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seeks to prepare each student scholastically, socially and spiritually for the challenges in the twenty-first century.

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Help session in Room A214 . Please be aware that Mr. Begley has spelled out specific rules concerning Helps sessions, as follows:

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Your sincere, consistent interest is the greatest incentive to your child's committed performance in school.You can start by asking him or her what assignments are due. This information is on my website, both in weekly assignment form and as a monthly calendar. We stick quite closely to the calendar, so it is helpful to read it if your child is out of school for several days. Your child has a "permanent partner" from his or her class; this person can give your child more information on missed work. Taking it a step further, you could talk with your child about the work he or she is doing, reinforcing that this work is valuable and important to the child's future college and career success.

The student's "current" average is avaliable at all times on Blackbaud. However, this grade is not up-to-date and correct every day. As the Guidance Department has told parents, the grades are only updated and correct on the days noted in the email sent to parents at the beginning of the school year. The Guidance Department advises parents to wait for the days when the date is up-to-date and correct. If you cannot access the information at home, your child can do so in the Media Center, with your permission.

The zero indicates that he or she made a zero on a reading quiz, or didn’t turn in an assignment. Typically, I give the students a few minutes at the beginning of class to look over their reading assignment from the night before and then give them a 5-question fact-based quiz. Two of the questions are usually the name of the author and the name of the reading assignment; the others are close reading questions. Whenever a student misses a class, or is late, he or she must come in during Helps in the morning to get an alternate assignment. I enter a zero for the grade until the asisgnment is made up. The student has the same number of days to make up all work as the number of days of absence; the zero becomes permanent after that time.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Email – stusek@prov.org; (904) 223-5270 – Leave a message at the front office.
My home phone and email are for personal use; please use the school phone and email.
Emails received over the weekend will not be answered till the next school day.

Note: If you don't have internet access at home, you may have your child access my website at school. The Media Center has workstations available to students.Please notify the school if you have any problems opening or publishing anything on this website.




