An Important Message From Mr. Walker

Mr. Walker is new to Brockbank this year, and his webpage has not yet been set up.  Please be patient while we get this organized for him.

He would like to remind the yellow team students and their parents of supplies needed for his class.  For social studies this year, yellow team students must have the following:

Black pen

Colored Pencils

3-Ring Binder

Paper

Pencil

Planner

Red Pen

Please bring these items to class every day.

How To Monitor Your Child's Progress In Her/His Classes

After asking your child about her/his homework, your next step is asking to see her/his planner.  All yellow team students are required to write a brief summary of each class each day.  This allows both students and parents to keep track of what is happening, what is due, etc.  A parent can use the planner to learn how often the student is taking notes, watching videos, doing research, being assigned homework, and/or finishing work in class.  The planner also puts the responsibility on the student to keep track of all assignments, projects, and tests.

We also strongly encourage all parents to check the grades program frequently, as soon as we can smooth the kinks out of the new system.  (A post will follow when things are up and running.  This should be within a couple of days.)  Yellow team teachers update the grades program frequently, and this is one of the best ways for parents to check for any missing work or low scores.

Each yellow team teacher also has a website with additional information to help parents and students.  Mrs. Nielson, for example, has many of her assignments in a downloadable form on her website.  And reading lists for Ms. Shafer's classes that use such lists can easily be printed from the "documents" section of her website.

If you need, however, information which cannot be obtained from the student planner, the grades program, or the teachers' websites, feel free to e-mail the yellow team teachers.  All contact information can be found on the Brockbank homepage  (or use the link in the side bar).

Welcome To A New Group Of Yellow Team Students!

We've been clearing the dust off the old blog and getting the new one ready.  Very soon we will have info for the parents about the new grades program, as well as all the correct links for teachers.
For 2011-2012, the yellow team is the "small" team of 7th-graders, with only three groups that circulate among the core classes.  This year's yellow team teachers are Mrs. Pienezza for math, Ms. Shafer for English, Mrs. Nielson for science, and Mr. Walker for social studies.
We're all excited to start a new school year on Monday!