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Class Schedule for Computer Science AP

Note:  assignments are listed on the date they are due or the date they are supposed to have been completed (for readings)

Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
September 1
 September 2
September 3

Meet in S-32
Class Orientation
September 4

Meet in S-52
Computer Architecture and Programming Language Lecture
September 5

Meet in S-52
Lecture
September 8

Read introduction from Chapter 0 (the preface) in Java Au Naturel
 September 9
 September 10
 September 11

Meet in S-52
Review for Quiz 1
September 12

Be signed up  for the PVPHS Class Forums
Meet in S-52
Quiz 1 - answers
September 15

Have the course software installed at home
Read & do problems from 1.1 & 1.2
September 16
September 17

Read & do problems from 1.3,1.4 & 1.5
September 18
September 19

Read & do problems from 1.6,1.7 & 1.8
September 22


 September 23

Read & do problems from 1.9 & 1.11
 September 24
 September 25

All section 2 homework due
Review for Quiz 2
September 26

Quiz 2 (Chapter 1) - answers
September 29

Read & do the assigned problems from 2.1, 2.2 & 2.3
 September 30

Read & do the assigned problems from 2.4, 2.5 & 2.6
 October 1

Read & do the assigned problems from 2.7, 2.8 & 2.9
 October 2

Lab 1 (on paper)

On UML designs
 October 3

Read & do the assigned problems from 2.10 & 2.11
October 6

Lab (in the lab)
 October 7

Lab (in the lab)
 October 8

All section 3 homework due
Review for Quiz 3
 October 9

Quiz 3 (Chapter 2) - answers
 October 10

Lab (in the lab)
October 13

Review for Test 1
 October 14

Test 1 (cumulative through Chapter 2)
 October 15

Lecture
 October 16

Lab
Read & do assigned problems from 3.1, 3.2, & 3.3
 October 17

Lab
October 20

Lab
Read & do assigned problems from 3.4, 3.5 & 3.6
 October 21

Lecture

 October 22

Lab
 October 23

TBA
Read & do assigned problems from 3.7 & 3.8
 October 24

All section 4 homework due
Review for Quiz 4 (Chapter 3)
October 27

Quiz 4 (Chapter 3)
 October 28

Lecture
Read & do problems from the  Interlude, 4.1,  4.2, & 4.3
 October 29

Lab
 October 30

Lab
 October 31

Lecture
Read & do problems from
4.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8
Peninsula "end of quarter"
November 3

Lab
Read 4.11
 November 4

Lab
 November 5

Lab

 November 6

All of section 5 homework due
Review for Quiz 5 (Chapter 4)
 November 7

Quiz 5 (Chapter 4)
West Torrance "end of quarter"
November 10

Lecture
 November 11

Veterans Day
 November 12

Lab
 November 13

Lab

 November 14

Lecture
November 17

Lab
 November 18

Lab
 November 19

All of section 6 homework due
Review for Quiz 6 (Chapter 5)
 November 20

Quiz 6 (Chapter 5)
 November 21

Lab
November 24

Review for Test 2
 November 25

Test 2 (cumulative through Chapter 5)
 November 26

Lecture (yes, a lecture)
Read and do problems from 6.1-6.3
 November 27

Thanksgiving
 November 28

Day off!
December 1

Lab
 December 2

Lab
 December 3

Lecture
Read and do problems from 6.4-6.6
 December 4

Lab
 December 5

Lab
December 8

All of section 7 homework due
Review for Quiz 7 (Chapter 6)
 December 9

Quiz 7 (Chapter 6)
 December 10

Lecture
 December 11

Lab
 December 12

Lab

First part of Chapter 7 homework due
December 15

Lecture
 December 16

Lab

Second part of Chapter 7 homework due
 December 17

Review for Chapter 7 Quiz
December 18

Third part of Chapter 7 homework due.

