Please remember to check and sign your student's assignment notebook each night. Your signature verifies that you have checked completed homework and made a notation of any problems encountered. Homework assignments for all classes are written on the white board in the TIDES classroom at the end of each day. Parents are welcome to stop into the TIDES classroom at the end of each day to clarify homework expectations and ensure that students have necessary materials to complete assignments. Extra help and clarification is offered by all special and general education teachers from 2:30-3PM, Monday - Wednesday. Homework Club is held in the school library from 2:30-3:30, Monday-Wednesday. Although the library homework club is not structured to provide individual help or tutorial services, it is an excellent opportunity for students to get a jump start on homework, work on collaborative projects, and develop good work habits among their peers. Key things you can do to help your child at home are to make sure he / she has adequate sleep and nutrition, a consist homework time, quiet space, and adequate supplies, and organizational support. All classes have specific binder organization requirements which are reinforced daily at school. Consistent reinforcement at home of these prescribed systems will help your child retrieve assigned and completed assignments and materials in a timely manner. Master binders for all classes are maintained in the TIDES classroom. I am happy to work with you and your child to make sure their binders are properly organized and encourage you make an appointment with me to accomplish this task. We are making a district- wide effort to publish teacher web pages with consistent information. Although still under construction, please make a habit of checking individual teacher web pages for course overviews, current units, daily homework assignments and longterm projects, as well as grades. Important school announcements are sent home on Wednesdays of each week in student advisory folders. Advisory folders should be signed each Wednesday, indicating that you have received and read all contents; and, returned at Thursday advisory. If your child manages to leave school without their advisory folder on Wednesday, please stop in on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning to gather contents and sign the folder. Any folders not returned with a signature at Thursday advisories will result in a phone call home and student detention until the signed folder is returned. Please help your child by monitoring this process every Wednesday and Thursday.