I would like to welcome all of you to the Middle School.
This will be a year of learning many new things and making new friendships.

Let me tell you a few things about myself. I have been teaching in Lake Dallas for eleven years. I taught 5th grade math for five years and am in my sixth year teaching 6th grade math.

I am married and have three children. My oldest child graduated from Texas A&M University and is married. My middle child is in her junior year at the University of North Texas in Denton. My third child is in his sophmore year at Texas A&M University. He is in the Corp of Cadets.

Please check your student's binder each night to ensure that the homework has been done. The assignment should be written in their agenda, and the homework should be in the binder either finished or needing to be finished.

My students will be given a homework assignment each day. I will allow time in class
for them to work and ask questions, but any unfinished work will be due at the beginning
of class the next day.

If your student doesn't know the math facts 2 - 12, please study them a few minutes each night. A good way to do this is with flash cards which can be purchased at Walmart. Math facts are a vital part of 6th grade math.

Tutorial buses will start running Sept. 7. I will be having tutorials on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons from 4:00 to 4:30 starting September 8th. If your child needs to stay for tutorials, he/she will call and let you know. The tutorial bus will bring them home at 4:30, or you may come and pick them up.

Papers that receive a 69 or below on homework or a quiz, need to be corrected for a 70. Please make corrections on a separate sheet of paper. Staple the corrections to the original paper when it is turned in to me. Do not erase anything on the original paper.

At the present time, we are evaluatiing different options for our field trip at the end of the year. I will post the information when our plans are finalized.