November 30, 2009

Dear Be, K, Mg, Rb, and Sr,

I would like to announce that for those who have no OW yet for the 3rd Qtr, you may opt to attend a forum with info below:

GINHAWA presents BIYAYA NG BUHAY
A Community Ritual for Blessing the Self, Blessing the Earth

Celebration of interconnection
Climate Change: from a wholeness perspective
Creativity amidst chaos
Commitment to ecological well-being

December 06, 2009
Sunday 4:00-6:00 pm
Environmental Studies Institute (ESI)
Miriam College, QC

Free Admission
Donations go for continuing environmental education
and healing work

For Inquiries and Reservation (limited seating only)
call GINHAWA
100 K-6th St., East Kamias, QC
441-0658 / 0928-5545824 / 0928-5545825

email: ginhawa@gmail.com

Requirements: certification of attendance (ask the sponsors to sign this) and a written report of and reaction paper to the entire activity

Due date: December 09, 2009
7:30 am (KOKO KRUNCH BOXES)

Sorry, I wasn't able to post it earlier. It feels so short and kulang. Comment to make dagdag. :| Paskorus hangover. :P



STR
- Clearbook + Notebook
- Challenging Exercise! Read your manuals beforehand.

Fil
- Poem Revision due on Wednesday, December 2.
- Reportings

Bio
- Mythbusters
- The Thin Man

SS
- Quiz about the Middle Ages
- Make-up class on Tuesday (PE Time)

English
- Essay about The End Justifies the Means
- Online submission of your nature essay (joarghs@yahoo.com ; Surname.Strontium.doc)
- Long test about The Golden Footprints on Wednesday, December 2.

Health
- Video due on January 7th.

Paskorus
- Finals is on December 18th. We have two weeks to practice.
- Suggest a song. We will be choosing the final piece on Tuesday. The list is available on the Sr Multiply as well as the actual song.

November 26, 2009

Dear Students, Parents, Teachers and Staff,
The father of a 2nd year student was shot and killed last Saturday evening. Mr. Eladio P. Tiglao, father of Angelica (II-Jasmin) was a taxi driver working that Saturday evening. Police found him lying dead with two gunshot wounds on a road in Cavite. His remains now lie in state at St. Peter’s Memorial Chapel along Quezon Avenue.

Mr. Tiglao was the sole breadwinner in the family. He left behind five children (2 are in high school and 3 are in grade school – all public schools). The family is in dire need of help.

We in the Student Alliance would like to request the PSHS community for assistance to the family. As in the past, let us pool our efforts once again to help those in great need.

For any financial help, kindly give it to the following Batch Advisers (who will issue Student Alliance receipts):

1st year – Ms. Liz Sagucio
2nd year – Mrs. Herminigilda Salac
3rd year – Ms. Ana Chupungco
4th year – Ms. Rose Butaran

They will be accepting donations in behalf of the SA from November 27 – December 4, 2009. Check donations can be deposited to the following account:

Name of Bank and Branch: BPI Timog-Circle Branch
Panay Avenue, Quezon City

Account Name: Student Alliance
Philippine Science High School

Account Number: 0273-0941-21

Thank you very much for your untiring support and generosity.



Very truly yours,

Dr. Cristina B. Cristobal / Mrs. Ivy S. Abella
Student Alliance Advisers

Athena Aherrera
Student Alliance President

Mrs. Virginia P. Andres
CISD Chief

Er, yeah.

I got an email from Sir Paolo.

Hi guys! Sorry but i wont be able to be there tomorrow for the
practical test so here are some more pointers and answers to questions
you might ask:

1. BlueJ in the new lab is located in C:\CS3 and so is Java
(C:\Sun\SDK\jdk\bin\java)
2. Save your file inside your sections folder inside the BlueJ folder.
Kung wala pang section folder, create a new one.
3. The test is open notes so print all the codes you need
4. Coverage is inheritance and abstract classes ONLY. So be sure you
know how to use super!
5. If you're using arrays or vectors during the test, you're probably
doing something wrong.
6. The test is long but managable. Don't be stuck in one particular
part. If you can't make one of the classes/methods work, move on to
the next one muna.

GOODLUCK!!! See you on Tuesday/Wednesday...

