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**NEWS Flash **
 * Welcome to Mrs. Dana Brennan's Webpage **
 * **The GPS ALgebra EOCT will be Given on Wednesday, May 9, and Thursday,May 10! **
 * **Here is a link for the EOCT Student Guide from the DOE Website: EOCT Guides **
 * **The Retest For any students who received a grade contract will be Wednesday, 5/2, after school **
 * **Great website for math topics: ** []
 * **Graphing Quadratics Packet: [[file:Quadratic Packet.pdf]] **
 * **Factoring Tutorial: [] **

** About Mrs. Brennan ** This is my eighth year teaching mathematics in Georgia. I am a native of Lincoln County where I graduated high school in 1993. After graduation, I attended Georgia Tech. I graduated from Tech in 1997 and went on to get my Master’s degree in Religion. I have worked in campus ministry at Georgia Tech, East Tennessee State University and Auburn University. I love working with youth and basically that’s why I became a teacher. My husband, Brian, and I have two children, Garrett and Grace. Garrett is five and Grace is three. My husband is stationed at Fort Benning as a Military Intelligence Officer.

Please email me at any time! Brennan.dana.h@muscogee.k12.ga.us


 * Mrs. Brennan’s Newsletter **

[[file:fall2011.newsletter.math 1.shaw.pdf]]
GPS ALGEBRA Grading System

EOCT: 20% of final grade (Spring Semester) __Nine weeks grade__ Point values are approximate. �� Tests: 60% All tests are cumulative so material covered previously can show up on any test. All tests are weighted the same and will be announced. When major projects are assigned, they will count as test grades. �� Quizes: 25% Quizzes may or may not be announced. Students should be prepared to take a quiz on definitions and formulas as early as the day after they are assigned. Students are responsible for any material covered previously in class. Performance tasks will also count as a quiz grade. �� Daily Work: 15% Daily work consists of homework from the book, worksheets, and class work. Students will receive a zero for each missing assignment. �� Nine Weeks Test: (2 test grades) �� Make-up Work: All make-up work must be completed within __3 school days__. Make-up tests and quizzes will only be administered __before or after school__. Being absent the day before the test does NOT excuse you from taking the test the day you return �� Extra Credit: Extra credit may be assigned throughout the semester. Students will receive a “Praise Points Sheet.” Praise points may be received for going above and beyond the norm – answering questions, volunteering, helping other students, and so on. These points may be “cashed in” at the end of the nine weeks as extra credit points. These must be signed the day the student earns them! No individual extra credit will be assigned. Please don’t ask for special treatment. �� Notebooks: Students are required to keep a notebook in the form of a 3 ring binder for class. All notes, homework, handouts, quizzes, tests, etc. should be kept in his/her notebook. Notebook quizzes/checks may be given at any time.

Students are expected to be familiar with and adhere to all rules and regulations regarding classroom behavior as stated in the MCSD and Shaw High School Conduct Code booklets.

Excellent behavior is expected at all times. Disruptive behavior such as talking, playing, and being out of your assigned seat without permission to do so will result in disciplinary action.

Students must be respectful to all others in the classroom and have a positive attitude.

Students are required to bring textbooks, workbooks, notebooks, pencils, paper, calculators, etc. each day and arrive on time.

The Shaw High School dress code and cell phone policy is strictly enforced in this classroom and in the hallways at all times.

Disciplinary Action: Violation of any rule or procedure can result in one or more of the following disciplinary actions: Parent Contact, Detention, Referral to Principal (not necessarily in that order).

One or more of the following consequences will be given for minor offenses: Warning, Parent Contact, Detention, Referral