Scientific Calculator

Scientific or graphing calculator? What should students purchase?

As your children grow older the school supply list might be shorter, but it's not always cheaper.

One thing that could cause sticker shock to parents of high and middle school students is a special calculator. Schools generally prefer that students are provided with their own personal scientific calculator. For the most advanced math classes, such as AP Calculus the use of a graphing calculator may be required.

What is the difference? Scientific calculators perform functions beyond subtraction, addition, division and multiplication. Scientific calculators typically have buttons specifically designed for parentheses, trigonometric functions, exponents pi, and inverses -- in addition to other functions.

A graphing calculator does even more. It has a bigger screen, allowing you to enter a formula, then view a graph of it.

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However, Best Buy says you might not need to purchase one, and suggests consulting with your school first.

Harmony Weinberg, Edmonds School District's public relations and media supervisor She tells KOMO News each individual school has its own set of rules.

"For higher level classes, like AP Calculus, it is often expected that students have a handheld graphing calculator, such as TI-83, TI-84 or TI-89."

These kinds of calculators are great for AP tests. Weinberg adds that schools have a procedure in place that allows students to use calculators just like they check out texts if they are unable to or don't want to buy their own.

Within the Edmonds District School, the calculators are treated similarly to textbooks in terms of damage or loss, however they there is no charge to make use of.

Another option could be available on their school laptop. Weinberg states that the district of Edmonds "all students have access to scientific and graphing calculators through their district-issued Chromebook." The district encourages teachers to use Desmos online calculators as they are utilized in state-wide assessments too.

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West Seattle family says school policies on quarantine are biased against those who have not been vaccinated

Written by Joel Moreno, KOMO News reporterSaturday on September 18th, 2021.

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SEATTLE A family from West Seattle say their young son was instructed to stay at home when the boy came in contact with one who was positive for COVID-19. This prompted family members to claim that he was targeted and was treated differently by the school district's officials due to the fact that the child was not vaccine-free..

This week, a 12-year-old student at Denny International Middle School was exposed to a classmate who was diagnosed with COVID-19.

The school officials told the student to stay at home for two weeks since the vaccine he received was not up to date.

The family members of the victim have discovered that, had he been vaccinated, the seventh grader would not be compelled to miss school as long as he didn't show signs of the disease.

"My kid has no symptoms," stated Jeremy Gollyhorn, the boy's father. "He's completely healthy. Why doesn't he get an unfavorable COVID test and go back to school?"

Gollyhorn claimed that his son is being subject to a different standard as students who have received their shots. Even in the event that he failed a COVID-19 test, he would not be allowed to return to school until the two-week quarantine time is over.

However, close relatives who have been fully vaccinated and show no signs of illness do not have to be quarantined and are able to return to school, but they should be tested for the disease three to five days later to ensure.

Gollyhorn stated that it doesn't make sense.

"Vaccinated people can still spread COVID too so what's the difference there?" He stated.

A spokesperson stated that Seattle Public Schools is following the guidelines for public health set by state officials.

Gollyhorn stated that the policy strips individuals of the freedom to choose. He also said that his family isn't convinced by the vaccinations, and that situations like this just make him want to fight back.

From the time Seattle Public Schools started the school year on September. 1st, the district has confirmed 117 positive cases of COVID-19 as well as Denny International Middle School has reported four positive cases during the same time.

It is unclear how many employees or students have been instructed to be in quarantine due to exposures. But, these absences are considered to be excused.