1. 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.

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

3. 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?

4. 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

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

6. 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

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 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 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)

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: THURSDAY BRING: A PEN/PENCIL PAPER
CLASS RULES SIGNED
CLASS MATERIALS:
BINDER, PAPER, TABS & DIVIDERS