- Sir Paolo :D

public abstract class Polygon {

public abstract double perimeter();

public abstract double area();

}

import java.util.*;

public class Triangle extends Polygon {

double side1;
double side2;
double side3;

public Triangle(double s1, double s2, double s3){
side1 = s1;
side2 = s2;
side3 = s3;
}

public double perimeter(){
return side1 + side2 + side3;
}

public double area(){
double s = perimeter() / 2;

return Math.sqrt(s*(s-side1)*(s-side2)*(s-side3));
}
}

import java.util.*;

public class Equilateral extends Triangle {

public Equilateral(double side){
super(side,side,side);
}

public double perimeter(){
return side3*3;
}

public double area(){
return side1 * Math.sqrt(3)/4;
}
}

public class Isosceles extends Triangle {

public Isosceles(double s1,double s2){
super(s1,s1,s2);
}

public double perimeter(){
return side1*2 + side3;
}
}

public class Scalene extends Triangle{
//walang laman
}

public abstract class RegularPolygon extends Polygon {
int numberOfSides;
double length;

public RegularPolygon(int n, double l){
length = l;
numberOfSides = n;
}

public double perimeter(){
return length * numberOfSides;
}

public abstract double area();
}

Supposedly, you're to ask the user for the Array size and the Elements.

And output the following:
1 - Minimum Value
2 - Maximum Value
3 - Mean / Average Value

For bonus points:
4 - Median
5 - Mode

SCANNER

import java.util.Scanner;

public class InputByScanner {

public static void main(String[] args) {

String name;
int age;
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.print("Input Name: ");
name = in.nextLine();
System.out.print("Input Age: ");
age =in.nextInt();

in.close();

// Prints name and age to the console
System.out.println("Name :"+name);
System.out.println("Age :"+age);

}
}

BUFFER

import java.io.*;


public class InputByBufferReader {

public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
String s = "";

InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(isr);

do{

System.out.print("Input: ");

s = in.readLine();

System.out.println("You typed: " + s);
}while(!s.equalsIgnoreCase("exit"));

in.close();
}
}

I'm sorry that I wasn't able to post during the weekend. :(
Retreat was tiring. I slept from 6 to 6. XD

STR
- Reportings!
- Hypothesis HW due on Wednesday, November 25

Chem
- Probset due on Monday, November 23
- Longtest!

Physics
- Worksheet due on Wednesday, November 25
- Long test on Thursday, November 26

Fil
- Poem Reports

Socsci
- Makabayan!

English
- Essay due on Thursday, November 26
- Submit on Tuesday for the bonus points.

Bio
- Pair work due on Tuesday, November 24
- Mythbusters!

CS
- Exercise (to be posted later) due on Tuesday, November 24

Paskorus!
- FRIDAY na yung eliminations, during the UB. We will have compulsory dismissal practices from now on.
- Ma'am Kiel organized a schedule for our practices. I'll post them later when I get home because I didn't bring them with me to the school.
- COSTUME COMMITTEE! Announce niyo na yung costume para makakuha yung externs for the dormers.
- CHOREO is like 10% done. Help us with your suggestions, especially since the chorus is repeated three times, we need a little bit variety.
- TAKE CARE OF YOUR VOICES OKAY.

PS. Ma'am Kiel's palanca. :> :> :> :>

1. A cyclist of mass 70.0 kg is freewheeling down a hill inclined at 15.0° to the horizontal.
He keeps his brakes on so that he travels at a steady speed of 6.0 m/s. The brakes
provide the only force opposing the motion.
! a. Draw an FBD showing the forces acting on the cyclist.
! b. Calculate the component of his weight acting down the hill.
! c. Calculate the braking force.
! d. Calculate the work done by the brakes in 3.0 s.

2. A car of mass 1500 kg is traveling at 30.0 m/s.
! a. What is its kinetic energy?
! b. It slows to 10.0 m/s. What is the KE now?
! c. What is the change in kinetic energy?
! d. If it takes 80.0 meters to slow down by this amount, what is the average braking
force?

3. A diver of mass 50.0 kg climbs up to a diving platform 1.25 m high.
! a. What is her weight, in N?
! b. What is her change in potential energy?
! c. Where does this energy come from?
! d. She walks off the platform and falls down. What is her KE as she hits the water?
! e. What is her speed as she hits the water?

The last practice was utterly... :(

You guys know the tune already but we obviously have to work on the blending. Here's the schedule for Thursday along with Ma'am Kiel. We're going to polish up our voices. :>

Ma'am Kiel made the schedule, btw. We have to start on time if we plan on keeping this up. We don't want any latecomers. You know who you are. >_> :P

Practice will probably be in the 2nd floor backlanding.

