Antonian College Preparatory High School

Mrs. Woods

Physics

• Conceptual Physics engages students with analogies and imagery from real‐world situations to build a strong conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this strong conceptual foundation, students are better equipped to understand the equations and formulas of physics, and to make connections between the concepts of physics and their everyday world.

About me

• Graduated from Uvalde High School in 1973• My senior year, we won state in 3A football• Attended Southwest Texas Jr. College in Uvalde for two

years after graduation • Received my Associate in Arts Degree in Biology and

Chemistry

College

Attended Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas majoring in Biology and Chemistry

Served as assistant editor of “The Megaphone,” the college newspaper

Colleges

Graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology; minor in Chemistry

In 1981, I started “The Paisano,” and served as its first managing editor and then editor. We put the newspaper together out of my apartment near UTSA.

Graduate School

Received a Master of Arts Degree in 2006 in Multidisciplinary Sciences (Biology, Chemistry and Physics)

Family

• Husband, Gordon, who is self-employed as a real estate consultant.

• Parents still live in Uvalde

• Brother, Noe, who is the Director of Communications and Research Advancement at UTSA

• One niece, Vanessa, who graduated from Smithson Valley High School in 2006 and lives and works in Austin

• One nephew, Noe Justin, who graduated from

Plano High School in 2011 and enlisted in the

U.S. Army. He is currently stationed at Fort Riley,

1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery and is scheduled

to deploy to Camp Casey in South Korea in

November 2014.

Pet – my cat Porky

Interests

• READING!!!!!!!!!• Antonian Robotics• Watching Jeopardy, Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds,

The Amazing Race and The Mentalist• Favorite sports to watch: Antonian Sports as well as,

What I have done before joining Antonian

I served in the UvaldeEMS for over twentyyears as an EMT andEMT Instructor andretired as a paramedic

I taught AP Physics, physics, AP Chemistry and chemistry at Holy Cross High Schoolfrom 2002-2008. I was also theRobotics sponsor at Holy Cross.

I taught physics and AP Physics, as well as AP EnvironmentalScience at St. Anthony from 2008-2012. I also did robotics.

Favorite time:

• Four years ago I hosted two foreign exchange students from Japan, Kayo and Chiaki

• They lived with me while they attended St. Anthony• I took them to visit New York City at Easter

New York City

Travels:

Boston, Massachusetts

Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base, San Diego California

Petco Park, San Diego, California

Fenway Park, Boston

What do I need for this class?

• Composition book• Notebook binder with a set of dividers• Calculator• Box of Kleenex• Antonian student planner• Metric ruler and protractor

How will I be graded?

• Formal assessments & major projects 55%• Lab reports & quizzes 35%• Homework, class work, participation 10%

Homework assignments will be checked every day. When you come intothe classroom, bring only your notebook. You will open your notebook to thepage where your homework is and, while you are working on your daily warm-up, I will check your homework.

You will either receive a stamp that says, “Good Work” or a stamp that says, “Incomplete.” Every Friday you will staple your homework assignments and theDaily Warm-Ups sheet together and turn them in as a package.

Homework & ParticipationGrade