Weekly Homeroom Weekly Homeroom ScheduleSchedule

Monday: Tutoring time; LibraryMonday: Tutoring time; Library Tuesday: “Connections”Tuesday: “Connections” Wednesday: Tutoring time; Organization; Wednesday: Tutoring time; Organization;

LibraryLibrary Thursday: Tutoring time; Organization; Thursday: Tutoring time; Organization;

LibraryLibrary Friday: Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)Friday: Drop Everything And Read (DEAR)

Excuses, Excuses, ExcusesExcuses, Excuses, Excuses Please send an excuse the first day after your child is Please send an excuse the first day after your child is

absent. It should include a first and last name, the absent. It should include a first and last name, the date, homeroom number, and the reason for the date, homeroom number, and the reason for the absence.absence.

Vacation forms are available in the office.Vacation forms are available in the office.

Check your child’s Planner daily.Check your child’s Planner daily.

Log onto the Cougar team website for more Log onto the Cougar team website for more information. information. ((http://www.svsd.net/domain/766))

The team sends a weekly update by email each The team sends a weekly update by email each Monday.Monday.

Cougar Connections

• Goal: Connect the students with the community.

• Examples• Toys for Tots• Creek Connection• Student Council Food

Drive• Light of Life Mission

Shelter• Friday Night Spaghetti

Dinners• Red Ribbon Week• Outside teaming activity• Veterans’ Letters• Olweus Bully Prevention

1.  I will not bully others.2.  I will help others who are being bullied.3.  I will include other students who are left out.4. I will tell an adult when I see someone bullying.

SV Hotline: (724) 631-1677SV Hotline: (724) 631-1677

Activity Fair: September 17Team Day: (outside) September 18Homecoming Week: September 21-25Picture Day: September 24Magazine Kick-Off: September 30Olympic Day: October 7Pajama Rama: October 9 Fall Dance: October 16 Main Event: November 10

Light of Life Mission: In order to raise funds for the Light of Life Mission, the Cougars will host two pancake breakfasts.

1st Semester: We will pack extra Halloween Candy and deliver to the homeless shelter.

2nd Semester: We will pack lunches for the homeless shelter during a team day.

Field Trip: We will go on a field trip to Pittsburgh in May.

Brecht’s Homework Cycle

• Class time will be spent reviewing problems that students struggled with– Students will review the homework in their group – Teacher will answer questions and review

selected problems

• Students may come before or during homeroom if they have questions.

• Homework problems and answers (from our book) will be posted on my website the day the homework is due. (Good Study Tool)

What Can You Do / What Resources Are There?

• My Website

• MathXL

• Vocab, Vocab, Vocab

• Notes

• Books

• Email that I sent a week ago

MathXL

MathXL Help Me Solve This Problem

1st- Classification of Organisms

2nd- Cellular Biology

3rd- Plant Study, Genetics

4th- Ecology, National Park Research

Science Binder Organization

• Study guides, tests/quizzes will be in the binder.

• Binder checks will occur periodically.

• Binder clean-out each nine weeks.

• Please supply pencils.

Getting to know the Teacher

• Seneca Valley Graduate ‘90• Graduated from SRU in ’95• Master’s Degree from Gannon University• Have taught here at Seneca for 19 years• Coach 7/8th grade football, ski club

advisor, and Outdoor Adventure Club• Coordinator for boys “Main Event”, Talent

Show & Guitar Day, Olweus committee• Married (16 Years to Alecia); Live in Zelie,

have two children: Tyler (14)& Avery(10)

7th grade Health Class Cougar Team

• Health Triangle (goal setting/decision making)

• Communication & Conflict• Stress & Relationships• Nutrition• Body Systems• Changing Body & Puberty• CPR & First Aid• Communicable Diseases