NAME:
Margaret Parrett
SCHOOL:
Venice High School, Home of the Indians #1 Indian Avenue Venice, FL 34285
CLASS:
English 2 Honors, English 3 Honors/AP Language and Composition
SCHOOL PHONE:
school 941-488-6726, extension 65636; FAX 486-2034; home email mpar28@comcast.net
Margaret Parrett has been a teacher of English for thirty-seven years and
has taught grades 6-12. She formerly taught at Sarasota High School, Venice
Area Middle, Cyesis, and Laurel Nokomis School and has taught at Venice High
School for seven years. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English from
Kentucky Wesleyan College, her Master of Arts in English Education from
Western Kentucky University, and did post-graduate study at University of
South Florida. She has also earned endorsements in gifted education and
ESOL. She is married to former VHS principal Dan Parrett and has two
children, Ryan and Katie, both of whom are graduates of VHS. She enjoys
reading, traveling, sporting events, and decorating. A Pennsylvania native,
Mrs. Parrett is a long-time resident of the Venice area and is proud to be a
teacher at VHS! Her favorite sports teams are the Tampa Bay Rays, the
Cleveland Indians, the Florida Gators, and, of course, the Venice High
Indians!
My mission is to help prepare each student to do his/her best on the October
PSAT National Merit Qualifying exam, the AP Language and Composition exam in
May 2010, and the SAT and/or ACT college entrance exams, including the SAT
II writing exam. Throughout this course, students will enhance their verbal
skills. They will expand their critical thinking and analytical skills
through the consistent examination of both classic and contemporary fiction
and nonfiction that includes essays, speeches, letters, memoirs, as well as a
variety of graphic representations that support argument. My mission is to
improve their writing skills by helping students learn and apply to their own
writing a variety of organizational techniques,choose appropriate rhetorical
strategies, develop strategies for improved content and detail selection, and
apply correct grammatical rules in order to become better writers both in
college and in their future careers.
