Mrs. Sheryl Kremer

skremer@stgabriel.net 


Education Experience Biography
Homework/Chapter Overview Class Smartboard Notes Other Links

Teaching Assistant:

Mrs. Rhonda Cusick

rcusick@stgabriel.net 

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Education:

  • Masters Degree in Technology Education with K-12 Endorsement, Spalding University

  • Bachelors Degree in Mathematics with KY Secondary Certification, Bellarmine University

Experience:

  • High School Math Teacher, 1973-1975, Sacred Heart Academy, Louisville, KY

  • School Technology Coordinator & Computer Teacher, 1986 - Present, St. Gabriel School

  • Algebra I Teacher, 1994 - Present, St. Gabriel School

Biography:

Mrs. Sheryl Kremer heralds from Columbus, Ohio, where she attended St. Agatha Elementary and Bishop Watterson High Schools.  She came to Louisville to pursue her Bachelor of Arts degree in Math (High School Certification) at Bellarmine University (which was then a mere “College”).  Years later she earned her Master of Arts in Technology Education degree from Spalding University.  Mrs. Kremer taught Algebra I & II and Geometry at Sacred Heart Academy for two years, then took eight years off to start a family, before landing and sticking at St. Gabriel, in 1986.  She is the technology coordinator / computer teacher for grades K-8, and the Advanced Algebra I instructor for some of the eighth graders. 

Since arriving at St. Gabriel, Mrs. Kremer has taken a very active role in the community, having served as a parish lector & Eucharistic minister; the parish summer picnic chicken dinner head cook; the PTSO Halloween chili & spaghetti suppers head cook; a Girl Scout Assistant Leader and Cookie Chair; the PTSO Vice-President, Faculty Rep and Card Party Chair; the editor of “The Herald”, the once-school newsletter; a member of the parish’s most recent Building Committee; a St. Gabriel Volleyball coach for grades 5/6 and 7/8; the SHINE School Coordinator and a SHINE Instructor, the Faculty Rep on the School Board from its inception; the Quick Recall Coach / Moderator for the teams at Grades 4/5, and 6; a member of the Algebra Curriculum Committee for the Archdiocese; involved in various roles in Governor’s Cup, Judge’s Cup and the Derby Classic Festival; and a Computer Merit Badge instructor for the Boy Scouts.  

Currently she still remains quite active at both the local and Archdiocesan levels as a member of the Technology Steering Committee for both the parish and the Archdiocese; a member of the Technology Curriculum Committee for the Archdiocese; the STLP (Student Technology Leadership Program) Coordinator for the school; and the Web Page Administrator for the school portion of the St. Gabriel web site.  Awards include writing the grant proposal that named St. Gabriel a "SMARTER School" for which we received $30,000 worth of hardware and software related to SMART Boards, receiving the CEF Teacher Award for St. Gabriel School in 2005, which included a $500 gift for the school, a $3,000 and a $5,000 Louisville Community Foundation Grant (now Aegon) one to purchase a SMART Board and TI-84 graphign software for the Advance Algebra program, and one to fund a program on robotics, an Apple Core Good Will Ambassador Grant, a Bellsouth Net Day Grant which helped wire the school building with CAT/5 wiring, an Archdiocesan Fund for Excellence Grant worth over $60,000 which enabled all 8th graders to have a Pocket PC at their disposal for both personal and school use, and a  Woodrow Wilson Foundation Grant.  She attends the IFL (Imagine the Future of Learning) and KTLC (Kentucky Teaching & Learning Conference) held in Louisville, almost yearly, and has traveled extensively to attend or present at various conferences including: the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey and New Orleans, Louisiana; the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in San Antonio, Texas; the Texas Instrument T3 Institute for Algebra, in Columbus, Ohio;  and the National Council of  Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) workshop in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Sheryl and her husband, Dan, are members of St. Gabriel parish. Last year they welcomed her parents to Louisville from Columbus, Ohio, and they also became parishioners.  Sheryl's mother, Mary Spall, volunteers in the school office every day to assist with medication dispensing and injury repairs from the playground.  The students know her as "Grandma Medicine".  The Kremer's three grown children, Laura (Class of 1993), Neil (Class of 1995) and Krissy (Class of 1997) are all shining products of St. Gabriel School and catholic high school educations.  All graduated from college, two with teaching certifications in music ed and special ed, and the third with a degree in IT.  Laura will marry in December, recently finished her Master's degree from U of L, and is employed by  Assumption High School in the recruiting and public relations department; Neil is engaged and working for Humana in the IT department; and Krissy is teaching special needs in Oldham County.

