Good Morning Parents and Students!

I hope that you all had an enjoyable winter break! 

This term I will be teaching Biology 1B this class will be using a spiral notebook for the majority of their course work. Please come to class with a 70 sheet (or larger) college rule spiral notebook on Wednesday 1/3. If you don’t have one, one can be purchased for a quarter.

It is imperative that your student stays on top of the assignments given because this notebook really will be their tool to success in this class. The notebook is called an InterActive Notebook which is a teaching and learning tool which utilizes both hemispheres of the brain to help students learn. The notebook becomes a portal for teacher input (notes, worksheets, etc) and student output (creative interpretations of the material). Each student will learn how to set up their notebook today and we will jump right into content/lessons tomorrow; so I encourage you to ask them about it as they get more comfortable with the format!

Lastly, I would like to invite all parents and students to join the Remind App and receive free texts or emails from my class. Remind is a safe way for students, parents, and teachers to be in contact with each other without knowing anyone's personal contact information. I use remind in my classroom to send reminders about upcoming tests, assignments, or to tell students what pages to study for quizzes. You can choose to sign up and receive messages via text, email, or in the app itself. I highly encourage you (if you haven't done so already) to join my classes.- PLEASE Note: If you were previously signed up in my classes, I had to go through and delete everyone; so that students no longer taking my classes won't receive the texts; so please sign up again!

To subscribe via text simply send the following class code as a message to the phone number 81010. If you or your student is in Biology, the class code is @cmcbi

Alternatively, to sign up via email, head to www.remind.com/join and enter the class code and then your email address.

I look forward to teaching your students and having a great term. Please feel free to contact me if you ever need anything or want to check in on your students' progress. I am always available via email [email protected] and I am in my classroom for office hours from 7:45-8:45 and 2:45-3:45 most school days.

Sincerely, 

Mrs. Andrews

P.S. Students will be gluing in the course syllabus into their notebook on pages 2 and 3. Please review it with them and have it signed by Friday. They will receive a grade in synergy for going over the syllabus with you.