Math - Numerical Skills at HVCC & Math Study Skills at HVCC (doing well in the classes, but has not yet received a final grade) Text used: Basic College Mathematics; Custom Edition for Hudson Valley Community College by Elayn Martin-Gray. Also using website http://www.pearsonmylab.com 3(S) 48 hrs of math, & approxmately 30 hrs spent on homework..total 78 hrs

English - English Composition 1 at HVCC  (doing well in the class, but has not yet received a final grade) Text used: The Norton Sampler Seventh Edition; Short Essays for Composition by Thomas Cooley. Also using website http://wwnorton.com/college/english/write/writesite/ 3(G) 36 hrs of english class time & approximately 50 hrs of spent on homework & reading assignments as of 11/16...total 86 hrs

Computer Science - Texts used for Introduction to Computer Science: HTML 4 for Dummies 4th Edition by Ed Tittel & Natanya Pitts. Wiley Publishing, Inc.: Starting Out with Java; From Control Structures through Objects, Third Edition by Tony Gaddis, Pearson Addison Wesley Publishing. Also using the following websites: http://www.khanacademy.org/science/computer-science?k , http://www.khanacademy.org/cs/tutorials/user-interaction, and http://www.dummies.com/how-to/computers-software/programming/HTML.html Topics Covered: Meeting HTML in its Natural Environment (The Least You Need to Know about HTML and the Web, HTML at Work on the Web, Creating Your First HTML Page), Getting Started with HTML (Structuring Your HTML Documents, Linking to Online Documents, Finding & Using Images, Top Off Your Page with Formatting), Introduction to Computers and Java (Introduction, Why Program?, Computer Systems: Hardware & Software, Programming Languages, What is a Program Made of?, The Programming Process, Object-Oriented Programming) 2(N) 30 hrs 

Physics - Texts used and referenced throughout this past quarter: Barron's Review Course Series Let's Review: Physics The Physical Setting Third Edition by Miriam A. Lazar, M.S.and Barron's Regents Exams and Answers: Physics The Physical Setting. Also using website http://www.khanacademy.org/science/physics?k. Topics covered: Mechanics: Kinematics, Statics, Dynamics, Momentum and Newton's Laws of Motion 2(S) 36 hrs

Music: Guitar, Keyboard, FL Studio recording program 4(E) 90 hrs of music - Zach practices at least 1 - 2 hrs hrs daily without fail.

Physical Education: Elliptical, Working Out at a Local Gym, Resistance Training 4(E) 75 hrs - Zach exercises almost daily

Teacher Comments: The Computer Science subject has been more difficult than initially anticipated. Zach has had a very positive experience with going to community college. He is looking forward to going to class there also in the Spring.

Submitted 2012 by Daniela