While “free” time can be scarce, Sheryl enjoys reading murder mysteries, cooking, especially when entertaining friends and family, working out at the gym, and relaxing on the water or in the family home at Barren River.  Says Sheryl, “I truly love what I do.  I get up every morning looking forward to teaching Algebra and computers at St. Gabriel. In choosing a profession, I think teaching chose me rather than the other way around, and I couldn’t be happier!  My husband says I’ll never retire; that they’ll have to drag me kicking and screaming from this place. . .  He may be right.”

 

 

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Algebra Homework: 

Aug 20 (due Mon.):  Calculator worksheet

Aug 23: no HW

Aug 24: no HW

Aug 25:  1-Step Eqs Worksheet; #2-24 alt evens; show all work

Aug. 26:  2-Step Eqs Worksheet; #2-24 alternate evens; show all work

Sep 1:  3 - Multi-Step Eqs.Worksheet; #2-12 evens; show all work & check

Sep. 3: pg. 92 # 40-50 evens; prepare for a quiz on sign rules

Sep. 9: Word Problem Handout - Sections 1 & 7- problems 1.1 to 1.3 and 7.1 to 7.3  (Distance & Number Problems) 

Sep. 10: Word Problem Handout - Section 3 - problems 3.1 & 3.2 (Non-formula word problems)

Sep 14. Word Problems HW Sheet: Solution / Mixture Word Problems - all 4

Sep 15 - Word Problems HW Sheet - Money/Mixture Word Problems - all 4

Sep 16 - Combinatioon/Mixture Word Problems worksheet - 4 probs - florist, sam, mile & iodine - all

Weekend - No HW

Sep 21. - 3 "Geometry" Word Problem worksheets - 2-Geometry/Angle Word Problems; 1-Area & Perimeter / Geometry Word Problems

Sep 22 - Prepare for Word Probelm quiz on geometry problems

Sep. 23 - no HW

Sep 24 - study for test on Friday - solving one variable equations

Sep 28 - Study for word problem test

Testing Sep 29 & 30

Oct 1 - Chapter 3 HW Handout - Section 3-1 and 3-2

Oct  6 - Chp 3 - Section 3

Oct. 7 - Chp 3 - Section 4 - Quiz on section 3-3

Oct. 13 - Quiz on section 3-4 - No HW -  started section 3-5

Oct 14 (due Fri - no class Thurs due to ED) - Section 3-5

Oct. 16 - NO HW

Oct 19 - Section 3-6

Oct 20 & 21 - No HW

Oct 22 - CHp 4  - Section 1

Oct 23: Ch 4 - Sect 2

Oct 26: Study for TEst on  Tuesday - Chps 3 & 4!!!!

Oct 29: Bring a Drink for Tomorrow!    HW: Chapter 5-1; Chapter 5 Homework Handout

Nov 2: HW 5-2

Nov. 3 NO HW

Nov 4. No Class - Health Fair - Remember go to computer lab for class on Thursday!

Nov. 5 - No HW - Class Assignment

Nov. 6 - HW: 5-3

Nov. 9 - HW: 5-4

Nov. 10: HW: Handout given in class -  "5-4 Classroom or Homework Activity"

Nov. 12 - No Class - Field Trip

Nov. 13 - NO HW - Continue Classwork on handout given on Nov. 10

Nov. 16 - 19 - HW: Chapter 5 Project - Function Design

Nov. 19 - No Class - Early Dimissal

Nov. 20 - HW: Study for Test

Nov. 23 & 24 - Chapter Test 

Nov. 25-27 - NO SCHOOL - Happy Thanksgiving! - No HW

Nov. 30: 6-1: Slope - Chapter 6  Highlights & HW Handout

Dec. 2 - 6-2 : Slope Intercept Form of a Line

Dec. 3 - No HW

Dec. 4 (due Monday) - 6-3 Standard Form

Dec. 7 - no HW

Dec. 8 - 6-4 Point Slope

Dec. 9 - no HW

Dec. 10 -  6-5: Parallel & perpendicular Lines

Dec. 14 - HW: review for test; Chapter 7 Test in book for extra credit

Dec. 15 & 16 - Chapter Test 7

Dec. 17 - Christmas Party

Dec. 18 - no class; early dismissal 

Jan. 4 -  Gather data on linear relationship between arm length & height & create scatter plot & line of best fit

