1. WELCOME BACK! MR. FORSTER: U.S. HISTORY 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.

2. ARE YOU IN THE RIGHT ROOM? CHECK YOUR SCHEDULE FOR: HOUR? ROOM G9 U.S. HISTORY MR. FORSTER

3. NEW SEATS PAY ATTENTION! SAY HI TO YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS. DO YOU NEED TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE FRONT OR CHANGE YOUR SEAT FOR ANOTHER REASON?

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

5. BACK OF PARTICIPATION CARDS COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES: THE BEST THING ABOUT AMERICA IS... THE WORST THING ABOUT AMERICA IS...

6. WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR THIS CLASS? 3 RING BINDER 1-2 INCH, HARD COVER SET OF TABS & DIVIDERS (9) PAPER MATERIALS & CLASS RULES SIGNED DUE FRIDAY.

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

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

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

10. FAMILY CONTINUED ONE OF MY SISTERS IS AN ADMINISTRATOR 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)

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

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

13. 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

14. 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

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

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

17. DON’T FORGET: TOMORROW BRING: A PENCIL PAPER FRIDAY BRING: CLASS MATERIALS: RULES SIGNED BINDER, PAPER, TABS & DIVIDERS