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Cougar Newsletter: Jan. 13, 2017
Posted by Marcial Guajardo on 1/16/2017
Tutorials
Cougars,
We supported students needing help the first day back in January. However, due to not many kids typically taking advantage of the support so soon after a long break we usually give it a week or two before we begin providing transportation. Our tutorial bus is scheduled for a 6 p.m. departure Monday through Thursday beginning on Jan. 17.
Once a Cougar, Always a Cougar
On Jan. 10 and 11, a group of Connally alumni were in town for Christmas break. In response to feedback we have been getting from our college freshmen we decided to include a cross-curricular research paper in our curriculum.
Students who are in Ms. Poole’s APES or Biology classes and also in Horn’s senior AP English classes are required to research and write a six-page paper on the pre-approved topic of their choice.
We invited three ex-students to lead classes on this process and they came to all of Mr. Horn’s AP English classes to demystify and assist. Hong Bui, a junior at Yale; Cindy Alvarez, a junior at Yale; and Ian Karamali, a sophomore Terry Scholar at UT, led the hour-and-a-half classes and walked small groups through break-out sessions. They taught how to prepare research proposals, how to effectively research various databases, how to evaluate resources and how to cite them properly.
The entire process was remarkably refreshing for the staff and I am sure for the students as it was a rare glimpse into what comes as a result of our work in the classroom.
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