1. Career Management Room 223 Miss Ebner

2. Welcome to a class that you will actually use the rest of your life!! (…unless you are independently wealthy & never have to work a day in your life!)

3. 1. Write the day of the week & date in your notebook (Thursday, August 14 th, 2007). 2. Copy the following Thought of the Day" into your notebook (under the date).

4. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

5. 3. Write a brief reflection about what you think the phrase means and/or how you could apply it to your life.

6. NAME GAME What is the value of knowing someones name? How do you feel when someone does not remember your name? What about when someone does??

7. * Is one of the most powerful tools!! * Tells people that they are important enough to remember!! Knowing Someones Name

8. With almost 1,400 students, School can be way too unfriendly…

9. When you see each other in the hall, SAY:HI (insert name)!!!

10. NAME GAME TEST ON FRIDAY, August 22 nd !!!

11. Take notes if you need, but need to learn faces by Friday, Aug 22 for the test!

12. ATTENDANCE COUNTS!! You will have the opportunity to earn BONUS POINTS by having good attendance! PERFECT ATTENDANCE (ZERO tardies, ZERO absences – excused or unexcused) will earn DOUBLE the BONUS POINTS!! Exactly how to earn these BONUS POINTS will be explained later when we go over the Course Handbook.)

13. CLASSROOM SUPPLIES 1. 3 3-ring binder ** you may select any color ** the binder MUST have clear windows(for inserts) on the front, back & spine 2. 5 section index tabs/dividers 3. 3-hole lined notebook paper 4. Pencil Pouch 5. 2 Black or blue ink pens 6. 2 Pencils or mechanical pencils – both with erasers 7. 2 highlighters (not magic markers) of different colors – you may select any colors

14. NOTEBOOKS/SUPPLIES STEP #1 – Due Monday, August 18 th Step #2 – DUE, Monday, August 25 th

15. CLASSROOM RULES #1. POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE o Too much negative stuff outside the classroom door o This is a safe place o We will grow very close o Accept people for who they are – it takes all kinds to make the world go round o Try new things – not a threat, but FUN! o Expand our horizons, stretch your comfort zone – GROW!! o Mutual Respect for all

16. Classroom Rules (cont.) #2. NO FOOD #3. NO DRINKS #4. NO ELECTRONICS #5. CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF (neither your mother nor your personal maid works here!)

17. Classroom Rules (cont.) #6. THIS IS MY WORK SPACE. Respect it as my space, just like you want your family to respect your room at home. Dont go digging through things you have no business looking at or helping yourself to. #7. BRING YOUR NOTEBOOK & SUPPLIES TO CLASS EVERY SINGLE DAY!! This will also include your semester reading book (more on this later….).

18. And, Just in case you were wondering….

19. YES!! YOU WILL HAVE HOMEWORK!