Sam Harrelson

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Congrats to the Cross Country team!!  I’ve heard lots of good things about your performance and finishing 1st in the State.  Great job!
If you get some free time, work on your points along with your Halloween costume. 
Email or comment if you have any questions.
Eat a lot of candy [...]

As you probably know by now, I won’t be there for class on Friday.
Don’t have too much fun without me!
Please please please work on your Chemical Bonding Unit and treat the sub with your best manners (which I’m sure you all will!).
We also don’t have school until Tuesday, so make sure to keep up with [...]

After school today, one of your classmates asked me why I teach.  Specifically, they asked me why I teach science.
That’s a very good question and I thought it would be interesting for you (and me) to share some of my ideas about why teachers teach and why we teach what we do.
My background is really [...]

Good gosh!
It’s already Wednesday!!
This year is flying by quickly and we have soooo much more to learn and see!  Tomorrow is our lecture on Ionic and Covalent bonds… why they form like they do, why they act like they do and why you should never eat glue (that rhymes… watch out Homer!).
Make sure you [...]

I hope everyone is having a great time and learning a great deal while working on our Chemical Bonding Unit!
Thanks to everyone who sat in for the Dot Diagram Lecture today.  That material (along with material from all the lectures) will be on the Test Nov. 4, so make sure you get those notes if [...]

Tomorrow is another lecture in class, or you can work on some other part of the Chemical Bond Unit.  Remember not to fall too far behind as time will sneak up on you quickly and you don’t want to rush and finish everything all at once!
Have a great night and I’ll see you in the [...]

What a game tonight!!
The JV Football team scored a big win over the Augusta Christian Lions 26-12. 
There were some huge plays by our own 8th graders… #2 Aaron Walter came just short of making his 3rd touchdown reception of the year, but took it down to the 3 yard line and set up a [...]

Great job on the bubble lab today!
Remember to please have the lab notes and questions finished by the time you enter the Lab tomorrow.  Your lab journals are due as you enter the door!
Hope you have a great day tomorrow!
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This is my favorite time of the year.
Seriously.
Why?  It’s not because the first quarter has ended and most of you did well (congrats on that, btw).  It’s also not because there is NASCAR and College Football and the NFL and baseball playoffs are on TV (which is a great thing!).  And, it is not because [...]

Ever wonder what one of those quarks or neutrons that we’ve been talking about actually look like?? 
Well, as I’ve pointed out, they are much too small for a human to ever "see" without complicated instruments, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t try to imagine what they look like based on the data that [...]