Antonian College Preparatory High School
Mrs. Woods
Physics
• Conceptual Physics engages students with analogies
and imagery from real‐world situations to build a strong
conceptual understanding of physical principles ranging
from classical mechanics to modern physics. With this
strong conceptual foundation, students are better
equipped to understand the equations and formulas of
physics, and to make connections between the concepts
of physics and their everyday world.
About me
• Graduated from Uvalde High School in 1973
• My senior year, we won state in 3A football
• Attended Southwest Texas Jr. College in Uvalde for two
years after graduation
• Received my Associate in Arts Degree in Biology and
Chemistry
College
Attended Southwestern University in
Georgetown, Texas majoring in Biology
and Chemistry
Served as assistant editor of “The
Megaphone,” the college newspaper
Colleges
Graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Biology; minor
in Chemistry
In 1981, I started “The Paisano,” and
served as its first managing editor
and then editor. We put the
newspaper together out of my
apartment near UTSA.
Graduate School
Received a Master of Arts Degree in
2006 in Multidisciplinary Sciences
(Biology, Chemistry and Physics)
Family
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Husband, Gordon, who is self-employed as a real estate consultant.
Parents still live in Uvalde
Brother, Noe, who is the Director of Communications and Research
Advancement at UTSA
One niece, Vanessa, who graduated from Smithson Valley High School in
2006 and lives and works in Austin
One nephew, Noe Justin, who graduated from
Plano High School in 2011 and enlisted in the
U.S. Army. He is currently stationed at Fort Riley,
1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery and is scheduled
to deploy to Camp Casey in South Korea in
November 2014.
Pet – my cat Porky
Interests
• READING!!!!!!!!!
• Antonian Robotics
• Watching Jeopardy, Big Bang Theory, Criminal Minds,
The Amazing Race and The Mentalist
• Favorite sports to watch: Antonian Sports as well as,
What I have done before
joining Antonian
I served in the Uvalde
EMS for over twenty
years as an EMT and
EMT Instructor and
retired as a paramedic
I taught physics and AP Physics,
as well as AP Environmental
Science at St. Anthony
from 2008-2012. I also did robotics.
I taught AP Physics, physics,
AP Chemistry and chemistry at
Holy Cross High School
from 2002-2008. I was also the
Robotics sponsor at Holy Cross.
Favorite time:
• Four years ago I hosted two foreign exchange students
from Japan, Kayo and Chiaki
• They lived with me while they attended St. Anthony
• I took them to visit New York City at Easter
New York City
Travels:
Boston, Massachusetts
Fenway Park, Boston
Camp Pendleton
Marine Corp Base,
San Diego California
Petco Park, San Diego, California
What do I need for this class?
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Composition book
Notebook binder with a set of dividers
Calculator
Box of Kleenex
Antonian student planner
Metric ruler and protractor
How will I be graded?
• Formal assessments & major projects
• Lab reports & quizzes
• Homework, class work, participation
55%
35%
10%
Homework & Participation
Grade
Homework assignments will be checked every day. When you come into
the classroom, bring only your notebook. You will open your notebook to the
page where your homework is and, while you are working on your daily warmup, I will check your homework.
You will either receive a stamp that says, “Good Work” or a stamp that says,
“Incomplete.” Every Friday you will staple your homework assignments and the
Daily Warm-Ups sheet together and turn them in as a package.