Chapter 7 Quiz  

December 19

TBA
January 5

Lecture
 January 6

Lab
 January 7

Lab
 January 8

Lab
 January 9

Lab
January 12

Lab
 January 13

Chapter 8 Assignments Due
Review for Chapter 8 Quiz
Tentatively this is planned for the lab
 January 14

Chapter 8 Quiz
 January 15

Review for Test 3
 January 16

Test 3 (cumulative)
January 19

Martin Luther King Day
 January 20

Lecture
 January 21

Peninsula: practice AP (final schedule)
West Torrance: Lab
 January 22

Peninsula: practice AP or no class
West Torrance:
Lab
 January 23

Peninsula: Class does not meet
West Torrance: Lecture
January 26

Peninsula: Class does not meet
West Torrance: Lab
 January 27

Peninsula: Lab
West Torrance: Lab
 January 28

Peninsula: Lab
West Torrance: Practice AP
 January 29

Peninsula: Lecture
West Torrance: does not meet
 January 30

Peninsula: Lab
West Torrance: does not meet
February 2

Peninsula: Lab
West Torrance: TBA
 February 3

Chapter 9 Assignments Due
Review for Chapter 9 Quiz
 February 4

Chapter 9 Quiz
 February 5

Lecture
 February 6

Lab
February 9

Lecture
 February 10

Lab
 February 11

Lab
 February 12

Lab
 February 13

Lincoln's Birthday
February 16

President's Day
 February 17

Review for Chapter 11 Quiz
Chapter 11 Assignments Due
 February 18

Chapter 11 Quiz
February 19

AP Review
 February 20

Lecture
February 23

Lab
 February 24

Lab
 February 25

Lab
 February 26

Lab
 February 27

Lab
March 1

Lab
 March 2

Lab (Project 2 Due)
 March 3

Chapter 10 Quiz

 March 4

Lecture
 March 5

Lab
March 8

Lab
  March 9

Lab
 March 10

Lab
 March 11

Chapter 12 Review
Chapter 12 Assignments Due
 March 12

Chapter 12 Quiz
March 15

Test 4 Review
 March 16

Test 4
 March 17


 March 18

AP Review
March 19

Lecture
March 22

Lab
 March 23

Lecture
 March 24

Lab
 March 25

Lab
 March 26

Lab
March 29

Lab
 March 30

Lab
 March 31

Review for Chapter 13 Quiz
Chapter 13 Assignments Due
 April 1

Chapter 13 Quiz
 April 2

Practice AP
April 5/12

Review quiz & Project 3
April 6/13
 April 7/14

Practice AP FRQ
 April 8/15


 April 9/16

Review for Practice AP Quiz 1
Project 4 due
Quiz #1 Worksheets due
April 19

Meet in the lab to start work on Project 2
 April 20

Practice AP Quiz #1 (in the lab)

 April 21

Practice AP FRQ
 April 22


 April 23

Review for Practice AP Quiz 2
Quiz #2 Worksheets Due
April 26

Practice AP Quiz #2
 April 27
 April 28

Project 5 due
Extra Credit Assignments due
Cumulative worksheets due
 April 29

Cumulative Practice AP Test Part 1
 April 30

Cumulative Practice AP Test Part 2
May 3

The calm before the storm
 May 4

The storm
 May 5
 May 6
 May 7
May 10
 May 11
 May 12
 May 13
 May 14
May 17

Linked List Lecture
 May 18

Linked List & Network Programming Lecture
 May 19

Multithreaded Programming Lecture
 May 20

Lab
 May 21

Lab
May 24

Lab
 May 25

Bizarro Lecture #1 (Digital Audio/Video)  
May 26

Bizarro Lecture #2 (Compression, DVD, MP3, etc)
 May 27

Bizarro Lecture #3 (Encryption, and other topics)
 May 28

Lab
May 31

Memorial Day (NOT IN CLASS)
June 1

Lab
 June 2

Lab
 June 3

Lab - Project must be complete (Peninsula)
 June 4

Lab - Project checked off (Peninsula)
June 7

Last quiz (all classes)
 June 8

Peninsula - meet in classroom (1st & 2nd periods) (last day!)
West - Lab
 June 9

West - Lab
June 10

West - Lab
 June 11

Lab - Project must be completed (West)
June 14

West - Project checked off
 June 15

No class meeting
 June 16

No class meeting
 June 17

West - Last Day
 June 18

School is over (for you guys)

  
last updated on 4/24/04
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