•  Professional Biography
      
    Riverside Rams! Amy Oldknow
    Social Science
     
    This is my 20th year of teaching high school.  I have a M.Ed from George Mason University.  I have previously taught at Briar Woods and Heritage High Schools LoCo, San Pasqual HS in Escondido, CA, and Chantilly HS in Fairfax County.  I was so excited to be a founding member of the Ram Fam and am looking forward to a great year!  
         
    I graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a BA in Journalism.  Before entering the field of education, I worked in the television news business in DC as an Assistant Director for FOX 5's 10 O'Clock News and America's Most Wanted.  I was also a producer for CONUS Communications, Reuters Television, and NBC Newschannel covering Capitol Hill and the White House.   
     
    When not in school, I find a way to hit the beach, any beach.  In the summers, I can be found on the North Shore of Massachusetts or in Wrightsville Beach, NC surfing the waves with my family.  As a native Bostonian, I am an avid sports fan.  I am especially passionate about the Red Sox and Patriots.  When not in New England, my family can be found at Disney.  We are huge fans of the Mouse and especially of the Disney Cruise.
     
    During the school year I keep busy as the varsity field hockey coach and a co-sponsor of the SCA planning pep rallies and Homecoming.  Go Rams!

    My 2019-2020 Schedule:

     
     1st Planning  5th AP Human Geography
     2nd AP Human Gegraphy  6th AP Psych
     3rd AP Psych  7th SCA
     4th AP Psych  8th Planning
     
     
    Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8-8:50am 
     
    Course Information
    Gradebook & Class Page
    NHS Tutoring Request Page
    Class information can be found on the following sites:
     
    Notes and homework calendar can be found on Schoology: 
     
    AP Psychology:
    (access code: 44MH-V82S-7ZVX6)
     
    AP Human Geography: 
    (access code: 68BH-DX9T-P49QR)
     
    Remind Codes (text the following codes to 81010):
    A2 AP Human Geography: @oldknowa2
    A3 AP Psychology: @oldknowa3
    A4 AP Psychology: @oldknowa4
    B5 AP Human Geography: @oldknowb5
    B6 AP Pschology: @oldknowb6
     
    Homework calendar and grades can be found on StudentVUE/ParentVUE. Click the link below:
    Phoenix Gradebook
     
     
     
     NHS
    LoudounVision
     
    Department Grading Policy Department Reassessment policy
    Grades will be broken down into 2 categories: Summative (90%) – tests, essays, projects, quizzes, graded discussions and Formative (10%) – projects, quizzes, homework, classwork. No one assignment accounts for more than 15% of the overall grade.  Grades are updated regularly on Phoenix.
    As per the Riverside test retake policy, any student who receives an 83% or lower on a test, may do a retake.  However, remediation MUST be completed before a reassessment can be done.  This remediation can only be done before school with me.  Retakes are done to ensure mastery of the information. They will be only be given on Monday and Tuesday mornings before school and once a week after school on the day of the late bus (TBD).  The remediation and retake assignments MUST be completed before the next summative assessment.     
     
    Extra Curricular Positions
     
    Varsity Field Hockey Coach
    Follow us on Twitter: @RVHSfieldhockey   
                               
    Follow us on Facebook: Riverside Field Hockey 
     
     
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    Co-Sponsor of SCA  
    Follow us on Twitter: @RiversideHS_SCATwitter
     
     
     
    Follow us on Facebook:  RiversideSCA  
     
     
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