Energy E-News - October 6, 2014

Oct. 6
Pre-AP and Algebra 2 Test
Geometry Test
Oct. 7
Geometry Test
Math Model and Algebra 2 Pre-AP Test
Oct. 9
Pre-AP Algebra 1 Exam
Pre-AP English 2 Tone Exam
Oct. 10
AP Statistics Exam
Pre-AP English 2 Tone Exam
Oct. 13
World History Project Presentations
Oct. 14
World History Project Presentations

Visitor and Parent Parking

Parking for parents and visitors to our campus is parallel parking on Sampson Street. The only entrance for visitors and parents is our main entrance on Sampson Street. In order to meet safety and security needs all other doors will be locked.

Late Start Wednesday

Class begins promptly at 9:15 on late start Wednesdays. Students are considered tardy if they are not in class by 9:15.

Official ADA Time

Energy's official ADA time this year is

10:00 AM.

Please schedule your child's appointments so that he or she is back to school by 10:00 AM or leaves after 10:00 AM. We receive our funding based on attendance at this time. Funding allows us to provide more for your child!

Special Thanks

For their continued support of our Ladies of Energy and their generous contribution to the Ladies of Energy Overnight Conference!

Energy would like to thank IPAA/PESA for all of their support! For those parents who don't know, IPAA/PESA is one of our major supporters. They work very hard to secure of funding, plan guest speakers, and plan our field trips. So a huge thank you to IPAA/PESA for their unending support!

Chemistry classes applying scientific measurements and dimensional analysis by making pancakes!

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT

Meet Mr. Erik Lamb! Born in Bogota, Colombia, he attended Georgetown University and University of Chicago for Law School. Prior to coming to Energy, Mr. Lamb was practicing law. He will be teaching World Geography and World History this year. Mr. Lamb joined Energy because he wanted to be a part of a new, innovative school, that is embracing new ideas. As a first year teacher, he is most looking forward to growing alongside his students. Mr. Lamb enjoys playing guitar, chess, and reading. Be sure to stop by and say hello! We are looking forward to a great year with Mr. Lamb!

ENERGY CASE COMPETITION

The University of Houston will be hosting the Energy Institute High School Case Competition this November. The case competition was designed by the Energy Association, a student run organization, for U of H students to develop innovative, green technologies that could be implemented into the design of the new building. 9 student teams have been formed and will be participating in the competition. Teams have been working side by side with Energy Institute students, HISD representatives and VLK Architects, the architects currently designing the new building. Case presentations will be Saturday, November 22nd at the Energy Institute. Winners of the competition may see their concepts implemented into the construction of the new campus! We can't wait to see what these talented students come up with and are thrilled with the collaboration of all those involved to make this a successful competition.

PTSA UPDATE

Congratulations to Sophomore Amber Farias and Freshman Dylan Lopez! They have been elected by their peers to represent them at the Energy Institute PTSA Board Meetings. We look forward to working together to help make Energy Institute a great place to learn!

Energy Institute PTSA sponsored

Energy Talks will continue this week with Time Management on

Friday, October 10th during both lunches. If you would like to learn how to manage your time to include your academics, friends, and free time, join us during your lunch period.

The first 25 students, from each lunch to sign up with Mrs. Maltbia will have lunch provided on Friday!

UPDATES

Guest Speaker Dress Code consists of either your IPAA polo if you have one or a collared shirt and dress pants with closed toe shoes (no jeans).
Energy Day Field Trip: Be sure to sign up with your Engineering teachers ASAP.
PS Connect: Parents please be sure to sign up for PS Connect/Gradespeed. Register Here!
Donors Choose: Be sure to check out Dr. Hall's Donor's Choose Projects and support our engineering department by donating or sharing the site. CHECK IT OUT!
Lunch Applications: If you have not turned in lunch applications please turn them in ASAP to Ms. Straker in the main office. Starting October 8th students who have not submitted lunch applications will not be eligible for free/reduced lunch.
PSAT testing day is coming up! Students can log into Naviance and access PrepMe for PSAT study materials.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Tuesday, October 7th: Last day students who have not turned in their lunch applications will be able to receive free/reduced lunch.

Yearbook Club meeting during A and B lunches in the Art Room.

Wednesday, October 8th: 10th Grade Guest Speaker

Friday, October 10th: PTSA Sponsored Energy Talk during A and B lunches

Wednesday, October 15th: PSAT testing for all 9th and 10th Grade students. (Please bring a calculator).

Saturday, October 18th: ENERGY DAY 9th and 10th Grade Field Trip

Tuesday, October 21st: Community Meeting @ 6:30 in the EIHS cafeteria.

Friday, November 7th: Ladies of Energy Lock-In

Engineering teachers Dr. Dutton and Mr. Modesto represented Energy at an Overview of the Oil and Gas Industry seminar. Pictured here with our corporate sponsors, Leslie Beyer of PESA and an IPAA representative.

We value your feedback!

Please direct comments or questions to Jenna Moon at jmoon2@houstonisd.org.

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