Welcome to “Back To School Night”

Race and Social JusticeAY 2010-11

Thank you for taking the time to be here tonight!

Please fill out a “Student / Parent Information Form” and leave it in the appropriate basket at the front of the room

Contact• Easiest: kwilliams@djusd.k12.ca.us• Phone: 757-5400 x. 377• Staying current:

– http://mrwilliamshistorypublic.wikispaces.com

What’s new this year?

• Interwrite PRS clickers!!

• Allow all students to participate

• Homework check, discussion aid

Of the two images, which do you most believe to be accurate?

1. 2.

3. Neither image is accurate

Absences

• Please clear all student absences.

• I give 50 points at the beginning of each quarter– Uncleared absences and

excessive tardies take away from these points.

Grades• 45% homework• 45% exams• 10% terms quizzes• I will send home progress

reports at each grading period.• You can always ask for a grade

update. I can email grades through my grade program.

• Stay updated on grades and attendance through Parent Connect (link can be found on our class website)

Test Makeups

• Test makeups are administered at lunch.

• Students must have a cleared absence to take the test

• Makeup tests are different from the original test (no multiple choice)

Year-long ProjectSolution to a RSJ Issue

• Teacher selected groups will:– Select an issue and define a

problem– Research the history of the

problem and the previous attempts to solve

– Offer solutions to the problem– Predict outcomes