8:20 - 8:40 || Soprano + Alto (with Dom as Tenor and Bass)
8:40 - 9:00 || Tenor + Bass (with Elise as Soprano and Candy as Alto)
9:00 - 9:10 || Runthrough

We will also be having practices during lunch break. We'll divide into two groups because of the difference in elective schedules. I'm not sure about those with UB scheds for electives.

Choreography would be taught next week. For now, we really should focus on our blending. :>

Okay. I'm posting the list of brownie points so far. Remember, you get pluses for several things, which include but are not limited to:

-attending practices
-submitting designs or formal suggestions
-making important announcements
-posting on the blog (chatterbox doesn't count unless it's something big)
-volunteering services for class or teachers
-reporting a special issue
-advanced payment for funds (although this hasn't been accounted for yet, Micah has not produced a list of expenses and such)
-approaching tutors
-tutoring (smaller points for indiv, larger points for larger groups)
-joining a competition
-winning a competition
-attending class functions such as the sleepover or trick-or-treat, or batch day

Okay, drum roll.

1 - 170
2 - 185
4 - 119
5 - 151
6 - 188
7 - 150
8 - 125
9 - 145
10 - 151
14 - 165
15 - 148
16 - 136
17 - 125
18 - 135
19 - 80
21 - 215
22 - 106
23 - 207
25 - 100
26 - 193
27 - 198
28 - 195
29 - 185

3 - 146
11 - 216
12 - 226
20 - 174
24 - 273

Assuming you guys all pay class funds (DUDES. PAY CLASS FUNDS), at the end of the year, you can exchange your points for prizes. :D Officers have a different set of rewards.

If you think that you deserve more points than are shown, feel free to comment. Include a reason, a particular good deed which i may have missed (normally i get the major ones, if ever i forget anything, it's usually the little things like making an announcement in class).

STR
- 3 Min. Presentations starting from Group 5

CS
- Individual written exercise

Fil
- Revisions of poems
- Poem reports

English
- Essay! Choose any nature scene and explain how and why it describes you. Usual english essay formats apply.

Chem
- Probset is on Wednesday, November 18.

Physics

3. (I) How much work did the movers do (horizontally) pushing a 150 kg crate 12.3 m across a rough floor without acceleration, if the effective coefficient of friction was 0.70? Answer: 1.3 x 10⁴ J.

5. (I) How high will a 0.325 kg rock go if thrown straight up by someone who does 115 J of work on it? Neglect air resistance.

9 (II) Eight Books, each 4.6 cm thick with mass 1.8 kg lie flat on a table. How much work is required to stack them one on top of another?

10. (II) A 280 kg piano slides 4.3 m down a 30 degree incline and is kept from accelerating by a man who is pushing back on it parallel to the incline. The effective coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.40. Calculate (a) the force exerted by the man, (b) the work done by the man on the piano, (c) the work done by the friction force, (d) the work done by the force of gravity, and (e) the net work done on the piano.

We are having the sleepover at Claud's, because Ma'am Kiel's place needs a breather after good old Santi swept through. Address is 53 Nathan Str, White Plains, QC. Landline is 911-4880.

Candy, Claud, and Elise are offering transpo for whoever can go. Claud's leaves first at around 6pm. Elise follows soon after. Candy is the last trip and leaves at around seven, so there's time to catch up.

Candy: Plus we have to stop over for the food, so we'll really be late in arriving at Claud's house.

THINGS TO BRING:

-clothes {shirts, shorts/skirts, socks, underwear}
(pantulog if you plan on sleeping, pwedeng sleeveless :> bawal ung mga revealing stuff, and that goes for both guys and s)
-slippers/sandals

-towel
-bath supplies {tissue paper, toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, shampoo, and again, toothpaste}

-sleeping bags
-pillows

-consent form (handwritten or typed out, signed by parent or guardian, dorm manager for those concerned)

-Php50.00 contribution for food

-games, dvd's, Vance book for review? whatever you like.

NO ALCOHOL.(meron na sina claud) NO . NO MATERIALS. NO FIREARMS. NO PEANUTBUTTER.

We are ordering dinner, so bring money. Breakfast will be provided.
Latest time for departure on Saturday is 3pm, although I don't think anyone is staying that long. Besides, as much as possible, dapat hanggang breakfast lang ang kain dun. Wag na natin sila abalahin ng lunch.

We're gonna watch movies and play games and stuff. Pero sa evening, dapat mas tahimik na kasi siyempre may matutulog na. (tayo hindi :P) I don't know what to put here anymore. I probably missed something important @-) pacomment na lang.

