger of having to take the final exam, send e-mail and I will reply with your scores as soon as they are averaged.

F 6/2/00