1. Ms. Hickman. e-mail: hickmak@gcsnc. com. website: http://hickmak
Grimsley High School School Year
Please Read the course information, sign, and return this sheet to MS. Hickman
Students:
Please sign below to signify that you have read over and understand the course syllabus for Ms. Hickman’s class. You will be responsible for the information throughout the year, and will check Powerschool at school or at home.
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Parents/Guardians:
Please sign below to indicate that you have read the course information for Ms. Hickman’s class and that you will help your child be accountable for the information. If you have questions about the course or your child’s work, please do not hesitate to contact me; is the best way to reach me quickly. If you have any initial comments or concerns for your child that you would like to share about, please feel free to those. See the top of this sheet for my address.  
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Check all the statements that apply to how you would like to communicate with Ms. Hickman about your child’s progress. I will, of course, communicate major concerns, but with approximately 150 students, I like to know how you’d prefer to communicate.
_____ I/We have internet access at home, so we will check Parent Portal to check on my/our student’s progress. I/We will contact Ms. Hickman about any concerns we have.
_____ I/We plan to Ms. Hickman weekly or monthly for an update.
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2. Ms. Hickman. e-mail: hickmak@gcsnc. com. website: http://hickmak
Grimsley High School School Year
Please Read the course information, sign, and return this sheet to MS. Hickman
TEXTS:
“Literary texts studied in the high school classroom are complex, higher-level texts which may contain mature content and themes. ‘Mature content’ may include, but is not limited to pervasive strong language, disturbing violence and behavior, sexual acts, drug/alcohol use or references, controversial content, or culturally diverse themes. These books are selected based on their literary merit and will be studied through their historical and cultural context. Our instructional purpose is to expose students to perspectives unlike or in opposition to their own in order to analyze complex themes and to promote individual reflection and academic growth.”  A parent or guardian may request an alternate assignment for his/her child if the selected supplementary resource is determined personally offensive or too mature to the student.  In order to exercise this option, the parent/guardian should contact the teacher and discuss the objections to the selected resource.  After conversing with the teacher, the parent may opt to allow his/her child to read or view the selection or the parent may choose to submit a written request for his/her student to be given an alternative assignment.  (Note: Alternative assignments will require independent work due to the inability to have class discussions and collaborative assignments with peers.) --Guilford County Schools High School Supplemental Reading List Policy.
Major Texts Taught in 10th Grade:
Night by Elie Wiesel
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Oedipus by Sophocles
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Parents/Guardians:
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Parent/Guardian printed name Parent/Guardian signature
Please check one statement below:
the list of major texts of the course and approve all texts.
_____ I/We have looked over
_____ I/We would like to request an alternate independent assignment for my student from the approved reading list for English II.
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