After an extended period of absences sometimes it is difficult for students to recover as this is a foreign language class. It is important that students are present as much as possible during instruction.

There may be times where there are activities in which the students are speaking and pronouncing words not just written work. I do not want any student to get far behind.

Please be certain to contact your child's grade level principal and the attendance office as soon as possible regarding extended absences.

Excessive absences are taken into account when consdering to grant or deny high school credit courses as well as promotion and retention of the grade.

Our textbook for this year will be Realidades 1 by Prentice Hall. The cost for replacment is $56.45

All Spanish Textbooks have been issued. Please keep all Spanish Textbooks at home with all of your child's other textbooks that will be returned in May of 2008. Please note that if your child withdraws from school before the end of the school year, your child must return ALL textbooks at the time of withdrawal.

Each Student Must Maintain an organized Notebook in the following order:

1) Must have a Gradesheet
2) Followed by the Syllabus (Parent Signed)
3) Class Rules/Discipline Plane (Parent Signed)
4) Warm Up Sections (with all Warm Ups & dates from each day)
5) Objective Section (with all Objectives & dates from each day)
6) Note Section (for Notes & New Lessons)
7) Assignment Section (for Assignments and Graded Work)
8) Blank Paper
9) Name, Date, Class Period, and Title on each page
10) No Tear outs or loose papers hanging out