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Science
tburns@conejo.k12.ca.us
805 495-7429 x 1135
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Student responsibilities
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About Mr. Burns
Mr. Burns has been a teacher since 1997, including ten years at Colina and the balance at Nordhoff High, in Ojai. Mr. Burns is in his ninth year as a cross country and track coach at Westlake High. His hobbies include golf, most sports and spending quality time with his wife, daughter and son.
.....Mr. Burns' 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:
a. Prearrange with a Study Buddy that if either of you is absent, the other should pick up an extra set of handouts from the teacher; then you and your parent should arrange (with the family that picked up) for FAXing or pickup of the handouts; or
b. Ask teacher when you return to school.

3. Get any explanation you need:
a. Ask a study Buddy; or b) see teacher after school.		 1/2 off for late work; due the next day, otherwise 0.
* 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 about 1.5 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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