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Guidance Office which are available for checkout.  The ACT score is used by colleges to determine admission and scholarship eligibility.   A similar test - the SAT (www.collegeboard.com)  - is also used for admission and scholarship eligibility and is commonly taken by students attending schools on the east or west coast. 
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• GROTON JUNIOR and SENIOR CLASSES ATTEND POST-HIGH PLANNING DAY ~ Jodi Sternhagen
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• On October 3 all juniors attended Post-High Planning Day in Aberdeen.  Fifty-four post-secondary institutions were represented at the fair where admissions counselors talked with students about their futures.  The students were able to browse through exhibits and talk to various representatives.
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• Biology II -  Jodi Sternhagen
• The Biology II students began the year with an introduction into human anatomy and physiology.  We just finished studying an overview of organ systems and have moved into a detailed study of each organ system beginning with the integumentary system.  Each week the students have learned a new set of health science vocabulary terms and at the end of each quarter have a cumulative test.  Students participate in several hands-on activities such as labs, projects, and group activities.  During the year, students will continue to conduct scientific lab experiments including using the microscope and dissecting.   Each student is asked to keep a notebook of health science terms, and health science clinical reviews. 
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• Physics - Jodi Sternhagen
• The Physics class started the year with an introduction to the physical world through mathematics and applied learning.   The students have learned about models, velocity, acceleration, force, and vectors and have used trigonometric functions to solve for resultants in four quadrants.   During the year, the students will be performing several labs, writing formal lab reports, and will use Excel to graph.  Each week, the physics students work in groups and as a whole class to solve core science problems.  Currently students are studying velocity, displacement and acceleration by looking at graphs and are using mathematics to solve for unknowns. 
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• 6th Grade Art - Janene Harry
• The sixth graders seem to be adjusting well to their new environment at the "big" school. The lessons will be based on art skills such as neatness while drawing, painting, cutting, gluing and cleaning up when they are cleaning up. We started out

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