These pages are offered to my students and their parents at Chaffey
High School in Ontario, CA. Here, you can find course information
and links to other sites of interest. I hope
that you find these a helpful resource. Please scroll down to find out more
about what's happening at your school.
On this page:
1.
Food for Thought Quotations to inspire or
bother you. Updated every week or so.
Select one of the links below to visit the pages for the courses
I currently teach.
You'll find information on the course description, assignments, notes,
and pictures of class activities. My teaching
assignment for 2009-2010 is:
Tutoring is available most days after school from
about 3:00 pm
until Mr. James goes home except during 3rd quarter when Mr. James and his
calculus students put in some extra time getting ready for this year's AP exam.
Best wishes to Coach
Steven Mercado and
Chaffey High School's
Academic Decathlon Teams as they enter the San Bernardino County
Academic Decathlon competitions January 30 and February 6, 2010.
This year's team has some big shoes to fill as last year's team won the
county for the first time in the school's history and went on to finish 9th
in the
California state finals.
Chaffey's 2009 team's accomplishment was impressive. According to AcaDec
information published on the web, the team ranked number 3 in the
nation behind Moorpark and El Camino Real High Schools after the county
competitions. A summary
prepared by Coach Mercado of our school's accomplishment may be read by
following this link.
The picture above was taken on January 30, 2010 after the
Speech, Interview and Essay competitions at Arroyo Vista High School in San
Bernardino. Click on the image for a larger view.
In Memorium
Michael Dickson, c/o 2000, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2009.
Michael was gifted AP/Honors student at Chaffey High School who excelled in
mathematics and science. He was a leader in our school's astronomy
club and helped spearhead an outreach by our students to Vina Danks Middle
School in 1999. Michael always brought curiosity, keen intellect,
a quick wit and joy of learning to his AP Calculus and Astronomy classes, earning a score of 4 on the College Board's AP Calculus Exam.
Michael was involved in Academic Decathlon while at Chaffey. He
distinguished himself as one of the great varsity students in Chaffey
AcaDec history--playing a crucial part in the team's 3rd Place finish in
2000, the highest placing the team had reached since 1988. His family
opened up their home several times to host team practices and they were
extremely supportive of Michael, and the Academic Decathlon team.
Michael also participated on the boys tennis team while at Chaffey.
Michael went on to graduate from Cal Poly Pomona in 2005 earning his
bachelor's degree in Physics. His studies continued at Cal State
Northridge where he was pursuing his master's degree.
Read Michael's obituary in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. It was a
privilege to have taught and known Michael. Michael, you will be
missed.
Michael is seated second from right in this 1999 photo of the Astronomy
Club.
Cool Events
If your club,
class, or organization has an upcoming event that you would like publicized
here, send Mr.
James an email with information and any images you wish included.
Make sure that your images are not copyrighted. If they are not, you need to obtain
permission from the copyright holder before I can post it.
In addition to the schedule listed above, I assist head coach Mr.
Steven Mercado and Chaffey High School's Academic
Decathlon Team as they prepare for the 2010 San Bernardino County
competitions in January and February. My principal area of involvement is mathematics. I also
advise the Chaffey Astronomical Society (Chaffey's Astronomy club) and I support Chaffey's Christian Club
and Science Club.
My
classes meet in room 114 of the Math-Science Building.
19 years of teaching lead me to offer this
application of the spirit of Ecclesiastes 12:12 -- "Beyond this my son be
forewarned: the
calling of many meetings is endless, and excessive devotion to them wearies
everyone."
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