	Providence School Providence School, in partnership with home and church, seeks to prepare each student scholastically, socially and spiritually for the challenges in the twenty-first century. SUMMER READING PARENT LETTERS DUE (SIGNED) BY MAY 9, 2008 @2:45 pm EXTRA HOMEWORK GRADE OF 100 IF YOU BRING IT IN BY THE DUE DATE. INFORMATION ON BOOKS AND ASSIGNMENTS Prompts FOR RISING FRESHMEN The Old Man and the Sea Info: OMS vocab Ernest Hemingway Biography The Hound of the Baskervilles Info: Lure of the moors Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 08-09 English I HAH Annotated List summer and year 08-09 Chart Eng. I Novels and Plays SCHEDULE FOR 2007--2008 Period I...English I CP Eng. I Links Period 2...Plan Period 3...Journalism JOURNALISM LINKS Period 4...English I CP Period 5...English II CP Eng. II LINKS Period 6...English II CP Period 7...English II CP xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Information on Helps sessions Help session in Room A214 . Please be aware that Mr. Begley has spelled out specific rules concerning Helps sessions, as follows: 1. The student must be in front of the teacher's door between 7:25 and 7:30. Students may not come before 7:25, as I am expected to prepare for my day's classes before 7:25. In any event, no student should be upstairs before 7:25, as they are to stay downstairs, where they can be supervised by adults. 2. He or she must sign in to the roster posted on the door. 3. If a student comes to my room for Helps, he or she must stay in my room till 7:50, being helped (not studying or reading). Helps is not a study hall. 3. Any student who comes to Helps after 7:30 will be sent back downstairs for being late. 4. Assistant Principal Rodgers is in charge of being sure that students are in the right place at the right time. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear Parents, Here are answers to common parent questions: "How can I help my child do well in your class?" Your sincere, consistent interest is the greatest incentive to your child's committed performance in school.You can start by asking him or her what assignments are due. This information is on my website, both in weekly assignment form and as a monthly calendar. We stick quite closely to the calendar, so it is helpful to read it if your child is out of school for several days. Your child has a "permanent partner" from his or her class; this person can give your child more information on missed work. Taking it a step further, you could talk with your child about the work he or she is doing, reinforcing that this work is valuable and important to the child's future college and career success. "How can I access and and understand my child's grades?" The student's "current" average is avaliable at all times on Blackbaud. However, this grade is not up-to-date and correct every day. As the Guidance Department has told parents, the grades are only updated and correct on the days noted in the email sent to parents at the beginning of the school year. The Guidance Department advises parents to wait for the days when the date is up-to-date and correct. If you cannot access the information at home, your child can do so in the Media Center, with your permission. "Why does my child have a grade of zero on a progress report?" The zero indicates that he or she made a zero on a reading quiz, or didn’t turn in an assignment. Typically, I give the students a few minutes at the beginning of class to look over their reading assignment from the night before and then give them a 5-question fact-based quiz. Two of the questions are usually the name of the author and the name of the reading assignment; the others are close reading questions. Whenever a student misses a class, or is late, he or she must come in during Helps in the morning to get an alternate assignment. I enter a zero for the grade until the asisgnment is made up. The student has the same number of days to make up all work as the number of days of absence; the zero becomes permanent after that time. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mrs. Tusek's Professional Background: Graduate of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Master’s degree in Education. Assistant Editor of Stallion Spirit; published author of books (Three Things You Can't Do in Prague, Your Career Passport), newsletters, periodical articles Graduate student at University of North Florida, towards Master’s degree in English. Graduate of Potsdam College, New York, Bachelor’s degree in Sociology; graduate of Durrett High School, Louisville, Kentucky. National Merit Scholar, National Honor Society, Future Teacher’s Club, Spanish Club, Beta Club in high school. Participant in two National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, 2002 at Georgia State University, Atlanta; 2001, at Illinois State University, Normal. Member of Christ the Redeemer Church, Ponte Vedra. Involved in Altar Prayer and Alpha ministries. Two children, Noah and Melissa. Since 1991, member of ministry team to Central and Eastern Europe through International Leadership Institute. Directed the Office of Career Services at The University of the South; Career Counselor at St. Lawrence University. Mrs. Tusek has taught at Providence since 1997, and was Head of the English Department, 2001--2007. She has taught every grade level of middle and high school English at Providence, and has also taught AP Psychology, Psychology I and II, Sociology, Advanced Writing, SAT Prep and Journalism, where she sponsors the Providence Post. She sponsors the Providence Community Service Council. Link to Community Service Council xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *Dear Student,* Please buy a three-ring binder for homework and handouts. You could also buy a three-hole punch, to keep your binder neat. Only pens can be used in class—no pencils allowed. All homework is preferably done on a computer. For some homework, the computer is required. Use only lined white notebook paper, three-hole-punched, preferably college-ruled, for in-class assignments. Do not buy a bound spiral notebook for in-class assignments, because they make a mess when you tear out the page. Please buy all the books noted for your class in the virtual bookstore. *Classroom Policies and Procedures:* Be on time and prepared for class. Tardy students will be sent to the office for a tardy slip. Bring the appropriate book, your folder and pen (not pencil) every day. The classroom is an orderly place. If I am lecturing, please listen and take notes. If we are having a class discussion, please be respectful in your participation. Concerning attendance in class, the Providence Handbook clearly specifies all policies and procedures. Please use this as your guide. It is not acceptable to eat, drink, or take care of personal grooming in class. Your learning is your responsibility. I believe that as an upperclassman you have assumed the responsibility to complete your assignments to the best of your ability. However, if your grade drops below a “C” (70) on a progress report or quarter grade, I will be in touch with your parents, as per school policy. If you are absent, please check the website for what you missed. You have the same number of days you are absent to make up your work. A note on grades: My grading scale is as follows--50% tests and major essays, 50% homework, daily work and quizzes. The two semester exams are averaged in separately. Thus the grade for the year is composed of Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 (each counts 20%), Semester 1 and Semester II exams count 10% each. When I calculate midterm progress report grades, I must enter "zero" for any grade you've missed, even if you can still make it up. I do not offer extra credit assignments. If you do all your assignments, on time and correctly, you should pass my class. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Providence School Plagiarism Policy Website for basic information: plagiarism (http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/plagiarismtutorial/default.asp?s=&n=&i=&v=&o=&ns=0&uid=0&rau=0) MLA format (http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/humanities.htm) exercises in basic grammar http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/default.asp?uid=0&rau=0) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CONTACT INFORMATION Email – stusek@prov.org; (904) 223-5270 – Leave a message at the front office. My home phone and email are for personal use; please use the school phone and email. Emails received over the weekend will not be answered till the next school day. Note: If you don't have internet access at home, you may have your child access my website at school. The Media Center has workstations available to students.Please notify the school if you have any problems opening or publishing anything on this website.

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