Dear Parents,
I hope that you all have had a fun and restful summer.
I wanted to take a moment to say hello. I am very excited to get started
on a new year and I hope you are as well. Looking over my class rosters
over the past few days, I noted most of my incoming students did not have me
for U.S. History last year so I am excited to see some new faces. For you
reading enjoyment, I am attaching my updated syllabus for this year.
Please note that this syllabus is for World Civ and Honors World Civ.
Most of the information applies to both classes. The only exception is the
grading percentages.
One of the highlights that I wanted to bring to your
attention is the class twitter page (@DavisWorldCiv). I encourage all
parents as well as students to follow. I will use this page for class
related messages, reminders, updates, and information. This will not be
my only means of communicating with you, but it will be one of my main sources
of getting class-wide information to you as soon as possible. If you are not on Twitter, the same information is accessible via my teacher page.
You are receiving this email to the email address given to
me by the school. If you would prefer to receive future emails with
another email address or an additional email address, please let me know.
In keeping with 21st Century Skills, most of our
students’ assignments will be completed and submitted online via my homework email.
That email address is on the first page of my attached syllabus. I will
go over all of this information with the students in class and we will have a
computer lab day this Friday to make sure all students are on the same
page. In the event there are some students that do not have internet
access at home, all students have assigned school email addresses/internet
access at school and the students will be given sufficient time to complete
their work.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to
contact me. Please respond to this email so that I know you received
it.
I am looking forward to seeing all of you at Parent Night,
Tuesday, August 25th.
GO TITANS!!!
JD Davis
