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8th Grade Science - Mr. Howard's Welcome Video
Added Aug 20, 2021
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hello my name is Mister Matthew Howard I'm the new 8th grade science teacher with the Douglas middle school for this upcoming fall semester prior to coming to Douglas Eyeworks for Stevens High School in Rapid City I've worked there for the past two years I am a brand new teacher in the field of education however my students hot at the event and I also just completed a mass degree program in Black Hills State University and secondary education and science on here at Douglas I am located in room 805 on if you need to get ahold of me I'm the best way to do that is to just contact the school that telephone number is 605-923-0050 just ask for Mr Howard's room again room 805 from wannabe Miss rating systems 2 answers phone and they will connect you write to me if I'm not immediately available please feel free to leave me a voicemail my voicemail box is all set up and ready to go please do include eye contact information in your message I will get back get back to you soon as I can my email address is Matthew. Howard at K12 dot SD. Us check my email almost every day and if you need to get ahold of me you can reach me through that means and I will return your messages soon as possible for this coming school year my general policies and procedures were my students are going to be that they are always showing up to class on time they comment ready to write and learn for class their school materials will be listed on a syllabus that I will hand out soon in general however they will know 10 mm pencils for tens I prefer blue or black they will need at least one folder with which to keep their papers and other class materials that are handed out to them in class and I also would like them you have a do composition notebooks on don't have to be college-ruled at that's fine what wide world is just fine but they need it with two notebooks one of the notebooks will be used for a Daily Journal I am record-keeping that I will talk to them about the other one will be other than supplies that they would well Baker activities available to them in class however my general Behavior expectations are that students, generally with a positive attitude to class any options or any issues that arise will be handled according to school General school policy and procedures there are minor major offenses that we have procedures with which we follow for that I do always try to work with students do to resolve any issues on during class. And anything that can be worked out between us I do try to do as well as I do why parents or Guardians I know of any major conflicts that arise guragain personal policy so I'm if there are any questions regarding any of that in at anytime, you're more than welcome to ask me and all the specifics will be wasted on the course listening to be handed out to students as well as available online on my school website once I have that up and running General homework and all their classwork expectations are that there they are done and completed by would you date again that's pretty standard I will give well advance notice of any tests or exams that are under that are being done in class on students of course welcome. Anytime with any concerns and questions I'm regarding due date and so forth and generally speaking we can we can work something out that's pretty much it if you do have any questions again for like the first time we do feel free to reach out to me and I look forward again to getting to know you and your students and everyone since upcoming school year thank you very much everyone
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