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Science
dagapoff@conejo.k12.ca.us
805 495-7429 x1132
Science course description & essential standards
Student responsibilities
Parent recommendations

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Teacher of the Month
Dec. 2007

About Ms. Agapoff
Ms. Agapoff is a UCSB graduate with a B.S. in Chemistry. She earned her teaching credential from Loyola Marymount and her M.S. degree in Science Education in 2006 from CSUN. Her experience includes teaching at Santa Monica High School, and then, after moving to T.O.. She has been teaching 8th grade science at Colina since 1989. Ms. Agapoff and her two children particularly enjoy spending time in the outdoors. She also enjoys gardening, the ocean and chocolate. In Dec. 2007, Ms. Agapoff was named Teacher of the Month by the Chamber of Commerce.

.....Ms. Agapoff's Policies......
Homework
Grades Report Cards Makeup Work Late Work
To find out the daily homework, upcoming tests and long-term assignments...

To find out the student's grades on assignments and tests...
Regarding the student's mid-tri Progress Report and end-of-tri Report Card... To make up work after absence... Regarding turning in late homework...
...go to Zangle ParentConnect.
Log on with the PIN & Password*; to find out your student's homework, click News (NOT Assignments) in the upper left. Zangle PIN and Password info are mailed home within the first few weeks of the year.
..go to Zangle ParentConnect.

Log on with the PIN & Password*; to find out your student's homework, click Assignments (NOT News) in the upper left. Zangle PIN and Password info are mailed home within the first few weeks of the year.

Very soon after the teacher grades a test or assignment, it is updated for parents and students on Zangle ParentConnect.

...go to Progress Reports & Report Cards. 1. Find out the assignment:
a. Call a Study Buddy (at the start of the school year your student should exchange phone numbers with at least two students per class); or
b. Look up the assignment in Zangle ParentConnect (Parent needs to login with parent PIN/ Password.*)

2. Obtain any missed handouts:
From the teacher when you return to school.

3. Get any explanation you need:
a. Ask a study Buddy; or b. see teacher if still unclear.

District policy stipulates that a student has as many days as he/she was absent to make up missed work. However, it is desirable that as much work as possible be done during one's absence.
You get half credit for late work if it is submitted before the applicable chapter test is taken.

* Letters with Zangle PIN/Password and with My Own Grades Password are mailed home within the first few weeks of the start of the school year. For Zangle, if you had a PIN/Password last year, it's the same this year.

Expectations for Success

Student Responsibilities
A. Calendar all work daily in your Assignment Notebook.
B. Study on average for 1.5 to 2 hours per weeknight.*
1) Do Homework that's due tomorrow.
2) Work on Long-Term Assignments.
3) Quiz yourself for upcoming Tests.
4) Review back work on your own.

*cumulative time for all subjects combined; of course, the actual time on any given day will vary.

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Parent Recommendations
A. Check your student's Assignment Notebook.
B. Check the actual completed work. (Don't just ask "Did you do it?" Instead say, "Show me.")

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