September5, 2012

Welcome!!!

Weare very excited to be sharing the 2012-2013 school year with you! Goetz Middle School is a wonderful school, and we will have many productive and positive experiences together. We would like to take this opportunity to familiarize you with some of our requirements and expectations for a successful school year.

Organization and responsibility are needed to succeed. As a way to teach these skills, students are required to have a binder in class every period. All work should be kept in the binder since passes will not be given out to go to lockers for forgotten work.

Homework planners have been provided by the school for each student and must be with the student at all times. The student’s responsibility will be to write their homework in the planner at the beginning of each class. Please feel free to communicate via the planner.

Graded work will be returned as quickly as possible to keep you informed of your child’s progress and work habits. All test and quiz papers that have a grade of below 75% will be sent home for you to sign. Please note that it is your child’s responsibility to have each paper signed and returned.

Homework is given as reinforcement to class lessons. It is checked at the beginning of each class and will be accepted late with points off, first marking period only. Your child’s grades are available for you to view via the portal.

Suggested Supplies:

Binder

Pocket folders

Pens (blue or black ink)

Pencils

Highlighter

Notecards

Box of tissues

*Students are also required to have a novel for silent reading and a writing journal in class with them daily. Novels may be borrowed from the classroom or school library.

Extra help day will be offered as needed. Should students need to stay after school for extra reinforcement, a day will be chosen. The students will write this day in their planners. Students will require a note in order to be permitted to stay. They will take the 3:40 bus home.

Please feel free to correspond via email with any concerns, .

Sincerely,

Mrs. Brown

&

Ms. Ingerman

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