2. Weekly Homeroom Schedule Monday: Tutoring time; Library Monday: Tutoring time; Library Tuesday: “Connections” Tuesday: “Connections” Wednesday: Tutoring time; Organization; Library Wednesday: Tutoring time; Organization; Library Thursday: Tutoring time; Organization; Library Thursday: Tutoring time; Organization; Library Friday: Drop Everything And Read (DEAR) Friday: Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)

3. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses Please send an excuse the first day after your child is absent. It should include a first and last name, the date, homeroom number, and the reason for the absence. Please send an excuse the first day after your child is absent. It should include a first and last name, the date, homeroom number, and the reason for the absence. Vacation forms are available in the office. Vacation forms are available in the office. Check your child’s Planner daily. Check your child’s Planner daily. Log onto the Cougar team website for more information. (http://www.svsd.net/domain/766) Log onto the Cougar team website for more information. (http://www.svsd.net/domain/766)http://www.svsd.net/domain/766 The team sends a weekly update by email each Monday. The team sends a weekly update by email each Monday.

4. Cougar Connections Goal: Connect the students with the community. Examples Toys for Tots Creek Connection Student Council Food Drive Light of Life Mission Shelter Friday Night Spaghetti Dinners Red Ribbon Week Outside teaming activity Veterans’ Letters Olweus Bully Prevention

5. 1. I will not bully others. 2. I will help others who are being bullied. 3. I will include other students who are left out. 4. I will tell an adult when I see someone bullying.

6. SV Hotline: (724) 631-1677 SV Hotline: (724) 631-1677

7. Activity Fair: September 17 Team Day: (outside) September 18 Homecoming Week: September 21-25 Picture Day: September 24 Magazine Kick-Off: September 30 Olympic Day: October 7 Pajama Rama: October 9 Fall Dance: October 16 Main Event: November 10

8. Light of Life Mission: In order to raise funds for the Light of Life Mission, the Cougars will host two pancake breakfasts. 1 st Semester: We will pack extra Halloween Candy and deliver to the homeless shelter. 2 nd Semester: We will pack lunches for the homeless shelter during a team day. Field Trip: We will go on a field trip to Pittsburgh in May.

9. Brecht’s Homework Cycle Class time will be spent reviewing problems that students struggled with –Students will review the homework in their group –Teacher will answer questions and review selected problems Students may come before or during homeroom if they have questions. Homework problems and answers (from our book) will be posted on my website the day the homework is due. (Good Study Tool)

10. What Can You Do / What Resources Are There? My Website MathXL Vocab, Vocab, Vocab Notes Books Email that I sent a week ago

11. MathXL

12. MathXL Help Me Solve This Problem

15. 1 st - Classification of Organisms 2 nd - Cellular Biology 3 rd - Plant Study, Genetics 4 th - Ecology, National Park Research

16. Science Binder Organization Study guides, tests/quizzes will be in the binder. Binder checks will occur periodically. Binder clean-out each nine weeks. Please supply pencils.

17. Getting to know the Teacher Seneca Valley Graduate ‘90 Graduated from SRU in ’95 Master’s Degree from Gannon University Have taught here at Seneca for 19 years Coach 7/8 th grade football, ski club advisor, and Outdoor Adventure Club Coordinator for boys “Main Event”, Talent Show & Guitar Day, Olweus committee Married (16 Years to Alecia); Live in Zelie, have two children: Tyler (14)& Avery(10)

18. 7 th grade Health Class Cougar Team Health Triangle (goal setting/decision making) Communication & Conflict Stress & Relationships Nutrition Body Systems Changing Body & Puberty CPR & First Aid Communicable Diseases