WELCOME BACK! MR. FORSTER: CURRENT EVENTS PLEASE FIND A SEAT IT DOESN’T MATTER WHERE YOU SIT, YOU WON’T BE THERE VERY LONG. PLEASE TURN OFF AND PUT AWAY CELL PHONES. PLEASE GET RID OF ANY FOOD OR DRINKS.

ARE YOU IN THE RIGHT ROOM? CHECK YOUR SCHEDULE FOR: HOUR? ROOM G9 CURRENT EVENTS MR. FORSTER

NEW SEATS PAY ATTENTION! SAY HI TO YOUR NEW NEIGHBOR(s) DO YOU NEED TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE FRONT OR CHANGE YOUR SEAT FOR ANOTHER REASON?

PARTICIPATION CARDS PRINT ON THE FRONT: SKIP SOME SPACE & PRINT: FIRST & LAST NAME YOUR CELL PHONE # DISCUSSION PARTNER’S NAME SKIP SOME SPACE & PRINT: YOUR PARENTS’ NAMES & PHONE #s

On the back of your card complete the following sentence: The most important news story from this summer was . . . because . . .

WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR THIS CLASS? 3 RING BINDER 1-2 INCH, HARD COVER SET OF TABS & DIVIDERS (6) PAPER (LOTS) CLASS RULES SIGNED (YOU WILL GET THESE TOMORROW) ALL MATERIALS DUE THURSDAY

WHO IS MR. FORSTER? I WAS NAMED AFTER TWO 1960s AMERICAN LEADERS. BOTH WERE ASSASSINATED WHAT IS MY FULL NAME?

HERE ARE THE ANSWERS MY FULL NAME IS: JOHN MARTIN FORSTER I WAS NAMED AFTER JOHN KENNEDY & MARTIN LUTHER KING

FAMILY MY FATHER IS A RETIRED PRINCIPAL FROM DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS MY MOTHER IS A RETIRED PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER FROM BLOOMFIELD HILLS SCHOOLS

FAMILY CONTINUED ONE OF MY SISTERS IS AN ADMINISRATOR IN DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS MY OTHER SISTER IS A TECHNOLOGY TEACHER IN HAZEL PARK MY YOUNGER BROTHER IS A RETIRED TEACHER (HE MARRIED A DOCTOR)

FAMILY CONTINUED MY WIFE TEACHES IB BUSINESS AT NOVI HIGH SCHOOL SHE IS ALSO THE ADVISOR FOR DECA

MY BOYS CONNOR (9), COOPER (4), & COLE (7)

MY EDUCATION I GRADUATED FROM BLOOMFIELD HILLS LAHSER HIGH SCHOOL IN 1988 I GRADUATED FROM WAYNE STATE IN 1993 WITH A DEGREE IN HISTORY I EARNED A MASTERS IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FROM WAYNE STATE

HOW DID I GET TO DEARBORN HIGH? I WORKED AT FORDSON HIGH FOR 15 YEARS THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR AT DHS I AM NOW IN MY 22ND YEAR OF TEACHING

FORDSON TENNIS I COACHED GIRLS’ & BOYS’ VARSITY TENNIS FOR 29 SEASONS AT FORDSON

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT … ME? THIS CLASS? ANYTHING ELSE?

DON’T FORGET: TOMORROW BRING: THURSDAY BRING: A PEN/PENCIL PAPER CLASS RULES SIGNED CLASS MATERIALS: BINDER, PAPER, TABS & DIVIDERS