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Parents Can Access Student Grades on Pinnacle

September 1, 2010 in Announcements

You might be wondering how you are going to be able to look at your student’s grades. Fear no more! Here’s how!

Parents can access their child’s grades by following these steps:

1. Go to https://gradebook.browardschools.com/PIV

2. The user name is the student’s ID (This is not the student’s social security number).  Please check your child’s schedule to find out the correct Student ID number.

3. The Pin Code is the child’s date of birth – this will be typed as year, month, and day (four digits for year, two digits for month, and two digits for day – no spaces, slashes, dashes, or commas). For example, if the student’s birthday is February 5, 1992, it would be typed in as 19920205.

4. Choose the correct school  from the School drop down menu: Somerset Academy Middle, Somerset Academy High, or Somerset Academy Arts Conservatory.

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Lunch Schedule for August

August 22, 2010 in Announcements

Got the lunch schedule for August right here! Eat up! Yumm!!

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Create Profiles on Ricard Academy Using Facebook!

August 16, 2010 in Announcements, Technology

I just added the ability for anyone joining the site to create an account using your Facebook account!

It makes the process even faster and more secure for the site.

So, if you are new, look for the login using Facebook logo and click on it. (See image on left)

You will be asked to log into your Facebook account (if you aren’t currently already logged in) and once you do, it will ask for some verification from you and once you allow Ricard Academy to “access” your Facebook account, all your basic information will be automatically used to create your Ricard Academy account!

It’s as easy as that!

So, students, no excuses! You all have Facebook accounts now and if not, what better excuse to get one! Use it to get access to an profile here on Ricard Academy!

Parents – you, too can do the same! Create your account using your Facebook profile! Keep up with the kids!

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AP Art History Has Tremendous Showing for 2009-2010

August 6, 2010 in Announcements, Latest News

I am very proud to announce that our AP Art History class for the 2009-2010 year had an excellent showing on the results of the AP exams. Of the 12 students who took the exam, 7 earned a score of a 3 or higher. That means that 58% of our students received college credit for the course last year!

It was my first time teaching the course and I am sure there are things I could have done to improve that rate and I will look to do so going forward into this school year. Still, as educators will always admit, students have to have the desire to learn and the will to go after it. I was privileged and honored to teach such a great group of students as they really pushed themselves to do their best and pursue the best scores they could.

Of the “magnificent” 7 that passed, 3 had a score of 4 (all from the Somerset Arts Conservatory!), and 4 had a score of 3. There were 2 scores of 2 and 3 scores of 1.

Great job to everyone and don’t be a stranger – stop on by my room and scare the new AP Art History students!

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Kicking Off 2009-2010 School Year at Somerset Academy

August 22, 2009 in Announcements, AP Art History, Art History, Latin I, US History, World Geography

Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to go to bed early and get up earlier than anyone ever really wants to – all for the sake of education and creating a bright future for ourselves. And I am looking forward to every second of it.

Ok, maybe not every second.

Still, I am excited to be joining the faculty at Somerset Academy. The school is a Triple A school but don’t think there isn’t room for improvement! The standards are set high and I am looking forward to pushing my students and myself to exceed those goals.

This year, I will be teaching several subjects. I will be teaching:

  • US History
  • World Geography
  • Art History/AP Art History
  • Latin I (both Middle School and High School)

I have been teaching for two years now, this is my third year, and I have taught Latin over that time span ranging from Introduction to Latin, to Latin I, Latin II, and Latin III. I am an experienced archaeologist as well, excavating in Italy for 5 seasons ( 3 of those as trench supervisor). I hold a lot of different interests and have a wide range of experience as well. I am looking forward to sharing my interests with my students as well as learning from them – after all, teachers, despite what we may say, are not know-it-alls.

Here is my schedule for this year – swing by room 416 sometime!

  • Homeroom
  • 1st Latin I (HS)
  • 2nd M/J US History
  • 3rd M/J Latin I
  • 4th M/J World Geography
  • 5th AP Art History
  • 6th (Planning)
  • 7th Art History