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Candy na 'to.

DINNER! What do you guys want for dinner? Something the whole class can agree to. My mom says, maximum of three yung options. :)) Hindi pwedeng masyadong magkakaiba.

Attire: (In order of priority) iTeam shirt, Sr shirt, any black shirt; Shorts or Maong pants (as long as it's not very short shorts); Rubber shoes

Sports: Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Badminton, Table Tennis and Ultimate Challenge.

Bigay niyo sa akin kung ano yung sports na sasalihan niyo, so I can list them down and post it here. :>

Prepare consent forms from your parent/guardian. Kahit isa nalang sa lahat ng sports na sasalihan mo. Handwritten or printed is okay.

Sched

Tuesday is Paskorus day + Ultimate Challenge. Refer to previous day for the schedule.
Wag magalit kung walang hanggang Paskorus ang Tuesday, ah. :P

Wednesday
8:00 - 8:50 AM - Volleyball Boys (Pink)
8:40 - 9:20 AM - Basketball s (Pink)
8:50 - 9:40 AM - Basketball Boys (Pink)
9:40 - 10:30 AM - Soccer Boys and s (Pink)
10:30 - 11:20 AM - Volleyball s (Pink)
11:20 - 12:10 PM - Soccer Boys and s (Yellow)
12:10 - 1:00 PM - LUNCH
1:00 - 1:50 PM - Basketball Boys (Yellow)
1:30 - 2:10 PM - Basketball s (Yellow)
1:50 - 2:40 PM - Volleyball Boys (Yellow)
2:40 - 3:30 PM - Volleyball s (Yellow)

Thursday
8:00 - 8:50 AM - Basketball Boys (Red)
8:40 - 9:20 AM - Basketball s Semifinals
8:50 - 9:40 AM - Soccer Boys and s (Red)
9:40 - 10:30 AM - Volleyball s (Red)
10:30 - 11:20 AM - Volleyball Boys (Red)
11:20 - 12:10 PM -
12:10 - 1:00 PM - LUNCH
1:00 - 1:50 PM - Semifinals
1:30 - 2:10 PM - Semifinals
1:50 - 2:40 PM -
2:40 - 3:30 PM -

Table Tennis - 12:50 - 4:10 PM

Friday
8:00 - 8:50 AM - Basketball Boys (Battle for Third)
8:50 - 9:40 AM - Basketball Boys (Championships) + Volleyball s (Battle for Third)
9:40 - 10:30 AM - Volleyball s (Championships) + Volleyball Boys (Battle for Third)
10:30 - 11:20 AM - Volleyball Boys (Championships)
11:20 - 12:20 PM - LUNCH
12:20 - 1:10 PM - Soccer (Battle for Third)
1:10 - 2:00 PM - Soccer (Championships)
2:00 - 3:00 PM - Awarding
3:00 onwards - Clean-up

Table Tennis: 8:00 onwards

Rules

ROUND ROBIN
All ball games will follow the Round Robin System
Each team will play against all teams in given bracket
The two teams with the highest number of wins will advance to the semi-finals
The team will be paired up with another team from the other bracket
The standard elimination system will be used for succeeding games

(We are in Bracket A along with Yellow, Red, and Pink.)

SOCCER
Mixed Game (girls-boys, 20 minutes each)
At least one person per batch must play at all times
Team Loses by default if not at playing area on time

VOLLEYBALL
Best out of 3 sets
Race to 18 points per set, Deuce Rules Apply
At least one person per batch at all times
Team Loses by default if not at playing area on time

BASKETBALL BOYS
10 minutes per quarter, running time (1st to 3rd)
10 minutes stop-time for 4th quarter
EACH person may only play two quarters, including 4th quarter
Only ONE varsity member may play at all times, excluding 4th quarter
Only TWO varsity members may be present in the 4th quarter
At least one person per batch must play at all times, excluding 4th quarter
Team Loses by default if not at playing area on time

BASKETBALL S
5 minutes per quarter, stop-time
EACH person can only play two quarters, excluding 4th quarter
At least one person per batch must play at all times, excluding 4th quarter
Team Loses by default if not at playing area on time

BADMINTON~TABLE TENNIS
Double Eliminations (Loser + Winner Bracket; Draw lots for opponents)
Race to 21 points per game, Deuce Rules Apply
Singles Tournament Only (Men & Women)
One Representative for each tournament per house (No seniors for Badminton)

Go, go, Sr!