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English/Social Science
dkennedy@conejo.k12.ca.us
805 495-7429 x1118

Newsletter Grade 7
Course description
Soc Sci Course description
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Student responsibilities
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About Ms. Kennedy
Ms. Kennedy has been teaching since 1993. At Colina she appreciates the students' ongoing enthusiasm. Ms. Kennedy and Colina's Ms. Krug attended UCLA together. Ms. Kennedy enjoys flying a kite with her toddler and husband, and gingerbread house making.

.....Ms. Kennedy's Policies.....
Homework Grades
Grade sheets will be sent home monthly
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.
...Grade sheets will be sent home monthly.
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.*)
c. See teacher at start of lunch

2. Obtain any missed handouts from box, in back of room, of extra handouts

3. Get any explanation you need:
Talk to Study Buddy, then to teacher.

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.
Must be turned in the next day for partial credit.

Expectations for Success

Student Responsibilities
A. Calendar all work daily in your Assignment Notebook.
B. Study on average for 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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