Our Classroom
Academic Expectations
Math Again
Crockett Cougar Column
About Mr. Goree
Wild Cards
100
This many students can be out going to the restroom, or getting water, at a time.
Only ONE!!!
100
I'm working on homework. My friend asks me what the answer is to question 5, so I tell him, and he writes it down. Is this acceptable?
NO!!!!!!
100
The product of 7 and 8
56
100
Our two colors
Brown and gold
100
I (Mr. Goree) was born and raised in this nearby city, whose basketball team played in the recent NBA finals and is going to win the next one
San Antonio, TX
100
We live in the city of Austin, Texas.
Austin, Texas; Sacramento, California; Springfield, Illinois; Phoenix, Arizona; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; among others, all belong to this category.
State capitals
200
In this classroom, we will treat each other with _____. The seven-letter word that fills in this blank is also the title of a classic Aretha Franklin song.
respect
200
For your nine-week report card grades: 10% of your grade comes from this kind of organization-related activity.
AVID
200
The name for a polygon with six sides
hexagon
200
The date of Back to School Night this year!
Tuesday, August 25
5:30 to 6:30
200
For college, I attended the University of _____, the state pictured here.
Oklahoma
200
This term for a long and eventful journey takes its name from an epic poem which was recently made into a movie.
Odyssey
300
In 2016, Apple announced these groundbreaking devices. Despite their impressive engineering, they, and other similar devices, are not ever allowed to be worn in this classroom.
AirPods
300
For your nine-week report card grades: 20% of your grade comes from this category
Daily Work
300
What are 6, 18, 21, and 42 all divisible by?
3 (that is their Greatest Common Factor)
300
Crockett Early College High School is located at the intersection of these two major streets.
Stassney and Menchaca
300
In college, I double majored. One major was mathematics, the other major was this field that has been defined as "the systematic and critical study of fundamental questions that arise both in everyday life and through the practice of other disciplines."
Philosophy
300
This the temperature water freezes at, in Fahrenheit
32^"o" F
400
Texas House Bill 1481, made effective in 2025, prohibits student use of these devices during the school day.
Personal cell phones, iPads, smartwatches, etc.
400
Let g be your numerical class grade.
If g ≥ x, then you are passing.
What is the value of x ?
x = 70
[A 70 or above is a passing grade.]
400
These two integers have a SUM of 5, and a PRODUCT of -14
-2, 7
400
Crockett is not only a high school, but in its name officially called these two words before "High School"
Early College
400
My favorite TV show, one that I will quote or reference often, is the one whose main characters are Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
The Simpsons
400
The NFL regular season will begin on September 9 with a rematch of what two teams?
Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots 
500
Mr. Goree's tutoring times (office hours)
Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons
500
Won't happen in my class! On July 19, 2026, researcher Levent Alpöge reported that his Claude Fable 5 program had successfully done what? (You can explain in broad terms.)
It solved a famous math problem humans had been unable to solve: The Jacobean conjecture
500
2^0=3^0=4^0=...="this integer"
1
500
The date of our first varsity football game this year!
Thursday, August 20th
The Peanut Butter Bowl
7:30 PM
500
Because some very good friends live there, I have visited this country three times. Hoping to go again soon.
France
500
The name of the river that goes through Austin
Colorado River