February Essay

Governor Crist Invites Students to Participate in Sunshine Week Essay Contest

https://webmail.duvalschools.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.flgov.com/og_home

TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist today announced Florida’s 2010 Sunshine Week “Government in the Sunshine” Web site and invited Florida students in grades 9-12 to participate in the Florida Sunshine Week essay contest. Observed March 14-20, 2010, Sunshine Week celebrates Florida’s laws dedicated to making state and local government more accessible to the public.

“This year’s Sunshine Week Essay Contest provides an opportunity for high school students to focus on the First Amendment and the importance of open government,” said Governor Crist. “Openness and transparency must be one of government’s top priorities in order to ensure citizens can continue to hold their leaders accountable.”

The essay contest is open to all Florida high school students in grades 9-12 and the winner will be announced during the week of March 8, 2010. The first-place winner will receive a $2,500 scholarship, the second-place winner will receive a $1,500 scholarship, and third place will receive a $1,000 scholarship. The contest is supported through the Volunteer Florida Foundation. Winners will be invited to attend an event at the Governor’s Mansion.

Guidelines

After reading the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, contest participants must explain the importance of one or more of the civil liberties found in the First Amendment and how Florida’s open government laws protect these liberties.
Each student may enter only one essay, no longer than 500 words and typed or handwritten in print, rather than cursive writing.
Essays must include the student’s name, home address, telephone number, school the student attends, grade level and essay title.
Essays must be accompanied by a parental waiver form, which can be found at https://webmail.duvalschools.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.flgov.com/og_sunshine_essay. For electronic entries, the parental waiver may be typed, but if chosen as a winner it will be verified.

Entries must be emailed to SunshineEssay@myflorida.com or mailed to: The Executive Office of the Governor, Attention: Sunshine Week Essay Contest, 400 South Monroe Street, The Capitol, Suite PL-04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001. Entries must be emailed or postmarked no later than 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 18, 2010.

In addition to the essay contest this year, teachers also have the opportunity to engage their students in activities relating to “Government in the Sunshine." The crossword puzzle and word search may be accessed and downloaded at file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/carrinj/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/Local%20Settings/Temporary%20Internet%20Files/OLK54/www.flgov.com/og_sunshine.

About Sunshine Week

In 2002, Sunshine Sunday was launched by the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors in response to increased public and legislative awareness of the open government laws. After Florida’s trailblazing actions to establish Sunshine Laws, many other states have adopted Sunshine Sunday, which resulted in the American Society of Newspaper Editors designating a Sunshine Week, which started in March of 2005.

Governor Crist’s dedication to the Sunshine Laws is clearly evident. In his inaugural address, Florida’s 44th Governor made open government a top priority. He quoted President Abraham Lincoln, pledging under his watch Florida government would be “of the people, by the people and for the people.” The next day in his first Executive Order, Governor Crist established the Office of Open Government and charged it with providing the Governor’s Office and all state agencies the tools necessary to serve the people of Florida in a professional and efficient manner.

For more information, please visit www.flgov.com/og_home.

Please see the First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Please see Sunshine Law @ http://www.myflsunshine.com/sun.nsf/pages/Law

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January Essay Prompt

3. Two competing retail firms, Red Shop and Blue Mart, are studying potential locations for new stores in the
suburbs of a major city. Each firm must choose between a location north of the city and a location south of the
city. The payoff matrix is shown below, with the first entry in each cell indicating Red Shop’s daily profit and
the second entry indicating Blue Mart’s daily profit. Both firms know all of the information in the payoff matrix.
Blue Mart
North South
North $900, $1,800 $3,000, $3,500
Red Shop
South
$5,000, $4,000 $1,500, $1,000
(a) If Red Shop chooses a location south of the city, which location is better for Blue Mart? Explain.
(b) Is choosing a location to the south of the city a dominant strategy for Red Shop? Explain.
(c) If the two firms cooperate in choosing locations, where will each firm locate?
(d) Assume that the south suburb has enacted an incentive package to attract new business. Any firm that
locates south of the city will receive a subsidy of $2,000 per day. Redraw the payoff matrix to include the
subsidy.
STOP
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December Essay Prompt

The firm of Chowenhill and Walthour is said in the long run to exhibit both allocative efficiency and productive efficiency.
What type of market do Chowenhill and Walthour operate in and what determines that that market is allocatively efficient.
In your explaination be sure to provide clear examples of how this is possible.

Progress Reports!!!!!

Parents and Students, Progress reports are being sent out on Thursday and Friday, October 1 and 2. Please be advised and ask your child to give them to you. I have insrtucted them to give them to you. Please call me if you have questions.
Also please call the school and register for Oncourse so that you may have access to your child's grades anytime.

Essay Assignment #1

Please answer the following question in essay form.
Please refer to the FCAT Essay rubric for guidance.
Feel free to use this website and the textbook website for links to research sources.

President Obama is proposing that college be available for all. Develop an argument to support or oppose this proposal.

APECON Pretest

The AP Economics pretest will be given on Thursday and Friday in class. Please bring a #2 pencil to class.

Opening of School

Welcome Back!

Please arrive prepared for class!

• Pen and or pencil.
• Notebook and paper.
• Folder to organize materials.
• Textbook
• These items will be expected each day in class.