Teacher - Parent Communication

·  Please feel free to write notes in your student’s assignment notebook and remember to check for teacher responses.

·  Many of our teachers use their e-mail regularly and prefer to communicate electronically. Please pass on your e-mail address to any teacher you wish to maintain e-mail communication with.

·  You may call and leave a phone message (419-671-7200) for any teacher. We will return your phone call as soon as we can

·  If you would like to meet with the cluster teachers in person you may call the above number to set it up. We hold parent meetings as a group every Friday at 7:30am.

Dress Code

All students are expected to be in dress code EVERY DAY. Please make sure your student has the appropriate clothing for school, including a belt and solid colored shoes! Please see the Student Handbook for further details.

Students must have shirts tucked in at all times!!!!

EDUCATION

IS

NATURAL EMPOWERMENT

East Broadway Middle School

1755 E. Broadway

Toledo, OH 43605

Phone (419) 671-7200

Knowledge Masters

Cluster Information

2008-2009

Welcome BACK!

Welcome to the 8th grade.

You are now a member of the Knowledge Masters Cluster.

Knowledge

Masters Faculty

Language Arts Ms. Lynch/610

Language Arts Ms. Craig/609

Math Ms. Sitzenstock/612

Math Mrs. Poland/612

Science Mr. Bell/607

Social Studies Mr. McMorgan/611

Resource Ms. Kane/811

Special Ed. Mr. Martin/808

We are all here to help your student succeed!

Our cluster holds parent meetings every Friday morning at 7:30am. Please feel free to call 419-671-7200 to set up a meeting.

We look forward to working with all of our incoming families to create a great year!!!

Discipline System

Referrals

The Knowledge Masters will be issuing referrals for behavior as well as dress code violations. Minor violations such as missing supplies, tardiness, or no homework will be handled individually by each teacher.

Cluster Rewards

Each quarter our cluster will host a reward program for those students who have:

·  1 or fewer behavior referrals and

·  2 or fewer dress code referrals.

1st Quarter Reward

University of Toledo Recreation Center

2nd Quarter Reward

BGSU Hockey Game

3rd Quarter Reward

Movie Day

4th Quarter Reward

Picnic / Game Day

** Final decisions on reward program participation are left to the discretion of the cluster teachers.

Assignment Book

Each student is required to purchase an assignment book at the beginning of the school year. The assignment book will be used to record homework assignments, meeting or supply reminders and will also be used as a restroom/hallway pass. Your student will need his/her assignment notebook to leave the classroom for any reason. This allows us track how often each student is leaving the classroom. Please help us by checking your student’s assignment book everyday for notes and homework assignments.

If an assignment book is misplaced, a new one can be purchased for $1.00 in the office.

Attendance

Regular attendance is essential for students to receive the maximum benefit from their educational experience. All students are expected to be in attendance every day that school is open. If a student must be absent, a written excuse must be presented to the homeroom teacher the following day.

Make-up Work

It is the student’s responsibility to ask teachers for make-up work and return completed work in a timely manner.