Pick a Project

For the pick a project, I chose to work on a purchasing order. There was so much information in the Bristol Virginia School System for how purchases happen. It basically depends on the amount. There are definite requirements for anything over $50K and there has to be public solicitation going on so contractors all have a fair chance of placing a bid. Items that are smaller may not require a particular number of bids. The people (school board or principals) must make sure that they complete the bid fairly. Virginia High School has a contract with chick-fil-a for serving sandwiches once a week. People have questioned why they didn’t serve nuggets. I questioned the principals and they told me that it would have to go through an entire new bid. They would have to open it up for everyone that made nuggets to have a tasting and then they would have a vote. It was not just as simple as if you already have something in place to add to it.




I have attached a blank bidding document that is required for placing bids in the Bristol Virginia Public School system in my link on D2L.

Hippocampus

Hippocampus Biology about the cell cycle and mitosis

http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.php/course_locator.php?course=AP Biology I&lesson=17&topic=3&width=600&height=454&topicTitle=Mitosis%20and%20Cytokinesis&skinPath=http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default

Introduction

My name is Heather Dutton. I am in the MAT program. I graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA in 2003 with a B.S. in Chemistry. I thought I wanted to go to pharmacy school and after a semester I decided I didn't want that as my profession. I moved back to Bristol, VA where I was born and raised to work. I decided I didn't want to waste my undergraduate degree so I decided that I wanted to teach...which I was a trainer at my old job and I very much enjoyed it. As soon as I started the MAT program I started subbing in Bristol Virginia Public Schools. I love being there and I am so excited to one day have my own classroom.


I am working on my last semester before student teaching. I was supposed to be student teaching now but my plans got changed for me over the summer. I had an sudden unexpected event that happened. I love my father. I was "a daddy's girl" and I am the baby of the family. It has been hard, but I know he would want me to continue on with school. His death happened so I had to cancel my praxis test... so now I am just doing a masters plus. I am working on my first license in chemistry and a second in math. I am taking this course because I love to read and I love technology. I think schools need to integrate it more into the classroom. I want to learn as much as possible and always be open to change.... as long as it’s for the better.

I have been married to my best friend for 4 years as of August. We have no human children, but we have 3 labs one of each color: yellow, black, and chocolate. They are great they love to be lazy or they can be very active. It’s nice to lay around and be lazy or go for a hike. It does become troublesome if we go to public sites because it’s hard to have all 3 on a leash. That's holding over 250lbs by fabric..... They are very friendly but they want to know about everything…. Which is makes them like me. I love to read and learn so it’s a good match.