Dear Parents,

I am so excited about this year at Blackmon Road Midddle School. I thank God everyday to be teaching at one of the very BEST middle schools in Georgia and with one of the very best faculties!  I can't wait to get to know your child as we learn and explore together this year.  I encourage each student to view every day as an ADVENTURE!  It is my prayer that his/her learning experience will be rigorous, rewarding, exciting and FUN!!! 

I try to incorporate games and game-like activities whenever possible to facilitate learning. I use a variety of differentiation techniques to meet varying learning styles, and finally, I try to see the humor in most situations and use humor to my advantage.  Humor is VERY brain-friendly!  When a student's "tickle-box" is activated, the brain is engaged.  

    Again, I'm looking forward to a FANTASTIC 212 year!  Please read the additional parent information, and if you can assist with class needs, projects or activities, feel free to jump in!  

                                                               Sincerely,

                                        Judy Bausch

P. S.  For additional information, click on the Class Memo and Requirments attached at the bottom of this page.

Odds and Ends

 •  Students should always come to class with their language arts 

binder, paper, pen or pencil, student planner and textbooks.  Also, students 

are required to bring a silent reading book to class every day.

•  Pencils should be sharpened before class begins.

•  Students may complete work in pencil, blue, or black ink.  Please 

make sure work is legible.

•  Five points will be deducted if students forget to put their name on 

a paper.

•  There is a classroom library available.  Students may check out one 

book at a time by writing the title of the book being checked out and the 

student’s name on one of the provided index cards.  

•  A school store is available in the media center.

Library Day Participation Grade

Dear Parents,
Starting this Thursday, and every two weeks thereafter, I will be taking the 
students to the media center as a class.  This visit will comprise ½ of the 
class period on that day.  Students are expected to have their lunch/ID card 
and overdue books if they have any.  They are to use this time to check out 
AR books, (or other reading materials if their AR requirement has been met), 
read silently, and take AR tests.  If students are reading a book from home
 or from the public library, they must have that book with them at the time. 
 Having their lunch card/ID card is a must.  Media Center policy states that
 students must have their card in order to check out a book.  One of the grades 
your child will receive is their “Library Day Participation” grade.  I am basing 
this grade on the number of days during the 9 week grading period that we go
together to the media center as a class and on their preparedness.   For example,
if we go to the media center six times, and they have materials all six times, 
they’ll get a 100/A.  Consequently, if we go six times, and they were prepared 
five out of six, their grade will be an 83/B and so forth.
 
Please remind your child to be prepared every day, 212 style!
 
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