1. Welcome to Team 8-2 We are excited to embark on a wonderful school year with your child. Thank you for joining us this evening.

2. Team Leader Randy Ross rross@brownsburg.k12.in.us 852-3143 ext. 2020 Please contact him if you: have information for all teachers. would like to schedule a team meeting. would like to volunteer for team activities.

3. English Justin Dodd Room 201 Preparing students to use reading, writing, and grammar skills in the real world.

4. Math Trisha Corbin Room 204 Miss Corbin will be teaching Pre- Algebra, Algebra I, & Geometry

5. Science Maria McGill Room 205 You will learn science through many hands-on activities, projects, and fun demonstrations.

6. U.S. History Randy Ross Room 202 Covers U.S. history from the arrival of the first explorers through the Civil War

7. Homework Policy Students are allowed one late assignment per quarter, per class. For any beyond that, credit will be lost. Make Up Work It is the students responsibility to retrieve and complete work missed during the absence. Students will have the number of days absent to make up missed work. Please request make up work by 8:30 am for pick up that afternoon. Work requested after 8:30 am will be available the next morning.

8. Webpage Please visit our webpages Teachers maintain class webpages with assignments and information that students will need for the class. You can also find: upcoming information about team activities. advisory schedule. lots of helpful information. Team Webpage

9. Passport Students should be recording assignments daily in their Passports. This is an excellent place to start if students have missing assignments. But I dont have any homework. -- This is not likely. Check Passport or our webpages. Students should be reading at home daily.

10. Contacting Us Email is the easiest way to contact us. place regarding student and the name of the student in subject line. This will allow us to identify the e-mail as important and reply in a timely manner. Leaving a voice mail message is also a possibility. We will do our best to get back to you within 24 hours.

11. Stay Informed The Purple Press is a report that is sent out every Friday to parent e-mail addresses. It provided various sources of useful information such as team activities, athletic events, and school happenings. Newsletters and grades are all electronic now. Please check for these periodically.

12. THANK YOU We appreciate your support as we work together to make this a wonderful year. Thank you for coming this evening.