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About Dr. Stephenson
Dr. Stephenson is an alumnus of Ventura County schools, UCLA, and Stanford.  She has taught at every level from preschool to graduate school (except high school) since 1993 and has been teaching at Colina since 2003.  She loves travel, camping, hiking, shopping, yoga, kickboxing, arts and crafts, all kinds of music, and spending time with her husband, Dave; daughters Grace and Lena; and beagle, Indy.

.....Dr. Stephenson's Policies.....
Homework Grades
Via Zangle ParentConnect teacher will upload grades approximately every 2-4 weeks.
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.

Via Zangle ParentConnect teacher will upload grades approximately every 2-4 weeks.

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.*); or

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. Check the "Handouts" box.

3. Get any explanation you need:
Ask Study Buddy; see teacher during nutrition break or at lunch; attend Math Lab.
No points given for late homework, unless absent. Students have 1 day per absence to show makeup work to teacher.

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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