Friday, December 18, 2009 I wish all of you, and your families, a very blessed, peaceful Christmastime. A wish for good health, and good fortune be yours in the New Year. Mrs. Rice. ***Homework Club is in full swing. Please read, sign and return a permission form if you would like your child(ren) to participate in the homework club. You may sign up your child(ren) at any time during the year. Please check this site daily(if possible) for homework assignments, upcoming projects, important notes and information, and general news. Since I am teaching the 5th-8th grade science classes, as well as the 6th grade math class, the daily assignments for those classes will be listed on the homework link also. All 7th grade homework is also listed daily in our classroom. Students should always make sure his/her planner is completely filled in every day before leaving school. Missing assignment notes will be inserted into the student's planner for the day when the missing assignment occurs. Students will have until the end of school the following day to turn in the missing assignment-with a 10% penalty. Any assignment not turned in by the end of the next school day will receive a zero. If a student accumulates three missing assignment notes, a letter will be sent home via post to the parents. Homework club is available every Monday-Thursday, excluding the 2nd Monday of the month(teacher faculty meeting). Homework club runs from 3:40-4:30. This year homework club will meet in the library. Mrs. Vondrasek will have the computer lab open as well on Tuesdays and Thursdays during homework club. Computer time is for research and word processing(not game time) Students will be able to bring a healthy, non-messy snack to eat between 3:40-3:50 if they choose. A water bottle is also encouraged. Homework club is a great time to get a good start on homework, especially for students involved in after school extracurricular activities. Everyone registered in homework club MUST also be registered in latchkey in the event that a parent or approved responsible person is late collecting a student from homework club. Any student waiting for a ride beyond 4:40p.m. will be directed to latchkey. Please also remember our new dress code regulations which were mailed out with the summer packet. A student not is dress code will forfeit his/her Friday jeans day for that week. A student not is dress code will be directed to the office to phone a parent for appropriate clothing. We have a limited amount of dress code clothing available at school for students whose parent cannot bring clothes from home. With the return to school, athletics are already in full swing. Please remember that a student must maintain a 70% in EVERY class in order to be eligible for sports practices and game days. This is a weekly check-up with notifications being made to parents on Mondays for the current week. If you have any questions, at any time, please do not hesitate to ask. I am here by 7:45 M-F, and do not regularly leave before 5:00p.m. I check my school email every day and will respond to any questions the same day if at all possible. You can always leave word in the school office, write me a note about any concerns or phone me at school. Every teacher has individual voice mail access. Thank-you for choosing St. Paul's for your child's academic and faith education. Mrs. Rice