Jan. 5 - Classwork: Absolute Value Worksheet; no hw

Jan. 6 - HW: Scatter Plots & Line of Best Fit Worksheet

Jan. 7 - Early Dismissal - SNOW - No Class

Jan. 8 - NO School - SNOW - NO Class

Jan. 11 - HW: 7.1  Chapter 7 Homework Assignments

Jan 12 - NO HW

Jan. 13 - HW: 7-2; due Jan 15 (no class Jan 14 - ED)

Jan. 15: HW: 7-3 (due Jan 19 - no class Jan 18 - MLK)

Jan 19: Study for Quizzes on 7-1, 7-2 & 7-3

Jan. 20-21: 7-4 (due Friday)

Jan. 25: 7-5 Linear Inequalities

Jan 26: 7-6  Sys of lin ineq

Jan. 27: No written HW; prepare for quizzes on 7-4 to 7-6

Jan. 28: Quizzes 7-4 to 7-6

Feb. 1 : No written HW; prepare for chapter 7 test

Feb. 2 & 3: Testing - Chapter 7

Feb. 5 - HW: 8-1 - Due Monday    Chapter 8 HW Assignments

Feb. 8 - HW 8-3 Multiplying with Exponents

Feb 9 - 11 - No Class; No HW; Snow Days; Science Exhibition on Periodic Table

Feb 12 - No HW

Feb 15, 16 - No School - President's Day & SNOW Day

Feb 17 (due Friday)- HW 8-2 Scientific Notation

Feb 18 - No Class - ED

Feb 19 - Study for Quiz on Scientific Notation (8-2)

Feb 22. - HW: 8-4

Feb 23 - Quiz 8-4; HW: 8-5

Feb 24 - Review for Test Chp 8; Take Home Quiz: 8-5

Feb 25 - NO Class - ED

Feb 26 & Mar 1 - Test on Chapter 8

Mar 2. : Chapter 9 Homework Assignments; HW: 9-1

Mar 3 - 5:  No Class - PTS Conferences

Mar.8: HW: 9-2

Mar 9 - No HW

Mar 10: HW: 9-3

Algebra Daily Class Notes

1 and 2-Step Equations

Multi-Step Equations

Handout: Steps to Solving a Multi-step 1-Variable Equation Study Guide

Word Problems Intro

Word Problems Packet Solutions

HW Probs Combination/Mixture WPs

Geometry Word Problems

One Variable Equations Review

Word Problem Review

3-1: Graphing Inequalities

3-2: Using Addition & Subtraction to Solve Inequalities

3-3 Solving Inequalities w Multiplication and Division

3-4 Solving Multi-step Inequalities

3-5 Compound Inequalities

3-6 Absolute Value Equations & Inequalities

Chapter 4 Notes & HW

4-1 Ratio & Proportion

4-2 Similar Figures

Chapter 3 & 4 Review for Test

5-1 & 5-2 Relating Graphs to Events & Relations vs Functions (notes from 10-30 & 11-2)

5-3 & 5-4 Function Rules, Tables & Graphs

6-1 & 6-2  Slope & Slope-Intercept Form

6-3 Standard Form

6-4 Point Slope Form

6-5 Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

Chapter 6 Review

7-1 Solving Systems by Graphing

7-2 Solving Systems Using Substitution

7-3 Solving Systems of Equations Using Elimination

7-4 Word Problems and Systems of Equations

7-5 Linear Inequalities

7-5 & 7-6  Linear Inequalities & Sys of lin ineq

Matrix SOLUTIONS

8-1 & 8-3 zero & negative exponents; multiplying and dividing with exponents

8-3 Examples

8-2 Scientific Notation

8-4 & 8-5 New Mult & Div & Eqs. Exp

9-1 Adding & Subtracting Polynomials

9-2 Mutiplying & Factoring the GCF

9-3 9-4 Multiplying Polynomials, Binomials and FOIL MEthod


Don't forget - Always be prepared for a quiz!

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Other Links

Algebra I Handbook TI-84+ Graphing Calculator
Technology Plan 2007-2010
 
   
 
 

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Mrs. Sheryl Kremer - skremer@stgabriel.net